I have an old Akai 4000DS Mk II which still works, a historic fact is that Roger Waters demo'ed parts of 'Dark Side of the Moon' on one.

My wheels as of 2 weeks ago...

 
Graeme

Got the base coat on eventually eh Jacko??

That's the filler primer terry. The car's on it's side at the minute as I've just sprayed stonechip , primed that and sprayed the silver basecoat. I'm off to the Isle of Mull this weekend to play at a wedding so I'm hoping to get the red and clear sprayed underneath on friday. Still a ways to go yet but there's almost a faint glow at the end of the tunnel.
Here's a pic I took yesterday of the underside..

 
graeme

getting there eh?
Anyway have a good gig

Smells are so much part of our cognitional mechanisms ,thanks for reminding me of such aspects of daily life, it's nice to stop for a moment and realize it. I love the way smells trigger nostalgic memories! Sometimes you just have to stop & smell the capstan oil, right Wolf?!! Although for me it would be Teac Head & Pinch Roller Cleaner. The first sound man I ever worked with was big into recording & he used the Teac cleaners like cologne! David, my Pro Tools smells like whatever candle my wife is burning at the time! I agree PT doesn't have the same WOW factor that the first Ampex deck with 2 tape had on me as a 17 year old seeing a real recording studio for the first time, but it's hard to argue with the results you can get in your bedroom with a Mac or PC & Pro Tools! I just got Pro Tools 9 last month & am blown away by what you can do with it!

Hello Rusty . I remember that Teac Head & Pinch Roller Cleaner It really did have a unique smell to it !  
TEAC= Tokyo Electro-Acoustic Company

Hm - that smell may not be beneficial to your health, remember sniffing glue? (You  
might not remember.)
 
Anyone remember reading Proust?

By no means did I ever sniff that stuff or any such practice ! LOL ! I now advocate the use of Isopropyl Alcohol 99% -91% for audio tape head cleaning . The Alcohol should not be used on the pinch roller or rubber parts The pinch roller can be cleaned carefully with plain old dish soap keeping in mind to make sure it's all completely dry including the bushing/bearings. Demagnetize the tape path first ! clean and demagnetize again .
 
Happy demagnetizing for; _____________
       Sonic Regards !

Hey Wolf...I did not know what TEAC stood for....thanks! My wife used to complain when I cleaned the heads & rollers on my cassette deck, she hated the smell of the roller cleaner!

Rusty, as I remember that roller cleaner,  it had a blue color .  It really was strong smelling  and it lingered in the air for a while.

Wolf, you are correct! The head cleaner came in a red label can & the roller cleaner was in a blue label can. I think I may still have some at home somewhere! I haven't used my cassette deck in several years, so no need to clean it! The roller cleaner also had a conditioner in it to keep the rubber soft & prevent cracking, so it probably had some petroleum distillates in it which gave it the smell.

Well, since this thread is all over the place . . .  
 
http://www.bikeexif.com/
 
Two-wheeled eye candy, never a bad thing.  
 
J o e y

Mate of mine in birmingham had a duke 900 supersport that I always thought was very special. Then he got me to drive him down to Tewkesbury to look at a new bike he was wanting to buy. My jaw hit the deck when the owner rolled a gleaming red Moto Guzzi le mans out of his garage. Two wheel eye candy indeed. Speaking of candy I've just finished painting the underside of my car. 3 coats of red and 3 coats of clear...  

  More eye candy. My mate John turned up today in his model B roadster...  

  Graeme

Eye candy, indeed! Tape machines, bikes, cars, where will it end? I will say that this particular free flow of information is not a real problem anymore!