Hartley Peavy Article in EE Web

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Hartley Peavy Article in EE Web...

I guess I'm just an old rebel, but the best way to get me to do something is to tell me I can't do it.

http://issuu.com/eeweb/docs/volume_104_ ... 11/3736309

[JR.]

Hartley actually has a long go-to list of his favorite old aphorisms. We used to number them to amuse ourselves in meetings as he would fall into old number 3 (A bumble bee doesn't know it can't fly) or old number 5 (Don't change the recipe when you're already making good biscuits). Etc etc ad nauseum. Being told you can't do it was number one or two.

Funny I decided to pursue electronic drum tuning, after a drummer friend of mine who worked at Peavey was told by a senior peavey transducer engineer that it couldn't be done.. So my number one aphorism.

That story is a regurgitation of old self promotional puff pieces, with a few updates to pitch recent products. I could provide a full list of the dubious statements within but to do that I would have to read the whole thing.

He deserves credit for all that he accomplished, no need to gild the lilly. I recall slowly becoming aware of the difference between Peavey the "story" and the reality after i started working there full time back in the mid '80s.

JR