Thanks to you!! Ran  the box hard this summer, compact and toneful...and man
does it look cool!!
                             Best,
                                    Bob Stirner/ Boris Garcia-------
From: "hardtruckersco" <hardtruckersco@...>
> US!!!
>
> thanks for a great year
> peace
> glenn
>
>

Congrats, Hard Truckers!



--

David Gans - david@... or david@...
Truth and Fun, Inc., 484 Lake Park Ave. #102, Oakland CA 94610-2730
Blog:  http://logblog.gdhour.com
Web site: http://www.dgans.com

Congrats! Ran into Keller Williams last night and he loves his HT!

Edwin

At 7:49 PM +0000 12/1/07, hardtruckersco wrote:
>US!!!
>
>thanks for a great year
>peace
>glenn
>
>
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

--

Edwin Hurwitz
Boulder CO
http://www.indra.com/~edwin
http://www.cafemontalban.com Location Recording Services

Congrats! Ran into Keller Williams last night and he loves his HT!

Edwin


At 7:49 PM +0000 12/1/07, hardtruckersco wrote:
>US!!!
>
>thanks for a great year
>peace
>glenn
>
>
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>


--

Edwin Hurwitz
Boulder CO
http://www.indra.com/~edwin
http://www.cafemontalban.com Location Recording Services

US!!!

thanks for a great year
peace
glenn

Its been an incredible year and all of us here at the Hard Truckers want to
thank you for
making our return so wonderful. To say Thank You, from now until December 1st
2007 the
Hard Truckers are offing up huge savings on all our cabinets and most of our
road gear.
Whether its free shipping, discounted prices or free gifts the Hard Truckers
want to say thank
you for a great year.

For more information email us at info@...

From Steve, Joe and the rest of the Hard Truckers Crew, Thanks for making our
first year
back a great one.

Peace
Glenn

Hope this finds everyone well...

A few things to announce with a special leak to the yahoo group before official
announcement on the website

Available starting Thursday November 11th thru Phone Orders or Email Only.
New from the Hard Truckers, Holidaze Gift Sets.

The all-new Hard Truckers String Changing Kit is perfect for changing your
strings on the
go. Enclosed in a custom Hard Truckers hand-made hemp/cotton bag is everything
you
need to change your strings and keep your guitar happy. Inside you will find; a
Korg GA-
30 tuner, ergonomic Shubb string winder, 9-piece hex key set, 4-piece
screwdriver set,
wire clippers and a very special gift from Steve Parish. What's the special gift
you ask?
Inside you will find a set of Custom Vinci Guitar Strings (Vinci 677 10's or
Vinci 699 11's)
taken directly from Big Steve's Personal Stash. Unused, and in their original
packaging
these strings haven't seen the light of day since they were packed up after
summer tour
1995.

Only 20 Kits have been made so supplies are extremely limited. Phone orders only
thru
the HT Line @ 1(877)ROADGEAR with a Limit of (2) Two  Kits per Customer.

Hard Truckers String Changing Kit - $ 59.99

Package Includes:
o Korg GA-30 Guitar/Bass Tuner
o Shubb Ergonomic Peg Winder
o Pittsburgh 9 piece Hex Key Set
o Harbor Freight Screwdriver Set
o Pittsburgh Wire Clipper
o Set of Vinci Strings from Big Steve's Personal Stash

Pics to Follow with release on website

The Hard Truckers Roadie Kit – Created by Big Steve modeled after his touring
tool kit.
Perfect for newly touring bands and home studios, the complete Hard Truckers
Roadie Kit
will tackle anything that pops up and offer you a little piece of mind. The
Roadie Kit has
everything you need on the road to make sure the show goes on and you sound
great.
Take care of anything that might arise on the road with: the Hard Truckers
Isolator by
Brian Brown, Solder Station, Cable Tester, Various Tools, Tape and more. Twenty
items in
all and valued at over $500 if purchased separately

Available thru phone orders only.
The Hard Truckers Roadie Kit - Specially packaged by the Hard Truckers for only
$ 399.99

Package Includes:
o Weller Solder Station
o Pittsburgh Wire Clipper
o Pittsburgh Needle Nose Pliers
o Pittsburgh 7 pc Hex Key Set
o Harbor Freight 7 pc Screwdriver Set
o Harbor Freight 6 place Mini Screwdriver Set
o Harbor Freight Digital Battery Tester
o Mini (AA) Maglite Gift Set Flashlight
o 1 Roll of Electrical Tape
o 1 Roll of 2" Gaffer Tape
o 1 Black Sharpie Pen
o 1 Roll of Solder
o 12 pack of Duracell ProCell 9v Batteries
o Cable Cop Cable Tester
o Hard Truckers "Isolator"
o Shubb Peg Winder
o Korg GA-30 Guitar Tuner
o Mini 14 gram Can of DeOxIt
o 1 Bottle of Alembic Guitar Polish
o Hard Truckers Short Sleeve Tee Shirt


We just got in a nice big shipment of cables from Brian Brown on his break from
Phil Tour.
If you have been waiting for something drop us a line. They are moving really
fast so
definitely get in touch.


As always feel free to drop us a line with any questions that you might have. We
are
gearing up for the holiday season and plan on having almost everything in stock
and
ready to ship in time for the big days.

Peace Love and Mischief
Glenn

Hope everyone is doing well... Just a quick snapshot for the fall.

We have two really cool holiday gifts in the works. We will launch it here first
when they
become available. Stay tuned.

We have some really great JG-1 cabinets in stock with some great figure in the
wood. Give
us a call for more details.

We have a new member of the family that is now "Enjoying the RIde"...
Keller Williams, acoustic extrodinare, is putting together an incredible
electric gig this fall
and   the Hard Truckers are proud to be a part of it. Keller took delivery of
his JG-1 with
Tone Tubby speakers this month. Keller's new band the WMD's consists of Keith
Mosley
(SCI), Jeff Sipe (ARU, Leftover Salmon, Trey band) and Gibb Droll. Be sure to
check these
cats out this November.

Brian Brown just finished up with his duties on Phil tour and is back at making
his touring
professionals' guitar cables. We should have our new stock sometime soon, so if
you are
in need of something give us a call.

Hope all is well, catch you on the road...
-HT Crewe

Greetings and Salutations!

Hope this finds everybody well as we head into fall. Oh the memories
of fall tour; Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Hampton
VA... But I digress...

Sorry we haven't had much to report lately we have been busy little
beavers lately working our tails off creating our magic. Just to wet
your whistles in the next little bit we hope to have some great things
to report including; Holidaze Gift Sets, a New Artist "Enjoying the
Ride", among other things.

For now we can report that the love we have received from everyone
after the Vintage Guitar Magazine Review of the Fatty has been
overwhelming and are in a bit of a backorder. We have a some JG-1
cabinets (with great figure in the wood) in stock and ready to ship.
Brian's cables are  flying off the shelf like hotcakes. Hard Truckers
Guitar and Instrument Cables handmade by Brian Brown are now also
starting to show up in some pretty cool (mom and pop) Music Stores.

We just finished up a good amount of SP-1 "Y" Junction Boxes for all
you onboard effects loop cats, so If I haven't gotten back to you yet
that they are in stock, please give us a call. We also just got back
in stock Short and Long Sleeve Tee Shirts. Look for some really cool
"Hoodie" Sweatshirts just in time for the colder weather.

As always please give us a call with any questions or just to say HI.

Peace,
Glenn and the Hard Truckers Crew

PS. Anyone have any really good fall tour stories? Lets hear 'em!

A quick note to any of our friends down south in Atlanta. Saturday night 09/08
after the
Allman Brothers/Dave Mathews concert there is a really cool aftershow party down
at Smith's
Olde Bar. Col Bruce Hampton and his great new band the Quark Alliance is playing
with some
"Special" friends. If your down and around town Saturday night definately come
down and
check out the show. The Hard Truckers will be well represented on stage.

Hope all is well...
peace
glenn

Hope all is well. One quick announcement. Our girls have cleared their plates
and have an
opportunity to do some custom grill covers. If your interested in a custom grill
now is a great
time to get it done. Besides grill covers for the cabinets the girls also
re-cover home stereo
speakers with their works of art. I have uploaded a picture of some of the grill
covers they
have done for home stereo speakers.

Keep on Truckin'
peace
glenn

08/01/07 Happy Birthday!

We hope this finds everyone well as we head into the dog days of summer; we have
a few
things to report…

Now Available:

The Hard Truckers HT-215B Bass Cabinet. The Hard Truckers are proud to now offer
a
pure rock-n-roll Bass Cabinet. Our closed back, 2 x 15" Bass Cabinet is the
latest in our
line of old school incredible speaker cabinets. Made of the same premium
components as
our other Hard Truckers Cabinets, our Bass Cabinet will rock your foundation.
The
HT-215B Bass Cabinet is loaded with (2) ceramic magnet 15", 500 watt EV DMX 3150
professional speakers. These high-end speakers with a flat frequency response of
35hz to
3000hz perform perfectly inside the Hard Truckers cabinet tuned to 35hz. This
time
around we have added a dual combination Neutrik Ό" and Speakon Jack allowing you
to
choose your connection to the cabinet from your amp. Also inside the cabinet you
will find
dual 4" flared ports and the entire inside of the cabinet is lined with the best
1 Ό" acoustic
foam available to prevent cavity resonance. No shortcuts here. Measuring a
relatively small
37" high x 20" wide x 15" deep, and weighing in at a reasonable 105 lbs our Bass
Cabinet
is perfect for laying down the groove and dropping bombs. Feel the power of a
Hard
Truckers Bass Cabinet. Introductory Price: $ 1,599.99 plus packing and shipping.

Interested? Got a question? Give us a call at 1(877)ROADGEAR and we will fill
you in.

Bass Cabinet Launch Special: For a limited time only you can purchase our
top-of-the-line
Road Case for your Bass Cabinet for only $ 400.00 (plus shipping). That's right.
Now you
can roll your new cab around in style, simply pop the top and plug-and-play. Our
guys
over at AVS Case Co have designed a great road case for our new baby. Try and
find a
better custom professional road case at that price.

The Ultimate Hard Truckers Bass Package: Hard Truckers 2x15" Bass Cabinet and
Professional Custom Road Case – Only $ 1999.99 plus shipping.

Bass Cabinet Grill Covers: The girls have been hard at work designing new grill
cover
fabrics large enough for the new Bass Cabinet. Grill covers are available for
the Bass
Cabinet at the same pricing as the
JG-1/Fatty. If you are interested in a grill cover visit our Gift Shop Annex,
look for the
double wide fabrics, choose your fabric and the girls will frame it up for you.

SP-1: Hard Truckers `Y' Junction Box. The reaction to our Stereo Junction box
has been
absolutely incredible. They are still available and, we are making more all the
time with
them flying out the door.
Hard wire your guitar effects loop to the rest of your gear, loose the flimsy
unreliable `y'
cable and go for the professional answer. The Hard Truckers SP-1, designed by
Big Steve,
and constructed like he used to make them for the Dead. No guitar with an
onboard
effects loop should be without one. Phone Orders Only. $ 69.99 plus shipping

Guitar and Instrument Cables; Hand-made by Brian Brown. Brian has been hard at
work
between his touring schedule making cables. Like a little old lady knitting
sweaters, Brian
has been churning out his incredible cables. We currently have all lengths and
connectors
in stock, including Brian's TRS stereo cables that are a perfect match for our
SP-1 Junction
Box. Brian's cables seem to fly out of the shop, so if you are ready to improve
your tone
and make the leap to "The Professionals" cable don't wait too long as Brian is
headed out
with Marcus Miller and Tom Petty later this summer as well as his regular
obligations with
his Phish family crewing gig.

Notes:

Now Enjoying the Ride. The Hard Truckers are proud to welcome in to the family
our good
friend Steve Kimock. Steve took delivery of his new Maple trimmed "Fatty" loaded
with
Garcia's old E120 frames just in time for his gig with Ratdog. Catch Steve,
Bobby, the rest
of the Ratdog gang and now, the Hard Truckers on tour this summer.

Hard Truckers in Print. Check out the September issue of Vintage Guitar Magazine
for a
great review of the Hard Truckers "Fatty" 2x12" Guitar Cabinet. The cats over at
VGM put
the "Fatty" through its' paces and we passed with flying colors. As a matter of
fact they
liked the cabinet so much, they bought it. A great read in a great magazine on
newsstands
now.

Something out of stock online? Not to worry. Drop us a line at
info@... or
give us a call at 1(877)ROADGEAR and tell us what you are looking for. Chances
are, what
your looking for is currently somewhere in the pipeline and could be ready any
day. Don't
let the disappointment of something being out of stock get you down as items are
coming
off the production line daily.

International Orders Now Available. We think we have gotten a good handle on
shipping
and now feel comfortable shipping internationally.

We are slowly working on our myspace page, come be our friend
http://www.myspace.com/hardtruckers

Remember we love to talk gear. Got an answer? Need a question? Don't be afraid
to say hi.

Visiting for the first time? Here are some links to find us.

- The hard truckers crew
1(877)ROADGEAR
www.hardtruckers.com
www.flickr.com/photos/hardtruckers/
Gift Shop Annex
hard truckers myspace
Hard Truckers Yahoo Group

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To: hardtruckers@yahoogroups.com
From: playdeadphish@...
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 14:53:30 +0000
Subject: [hardtruckers] Stay Tuned....

We have a big one coming... any day now...
peace
glenn

We have a big one coming... any day now...
peace
glenn

Vintage Guitar Magazine does a great gear review on our "Fatty" 2x12"
hemp cabinet in Septembers issue now on news stands. Check it out...

peace
glenn

The Hard Truckers are proud to announce a new member of the family enjoying the
ride,
Steve Kimock. Steve took the delivery of his Maple "Fatty" yesterday and
immediately threw it
right into the fire playing it on stage with Ratdog. Steve had us load the
cabinet with two of
Jerry Garcia's old JBL E-120's that were reconned in Hemp by the cool cats over
at A Brown
Soun. Pictures to follow shortly. Peace
glenn

Hey Now Everybody.

Hope this finds you well on this July 4th weekend. We had an incredible week of
testing on
the new 2x15 Bass Cabinet and it passed with more than flying colors. We
searched out
some of our special friends to demo the cabinet and take it on stage with them.
The
overall reaction was fantastic, everyone was just overjoyed by performance of
the cabinet.
Col. Bruce Hampton called it "The best bass cabinet he has ever heard". Here is
a nice blow
by blow of some of the testing the cabinet went thru in the last week.

Vaylor Trucks, (Butch Trucks son) of Bonobos Convergence played the cabinet
during a
band practice. For the most part Vaylor plays a midi guitar where the top two
strings are
"Bass Guitar" and the remaining 4 strings are your standard guitar. Vaylor used
a JG-1
cabinet as well as the new Bass Cabinet. Immediately he could see a huge
difference in his
sound. The entire band was diggin Vaylor's tone. The rehersal space was booming
so hard
it was knocking dust and debreis off the ceiling. Test 1 Results a huge hit.

Kris Dale of Col Bruce and the Quark Alliance got his hands on the cabinet next
and
demo'ed it in his studio. Kris really enjoyed the crystal clear tones the
cabinet gave off
even at lower volumes. Kris got to run some of his favorite toys thru the
cabinet and really
seemed to enjoy the incredible versitility and full spectrum of the 15"
speakers.

Ted Pecchio of the Code Talkers was up next. I met with Ted at his studio and
while not
really familar with the Hard Truckers products really dug the retro clean look
of the
cabinet upon initial inspection. Ted really put the cabinet thru its paces
better than we
could have ever expected. He played it for about an hour and a half and broke
out his
complete arsonel of guitars. A cool fender jazz bass, a fender baratone
telecaster, classic
upright bass and a hot little 5 string who's name escapes me. Ted pushed the
cabinet as
far as it would go and the cabinet won when a picture came crashing down off the
wall.
Ted dug the session so much he used the cabinet at his gig later that evening.
Ted called
the bass cabinet "a real rock-n-roll cabinet."

On stage the cabinet was great, nice tight projection while still respecting
great stage
volume levels. The cabinet seemed to really take all styles of music really well
and worked
particularly well with Ted's upright bass. Later in the evening one of Ted's
friends and an
incredible musician in his own right Charlie Wooten sat in on Ted's rig. Charlie
really dug
the cabinet and used it the following night as his own gig.

So we are getting close. We are wrapping things up and hope to go into
production really
soon. We have a few loose ends to tie up as well as some other "special friends"
that we
want to give the cabinet a look.

Please feel free to drop us a line or post any questions or comments you might
have...
peace
glenn

At 1:49 AM -0600 6/28/07, Edwin Hurwitz wrote:
>
>Try the D(Duncan)-T (Rick Turner)AR Solstice. It's got what you need
>and more! It's not a foot switchable thing, but it would be pretty
>trivial to add footswitches before it.

Not a bad idea, but "trivial" to add footswitches?  I'm not so sure.

By the way, I'm already a very happy user of D-TAR's Mama Bear preamp
with my Renaissance RS-6.  I'm a big Rick Turner user!


--

David Gans - david@... or david@...
Truth and Fun, Inc., 484 Lake Park Ave. #102, Oakland CA 94610-2730
Blog:  http://logblog.gdhour.com
Web site: http://www.dgans.com

At 12:12 PM -0700 6/27/07, David Gans wrote:
>At 6:52 PM +0000 6/27/07, laytonco wrote:
>>
>>It's on their main page about half way down.
>
>Ah, I see it now  I was looking for it on the "products" link.
>
>
>I just got a second (magnetic) pickup installed on my Renaissance
>RS-6, so I can play "acoustic" and "electric" with the same axe.
>They're separate outputs, but what I need is a buffered A/B box with
>a "both" option, and trim pots.
>


Not that I want to tout other people's products on this list, but I
think it's related enough due to the Alembic connection:

Try the D(Duncan)-T (Rick Turner)AR Solstice. It's got what you need
and more! It's not a foot switchable thing, but it would be pretty
trivial to add footswitches before it.

Edwin
--

Edwin Hurwitz
Boulder CO
http://www.indra.com/~edwin
http://www.cafemontalban.com Location Recording Services

At 6:52 PM +0000 6/27/07, laytonco wrote:
>
>It's on their main page about half way down.

Ah, I see it now  I was looking for it on the "products" link.


I just got a second (magnetic) pickup installed on my Renaissance
RS-6, so I can play "acoustic" and "electric" with the same axe.
They're separate outputs, but what I need is a buffered A/B box with
a "both" option, and trim pots.




--

David Gans - david@... or david@...
Truth and Fun, Inc., 484 Lake Park Ave. #102, Oakland CA 94610-2730
Blog:  http://logblog.gdhour.com
Web site: http://www.dgans.com

It's on their main page about half way down.

Stereo Y Junction Box – Have an onboard effects loop on your guitar?
Have to use one of those flimsy stereo "Y" cables that always seem
to die or just don't sound good? Big Steve didn't want us to take
the half ass route and instead commissioned us to build the junction
box they used to make for the Dead. This MXR size box is comprised
of a Stereo Input Jack that splits off to a send Tip Jack and a
return Ring Jack. A hardwired connection will do wonders for your
tone and your reliability. Brian Brown has made TRS guitar cables to
use with the junction box and they are available as well. Call for
details 1(877)ROADGEAR.



--- In hardtruckers@yahoogroups.com, David Gans <david@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> What is the Y box?  I don't see it on the site.
>
>
>
> At 3:48 PM +0000 6/27/07, laytonco wrote:
> >My stereo Y Box came in yesterday and it's great! I've been
> >struggling with Y cables for a couple of years and this box will
end
> >my troubles. Plus, cool Hardtruckers graphics on it...nice touch.
But
> >the cable I ordered really impressed me. How thick is this thing?
If
> >my Bus ever breaks down, I'll hitch this cable to the tow!
>
>
> --
>
> David Gans - david@... or david@...
> Truth and Fun, Inc., 484 Lake Park Ave. #102, Oakland CA 94610-2730
> Blog:  http://logblog.gdhour.com
> Web site: http://www.dgans.com
>

What is the Y box?  I don't see it on the site.



At 3:48 PM +0000 6/27/07, laytonco wrote:
>My stereo Y Box came in yesterday and it's great! I've been
>struggling with Y cables for a couple of years and this box will end
>my troubles. Plus, cool Hardtruckers graphics on it...nice touch. But
>the cable I ordered really impressed me. How thick is this thing? If
>my Bus ever breaks down, I'll hitch this cable to the tow!


--

David Gans - david@... or david@...
Truth and Fun, Inc., 484 Lake Park Ave. #102, Oakland CA 94610-2730
Blog:  http://logblog.gdhour.com
Web site: http://www.dgans.com

Hey guys,
       My stereo Y Box came in yesterday and it's great! I've been
struggling with Y cables for a couple of years and this box will end
my troubles. Plus, cool Hardtruckers graphics on it...nice touch. But
the cable I ordered really impressed me. How thick is this thing? If
my Bus ever breaks down, I'll hitch this cable to the tow!

Peace,

Gil
Juba Juba! band
Colorado

- Update

The bass cab finally made it out of the shop for some testing out on
the road and we are really pleased with the results. We have been
lending out the cabinet to some local bands to get some live takes.
The cabinet performed fantastically. An extremely full rich thick
overall sound with incredible stage volume for the musicians. The
individual musicians were able to easily hear themselves and feel the
music while not overwhelming  the rest of the musicians on stage.

The cabinet delivered more low-end than the musicians expected yet
allowed the players to use the entire fretboard and the cabinet
reacted quite nicely when played in the upper frequency's.


Up next a few more local gigs followed by testing by some "special"
friends so stay tuned.

peace
glenn

We have been working hard on the Bass Cabinet and so far we have had fantastic
results.
We still have some levels of testing to go thru before we offer them up, but we
are
extremely happy with the way things are progressing, even if it is taking longer
than we
originally expected.

The unfinished cabinet has made it out of the shop and onto some small local
live stages
to be put thru some live applications.

Here are some particulars of the cabinet so far...(subject to change)

37"h x 19"w x 17"d

We havent actually weighed the cab yet but its probably around 100lbs or so. But
two of
our girls did move it this past weekend and loaded it into a car from the shop.

(2) 15" EV DMX Speakers - 500 watts each, metal cast frames, aprox 25lbs each.
and, yea
they hurt if you drop them on your knee, ive got the stitches to prove it.

(2) 4"diameter ports x 6" long with flaired inside. (we also have another back
with a single
4" diameter port that we are experimenting with)

Cabinet is tuned to aprox 35 hz

Inside of cabinet is lined with 1 1/4" of top of the line foam to prevent cavity
resonance.

Proto cab has only 1/4" jack, as of now the final product will have Neutrik
Speakon and
1/4" jack.

We are kicking around creating a cabinet fitting scooter to assist in moving the
cabinet
that would be included. A full blown road case will also be available.

The overall size of the cabinet is small compared to other 2x15 cabinets. It
looks exactly
like the the original JG1, just bigger. Like all our other cabinets all sides
are dado jointed
together then screwed, glued and plugged. This time, because of the closed back
of the
cabinet, we  are siliconing all joints, handles, ports and jacks for an airtight
fit.

We can't give an onsale date just yet as we have a few more hoops to jump thru
as we
work up the chain before we put the cabinet infront of some "special" friends to
get their
take. More pictures will follow shortly.


Any questions? Suggestions or Comments? We would love to hear from you.
peace
glenn

Please feel free to post the link for your band in the Links section. It's
always a good thing to
turn people on to good music.

peace
glenn

Who are You? Who Who... Who Who...

Say hello, dont be a stranger.

Im Glenn, the CEO of the Hard Truckers and the group moderator. We love to talk
gear and
hope you do as well.

Thanks and Stay in Touch!
glenn

We would love to see a picture of your Hard Truckers Cabinet in action. Please
feel free to
post a photo in the photo section.

Thanks and Stay in Touch

Thanks for stopping by. Let's hear what you have to say.
Enjoy the Ride!

-the Hard Truckers Crew