I'm aware of all that. Hans goes on tour for months at a time, and as I said, he clearly isn't working. Nobody leaves a room full of gear on for months when they are not using it.Look up some videos from Tom Holkenborg, where he explains why you don't want to switch old gear on and off each day (as anyone with a modicum of electronics knowledge knows). Besides the risk of stuff breaking from power surges, old hardware goes out of tune when not at operation temperature. You really think Hans has the time to wait an hour or more after starting stuff up, before it gets to stable tuning.It tells you he isn't working, and is doing an interview. Why would it all be switched on?
Look at any interview with Andrew Scheps, when he talks about why he ditched all his hardware, where he points out that one of his biggest issues was the power bill because all that stuff needed to be turned on 24/7 to prevent things from breaking.
Besides all that, Hans gave quite a bit of hardware gear to Tom because "he didn't use that stuff anymore" and thought Tom could use it (as Tom actually did use mostly hardware when they were working together).
Statistics: Posted by seafire — Sat Mar 15, 2025 10:31 am
