Mesa/Boogie pmn A feature article by Randall Smith, Designer / President, PENTODES Continued

PENTODES: (Continued) Thus the proper cocktail waitress - visible through the louvers - is scantily clad so as to be all the more

effective at reinforcing the attractive infl uence of her bar and by being located in between the door and the bar, she serves as bait to lure customers past the door’s negative infl uence. Once through the door however, it is the rare Irishman who actually comes in personal contact with the cocktail waitress as, for all intents and purposes, she - like the screen grid - turns out to be a vanishing illusion.Yet, having come this far, the solid infl uence of the bar itself now takes over and attracts the customers to congregate, hav- ing happily reached their destination.

If you’re still following this and haven’t lost track of the count, you’ll know we’re still one element short of the fi ve needed to make a Pentode. This last part is a pair of beam-confi ning shields which being negatively charged, serve to direct the fl ow right toward the plate. This is much the way a short entrance hall to the bar prevents wandering accidentally into the Men’s room on the way.

Once at the bar though, the circuit is complete and the process of soul-nourishing works its ritual magic. Biases having been over- come, illusory nightingales having vanished, the spirits truly soar and the once surly Irishmen now are fi lled with warmth, wit and kindred friendship, enjoying the music and glowing nicely with their heaters on.

With appreciative thanks to the inhabitants of the Land of the Leprechaun, we have now concluded our little diversion into the mechanics of proper bar lay-out.

A feature article by Randall Smith

Designer / President

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