Latest bin find.....Elton John

bdp24-looks like you've had some amazing playing experiences! ROCK ON!
Unlike audio gear, we know it's the player, not the instrument/amp that matters.
The DR was one of the most used amps in the studio by countless artists.

David Lindley playing a 2x4 strung with wire would still sound like David Lindley.

whart-as bdp24 mentions, good fortune to you.The devastating events missed your area, which you now call home. 
Looks like a great old house. I like the attention paid to the line power. I'm sure it sounds great, if not better than your previous setup.

"That amp, with only18 watts..."
Yeah, my DR is 22 watts with plenty of headroom for a heavy handed drummer.
I don't play out, and just noodle with records. My R&R tone is from a tubed stompbox, so I can play  without annoying the S.O./neighbors. All the crunch and "woman" tone at  near whisper levels.

Since there's a few DL fans here, thought I'd mention I also listen Jackson Browne, particularly his early years when David supported JB's band.

A moment of connect the dots here....

"Redneck Friend" from the album, "For Everyman" was a big hit during the period.
Artist credits  for this song list the keyboard player as "Rockaday Johnnie"

Rockaday Johnnie happens to be the subject of this post...Elton John.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=AwrS32F2x6pZz2QA99u5mWRH;_ylu=X3oDMTByZWc0dGJtBHNlYwN...

Great slide by David Lindley.

I remember hearing Lindley back in the Jackson Browne era- it was probably just before or after Late for the Sky (which is as much a Lindley album as it is a Jackson Browne album in my estimation)/ Lindley looked like Cousin ITT, seated, bent over his guitar, all hair.  Lindley was part of a loose confederation of musicians that were like the LA Rock Mafia, worked with a bunch of big California based artists during that era.
Really worth seeing him solo if you haven’t. He brings a dozen instruments, and once he gets a working on a tune, he develops all these overlays and counterpoints to his own playing. My wife, who had never heard him (or of him) said, after going to one of these solo shows for the first time: "He’s like Yo-Yo Ma." Since then, she keeps an eye out for his tours.

whart, had the good fortune of seeing him during the El Rayo period.

A friend asked me to join him, and catch Dacid at a now defunct venue in Huntington Beach.(The Golden Bear) I wasn't really hip to David at the time.
After hearing his brilliance, I was hooked. I haven't seen him since, but I certainly will now, 35 years later!

DL  certainly had a head of hair.He is one of those musical instrument genius freaks. 

To get back to Elton John lps on DJM.. it's been years since I listened to various labels/pressings and so on, but what I remember is, even on DJM, there are sonic differences in various pressings of the same title just as there are in the U.S.

I just put on my DJM of "Don't Shoot Me..." to start to familiarize myself again.

slaw, i'd be interested in reading  your assessment of sonic differences of DJM/UNI presses.

Im in a lifelong  quest of replacing subpar albums. Reading old threads, seems the DJM's is the press to get.

If you buy into any of the "hot stamper"marketing ,there's a copy  for you...

http://www.better-records.com/search_adv.aspx?sp=elton+john&option=s_name&min_price=1&ma...

I have a couple of stores walking distance in my neighborhood, so I just zip up the imaginary bin diving jumpsuit(Peter Townsend white, with boots!) and find these exact presses stamper guy writes about.