As i re-read my post, i realized, was
awaaaaaayyyyyy.
Questions
Why was the base able to perform so well?
Response: The short of it is that my theory is SP's break down with heat and the vibration does not flow through the reeds when heat alters their structure.
How were both bases tweaked?
Response: By using the best tweak tools available for the type of base tweaked. The tools are similar but one is designed for lighter cold pressure (first run), and heavier cold pressure (SP's). First run's have the luxury of still working with heat. SP's took a slight cut while first runs seem to lose with each cut.
Where they done the same, meaning 3/4 down the back prongs and the full length down the fronts?
Response: You should be confused here. There is no set way to tweak a base. Each is different. Tweak to your player not to a designation. Success is when it works perfectly on that man and not on any others of a different shape. Tweaking is an art form not a mechanical function. I personally disagree with any other conventional wisdom and everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Just wondering how much of it was the tool, and how much of it was the tweaker, and how much of it were the bases used and how much of this is the
style of tweak, applied.
Response: The tool for the SP's. While tweaking with Vince, who chose the material for the base, I discovered that he was very cautious with heat. Well, who would know better than him? I don't know if he did it instinctively or not. Up to that point I was only successful using "heat and tweak" on one SP. Of course some of it was the tweaker. I am a professional and you can bet that my skill set that helped bring this to light. Regardless to that the importance is not in being a professional but being able to acheive the same level of success without going broke.
I have recently learned that
different pliers work better for different bases, atleast for me.
Response: please see above
I have recently learned that
different bases need to be tweaked differently, as the same "science" cannot be applied to all bases as a blanket.
Response: Covered this
I bring this up cause for me, one who gets kids and every-now-and-then, other adults, involved in the game, TWEAKING the bases is the part that makes or breaks the interest of the interested.
Response: True. But if you can't do it in that time frame why are you trying? Not fair to you, the kids, or the point you are trying to make.
TOO many times i have lost the "
30 minute time span to impress me" gameshow, because FIRST, i had to tweak the bases to get the men to move right. Now, the interested person has interest in tweaking, but if they are brand new, they dont quite understand the effects, affects and residual gains of a well tweaked base. By the time the figures move in a fashion of interest, or not how they did as kids, the attention span of the interested person is about up. Sure, we play and have fun, but it doesnt lead to too much
future interest. Maybe its me, the teacher? - Perhaps.
Response: Presentation is everything. I look at recruiting like playing a championship game. Have you ever watched one of those cooking shows where most of the components are in place including the finished product. Show tweaking in increments with a beginning to finished product. Yes, it is the teacher as you do not have the proper tools in place to teach. Teaching, especially to kids, is done in components one linked to the other to fully grasp a concept. I learned this helping my four boys with their homework then coaching baseball.
OR
Maybe we either need bases that come runningly tweaked right out the box, or we need tweaking secrets, tweaking ideas, tweaking knowledge, tweaking philosophies, tweaking tips and all things tweaking informartion - to be disclosed to the masses, if in fact, we are aspiring to our own MFCA mission statement.
Response: Forget it. Molding is imperfect. Their are many tweaking secrets, ideas and knowledge. Many people become good tweakers by reading tips on this site, and many don't. People acheive success so many different ways it is astounding. Find what works for you then perfect it.
Good tweaking is achievable with practice, but in the age where Electric Football is battling advances in game technology, tweaking is also just too darn complicated. Wish there were an easier way.
Response: I feel your frustration is the main thing prohibiting your growth. There is a hint of impatience present in your dialogue. It appears that you are spending a great deal of time analyzing the concept instead of applying it. Expect failures. It is the key to success. I watched one coach go from a wide eyed punching bag to one of the most prolific tweakers in the country is six months. He did HIS thing, right Norbert. Sure, he learned from Simmie, Shaun, Jimmy, et al but then he did HIS thing. Do YOUR thing 
Whew, that was alot. Dont even know if this post was appropriate for this thread.
