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02-08-2005, 09:05 AM
| | stinkholier-than-thou | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Beaumont, Texarse | | | Suck knob...
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So, I played an opener the other day, for a Cross Canadian Ragweed concert. Big PA, lots of toys. Well, as I'm huddled behind a rack of gear off to the side of the stage right before we go on, I marvel at this toy - a floor rack with a slant top that has a touch-screen "virtual" bank of knobs, sliders, etc. Glancing at some of the virtual controls, I see several modules with a virtual knob labelled "suck knob."
Hope they kept those turned down while we were playing! 
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02-08-2005, 09:16 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Columbus OH | | | Our soundman usually labels the spare channels on his board with stuff like that. Passers-by like to gawk at the board, and he gets a kick out of it. Suck. Cheese. Wank. Sometimes the labels get a bit rude . . .
On a similar note, an opening band before us were seen stuffing massive amounts of coke up their noses before their set. The soundmand's wrote on one of their flyers and attached it to his rack:
"(bandname): 20% less suck, 40% more blow".
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02-08-2005, 09:32 AM
| | stinkholier-than-thou | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Beaumont, Texarse | | Heehee... this band has a shtick where we poke fun at each other on stage by way of making requests to the sound man: "Hey, could you turn down the (rude and politically incorrect) knob on the guitar player in my monitor over here?"
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02-08-2005, 09:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: West Side SA | | my suck knob was on Sat night due to this: Open Up My Eden 112 and ???
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02-08-2005, 12:54 PM
|  | Life is Tough. Laugh more. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA | | Naw. it's usually at 10, that just put it to 11 ... Picture 'Spinal Tap' in Jazz Band Mode ... 
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02-08-2005, 01:10 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | | i actually had a suck circuit built into my first bass, it was set to work in conjucntion with my volume knob. the more i turned up, the more my suck circuit would increase in intensity... |
02-08-2005, 02:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: West Side SA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Thor Naw. it's usually at 10, that just put it to 11 ... Picture 'Spinal Tap' in Jazz Band Mode ... | once again, i have a silver bullet waiting for you in march!
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02-17-2005, 02:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Eric Moesle Our soundman usually labels the spare channels on his board with stuff like that. . | I work with a soundguy that labels his spare channels as "Singer's Foldback". So whenever they ask for more, he moves the orphan slider until he inevietable get the thumbs up 
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02-17-2005, 09:18 PM
|  | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | | The suck is strong with this one.
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02-17-2005, 09:22 PM
| | Guest | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Westminster Ca. | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by embellisher The suck is strong with this one. | The suck is strong in this one. |
02-17-2005, 11:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Southern Minnesota | | | "Hey, could the sound guy please turn the suck knob down on my guitarist?" |
04-19-2005, 07:49 AM
| | Life is Tough. Laugh more. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA | | | NJL's knob is at 11 this week I hear, what with Fiesta in
San Antone ...
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04-19-2005, 08:26 AM
|  | On the TB leaderboard for low talent/gear ratios! | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: NJ | | I make sure I never buy gear with a suck knob but it never seems to help. Then not too long ago my wife noticed a small knob labeled "suck" behind my left ear. Unfortunately the scale on it goes from 10-20 so it looks like I'll never get close to 0. 
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