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Dumb Salesman at GC
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Don't be dis'n on GC Experts... I've learned a lot there....
Did you know that the reason a Telecaster sounds like it does is the sound waves bounce around in the cavities underneath the pickguard before they get out? Huh? Betcha didn't know that!
Did you know if your Tele is too ice pick, you can put a three ply pickguard on it and it will tone it down and make it warmer. Betcha didn't know that either!
Another guitar salesman was looking at that salesman with an expression on his face I could not determine.... It could have been awe....Yeah, awe... Probably awe.... Yep, awe.... Had to be awe....at such awesomeness...
Or maybe he was hoping the Predator would pop in and demonstrate the skull & spine jerk on the idiot salesman...
I'd never ask about an alternator in a GC though....
I'd did ask at Radio Shack some years back after being pestered for the eleventy-seventh time by the same dweeb, while I was digging through components if he had a Tri-Phase Discombobulator...the Yellow one, definitely not the blue one.... He ran off saying"I think we have one of those... Lemme go check." Gave me the opportunity to find the diodes, Qs, and 'lytics I was looking for in peace and quiet... If that was mean, then guilty as charged...
Did you know that the reason a Telecaster sounds like it does is the sound waves bounce around in the cavities underneath the pickguard before they get out? Huh? Betcha didn't know that!
Did you know if your Tele is too ice pick, you can put a three ply pickguard on it and it will tone it down and make it warmer. Betcha didn't know that either!
Another guitar salesman was looking at that salesman with an expression on his face I could not determine.... It could have been awe....Yeah, awe... Probably awe.... Yep, awe.... Had to be awe....at such awesomeness...
Or maybe he was hoping the Predator would pop in and demonstrate the skull & spine jerk on the idiot salesman...
I'd never ask about an alternator in a GC though....
I'd did ask at Radio Shack some years back after being pestered for the eleventy-seventh time by the same dweeb, while I was digging through components if he had a Tri-Phase Discombobulator...the Yellow one, definitely not the blue one.... He ran off saying"I think we have one of those... Lemme go check." Gave me the opportunity to find the diodes, Qs, and 'lytics I was looking for in peace and quiet... If that was mean, then guilty as charged...
Well this post certainly didn't go as planned.
Sage advice. I never understood my friends giving the person hell at the drive-thru. I would just look at them and say "you know you're eating boogers don't you?"
Don't be dis'n on GC Experts... I've learned a lot there....
Did you know that the reason a Telecaster sounds like it does is the sound waves bounce around in the cavities underneath the pickguard before they get out? Huh? Betcha didn't know that!
Did you know if your Tele is too ice pick, you can put a three ply pickguard on it and it will tone it down and make it warmer. Betcha didn't know that either!
Another guitar salesman was looking at that salesman with an expression on his face I could not determine.... It could have been awe....Yeah, awe... Probably awe.... Yep, awe.... Had to be awe....at such awesomeness...
Or maybe he was hoping the Predator would pop in and demonstrate the skull & spine jerk on the idiot salesman...
I'd never ask about an alternator in a GC though....
I'd did ask at Radio Shack some years back after being pestered for the eleventy-seventh time by the same dweeb, while I was digging through components if he had a Tri-Phase Discombobulator...the Yellow one, definitely not the blue one.... He ran off saying"I think we have one of those... Lemme go check." Gave me the opportunity to find the diodes, Qs, and 'lytics I was looking for in peace and quiet... If that was mean, then guilty as charged...
Are you ok?
These are a couple of my favorites featuring Fat Willie from NBS electronics here in Denver.
Sorry for the language, Willie can get pretty wound up.
Sorry for the language, Willie can get pretty wound up.
For the love of G-d, will someone please just tell me if the amp had an alternator? I need to impress someone with my vast technical knowledge and you guys are NOT making it easy!
Um . . . I mean I need closure.
Um . . . I mean I need closure.
“No, but this Mesa-Boogie Blue Angel has Progressive Linkage.”
It's not that simple. Actually, it's a rather nuanced question showcasing the OP's ignorance of Fender history, or revealing his country of origin.
Everyone knows that the original 1963 black faced Twin Reverb amp's contained a small chip from the Arc of the Covenant and were powered directly by God's hand.
Supply chain problems, and sourcing difficulties forced later production silver face models to employ a magneto.
Fender (at least while Sir Leo was alive) never utilized an alternator in an amp.
Such stupendous ignorance on the part of the OP should be condemned, and not tolerated lightly.
However, the OP may be from the U.K., and was asking if the amp had channel switching, in his native language.
Hmmmm.......colossally stupid.....or merely British?
Not sure which is worse, really.
(Apologies to all my "Redcoat" friends....you know who you are!)
Everyone knows that the original 1963 black faced Twin Reverb amp's contained a small chip from the Arc of the Covenant and were powered directly by God's hand.
Supply chain problems, and sourcing difficulties forced later production silver face models to employ a magneto.
Fender (at least while Sir Leo was alive) never utilized an alternator in an amp.
Such stupendous ignorance on the part of the OP should be condemned, and not tolerated lightly.
However, the OP may be from the U.K., and was asking if the amp had channel switching, in his native language.
Hmmmm.......colossally stupid.....or merely British?
Not sure which is worse, really.
(Apologies to all my "Redcoat" friends....you know who you are!)
Nowhere below does it mention not responding to some asshat in the appropriate manner.
dumb
adjective
\ ˈdəm
\
Definition of dumb
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a : lacking intelligence : stupid pretended to be dumb
b : showing a lack of intelligence asking dumb questions a dumb look on his face
c : requiring no intelligence dumb luck
2a : lacking the human power of speech dumb animals
b of a person, now often offensive : lacking the ability to speak
3 : temporarily unable to speak (as from shock or astonishment) struck dumb with fear
4 : not expressed in uttered words dumb grief
5 : silent they were capable of sitting for hours, dumb and unabashed, over their pipes— Ellen Glasgow also : taciturn
6 : lacking some usual attribute or accompaniment especially : having no means of self-propulsion a dumb barge
7 : not having the capability to process data a dumb terminal — compare intelligent sense 3a
dumb
adjective
\ ˈdəm
\
Definition of dumb
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a : lacking intelligence : stupid pretended to be dumb
b : showing a lack of intelligence asking dumb questions a dumb look on his face
c : requiring no intelligence dumb luck
2a : lacking the human power of speech dumb animals
b of a person, now often offensive : lacking the ability to speak
3 : temporarily unable to speak (as from shock or astonishment) struck dumb with fear
4 : not expressed in uttered words dumb grief
5 : silent they were capable of sitting for hours, dumb and unabashed, over their pipes— Ellen Glasgow also : taciturn
6 : lacking some usual attribute or accompaniment especially : having no means of self-propulsion a dumb barge
7 : not having the capability to process data a dumb terminal — compare intelligent sense 3a
Never mind the fact that those guys work for minimum wage. Exactly what do you expect? Do you think they go home and spend hours poring over the latest tech magazines and pages in order to understand every detail of every piece of gear so they can sell it to you? If you wanted that, you really shouldn't have started squeezing the full-service independent, commissioned retailers to the point at which they had no choice but to go out of business.
Because that's why that guy in GC isn't well informed. He's not paid to be.
I haven’t been here in like two years and I love that people are still referencing that thread.
"Oh, they replaced that with the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator in 2015!"
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