Hahaha, I do. And I misspoke. I do have something in my signal chain; a high pass filter going into the head. I tweak it so that I can just barely hear an audible shift in the lows, which I figure is enough to keep the cab from doing whatever it shouldn't be doing.Eeeek.....just realized what I wrote there.........
You know what I meant....
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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The Shining permanently cured me of twins.
I'm ashamed of venues who think that they don't have to pay the band who is bringing in most of their business. I've seen it happen in New Orleans, Las Vegas and once here in Toronto. It disgusts me. Musicians deserve to be paid for their work, the long hours of practice time and the monetary outlay for clothes and equipment.
This place does pay us, and they also encourage the audience to tip. It's probably one the most supportive clubs for live music in this area. On the days that they are open, they host two shows daily. One is a Happy Hour show, which is what this band normally plays, that runs from 5:30 to 7:30. At 8:30 or 9:00 the second show starts, which is usually a fairly well-known blues act, often from out of town. I played that show once with a different group. The venue is family owned and the family does a lot to support local music. They are one of the few clubs left with a reputation for bringing in high-level music and drawing their own crowds.
We always have a blast there, and we always make good money. I'm really pleased that we get repeated bookings in this room. It's not easy to get in there.
So, did I ever mention that my brother and I ued to go out with some twins we knew in high school? The look on people's faces was priceless, seeing two sets of twins on a date together. Just imagine the possibilities...........
The movie is worth watching (I did so a few days ago), but the book is better by a league...
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Isn't it scary enough without that? 
Isn't it scary enough without that?
Yes.
We should add these to my list of cautionary tales.
I was initially surprised that many of the librarians at a major university received their language training at the Defense Language Institute.I knew a guy who worked for Kodak decoding spy stuff.
An old friend of mine, that I first met in 1973 was a MI dealer, primarily of used gear. When I met Barry, he was working out of his parents garage, but eventually had a couple of different storefronts over the decades. He had a veritable treasure trove of vintage, and otherwise, MI gear of every kind, even some stereo equipment. But, all the really good stuff that one would want to buy usually had a sign on it:
NOT FOR SALE
When he died in the mid '00s, everything was in a warehouse somewhere, and I have no idea what became of it all. He had a decent size room (probably around 15" x 15") in the back of his last store with every wall covered up to the ceiling in Kustom T&R amps and cabs. In other parts of the store, I remember he had some McIntosh stereo gear, an Earthwood ABG (which I'd played every so often, over the years), a Gibson Style U, along with lots of other gear, vintage and more "recent acquisitions". I bought my first new Rickenbacker from Barry, a MG 4001, in the mid '70s, and a 1966 Fender BandMaster head in the late '90s. His late brother, Cory, ran the store for awhile, while Barry was living in the bar around the corner from the shop; I bought my first Alembic from Cory in the early '90s.
The only thing I ever sold to Barry was my Western Electric 639B, something I regret to this day (the only MI related gear I really feel that way about); I tried to buy it back from him a few years later but he had no recollection of it (one of his alcholism related problems, unfortunately).
Watching some more vids with Alex Skolnick, I saw this one. I would never want to go through an audition/test like this! 
Watching some more vids with Alex Skolnick, I saw this one. I would never want to go through an audition/test like this!
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Happy Blues Monday, fun devils. If you got to choose your own blues nickname?
Bony Legs Hopkins.
Thinking that I've already got a blues name....
Happy Monday all.....
Happy Monday all.....
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