Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[GonePlaid]

COE's (cab over engine's) have pounded more nuts flat than the Skippy Peanut Butter Company!!

I'm not sure which has rendered more men sterile.......Cabover's, or the 1000 watt linears the old drivers used to mount under the seats!

My first ride was a COE Freightliner. It had 40K rears and I was almost always running light(freight company), so it beat hell outta me. My 2nd was a 225" WB-on air-F/L conventional(see pics) that rode better than my 4 wheeler.




I never sprung for a linear but I had a coupla CB's peaked well beyond 4W-and well beyond 40 channels.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Seems that the anchor inlay is a tribute to the builders father who was in the navy. The weight of the anchor in the Mark I may have caused the head to dive. This bass has illuminated green side dots.

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Bones, you have an out-of-the-box mind!

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Now I need an amp with steam gauges.

 

[Haroldo]

My first ride was a COE Freightliner. It had 40K rears and I was almost always running light(freight company), so it beat hell outta me. My 2nd was a 225" WB-on air-F/L conventional(see pics) that rode better than my 4 wheeler.
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I never sprung for a linear but I had a coupla CB's peaked well beyond 4W-and well beyond 40 channels.

Mr. GP, what are 40k rears? Thank you.

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Mr. ALB, you read my mind precisely.

 

[GwenOnBass]

A Steampunk stage seems to me the sort of thing a band might just do. Gonna say without even looking there are Steampunk bands out there right now. Train or zeppelin? Time travel to taste.

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Seems to me all valve amps are Steampunk.

 

[GonePlaid]

Mr. GP, what are 40k rears? Thank you.



Mr. ALB, you read my mind precisely.

40,000# capacity springs. Most are 38,000.

 

[Haroldo]

A Steampunk stage seems to me the sort of thing a band might just do. Gonna say without even looking there are Steampunk bands out there right now. Train or zeppelin? Time travel to taste.

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Seems to me all valve amps are Steampunk.

Tons of 'em. Here's a favorite, Walter Sickert and The Army of Broken Toys:

 

[beans-on-toast]

Friday On My Mind

Papoose (from the native Algonquian papoose, meaning "child") was a band from France that was popular back in 1970-1975.

PAPOOSE (1970-1975)

This is a soothing progressive version of the song.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Will letters suffice?

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From an era when some basses had XLR connectors. Looks like maybe they removed pickup number four at the neck.

 

[mikeoso]

Tons of 'em. Here's a favorite, Walter Sickert and The Army of Broken Toys:

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Looks to me like one of those Alcoa aluminum uprights with a polished-out finish in brass plate would be optimum for a steampunk band.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Sitting in an old library, sourounded by shelves of books is steampunk.

 

[the harp unstrung]

C

 

[GwenOnBass]

My luck is all the books would be math word problems.

 

[Bobhmcs]

My first ride was a COE Freightliner. It had 40K rears and I was almost always running light(freight company), so it beat hell outta me. My 2nd was a 225" WB-on air-F/L conventional(see pics) that rode better than my 4 wheeler.
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I never sprung for a linear but I had a coupla CB's peaked well beyond 4W-and well beyond 40 channels.

I have no idea what you just described but I will fight to the death for your right to say it!
;[)
Bob

 

[beans-on-toast]

Books make a good diffusive surface in a music/studio room. So you don't even have to read them. The problem with old books and some old people is that they can smell.

 

[Bobhmcs]

Tons of 'em. Here's a favorite, Walter Sickert and The Army of Broken Toys:

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Does Steeleye Span count as SteamPunk?
Just asking.
Bob

 

[Bobhmcs]

Speaking of Steam Punk here is the other collection from the GOF that lives on the corner.
There is a little nostalgia left in the old man.
Bob

 

[GwenOnBass]

Does Steeleye Span count as SteamPunk?
Just asking.
Bob

Gonna say No.

 

[GonePlaid]

My luck is all the books would be math word problems.

 

[GonePlaid]

Friday On My Mind

Papoose (from the native Algonquian papoose, meaning "child") was a band from France that was popular back in 1970-1975.
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PAPOOSE (1970-1975)

This is a soothing progressive version of the song.

Nice alternative to copying the original.