Things we didn't know or do in the 60's and 70's

[bobyoung53]

Playing my bass through a guitar amp on gigs. My first guitar amp was this little 007 gem. My second guitar amp was this Gibson Falcon.

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I laughed out loud when I saw that little speaker in the 007 amp.

 

[*ToNeS*]

If I am understanding you correctly sonny, (touch of old man Alzheimer's here) why are you reading this through this thread that us ancient, decrepit and doddering old geezers and geezettes are enjoying so much?

I like life! I don't have to agree with everything about it just to rub cream in your old skin folds, though that does not mean I have an issue with it. This is great, I'm learning! I've started yelling at a few clouds myself.

 

[ak56]

A band's guitar player's dad own a TV shop in my town when I was a kid (TV dead? Call Ed) and he used to borrow a couple of those for their PA with a Shure Vocal master head. I never heard it but would guess it sounded like the cops pulling you over to the side of the road.

My dad had a TV shop when I was a kid (not Ed).

He had two of those. 30" folded horn.

 

[bobyoung53]

I like life! I don't have to agree with everything about it just to rub cream in your old skin folds, though that does not mean I have an issue with it. This is great, I'm learning! I've started yelling at a few clouds myself.

Just relax and enjoy us doddering old geezers reminiscing, some day you'll be doing the same, why, when I was young..........bla bla bla.

 

[bobyoung53]

My dad had a TV shop when I was a kid (not Ed).

He had two of those. 30" folded horn.

I was wrong about the PA head, I think it was a Bogen.

 

[LBS-bass]

I'm proud of being a boomer, we had great times and made great music. It's starting to seem like it's fashionable to bash boomers nowadays but we're not supposed to do it ourselves!

I think the ones doing it are not boomers. They're simply displaying their budding "curmudgeon to be" skills. They will be screaming about their lawns ten years from now while we're still having fun with music.

 

[LBS-bass]

I like life! I don't have to agree with everything about it just to rub cream in your old skin folds, though that does not mean I have an issue with it. This is great, I'm learning! I've started yelling at a few clouds myself.

Love it. Thanks for not giving in to the dark side . Enjoy what you have and enjoy your tomorrows. Old or young, we can all still have fun.

 

[Richland123]

I bought one of these Peavey PA 900 powered mixing boards used. It was big and heavy. Notice the giant stove knob controls.

 

[bobyoung53]

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I did not know wearing my girl friend’s dress and beads would look pretty silly fifty years later.

Were you in the Strawberry alarm Clock?

 

[bobyoung53]

If you post a thread, you're gonna get replies. The purpose of a forum is to bring together many different viewpoints. Even if you don't like them. If you don't want to hear contrasting ideals to your own, what you may be actually looking for is what we call an "Echo Chamber" or, "Facebook".

I think you are missing the point of this thread and it is to celebrate playing in bands during the 60's and 70's, what were you playing back then by the way?

 

[Catabee]

Can’t be bothered to read the whole thread. So this may have been covered, but I am in a bit of a quandary... what are these things to which you folks refer, “PA” and “tuner”?

 

[Benoit Z]

Well I suppose it is slightly less scary than these:

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I am currently using the same in Vietnam.

 

[Mannyinnewyork]

Were you in the Strawberry alarm Clock?

Yes, but I really don’t want to talk about it.

 

[Captain Comet]

I had a Sunn tube amp that was built Dec 1970. It had a two prong power cord.

Every time I was playing along with a record or tape, if I was touching the strings on my bass, and went to the stereo to adjust something, I would get popped by the stray electrical charge jumping from my finger to the better-grounded home stereo gear. Definitely a harder hit than static electricity, but far below getting popped by a full 110 volt charge.

I changed the power cord over to a three wire plug and attached the third wire to the chassis of the amp. Problem solved.

I think I now know what dogs feel when they have one of those "invisible fence" collars.

 

[Jon McBass]

Yep, and the reason is because he shot a bass player who was working with him. Didn't kill him but the name stuck

Wasn’t he also suspected of killing one of his 7 wives?

 

[CharlesB]

Child of the 70's and 80's here. I like my gear I have now, sorry. That being said I am using an Alembic pre amp and a Crown Macrotech poweramp. Kind of old school.
My post is about drugs and music.
The weed is better I will give you that. As far as anything else goes, nah.
Our generation doesnt have an Owsley Stanley or Jerry Garcia or Sly Stone
etc. Stepped on blow mixed with Fentanyl. I will pass. As far as the music goes we
can all agree that the golden age has passed. We get Billy Eilish and shaging
all that slick overproduced ******** they play at the gym instead. Give me Motown, Funkadelic, War or
Zappa. Look at a playbil from 69 Filmore and tell me it aint so. If the stage has more dancers than musicians then it isnt shaging about music, sorry. If your song consists of two notes, a poopy beat and rapping that cant be deciphered, give me Grand Master Flash or The Sugarhill Gang instead. I will gleefully sing along.
If you call your band punk but live in a mansion in the hills of LA and star on a tv show about stars, go shag yourself!!! Have a great day!

 

[leftyjohn]

In 1970 I got a used J-bass with really fat strings on it and plenty of bow in the neck. I took it to a guitar shop to get it adjusted......it took them two weeks. When I got it back the neck was still not right. Discovered I could adjust a truss rod myself. Still have that unit. It is a lefty which might explain a few things.

Another time....it was Summer and very hot. I sat on one of those old gas space heaters that were used in low rent housing and got shocked. Sweat had made my jeans conductive. It was kind of funny as I recall. Does this make any sense?

 

[GregC]

I'm proud of being a boomer, we had great times and made great music. It's starting to seem like it's fashionable to bash boomers nowadays but we're not supposed to do it ourselves!

The reason for my post was that it's been fashionable for years now, IMO, for Boomers to bash new music. Maybe the pendulum will start swinging the other way? And I actually think it's a good thing to get outside one's generational bubble and criticize on occasion. I don't want to rehash this topic too much, so I'll just quote an edited version of another post of mine from later in the thread.

Certainly, a lot of great music was made back then...My initial post was strongly worded because of what seems to be the constant drumbeat on TB by many of my fellow Boomers about how all or most music was great then and it basically all sucks today--edited to add, or sometimes it's argued that everything after the '80s, or everything after 1975 or so, stinks too. I think many have lost the open-mindedness they were celebrated for back in the day. Maybe future generations will act similarly. But there are so many of us Boomers (thus the term!) right now saying this kind of thing.

 

[SoulReflection]

The reason for my post was that it's been fashionable for years now, IMO, for Boomers to bash new music. Maybe the pendulum will start swinging the other way? And I actually think it's a good thing to get outside one's generational bubble and criticize on occasion. I don't want to rehash this topic too much, so I'll just quote an edited version of another post of mine from later in the thread.

I am happy you added "IMO" to your post because, as a boomer, I, like others have a much different opinion. You are certainly entitled to yours.

 

[rholler]

I wasn't gigging in the 60's or 70's, but I remember in the 90's that we had to avoid playing certain venues because we didn't have the cash to buy new cabling and if you were too close to the local radio station their live stream came through the PA loud and clear.

Similarly, back in the mid-70's I was playing a 6hours/night-6night/week gig at a nightclub in downtown Indianapolis (Buffalo Bill's), which sat right on the highway (US-40) that ran straight thru Indy. And of course, the building sat right on the edge of the sidewalk, which was of course right on the edge of the street/highway, and of course the stage was on the wall by the sidewalk -- we couldn't have gotten any closer to the highway. And of course, every time a semi-truck with a massive (and illegal) CB Radio "booster" would go by, their conversation would bleed *loudly* right into our PA system! It was an ongoing nightmare!