@dagrev post reminded me that I was going to buy silver tophat knobs for the VP. I like the look better than the gold.
Really diggin the gold on black Andy.
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Really diggin the gold on black Andy.
When I first got my valve amp I was confused about the startup routine with the standby and power switches. maybe someone @Chucky Stiletti can elucidate?
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Oh, sorry - hard to keep up sometimes.
I'm a knob collector.., I have a whole box of various knobs; plastic, metal, white, black, silver, red, bone, wood, small, large, modern, vintage/retro, and various examples of each. Certain of my basses have had a variety of knobs over years. I think of them like a watch, bracelet or ring to a cool gestalt/look - they "dot the I's" for me on a bass/guitar.
For bass, pre distortion was always too harsh for my liking. Fine for guitar.
Can you pass the salt, then?
Where were you? Oh. Probably sleeping since you live on the other side of the world. Not recommend if you want to keep up with this crowd.
It wouldn't fly here either, thus my ending. I understand the reason for the way the jury system selection works, but I often wondered if a professional jury pool who are always up to speed on procedures and more familiar with the law wouldn't be better in some ways. Not perfect, just maybe better. As it is, virtually everyone in a jury pool doesn't want to be there which isn't ideal for decision making. Not to mention a good number of people are far too eager to hand out someone else's money (and stick it to a big company) or let people off the hook if they feel sorry for them. But, I know none of this is new to you. I'm sure you've seen it all and then some. I suspect there is a great amount of frustration for attorneys as well with the current system.
I remember years ago there was news story where a lady in her 80s was rushed to a hospital and they did a procedure and remedied a problem that they saw. Come to find out that was not the real source of her current pain problem but it was something that needed to be addressed and was. There was no harm done to her, and a procedure was done that she did in fact need, just not the one causing the most pain. She sued the hospital for several million dollars and won. (I understand she maybe should be compensated in some way for them not finding the source of pain, but not finding a problem is hardly uncommon.) She was old enough that she would never be able to use that money and all it basically did was make her children instant millionaires. People think when they sue a business like a hospital, that they're suing the hospital. What are you suing, the toilets, the desks? You're basically suing the next batch of patients that go in and have to pay higher rates to cover insurance costs. Of course this isn't my area of expertise by any means, and I am sure you've seen all manner of crazy things over the years. This is why good and reasonable attorneys like you are so very important to the legal system.
You stole from a church?
You should probably send that to me to use in church to remove any stain of sin and guilt. I wouldn't want you to go through life carrying that burden every time you played that rig and feelings of guilt hit you all over again. Just let me know when you want me to send my address! 
I know which one I thought of first. That would be brutal. I like it!After we sold our previous house we had clowns calling wanting to buy it. They kept calling and it had been months since the closing. I started doing something similar and asking for crazy amounts of money. I told one guy I would sell it to him for $5000 because I just want it out of the house but he had to come up with the money within a couple days. He was fumbling around and didn't know what to do.
Oh yeah, I like that much better as well.@dagrev post reminded me that I was going to buy silver tophat knobs for the VP. I like the look better than the gold.
You should tell them the next time that unless they have a million alpacas then there's no deal. See how they respond.
After we sold our previous house we had clowns calling wanting to buy it. They kept calling and it had been months since the closing. I started doing something similar and asking for crazy amounts of money. I told one guy I would sell it to him for $5000 because I just want it out of the house but he had to come up with the money within a couple days. He was fumbling around and didn't know what to do.
Oh, no worries. I had forgotten myself that you didn't comment on the VP option and confused the two when I posted. I never recall doing much changing, but I fully agree with you that it can add just a little touch of spice to an instrument. Not that noticeable, but adds to the bigger picture.Oh, sorry - hard to keep up sometimes.
You obviously have a good eye for these kinds of things and I wonder what your thoughts would be about this Pbass. The mother of toilet seat pick guard I put on it years ago has turned to an unpleasant yellow look. I was thinking of going with a late 50s gold and gold anodized aluminum pick guard. While I I'm really like black and white in that tuxedo look, white just doesn't seem to click for me here. It came with a black pick guard and that just doesn't do much for me either.
Now that I look at it, the black doesn't look that bad. Thoughts welcome.
Tortoiseshell would look good I think. Pretty sure you could find it in the 50's shape too.
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I guess a trip to confession and a few rosaries might work as well. Let's hope. Eternal damnation likely has no Thunderbirds.You stole from a church?
Ashly, the Geddy preamp! Did you do the diode trick to get some distortion?
And they have to throw in a case of El Grifo Canari.You should tell them the next time that unless they have a million alpacas then there's no deal. See how they respond.
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Personally, I'd go with the black pickguard.
