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#220,182
dagrev said:
That's the problem with weddings. They always think it's about them. The couple would actually be the easy part. It's the mothers you need to fear who are thinking they are getting to have their second wedding and will resort to physical violence to ensure their (oh, I mean the kids) day isn't ruined.
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That's pretty funny - and sadly true. I've played formal gigs but never a wedding - but totally see your point.
 
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#220,183
bobyoung53 said:
I was never crazy about their version of "I'm a Man" either, I did like most of their early stuff though, in fact I have CTA on cassette here now. I thought Peter Cetera was a great player, one of the best pick-style players I've ever heard, never mind singing like a bird while playing those parts. I like ZZ Top top but don't own any of their stuff, I should remedy that.
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I agree, Cetera is an amazing player. Add real singing (unlike some great bass players:woot:), and he's very impressive. Very musical player.

As for ZZ Top, start with the older stuff. The first albums are flat out amazing. Eliminator was the beginning of pretty different sound and style.
 
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#220,184
GBassNorth said:
I'm no cab designer but if I had to speculate I'd say Bergantino uses much more efficient speakers, they may have a longer throw which would move more air and the cab enclosure and sound board may be a better design. It's a sealed cab design, don't recall if the Ampeg is sealed or ported. Chuck asked about the weight, IIRC it's nearly 100 pounds. I don't know what size magnets or voice coils each manufacturer uses or if there's any crossover circuitry or wiring scheme that adds more oomph.

All I can say from first hand experience is that I took both a fridge and this berg out to my backyard in my last house and cranked the volume on the SVT amp. I was able to drive the fridge to distortion and slight farting out (at incredible volume levels). I connected to the berg and it stayed insanely clean well beyond the fridge volume levels. I don't recall which Ampeg 810 I was playing through (it would have been built around 2005) but I've been told that Ampeg has a heritage model (or something like that) that might be more robust than it's other 810 model - IDK.
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The HT322 with a sensitivity at 102 db is devastating.
And doesn't break up.
 
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#220,186
icefly said:
By the way, anybody noticed that thread reached page 11000?

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@D.M.N. caught that right away.
 
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JIO said:
I grew up in Omaha Nebraska at Nebraska's lower eastern tip. There were many times we went to our 'fruit cellar' in the SW corner of our house during tornado alerts. Our relatives west of us had their home 'lifted' off the foundation leaving them unharmed but home-less. There are 'tornado alleys' in many locations - it has to do with topography. (in a tornado's natural path)
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are you shaging kidding me?

South Omaha, got on the plane for boot camp and never looked back.
 
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bobyoung53 said:
I saw Basie a year or two after the Count died, they were led by Frank foster the tenor when I saw them, they were phenomenal and completely changed my bad attitude about jazz.
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I grew up listening to Ellington and a lot of other jazz. My son grew up with it as well. It seems to have had an influence. He is a jazz player first and foremost. He isn't a bass player but he has a bass. A Thunderbird.
 
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JJR58 said:
Weighs close to as much as an 810SVT
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Yep. The Berg HT322 is not a Cab to be trifled with. :drool:

:DMy dream rig if I were still gigging and doing large or outdoor venues would be a Sadowsky SA200 head on top of two stacked Berg HT322 cabs and an attractive female body builder as a roadie to move it all around. :thumbsup:

…..Well, I did say it was a dream.:smug:
 
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I've no doubt mentioned before playing a high class wedding reception for a Dr's daughter. It was outside at their house/farm. The table with Bride and party were maybe 30ft directly out from deck or whatever we were playing on. Everything was very dignified. At one point later towards evening I happened to be watching her as she moving around while seated and the next thing I know she flips backwards in her chair on her back. Nothing but wedding legs sticking up above the table. Wish we thought to start playing Legs from ZZ Top. Everyone was horrified and we were trying not to laugh. Much. Hadn't gotten paid yet. Some of the best food I ever ate at that wedding. Weird stuff happens at weddings.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Yep. The Berg HT322 is not a Cab to be trifled with. :drool:

:DMy dream rig if I were still gigging and doing large or outdoor venues would be a Sadowsky SA200 head on top of two stacked Berg HT322 cabs and an attractive female body builder as a roadie to move it all around. :thumbsup:

…..Well, I did say it was a dream.:smug:
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Whoa! Yes indeed George!
 
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