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#236,161
Fooling with the 4OTF tonight a little and noticed if you lower the drive, but up the drive vol (no breakup, just clean), you can use the H/LPFs to fully tweak the tone. In other words, you have just a HPF or LPF or both if you want. (Only the drive side is run through the filters. The clean vol is your unaffected signal you can blend in as desired and does not go through the filters.) I can't believe how much I like this pedal.

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dagrev said:
Fooling with the 4OTF tonight a little and noticed if you lower the drive, but up the drive vol (no breakup, just clean), you can use the H/LPFs to fully tweak the tone. In other words, you have just a HPF or LPF or both if you want. (Only the drive side is run through the filters. The clean vol is your unaffected signal you can blend in as desired and does not go through the filters.) I can't believe how much I like this pedal.

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Very cool! Send me the second one?
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
TRVTH.
And while I know they don't work for some (like those whose fingers they attack in an autoimmune-disorder-like fashion), EBCFs do that for me.
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I have no issues with the feel of EBCFs or my fingers. They just aren’t for me. Stainless rounds, SIT Power Steels or Dunlop Marcus Miller stainless steel Superbrights are my choice for my Thunderbirds. YMMV.
 
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D.M.N. said:
No, Sunn originally used JBL as their top of the line speakers, so D130s, D140s, and the D15S (OEM D130s made for Sunn). Those were loaded in the 200s, 2000s, 1500s, and 1000s cabinets, as well as some of the other models depending on year. After 1970 they started offering options for speakers in catalogues, including EVs and Cerwin Vegas, and most of the base line cabinets started getting loaded with Sunn labelled speakers. Artists had been able to request speakers prior to this, such as Noel Redding who, IIRC, had his 2000s cabs loaded with Altecs. After around '72 they switched to the S, M, & V nomenclature, with Vegas being their default upgrade options.



Yeah, most 2000s cabs came stock with JBL D140s. And they certainly do put out a lot of SPL. I still use mine regularly, here's the 2000s rig on stage earlier this month:
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nice, thx.
 
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JJR58 said:
I so hear you.
And they'd be perfect in that Bassman cab.

My very next favorite were Altec 421's.
Totally different sound.
But not in Sunn cabs.
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I kinda wish I hadn't let that ACC 408 cabinet go. 4 15s. I think they were EVs, but don't remember. With a 320 head, that was a great sounding stack. I sometimes wonder if I should have let the 360 stack go instead.
 
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dagrev said:
Fooling with the 4OTF tonight a little and noticed if you lower the drive, but up the drive vol (no breakup, just clean), you can use the H/LPFs to fully tweak the tone. In other words, you have just a HPF or LPF or both if you want. (Only the drive side is run through the filters. The clean vol is your unaffected signal you can blend in as desired and does not go through the filters.) I can't believe how much I like this pedal.

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Four on the floor was my then girlfriend and me, under a piano at a party with another coupe we were ignoring. Good thing there was no video back then.
 
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Good evening Thunderbird loving sisters and brothers, and a belated happy Friday. Some of the folks in my Middle Eastern/Mediterranean band are starting another project to play some rock and blues. One of the songs I have been asked to learn is the old Stones tune, Sympathy for the devil. I have found this song to be surprisingly challenging. I don't often play with a pick, but this song seems to call for it. In the past I have used a thick felt pick,, but the firm plastic seems better for this song. I found it a bit easier on my Thunderbird than my 5 string Jazz, but still a challenge. Any advice on how to make this song work would be greatly appreciated. Have a great weekend folks!
 
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Border said:
Good evening Thunderbird loving sisters and brothers, and a belated happy Friday. Some of the folks in my Middle Eastern/Mediterranean band are starting another project to play some rock and blues. One of the songs I have been asked to learn is the old Stones tune, Sympathy for the devil. I have found this song to be surprisingly challenging. I don't often play with a pick, but this song seems to call for it. In the past I have used a thick felt pick,, but the firm plastic seems better for this song. I found it a bit easier on my Thunderbird than my 5 string Jazz, but still a challenge. Any advice on how to make this song work would be greatly appreciated. Have a great weekend folks!
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Can you define “Middle Eastern/Mediterranean band?” I have in-laws from the Levant and I don’t normally associate a Thunderbird with the music of the region.
 
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Border said:
Good evening Thunderbird loving sisters and brothers, and a belated happy Friday. Some of the folks in my Middle Eastern/Mediterranean band are starting another project to play some rock and blues. One of the songs I have been asked to learn is the old Stones tune, Sympathy for the devil. I have found this song to be surprisingly challenging. I don't often play with a pick, but this song seems to call for it. In the past I have used a thick felt pick,, but the firm plastic seems better for this song. I found it a bit easier on my Thunderbird than my 5 string Jazz, but still a challenge. Any advice on how to make this song work would be greatly appreciated. Have a great weekend folks!
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It's feel. Unamplified, just get friendly with trying to reproduce that thumpy 'bounce' the bass has in that tune. Don't worry about the notes or how clean your technique is, forget that. Just try to feel that bounce... It's tight, but loose... It's punched pretty hard with that pick, and it's got some dirt- not in the sound, but in the approach.
Once you can pretty reliable get that funny, bouncy feel, go back to square one and zero in on the notes you want. There really are only a few for most of the tune.
The bass line is deadly simple, but it's got an elegant attack and asks for some subtle movement as it bops along.
Keep with it and you'll find, as you get a handle on it, that you'll be giving it your own feel. Let that happen!
If you can play it and get a piece of that original groove, you're there. You have to make it yours. Just make sure you put some stank on it!
 
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