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Thunderbird Club
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I live on the ninth floor of an all cement apartment building, I can blast my stereo and/or the SVT as loud as I want to also in an apartment believe it or not, as long as I keep my door shut, but I don't usually play it that loud, in fact I use my SS 100 watt B-15T more often but that can get pretty loud too.
- Mar 13, 2008
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I'm might have a little issue that may prevent me from making it out this year.
Not health related.
Apartment hunting related.
No clue how it will all play out as of yet.
If i wasn't in this predicament, i'd have already bought plane ticket by now.
West, move west.
It's like a full contact sport.
One thing I like about them is that they punch right out in front of them too, I've always preferred them over horn type cabs because of that. Years ago a soundman talked me into using two 15" front loaded JBL bins (scoops) instead of my SVT cabs, I donated them to the PA after a few months and started using my SVT cabs again. They sounded good like twenty feet out front but I usually stood near the drummer and my cabs.
A funny story, our drummer asked us to set them up one on each side of him right next to him, we said ok (thinking he was nuts), after the set I asked him how he liked it like that. He looked at me with wild eyes and said "Get them the efff outta here"
The speakers were right about ear level for him.
A full blast SVT in that apartment would be great for the few minutes you could still hear.
One thing I like about them is that they punch right out in front of them too, I've always preferred them over horn type cabs because of that. Years ago a soundman talked me into using two 15" front loaded JBL bins (scoops) instead of my SVT cabs, I donated them to the PA after a few months and started using my SVT cabs again. They sounded good like twenty feet out front but I usually stood near the drummer and my cabs.
A funny story, our drummer asked us to set them up one on each side of him right next to him, we said ok (thinking he was nuts), after the set I asked him how he liked it like that. He looked at me with wild eyes and said "Get them the efff outta here"
"Now you know what it feels like to play right next to loud drums!"
Plenty of spare bedrooms on the West Coast. And lots of toys.
We routinely drive 350 miles to our little 2nd home in Mesquite NV, maybe 1 stop. Las Vegas is another 100 miles, sometimes we'll drive straight through to Vegas, but I prefer not to.
LOL - it wasn’t exactly a fight, but there was a lot of physical contact.
"My bass shakes bring the bears to the yard!"
Gaolee
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We got room out here, y'know.
Much appreciate that Will.
If i had several large sacks filled with 1000 dollar bills, i'd be on my way.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
The boy and the girl routinely drive between LA and Las Vegas where her parents live. It's about 4 hours each way. Portland, Oregon is about as far as I'll go without stopping. That's a hair less than 200 miles. The van can go 300 or more on a tank of fuel, but I can't. The motorcycles make it about 150 miles between fillups, which is about right on a motorcycle. I can go forever on the bike so long as I stop and unkink periodically.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Why do I rob banks? That's where the money is.Much appreciate that Will.
If i had several large sacks filled with 1000 dollar bills, i'd be on my way.
- Willie Sutton
