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Thunderbird Club
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There's a special place for people who would wear those.
LOL - love it! Makes a statement, either somebody so comfortable with themself that they don’t care what others think, or a great sense of humor. Thong sandals and I don’t get along, hate that wedgie between the toes.
I’m always keeping an eye out for different western style boots. I’d rock these mamas on stage if I were gigging…
I had cobalt flats on my VP for quite a while, really liked them but switched them out with Fender 7250 nickel rounds and have been very happy. The Fender strings warm up the VP nicely and yet still let all the grit and grind that bass is capable of come through. I found the cobalts tamed a bit of the grit out of the VP. Only ever used the Fenders in standard tuning though, not sure how they’d sound or feel in Db.
I gots short, fat feets. Boots that taper hurt like hell. Wellingtons are OK. Italian style shoes are completely outta the question.
This was the first thing I noticed and I’m on the fence about a last minute change to DR DDT 110-50 for today’s gig…
I was/am the opposite. To me, the EBCFs(and the SIT Power Flats currently on the 67NR and EPI Embassy)add a bit of clarity to the 'darkish' tone I prefer. [I 'strongly dislike' rounds]
Absolutely nothing wrong with a good set of Wellies. The nice thing about Tim’s Boots is they are completely custom made to any size or shape you want. The bad thing about Tim’s is you pay for it and it can take up to a year to get them. I wear a EE boot and don’t get on very well with point or nip tips, never liked the look of square toes either, I’m just a round toe kinda guy.
Make the GTG and you can see if SIT Power Flats are any different on a VP. Would love your opinion. I love the EBCF on my CP.
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I've seen boots like that before - quite a bizarre mutation of the functional western boot. (pointed to easily slip into a stirrup)
I'm guessing you can't drive a vehicle with those things on.
Or, doubles your chances on a Saturday nightIt's ambiguous.
Put some metal on the ends and you have the two hit men from Better Call Saul.
I feel like the EBCFs tame some of the high end but I still get grit and grind. I guess we sll want something a bit different.
Don’t get me wrong, Cobalt flats are my favorite flat and go smashingly well on just about anything I’ve tried them on. I just noticed a bit of of drop in grit and actually a bit of an increase in grunt (over the stock strings) when I put them on. When I replaced the cobalts with fender strings I found the Fender strings to be just about as warm as the Cobalts and got most of my grit back but did give up some grunt.
FWIW - I have my amp and bass settings focused more towards the bottom end and the low mids. So I’m probably effectively EQing a good portion of the top end grit out to begin with and to my ears the cobalts tamed a bit of that down even further.
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Never mind Ted, the Tele in the stand is the main focus. Guild humbuckers, right?
John Sauter's bass.
Cayden’s b’day (7) party mexican style today….
to think I grew up playing “Pin the tail on the donkey’’ at b’day parties…..about 50 people on their way…..BRACE!…,
to think I grew up playing “Pin the tail on the donkey’’ at b’day parties…..about 50 people on their way…..BRACE!…,
What's Rosa cooking for today?
