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It was the diesel I believe, it was not a powerhouse, it might have even been the road case version, but the room was also an issue, that particular studio, while supposedly designed for proper acoustics, was very hard to get a good bass tone in those rooms. It was the late 90s too so it was a while ago. I remember sticking my wm10 on top to try to get more articulation.
I rarely can get a sound as good in a rehearsal room as I can in a venue. If I can actually hear both what the rest of the band is playing and what I'm playing, it's a good day.
I can't figure out the allure of SUVs. They have the lousy fuel economy of a truck, the limited capacity of a station wagon, the long nose of a truck or station wagon, and the top is fixed, like a van or station wagon so you can't load them from the side. If you took all the worst parts of a van, station wagon, and pickup and rolled them into one vehicle, you get an SUV. I just flat don't get it. I have a full sized Chevy van. It radiates a world of iffiness, because only creepy people and plumbers drive big vans with blacked out windows. And government employees you don't want to run afoul of. It gets poor fuel economy, but it seats four or five people, hauls a PA, my enormous amp, a guitar amp, a drum kit, another guitar and guitar amp, and all the rest of the bits and pieces for a show. No trailer necessary, but if one is necessary for some reason, it can pull one. Everything stays dry. It's got a short nose, so I can see far better than most at intersections. An SUV does none of those things except get lousy fuel economy.
X1, not so much. A glorified Minicooper. X3s are great. Your wife is certainly the smartest member of your household. Sorry, just sayin...
I love my Subaru Forrester. A perfect SUV. Good mileage (+ or - 32 mpg) lots of cargo space (with rear sear folded down, so it won't haul more than two people in that iteration - they can follow me in their Civic) great all wheel drive and foul weather handling. I drove Volvos for forty years, and don't miss the high cost of ownership one bit. Subaru. I'll never own another brand.
Exactly. Plus they don't hold much more than a station wagon or minivan (often less), but they're higher off the ground, so harder to load (you have to lift a big cab further up before it levers in). It's the automobile personification of "jack of all trades, master of none."
Can never go wrong w metal, esp if u encorpoate some blues pasterns!
I would consider that a station wagon, not an SUV so much. It's not near the blobby dumpty pod most of them are, nor is it a fake truck. It's a car with a big carrying box on the back and four wheel drive, not a fashion statement.
The horror! It may be genetic. My brother is already over there. Next time I have time for making stuff out of wood, I'll be building a five level pedal board/shelf/tree/rabbit hutch with him.
