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#280,301
Rickplaysbass said:
I run entirely on a Kemper or hx stomp now.

My best anecdote was my 63 b15n. The last year they were handwired. It sounded fantastic. I took it with me to Sonic Ranch in Tornillo for a session. I took my Kemper with me. While we were there we profiled it as just the amp and with a while chain after the mic. Reamped a DI take through the real things and the Kemper. We could all hear a difference in the two. But the only one of us that could reliably pick which was which was the guy running the tracks. That amp is basically holy Grail status for some folks and I couldn't reliably pick it from my profiles. Couple that with the fact that I get way more headroom through my Kemper and a k12.2 and now I could comfortably gig that "amp" at any IEM gig or backline gig comfortably. I can run that "amp" through FOH anywhere. All that combined to make me a convert.


Anyways, sloppy one take no edits no click AB of my Mike Lull Bird straight in without and with the Cali76 stacked in a pretty tame parallel compression setting. Gain matching was just done using my ears through some headphones and the cali output knob. First time through is direct, second time has the Cali on.

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nice!….thx:thumbsup:
 
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#280,304
Chucky Stiletti said:
to me, this is the real and only TBird….
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Exactly. Skip the Continental kit and that one would be great. The only improvement would be some functional updates to make it go and stop better and period correct Halibrand wheels. I'll leave the perfectly original cars for people who don't flog them.
 
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#280,307
Engle said:
Yeah, I might add a bridge cover as well!
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Like this?:rolleyes:

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#280,309
TBird1958 said:
That's it, I'm hurling.........:vomit:
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Don't blame you. Sounds disgusting to me.
I'm not a fan of peanut butter flavored things to being with (but like peanut butter). But to add that flavor to something that needs nothing added (including, but not limited to water), is heresy in my worthless opinion. Nor would I like Bourbon flavored coffee or ice cream, etc, etc. But I get people like what they like and I'm glad they enjoy it as long as I'm not forced to enjoy it. Heck, I like Limburger Cheese, so I do partake of weird items on occasion. Limburger flavored Bourbon would also be off limits. For me, anyway.
 
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#280,310
BklynKen said:
I'm sure those modelers are great, but if I'm at a gig, last thing I want to do is start going through menus to try and fix or adjust stuff. I'm sure it's mostly set and forget, but having the physical pedals there just to be able to quickly tweak means a lot to me.
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From previous experience, some are pretty handy--but you must do all the work of setting up your patches before and save what you want. Even rehearsal is no time to be doing all the fiddling around IMO. The learning curve can also be substantial. Otherwise you will run into the problem just as you described. Dog chasing tail scenario.
 
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dagrev said:
From previous experience, some are pretty handy--but you must do all the work of setting up your patches before and save what you want. Even rehearsal is no time to be doing all the fiddling around IMO. The learning curve can also be substantial. Otherwise you will run into the problem just as you described. Dog chasing tail scenario.
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More than once I've been able to kneel down while playing in band practice or even a gig and turn a knob to fix a setting during a song. Usually the Steel Leather since it's really temperamental with the B15.
 
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dagrev said:
From previous experience, some are pretty handy--but you must do all the work of setting up your patches before and save what you want. Even rehearsal is no time to be doing all the fiddling around IMO. The learning curve can also be substantial. Otherwise you will run into the problem just as you described. Dog chasing tail scenario.
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BklynKen said:
More than once I've been able to kneel down while playing in band practice or even a gig and turn a knob to fix a setting during a song. Usually the Steel Leather since it's really temperamental with the B15.
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Yeah, the HX Stomp, if you know very well, you can do that stuff on but it's still a pain live. Definitely not good for quick adjustments. The Kemper, press one button twist knobs. That guy is easy on the fly. But my guys are primarily straight in on IEM so I rarely, if ever, have to worry about on the fly stuff.
 
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dagrev said:
Don't blame you. Sounds disgusting to me.
I'm not a fan of peanut butter flavored things to being with (but like peanut butter). But to add that flavor to something that needs nothing added (including, but not limited to water), is heresy in my worthless opinion. Nor would I like Bourbon flavored coffee or ice cream, etc, etc. But I get people like what they like and I'm glad they enjoy it as long as I'm not forced to enjoy it. Heck, I like Limburger Cheese, so I do partake of weird items on occasion. Limburger flavored Bourbon would also be off limits. For me, anyway.
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Reese's now has a peanut butter coated animal cracker that is dipped in chocolate. Is that acceptable?
 
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