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Probably also built bombers in the 40s.
That's why I ride the motorcycle. It's express lanes down and back from the house to the office. I got lucky that way and life is good.
Definition of a split second: The time between when the light turns green and the fourth cab back leans on the horn. NYC definition, anyway.
In India, they have clocks telling you when the light will turn green. The honking starts the 10 second countdown.
It is a bargain! But forget it. The knobs aren't lined up right.
I'll be on AA, through Dallas, on the way to Mexico with my wife pretty soon. We change planes. My experience with AA has been pretty bad in the past. I'm pretty concerned that an hour and a half layover might be just long enough for AA to screw it all up.
Thank you. I hardly ever use active as it just doesn't do anything I need. I will use it if I need a quick boost or clarity, but that's about it and rare. I much prefer passive. I've not had gain issues, I guess because I'm not smart enough to get complicated with amps and the like. In fact, even when using one of the G&Ls I generally don't even adjust anything on the amp. But they have such power, even in passive I can see where they are either loved or hated. They can be so aggressive I'm shocked they are not more common in harder rock or metal--other than none have "flamboyant" shapes. If someone wants to drive the heck out of an amp or pedal or "cut through" any mix--G&L is your friend. My other two L2ks are more naturally aggressive sounding, the '81 is more sweet and no work required to tame anything if that is desired. Almost a different kind of bass in some ways. Age and Mahogany? I would love to play one of the reissues it see how well they replicate what their predecessors did.
Makes me wonder how many of us are robots.
Nice! Yes, some necks did go crazy for some reason. Most seem to have survived OK, so I'm not sure how much was the way the neck was cut/made vs/plus environment. Clearly how they were made had something to do with it, but all or even most made that way were not affected for some reason. Lived in the right place and right time I guess. But in looking for an old one, that is something to look out for.That's beauty - my friend Reid who is a G&L fanatic has a black early '80s L1000 and I've played it. I've read that some early necks had issues because of the way the wood was cut. Can't beat a G&L for being a bass that can do it all.
I drew this schematic of his many years ago - yours w/o asking
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