Irv always good advice. Resist the urge and take the high road. Be the bigger person, in maturity if not in size.Thanks for chiming in on the rant, you guys. I appreciate the insights, and the third party perspectives.
Irv, I think I'll just take the high road at this point, I've had a chunk eaten out of my side now over it, and I didn't need that at all. I also think I'll start coming up with more novel ways to make bread. The left shoulder burns almost all the time. That needs to be over too... Chronic pain is bad for morale, especially when dealing with other people's slackness and/or silliness (read "plundering your work").
[Count Bassie/Vent]At 63, I'm officially not getting any younger, even though I know guys still in the field at 70+.
Also I get to thinking it is, but it's probably not, worth physical conflict. Dude's bigger than me, but I'll bet I can take him.[Vent over]
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Good point. Chuck is a wonderful human--but I don't need to see all of his humanity.
I'm a true carpenter, i don't use hammers, just nail guns baby...lolSure... Everybody with a hammer is a carpenter!
Real carpenters use hammers!
None of the easy tap and air gun on something. lol!When I started we used nothing but hammers, but transitioned more and more to air. We were the first people around here that I knew of who used air. I'm sure we were not. Were were really cutting edge in many ways. We would adopt a material or way of doing something and years after I was out of it would become common. I was very proud of what we did and how we did it. The guy who owned the company was not a business person and liked chasing skirts instead of focusing on the business.
My focus was more on the finish and trim side, so I confess that air made most things a lot easier.
I have projects for you and Roger. Let me know when to pick you guys up. Burbank is the most convenient airport.Real carpenters use hammers!
When I started we used nothing but hammers, but transitioned more and more to air. We were the first people around here that I knew of who used air. I'm sure we were not. Were were really cutting edge in many ways. We would adopt a material or way of doing something and years after I was out of it would become common. I was very proud of what we did and how we did it. The guy who owned the company was not a business person and liked chasing skirts instead of focusing on the business.
My focus was more on the finish and trim side, so I confess that air made most things a lot easier.
My "doing it" days are over. But I will gladly be the GC. But with Roger, there would be no need for supervision. Therefore, I would be in the house playing your basses and amps.
FWIW, TB wasn't giving me Thunderbird Club notifications for some reason. I'm ~25 pages behind. Hope I didn't miss anything real significant.
EDIT: might try to skim through later...or not.
EDIT: might try to skim through later...or not.
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Food, basses, planes, not much on the car front. Some puking and sweating.
These guys are playing the clubhouse room up at the mountain this Friday night. The weather is looking like It might not be a great idea to drive up there. But if I can I will. I like Carlsson’s playing and it would be a treat to see and hear him.
Curious if anybody here uses a a power amp and cabinet along with with a specific pre-amp for live/recording work?
I am thinking of using a pre-amp pedal to replace my Hiwatt for gigs & recording and in thinking about it, realized that I might not need a traditional bass amp.
A light weight power amp along with the pre- and light weight cab (like a Mesa Subway 1x15) might make for a pretty good stand-in.
Anyone here doing this?
Pretty sure @BklynKen does something like this.
I am thinking of using a pre-amp pedal to replace my Hiwatt for gigs & recording and in thinking about it, realized that I might not need a traditional bass amp.
A light weight power amp along with the pre- and light weight cab (like a Mesa Subway 1x15) might make for a pretty good stand-in.
Anyone here doing this?
Pretty sure @BklynKen does something like this.
It seems to pick where you’ve been most active recently. There is definitely still a bug. I have to manually check in with the Mesa group and the MLB group to keep up.
Oh, great! And I'm about to nuke a Lean Cuisine for dinner.
But shouldn’t have to check.
Yeah. Didn't use to have to.
Much as I love Subway gear, if you really want to go light, look into the powered cabs from GR. Not inexpensive. But they’re intriguing. I haven’t heard them but sure am curious.
GRBass – Pure Sound
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Marshall now has a strong revulsion to anything blue, and we all listed our Thunderbirds on consignment at Guitar Center for the best possible prices. Oh, and after one YT video lesson I can play like Chuck. Other than that, no.
Mine just doesn’t update right
Gotten to the habit of just going to watched threads
Refresh button needs a tune-up as bad as the window licker at the site @Count Bassie is at….
I wish I could do this, but in NYC we very rarely need our own amp. My 800RB preamp pedal is solely for when a house amp du jour has an FX loop so I can run my whole chain into the Return. But I've thought of your idea. I'd be all over the Jay Ganz Straight Ahead Power Amp if I did that.
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/jay-ganz-straight-ahead-power-amp.1278608/
