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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
A little humor:
And this ol' thing-b4 custom PG:
And this ol' thing-b4 custom PG:
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
There's a lot of tube love, but for me, old solid state works just fine for bass. Guitar needs tubes a whole lot more than bass, although I have heard some solid state guitar amps that sounded great. I don't know how the circuits work, but somebody clearly knew what the sound needed to be and how to get there.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Blocking out music time during the day is one of those things I'm looking forward to being able to do once I become independently wealthy and don't need a day job any more. Easy for me to say now. Once that day comes, I suspect my days will turn to mush and I will get exactly bupkus done, just like now.
I never seriously wanted an SVTonage for that very reason. Had one hernia and the back ain't what it used to be. Along with everything associated with it as well. If I have to move heads even every couple weeks the ABMs would be getting even more use.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
And a crane.
Actually, I don't have any problem getting it up and down the stairs. It takes time, but it is not as strenuous as you might think. The preamp head is featherweight, because there's not much of anything inside that box. The pots and box are probably the bulk of the weight. The powered cabinet is something like 135 or 140 pounds, as I recall, but it has wheels, it's a good height for rolling, and getting it up and down stairs is just an exercise in short shrugs from one step to the next. I wear workboots with hard toe caps and use my toes as guides to keep from chewing up the stairs too much.
Once you get it to California, you are on your own.
Someday. I can see a day coming when I'm going to want to pass it along to somebody. Then the Grexa reissue will live in the basement and be the practice amp from hell. I'm seeing less and less reason to have two of them as time goes on.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
It's like a talent pedal, only better.Finally made it thru "Hound Dog" in time, on tempo, and with no weak notes, on a 34 "scale, 1st though 7th frets, first time and not even any blood or skin lost.
Probably doesn't seem like much to you pros, but it's been a long time coming that I didn't short-fret even one of the V chord high D's on the G string, or bungle the walkout.
Could do it passible well on a short-scale for a while, but tonight was the first time I got it fully together on a full-scale.
Magic Thunderbird makes me play better.
I read that 10-2-1-11 (oclock) is flat on the GK tone controls, so I start with that on my MB200.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
And Tuesday. Don't forget Tuesday. Mike beat me to it. Mike is fast for such a venerable guy, doncha know. Maybe that's why he's so fast. He already knows.
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imho, the output transformer which is mandatory (for high power bass amplification) in tube amps and optional in SS amps plays a big role in the sound you describe....
was hoping you would post the 63 along with the B-15...
Strange. I've never heard that. Sounds just like what the Contour knob does.
