Thunderbird Club

[BklynKen]

Strange. I've never heard that. Sounds just like what the Contour knob does.

Scratch that about the scooping. Obviously I can't tell time. I'll try those settings and see how they feel.

 

[MCF]

The price was also 'conservative' compared to the Tuck-And-Roll.

It was. I don’t recall how much less they were.

 

[BuddhaFingas]

A little humor:
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And this ol' thing-b4 custom PG:
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Sir, you rather resemble my avatar... in a flattering way /thumbsup

 

[Engle]

Strange. I've never heard that. Sounds just like what the Contour knob does.

I read it on Talkbass so it must be true! This is a 2023 thread but I first read it many years ago when I got my MB200:

Thread 'Gallien Krueger EQ optimally flat voicing?'

Jan 7, 2023

Does the 4 band Gallien Krueger active EQ implemented across many of its amplifier series produce an optimally flat voicing with these controls set at noon?
If not, is it possible to adjust the 4 EQ controls to flatten any bumps and/or dips and what are these settings please?
Many thanks in advance for your advice.

• Sparky Mark
• Replies: 7
• Forum: Amps and Cabs [BG]

 

[BuddhaFingas]

We're only talking days here. Yours doesn't count and you need to try again, during the day this time.

I promise to finish my build during the daytime.

Last screw, at least. Which will probably be the bottom one on the control cover.

Always wondered; given the time involved in painting, curing, assembling, etc a bass... whence comes the supposed "build date" from the mfg as one particular day?

Specially with Gibsons where the serial is stamped in the raw wood, pre finish.

Mine will span two calendar years. At best.

 

[Butcherboy]

Are there any recordings? Looked like a cool event.

Arte TV was there… not sure if available in your country….

Mogwai


We Are Scientists


Chuck Prophet


Friska Viljor

 

[Gaolee]

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....

That has been my assumption. It's also true that an ACC amp has enormous capacitors. Sure, they are enormous partly because the late 1960s through the early 1980s didn't have the kind of shrinking technology that we have now. But it's also because they had a whole lot of capacity. Those things will hold a whole lot of juice for a very long time. My take is that the capacitors on the output side give a much higher headroom than those amps, which are underpowered by current standards, sound like they do, when coupled with the enormous, heavy output transformers.

My take on the capacitors may be displaying ignorance. But everyone here already knows that I know which end of a soldering iron gets hot and that's pretty much the extent of my knowledge anyway.

 

[Gaolee]

I promise to finish my build during the daytime.

Last screw, at least. Which will probably be the bottom one on the control cover.

Always wondered; given the time involved in painting, curing, assembling, etc a bass... whence comes the supposed "build date" from the mfg as one particular day?

Specially with Gibsons where the serial is stamped in the raw wood, pre finish.

Mine will span two calendar years. At best.

At least there's progress. My projects tend to sit. And then sit some more. And then get around to sitting.

 

[Stealth57]

At least there's progress. My projects tend to sit. And then sit some more. And then get around to sitting.

How's the Camaro?

 

[MCF]

Arte TV was there… not sure if available in your country….

Mogwai


We Are Scientists


Chuck Prophet


Friska Viljor

They’re available. Some good stuff there! Hoping they’ll post you guys.

 

[MCF]

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.

The house is three levels with the basement easily accessible with only one step through the doorway into it from the driveway.

 

[RedVee]

The house is three levels with the basement easily accessible with only one step through the doorway into it from the driveway.

Aren’t basements traditionally below ground level?

 

[BklynKen]

Blurry but good photo from Sat.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Aren’t basements traditionally below ground level?

not in seismic CA...

 

[JJR58]

Strange. I've never heard that. Sounds just like what the Contour knob does.

When I had the 700RBII.
Flat was not everything centered.

 

[Gaolee]

not in seismic CA...

Oddly enough, they are in seismic Washington.

 

[Gaolee]

Blurry but good photo from Sat.

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I like your drummer's kit. I bet it packs a wallop that's is much bigger than it looks. It is probably pretty easy to move, relative to most drum kits.

 

[JJR58]

I like your drummer's kit. I bet it packs a wallop that's is much bigger than it looks. It is probably pretty easy to move, relative to most drum kits.

He’s a great drummer.

 

[BklynKen]

I like your drummer's kit. I bet it packs a wallop that's is much bigger than it looks. It is probably pretty easy to move, relative to most drum kits.

It did sound really good. That's a tiny stage. Gotta step off just to change your mind.

He’s a great drummer.

He really is. We're so lucky.

 

[MCF]

Aren’t basements traditionally below ground level?

Usually they are. But the house is built on a slope. So the two main floors are built above the “basement” area. It’s hard to describe. When it was first built, the bottom area wasn’t a finished living space. The area was subsequently insulated and turned into a large “bonus room.”It isn’t included in the measured square footage because the main ceiling is only eight feet high. But it’s a big space, about 900 square feet. Since it’s below the main living area, most in the area refer to it as a basement.