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Thanks for this explanation. I wish it helped me understand how more resistance makes a pickup sound better/different.

I have a rudimentary understanding of circuits, and I always consider electrical circuits similar to plumbing, signal (or voltage) follows a path (of least resistance) to ground. But like I said, my understanding is purely rudimentary.
Better than mine.
 
200k miles on this......C8s are nice but you can't get a clutch....
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After pushing the clutch(es) on 18 wheelers for 23 years, I'm poifeckly happy with automatics. In fact, if I was ever to buy another 'big truck' (Freightliner), it would be automatic. My two (maximum allowed) bad knees say "bye, bye, pedal on the left".
 
I've lusted after that mother for years!:thumbsup:
Early Bond Girl dress-up/attire shot ala 2013 ... it had flats on it then -

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Found that the Mustang runs a 5.4lt Coyote V8. The Supra a 5.2lt Lexus V8. The Camaro a 5.7lt GM V8.

The engines in NASCAR are built by the teams. There are a few large teams that supply them for others. I was never sure how much Ford, GM, Toyota have input on these engines (or even how much they learn from them), but there's nothing Ford in a NASCAR Mustang, for example. I'm stuck in the past I know, but loved when guys would take regular cars and turn them into race cars. Heck, years ago drivers would at times dive their car to the race and then get them race ready (removing headlights, etc.). I'm not so sure street car development wouldn't benefit more in many ways doing it like it was before the fake cars took over. But it is almost impossible to make a street car as safe as a stock car.
 
"Born in the USA" too
It’s a good one. His first protest song.

There are so many great Bruce songs. Blinded By the Light. Spirit In the night. Growin’ Up. Lost In the Flood. For You. Kitty’s Back. Rosalita. Thunder Road. BTR. Backstreets. Night. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out. She’s The One. Jungleland. Badlands. Candy’s Room. Racing in the Streets. The Promised Land. Prove it All Night. Fire. Darkness On the Edge of Town. Because The Night.

And that’s only from the seventies.
 
My timing buying my '76 B15N was (inadvertently) spot-on. $850 shipped! :woot: Shortly after I got it, BassPlayer mag had a front page pic of the new Ampeg Heritage RI - which caused prices to skyrocket on vintage B15's. It was made for 20yrs (1960-1980) so there are a lot of them around. Every legit recording studio in the US and possibly abroad has one.

Old pic w/my '64II - stained grill cloth was replaced years ago and I installed a late '60s JBL speaker also - bass nirvana...

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Some vintage love.

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After pushing the clutch(es) on 18 wheelers for 23 years, I'm poifeckly happy with automatics. In fact, if I was ever to buy another 'big truck' (Freightliner), it would be automatic. My two (maximum allowed) bad knees say "bye, bye, pedal on the left".
Unless it's a sports car, I'll take an automatic. I've owned and driven cars & trucks with sticks - my fave being my '66 Volvo 122S estate wagon.

Not mine but just like it including the deluxe factory roof rack. Loved that car. It felt like a sports car because it was small & nimble.
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