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#38,022
Gaolee said:
You poor human.

There's a reason I'm grateful to be a non-IT person. I deal with Windows and Microsoft Office. Other than that, it all pretty much stays put. There's always a big glitch when Quicken gets an update, but it's not a six hour process. By software standards, Cubase is probably the most painless program to use of all of 'em. Servers? Somebody else's problem. Security stuff? We have a firewall and the bug zapper stuff seems to be pretty good at keeping itself up to date and out of the way. Famous last words.
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Yeah, it's part of a project and the whole thing is a rolling Charlie-Fox. The service pack had to be applied to enable the critical system to see the new storage for migration tomorrow ... but that stopped stuff working and now we have to wake up a lot of people to apply the vendor's recommended solution - reboot the bugger.
 
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#38,026
Dadagoboi said:
Finally back in the shop the last few days after six week recuperation from prostate and hernia surgery. First up...

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NR 52, 1-3/4" (~45mm) at the nut, 16 mm bridge spacing. Alignment check before final woodworking and finishing in trans jade. Fits in a standard Fneder case thankks to the 3+2 headstock.
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Hell... leave it like it is & ship it to me!:hyper:
 
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#38,030
Inky13 said:
Man, that'd be some drive huh? How long from here to Seattle?
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Road Trip!

Gonna be about 100 degrees here Wed-Fri, can't wait......................





Actually, I can wait :whistle:
 
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#38,031
Inky13 said:
Man, that'd be some drive huh? How long from here to Seattle?
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kat888 said:
40hrs give or take
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Google says 37 hours from my house. So kat was right.

Couple months ago me and my buddy went to Boston and back non stop (besides gas and food) for a Marshall g***** amp and cab. We were in my wagon (pictured a dozen or so pages back) I was the only one that drove, no radio, roughly 20 hours. The ride there was nice, back not so much.

My dad and I also drove back from Dallas in one shot. Same amount of time.

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I think we could do it no problem :thumbsup:
 
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#38,034
BklynKen said:
That works for me. I love the heat.
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It won't be bad as the humidity is lower here, plus my house is air conditioned. Think I'll sleep downstairs tho, it's always a bit cooler.
I do foresee myself in the backyard enjoying several tall, very cold beers drool
 
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#38,035
kat888 said:
Yeah, it's part of a project and the whole thing is a rolling Charlie-Fox. The service pack had to be applied to enable the critical system to see the new storage for migration tomorrow ... but that stopped stuff working and now we have to wake up a lot of people to apply the vendor's recommended solution - reboot the bugger.
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I do not envy you at all. I'll stick to the kind of crazy my job entails and leave that kind of frustration to people who can handle that kind of frustration without going completely ballistic.
 
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#38,036
TBird1958 said:
Road Trip!

Gonna be about 100 degrees here Wed-Fri, can't wait......................





Actually, I can wait :whistle:
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I could wait a lifetime for heat like that and not miss it. I will be playing outside on Friday on Vashon. The ferry line will be blisteringly hot, but the ride should be OK. Kat is the only person I can think of who might actually like it.
 
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#38,037
Bassic Playing said:
Any of you guys played an SG/EB bass (Gibson, Greco, Orville etc)? Really hard to find around here but I'm pretty interested in one. Want to know what the neck is like, balance etc. I love my single pickup tbird but I want to have an alternative that has less attack on the initial note. The Tbird has that classic P bass style 'point' to each note before blooming out.
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I have a '62 EB-3, and it's a great bass. However, it's a quirky one too. The low tension on the strings makes it excellent for bends and vibrato. Mine is headstock heavy, but with a good strap it's not bad, and it's more due to the lightness of the body than actual heaviness of the head. Neck profile is very comfortable. Quite wide, and decently chunky, but a very nice profile somewhere between a C and D. The neck pickup will give you less attack, but those bridge pickups are very aggressive and bright. I actually need to repot mine as it's a bit microphonic, which is a pain as I occasionally tap the cover while playing since I play with my hand right above it. Granted, I'm sure little of this applies to the newer ones with the TB pickups.
 
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Bassic Playing said:
Any of you guys played an SG/EB bass (Gibson, Greco, Orville etc)? Really hard to find around here but I'm pretty interested in one. Want to know what the neck is like, balance etc. I love my single pickup tbird but I want to have an alternative that has less attack on the initial note. The Tbird has that classic P bass style 'point' to each note before blooming out.
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I play the SG, EB and TBird on a regular basis.
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From left to right: 2007 Gibson SG Supreme in Lava burst (limited run), 2013 Gibson 50th Anniversary Thunderbird in Gold Bullion, 2007 Gibson SG Supreme in Blonde (limited run), 2013 Gibson EB 5 string bass.

All are great, and as you've noted the SG does have less attack on the initial note than the others. My SG's are short scale basses made in 2007 as special runs but basically the same sound wise as the newer ones that are less fancy. These are great basses with fantastic fast necks and are my go to instrument for figuring out pesky bass lines, just so much easier to get around the neck on these in my old age. I also love the laid back sound that beds very nicely in a mix. It's not a forward sounding bass like the TBird, much more foundational in tone and less attack.
 
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