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#56,241
Dadagoboi said:
HiWatt Uber Alles!

I have a Demeter first gen 201 Preamp with Jensen DI . "201" because Jim based it on one of Townshend's HiWatts that was in for repair when he worked at Hollywood Sound. That combined with an SVP 1500 will cover any need I have for volume. 800 watts per side down to 2 ohms or 1600 bridged.

Or this combo...

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That’ll do it, for sure :)
 
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#56,242
TBird1958 said:
I like where I got it last night, I had been trying it thru my Line6 using a model/setup that I use with my '89, it worked upstairs, got good bedroom tone, but not with the band through the big amp. I started over and found that on the eq a bit of bass and lo mid was needed, while dialing back the hi mid, treble and drive. So far getting closer to piano tone that I like.
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Given that Birds are such muddy sounding instruments, it's incredible they seem to prefer flat upper mids and highs and gently boosted lower mids and bass.
 
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#56,243
Dr_Feelgoood212 said:
P-90’s and an AC30 seems like an odd choice for glam rock, I woulda thought humbuckers and Marshall's.
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Meet Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls. TV yellow... P-90s... Glam Rock pioneer:cool:

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#56,244
Gaolee said:
I find it pretty easy to ignore people without even blocking their messages. It's the internet. Really, we are all a bunch of clowns who ought to be doing something better with our time. But, I really like 'Bird people. Online, and when I meet them in person. My wife thinks I like everybody. She might be right. Being a crank can be fun, but it's only in fun. People who get all bent out of shape to the point of sending hate mail really need to reexamine their priorities.
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I never wanted a computer, my wife brought it in the house in 1999. I soon learned the joys of ebay, band forums and gear forums. I have mainly dealt with very nice helpful people, many who I consider friends though we have never meet .
 
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#56,246
theFixer said:
WOW!!! This is cool Lar! This guy's GOTTA be from the Kalamazoo area. The Sinatras were a friggin' AMAZING band! Kinda Husker Du-like but not as dark. I guess you could call it "Underground Speed-Pop" if you needed a name for their style. They got a little notoriety... did a lotta "dues-payin' van touring", and even made it across the pond for a few UK dates. I still have their first local release on cassette (yyyeeesss... I said "cassette"... it was done back in the late eighties). They did the the most badass version of the Sesame Street theme song that I've ever heard! The Sleestacks were another K-zoo band. I only saw them a few times, but they stuck out from the crowd fer sher! There were like 6 or 7 guys & girls in the band, and they looked like the cast of "Revenge of the Nerds". They would frequently switch between different instruments (including horns), and incorporated theatrics between, and during songs. When ya hear that... it's really easy to get an idea in your head of what it was like. I obviously have no idea what idea popped into each of your heads... but it's a safe bet that the show was nothing like it! Whatever they did... they did it very well! They could keep the attention and earn the adulation of a room full of leather-clad, spike-haired, Metal Heads, Ska-Punks, and cocktail shakers! In a different time, I believe both of those bands could've been HUGE! Sadly... "Planting Bombs with Nita" never played a gig. Opportunities knocked, but went unanswered, primarily due to the tremendous hassle of moving gear. This was one of the bands I was in with my ex-brother-in-law who had the pair of 1000 watt Hartke rigs run in stereo. The guitar player ran his Strats & Rics through like 15-20 stompboxes, into a Fender Twin & a Roland JC-120 in stereo. My drumset at the time was fairly "normal"... but I had this massive blanket of cymbals over everything. Seriously... everything from a 6" splash, up to a 26" ride. It was ridiculous! Our sound was kinda "Ride" meets, "My Bloody Valentine", meets "Pink Floyd", meets "Primus". We lived in a band house in the WMU student ghetto (if you're from Kalamazoo & heard me say, "near Oak & Vine"... you'd most likely say, "REALLY? I was just partyin' there last night!"). Anyhooooo... the neighbors in the house next door (also a band house) came & checked us out a couple times. Then they brought a couple friends... the THEY brought a couple friends, and so on. The murmurs got out... the practices became some sorta unofficial "event"... and we wound up making local press and became a common name in the conversations of area musicians. We kinda became a "thing" without ever hauling our gear outa the basement even one time! I wanted to play out... especially when opportunities started literally walking through our door... but the other guys didn't wanna haul gear, and seemed to enjoy their "buzzword" status. One day, I found myself not very happy when I looked in the mirror. I had become the kind of pretentious @$$hole that I'd always hated. I moved out of the band house, found a nice Blues combo called "Loaded Dice", and went back home to the music of my heart. I'm very proud of the music I made with PBwN. It's unique, original, and I believe would stand the test of time. Coulda been sup'm if we hadda been better go-getters. :rollno:

I gotta bunch of PBwN stuff on CDs... I'd hafta take some time to find them & go through them to see if I can find anything remotely complete. A lot of it is broken tracks & incomplete crap.

(sorry for the novel)
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Cool story, bro!
 
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#56,251
Nocturnal said:
I used to HATE the NR look but over time it grew on me. Right now I only own the Epi NR's but I don't rule out owning others down the road.
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I hear you Andy, I just can't seem to warm up to them and I mean no disrespect to those of you who love them. The best I can say is they look "unbalanced" in a design sort of way while the Reversed just seems to have natural flow in shape. Maybe I'm just odd? ;)
 
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#56,254
godofthunder59 said:
I never wanted a computer, my wife brought it in the house in 1999. I soon learned the joys of ebay, band forums and gear forums. I have mainly dealt with very nice helpful people, many who I consider friends though we have never meet .
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Exactly.
 
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#56,255
ProgressiveDoom said:
This is my only means of social media, I had a Facebook profile full of people I knew that didnt offer the comfort I get here. Im not sure if thats sad or what. I do have a life that I take full advantage of because apparently I only get one chance at it but when Im free and not looking to keep moving physically I find comfort in being right here with all of you.
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theFixer said:
Meet Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls. TV yellow... P-90s... Glam Rock pioneer:cool:

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My favourite guitarplayer of all time - Not only for his sound, but also for his flambouyant looks and antics!

Just a shame he washed his talent down the drain, and totally messed up his life with drugs... :(

Thunders and his partner-in-crime Jerry Nolan, were such an inspiration (musically) in my young punk days. :)
 
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#56,259
BklynKen said:
So I changed out my strings last night to the Ken Smith Bass Burners. They sound really good, not unlike the Rotosounds [...] My overall conclusion is that I see absolutely no reason to use them again. Considering the sound isn't worlds apart from the Rotosounds, the huge difference in availability (KS hard to find, Roto super easy), and Ken Smith's awful reputation as a human being, the Rotosounds win hands down. But I'm happy to ride these out.
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That might take a while. I'm only familiar with RS66 stainless strings, not nickels, but the Smiths went on with slightly less zing than the RS66 stainless (nickel vs stainless), but have retained 90% of their tone since then. Even just playing around the house, the RS66s would be well dead by now.
 
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