Your picture is flipped (mirror image). And I notice that all your gear must have palindromic names as even with a backwards picture, I can read all the brands.
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Thunderbird Club
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Your picture is flipped (mirror image). And I notice that all your gear must have palindromic names as even with a backwards picture, I can read all the brands.
Must think of a good line that involves beans...
Alas, the deal on the Gibson fell through. Had a guy on the hook for my Reverend but he backed out. Ugh. Being superstitious I'm thinking it wasn't meant to be. Such is life.
Some of us can't play golf this time of year
Some of us just can't play golf. period.
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I believe the groupthink is that if you put any old cab on top of any old cab, the results are unpredictable. the simplest solution is if you like your sound but need ‘more’ add a second identical cab. That’s the safest bet they’ll work well together. Not that other things can’t work. It’s just more of a crap shoot.
Nerd rant over
Unlike the crap shoot of sticking six stomp boxes in a signal chain.
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Some have made their friends promise to shoot them if they ever do.
That sounds more like a common sense rant than a nerd rant.I believe the groupthink is that if you put any old cab on top of any old cab, the results are unpredictable. the simplest solution is if you like your sound but need ‘more’ add a second identical cab. That’s the safest bet they’ll work well together. Not that other things can’t work. It’s just more of a crap shoot.
Nerd rant over
Gaolee
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Both ways? Ah, right, no extra 'Birds, no Vespa. Well, that just means we have a rationalization challenge to work on for you.
So, I popped into my local music shop this morning to get a short lead for my new wireless setup (Smooth Hound classic - an awesome little piece of British “man-in-a-shed” engineering that I would recommend highly), and while I was there I had a little noodle on an Embassy Pro.
The bass is far too light for my liking, and the neck feels too chunky after my classic pro....but the pickups. Oh my. They are something else. I really can’t wait for my VP to arrive now
The bass is far too light for my liking, and the neck feels too chunky after my classic pro....but the pickups. Oh my. They are something else. I really can’t wait for my VP to arrive now
Gaolee
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Some of us don't ever play golf. The allure of golf is one of those mysteries I am barred from understanding. I tried for work reasons, but failed. Golf courses look like a horrible waste of water on an otherwise ideal dirt bike playground.Some of us can't play golf this time of year
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Ok, well I just agreed a delivered price on the 2011 Gibson Thunderbird I mentioned earlier.
5 days shy of 7 months early for a 50th Birthday Bass. That’s gonna be close enough.
Hoping it will arrive for my birthday next week.
SWEET!!! Congrats!
Sorry, man. Here’s hoping for something even better just down the road!
Unlike the crap shoot of sticking six stomp boxes in a signal chain.
Ha! Seeing that more and more. Some folks make such great use of effects and still have a good signal path, but I’ve never run more than two pedals at a time, which is two more pedals than I’m currently running
So, I popped into my local music shop this morning to get a short lead for my new wireless setup (Smooth Hound classic - an awesome little piece of British “man-in-a-shed” engineering that I would recommend highly), and while I was there I had a little noodle on an Embassy Pro.
The bass is far too light for my liking, and the neck feels too chunky after my classic pro....but the pickups. Oh my. They are something else. I really can’t wait for my VP to arrive now
Bet you’re gonna love it! Funny, when I briefly had an Embassy Pro, I found the crazy light body off putting too. It was like something was missing. That with a neck profile I just didn’t like was part of my reason for returning it. The pickups are nice. Used the bass at one rehearsal and it did sound surprisingly good.
I'm sure, Gbass is feeling the love about now.
Congrats on your golf tournament performance, G. I rarely play anymore but have fond memories of my golf league days in the mid-90's. Lots of fun times and camaraderie with my crew back then.
note: items in red added by me for clarification.
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For a definitive answer you need one of these as well as the pup(s) and rig you'll be using. Anything else is cockamaimy 'theory'. What matters is your ears. IMO
This is Furk the Experts Week, right?
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According to some on TB, though, my old cabs, a Hartke 410XL and a 410 Transporter, should have been mismatched to the point of blowing up amps I don't even own and sounding so bad I've been fired from gigs I haven't auditioned for, too. And yet, I've gotten complimented on how nasty (the good kind) it sounded. It sounds a wee bit better now that I've replaced that T with another XL, too.
That's another reason I only go a few places on TB, and spend the majority of my time here: the depth of experience beyond Thunderbird is pretty impressive.
Gaolee
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Yes, it is.
It's a week for lots of George Carlin, too. Nothing better than starting the year off right.
Haji
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Some of us can't play golf this time of year
Jack Nicholas plays gold. The rest of us play at golf.
