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Thunderbird Club

That's what some people say about Slayer, Brad Paisley, and the Glen Miller Orchestra. It all depends on who yer askin'. As for me… if I were at a party & the Offspring came on… that would be the time that I would go see what's happening outside… or in the basement… or in the garage… or anywhere else! I've said it before & I'll say it again… I can find something I like about most music, or I can laugh at it, or tune it out… but the Offspring won't allow me to. They're the only band I've ever encountered that has such a consuming and abrasive affect on me. I'm not demanding that anyone else hate them… all I ask is that you allow me to!

I can see why you wouldn't dig it. The vocals aren't exactly conventionally pleasant sounding, and the instrumentals are really nothing to write home about both aesthetically and musically. I mean I dig it myself sometimes, but it's just that sort of thing that you either like or you don't. I mean, I genuinely dislike AC/DC, lots of people don't care one bit that I don't dig them though, at least based on how much I hear them on the radio. So it's cool that we can respect differences, just of we're ever jamming maybe we'll stick maybe to Cream or something like that.
 
How about Van Halen? I put them in the same category. Nothing too profound in their earlier offerings with David Lee Roth doing the lyrics. Nothing greatly profound once Sammy Hagar started writing for them but it did turn into less of a party band for me when that change happened.
I'm a HUGE Fan of pre-1985 Van Halen! THAT is "party music" fo SHO! I prefer a Van Halen that's runnin' with the devil & takin' their whiskey home, to a Van Halen that's wondering why this can't be love or telling me what dreams are made of. I've still never heard a track from Van Halen III. I probly will some day… but I've received no indication that I need to be overly anxious about it...
 
But most important, did she keep the box?

Did actually. The only boxes I have are that and the flanger box. Tossed the tuner and Cioks boxes on the basis I'm never going to sell them -- and before I knew that keeping the box was a thing. The Darkglass came all the way from America in a small tea carton. The flanger box has the original sales receipt, from a shop in Athens, in Greek (obvs) and the price in euros (obvs). I did wonder how it ended up in Albany, GA.
 
Unfortunately, he was out of stock when I ordered, ended up getting a used one off Reverb.

Yeah mine came off OzBass. So neither of us are really doing anything for Josh's sales figures. Top marks for recycling though!

Well now!

That's rather forward :roflmao:

I find the direct approach to be the best Roni.
 
Did actually. The only boxes I have are that and the flanger box. Tossed the tuner and Cioks boxes on the basis I'm never going to sell them -- and before I knew that keeping the box was a thing. The Darkglass came all the way from America in a small tea carton. The flanger box has the original sales receipt, from a shop in Athens, in Greek (obvs) and the price in euros (obvs). I did wonder how it ended up in Albany, GA.
Pure shallowness on my part: The fDeck has an oddball layout which makes it sit awkwardly on the pedal board. Broughton's similar device would sit much more neatly. The scramble on my pedalboard bugs the crap out of me, so I'm thinking of spending money I don't actually need to spend just to clean things up and make them look neater. No functional improvement, no real advantage, and absolutely no rational reason for this. The fDeck works really well. Crap.
 
Bass, skiing, kayaking.

I think yesterday was the last ski day. But an absolutely fantastic day for it.
Wish I could still ski - no functioning ACL in either knee. As long as I never fall again (I fell a LOT when I skied).
 
Pure shallowness on my part: The fDeck has an oddball layout which makes it sit awkwardly on the pedal board. Broughton's similar device would sit much more neatly. The scramble on my pedalboard bugs the crap out of me, so I'm thinking of spending money I don't actually need to spend just to clean things up and make them look neater. No functional improvement, no real advantage, and absolutely no rational reason for this. The fDeck works really well. Crap.

That's one of the reasons the Broughton is so cool. You can see it would be difficult to get 4 jack sockets and a power socket on the top of the Vortex, but side mounted jacks are really beginning to annoy me, whether they are in line with each other or offset

I find myself with mild GAS for this yet to be released device. I don't need it (when has that ever been a factor) and will do my best to resist. But top jacks you know ... and -ve power and standard form factor ... must resist .... must ........

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