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#100,202
Gaolee said:
As the Earl of a minor fief in this realm, I find that doing as I'm told is a good policy. Bringing the wrath of the Queen down upon one's head means being condemned to a week of FSO and tort. It's an awful fate!
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Do as your told, that's no fun. Uh, well, maybe it depends on what your told to do. :rolleyes:
 
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I'm probably not even quite an Earl. More likely a princeling in charge of a potato patch. I gotta say that potaoes are easy to grow and taste great when they are freshly dug up. They have a whole lot more flavor when they just came out of the ground, and I don't mean just that lovely earthy taste of dirt residue.

Aaaand we are off! Onto another tangent! Vegetables!
 
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Gaolee said:
I'm probably not even quite an Earl. More likely a princeling in charge of a potato patch. I gotta say that potaoes are easy to grow and taste great when they are freshly dug up. They have a whole lot more flavor when they just came out of the ground, and I don't mean just that lovely earthy taste of dirt residue.

Aaaand we are off! Onto another tangent! Vegetables!
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Call any vegetable...............
 
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Haji said:
Since our space heater in our rehearsal space did its best to kill the band and was foiled in its attempt to become a bomb, we rehearsed at the studio our first gig will be at in moderately early mid central February on their main stage. The band was telling me I only needed one cab as there was PA.

I wasn't hearing that nonsense. The best part of stages is making them vibrate. Afterwards they admitted they loved it. Its a LOT of fun to be loud. And wireless.
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Love it, and yes. Which wireless?
 
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Gaolee said:
I'm probably not even quite an Earl. More likely a princeling in charge of a potato patch. I gotta say that potaoes are easy to grow and taste great when they are freshly dug up. They have a whole lot more flavor when they just came out of the ground, and I don't mean just that lovely earthy taste of dirt residue.

Aaaand we are off! Onto another tangent! Vegetables!
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Great. The bass player / vegetable thing. And potatoes at that. Are you the Earl of Stereotypes?
 
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Engle said:
I know, but imagine how cool you would look!:p
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I'll be in the right rear corner so nobody'll notice, but I think this is cool enough 20180603153130.jpg and not a FSO:cool:
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
Love it, and yes. Which wireless?
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I'm not Haji, but I have been using a Shure digital wireless for a number of years now. I don't remember what it cost. A lot, as I recall. It's rechargeable, which is why I really wanted the one I got, plus it doubles as a tuning pedal. I don't even remember how long ago I got it. Four or five years? maybe more. It hasn't missed a beat during that time, and I use it at least once per week, usually two times a week. When I was playing a lot of shows, it would get used four or five times a week on occasion. The battery in the transmitter lasts long enough that I have never had a problem, even after playing for hours and then forgetting to plug it in before the next time I needed it to go for hours.

The best part is that it doesn't wrap around my leg when I bounce around the stage, spin the upright, or get over energetic in some other way. Plus, I can wander off stage while still playing. That's fun, too.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Good point. I didn't have him use nitro on my finishes. Check with him, and if he doesn't do nitro I'd bet he knows someone who does.
Maybe Pat wilkensen does nitro. He did a great job on one of my non nitro builds.
Then there is these guys...
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I think all they do is nitro. Never used them but the gallery of work they've done looks impressive.
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I will check with him, hopefully he does. Wilkins I believe uses poly as well, at least based on turn around. I did check Bad Mojo, very good stuff, but unfortunately, like MJT, don't offer a factory fresh finish, their closest being Clean Unaged, which is meant to look like an unplayed 50 year old instrument.
"It will be about as clean as a vintage instrument can be. Our finishes are meant to look like they have been around for 50 plus years. We do not do factory clean finishes. "
But that might be what I go with, it seems nitro finishers are real into some sort of aging.
 
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Side question if any one has any info that'd be awesome. If not it's all good too.

I've got a chance to either pick up a peavey TKO 65, mid 80's model. Or The Tko 115s sheffield 90's model. I'm familiar & have played the 115 s countless times with my band & it's nice & defined even for a 15" speaker. Also read its the series that replaced the 65 afterwards.

I guess i might be answering my own question of which i should get...Familiar territory rather than something just for the sake of it.
 
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ThaCoast said:
Side question if any one has any info that'd be awesome. If not it's all good too.

I've got a chance to either pick up a peavey TKO 65, mid 80's model. Or The Tko 115s sheffield 90's model. I'm familiar & have played the 115 s countless times with my band & it's nice & defined even for a 15" speaker. Also read its the series that replaced the 65 afterwards.

I guess i might be answering my own question of which i should get...Familiar territory rather than something just for the sake of it.
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:thumbsup:
 
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