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#108,301
Klondike said:
I called Tucker today, abalonee dote are going on the fb and the sides. Thanks to everyone for your input. It was a tough decision.
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With Inverness Green it'll be stunning.
 
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#108,302
fasterpussycat said:
Of 12 songs so far, 2 are 'Cat Tail songs', with arrangements sparse enough that anyone who is awake should notice the wall of doom. One of those songs has 8 bars of flanging -- which sounds completely over the top when combined with the Cat Tail. The other 10 songs are standard bass tone. And I take your point.

People (and I'm thinking guitar players here) who have a pedal they use on one song and another very similar pedal on the next song -- is there really a noticable audible difference there, particularly in the context of the arrangement, or are they really just trying to find a use for another 'cool pedal' they couldn't resist buying?
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Is this an original project that the world at large might be able to listen to? Kinda stoked to hear it. But if it’s propitiatory, that’s cool too.
 
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Saw this on Offer up. Looks like it was ridden hard and put away wet.
 
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#108,305
BklynKen said:
Thanks. Maybe, but I'm quite happy with my AO. Just curious what works for other people.
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I'm late on the pedal discussion...

I have a Red Ripper. It has a great knob labelled RIP; all the way anti-clockwise the pedal acts like a distortion/fuzz (depending on how much drive is added) but as it goes clockwise, it adds harmonic content based on how much signal it gets, so it has a fuzz-wah like effect at high levels of RIP.

Another interesting discovery - pedals that add little to bass sound much better if you add some drive ahead of them.
 
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#108,310
Gaolee said:
Fenders are a machined industrial product. Gibsons are far more labor intensive looking, even if they probably aren't any more.
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Which makes sense. I guess only with a fender does the cheaper looking dots seem fitting.

I found a fuzzrocious rat king cat king pedal with a jaws logo....no idea what that is but heard someone here mention it....I have yet to find a bass pedal that I like or pedals that I like to use with bass....I want to try a vintage proco rat only because I loved Twiggys tone so much.
 
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#108,311
fasterpussycat said:
Of 12 songs so far, 2 are 'Cat Tail songs', with arrangements sparse enough that anyone who is awake should notice the wall of doom. One of those songs has 8 bars of flanging -- which sounds completely over the top when combined with the Cat Tail. The other 10 songs are standard bass tone. And I take your point.

People (and I'm thinking guitar players here) who have a pedal they use on one song and another very similar pedal on the next song -- is there really a noticable audible difference there, particularly in the context of the arrangement, or are they really just trying to find a use for another 'cool pedal' they couldn't resist buying?
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Re: guitarists and pedals. I suspect the latter is true. Disclaimer: I do not have golden ears and have not spent enough time thinking about guitar pedals to know.
 
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#108,313
Gaolee said:
Proof once again that plagiarism is basic to all culture.
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A concept I was just reading about:

If I buy an apple (fruit), I own it and can use the seeds to grow apple trees and create more apples.

If I buy an Apple phone, I can’t reverse engineer it to figure out how it works and build more phones. Or even modify them without being sued.
So do I really own the phone?
 
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Engle said:
A concept I was just reading about:

If I buy an apple (fruit), I own it and can use the seeds to grow apple trees and create more apples.

If I buy an Apple phone, I can’t reverse engineer it to figure out how it works and build more phones. Or even modify them without being sued.
So do I really own the phone?
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You're leasing it until the "I gotta have it" upgrade comes out.
 
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Engle said:
A concept I was just reading about:

If I buy an apple (fruit), I own it and can use the seeds to grow apple trees and create more apples.

If I buy an Apple phone, I can’t reverse engineer it to figure out how it works and build more phones. Or even modify them without being sued.
So do I really own the phone?
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you'd be surprised how easy it is to circumvent patents...
 
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Engle said:
A concept I was just reading about:

If I buy an apple (fruit), I own it and can use the seeds to grow apple trees and create more apples.

If I buy an Apple phone, I can’t reverse engineer it to figure out how it works and build more phones. Or even modify them without being sued.
So do I really own the phone?
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Don't get me started on cell phones! They are the most expensive disposable junk I can imagine. For what they cost, they should last decades, not three to five years. And no, I don't need any upgrades as long as it continues to function.
 
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I might be the opposite side of the scale here but I love upgrading my iPhones. It keeps my kids happy as well. I'm glad they last as long as they do too and for as much they are used and abused, they have been incredibly durable and worth every penny, IMO.

I go all the back to the iPhone 3Gs and have been upgrading roughly, every 2 years since.

This last go around, my wife and I upgraded to the 8 Plusses and we sent the 6 Plusses down the line to our kids. We took their 5s's and sold them to buy our 3rd child, 11 at the time, his first iPhone with a contract and data, a used 6 Plus so he had the same phone as his siblings.

This Fall we'll do it again.

The kids will get our two year old 8 Plusses, we'll sell the 6 Plusses and get the youngest his own used 8 Plus and the wife and I will get the latest offering whatever it may be.

Wash, rinse, repeat.
 
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Larry V said:
I might be the opposite side of the scale here but I love upgrading my iPhones. It keeps my kids happy as well. I'm glad they last as long as they do too and for as much they are used and abused, they have been incredibly durable and worth every penny, IMO.

I go all the back to the iPhone 3Gs and have been upgrading roughly, every 2 years since.

This last go around, my wife and I upgraded to the 8 Plusses and we sent the 6 Plusses down the line to our kids. We took their 5s's and sold them to buy our 3rd child, 11 at the time, his first iPhone with a contract and data, a used 6 Plus so he had the same phone as his siblings.

This Fall we'll do it again.

The kids will get our two year old 8 Plusses, we'll sell the 6 Plusses and get the youngest his own used 8 Plus and the wife and I will get the latest offering whatever it may be.

Wash, rinse, repeat.
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I'm going to buy Apple stock. Thanks for the tip!
 
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