Thunderbird Club

[Larry V]

I use to like you, PillO.

 

[Gaolee]

Just did this fun test...well, fun is a matter of opinion, but...
You listen blind to 7 kick mics, pause the video, then post your favorite. After that you see what you picked.

I did not like the t.bone at all. It sounded muffled. That may just be because it has lower output and and wasn't boosted enough at the preamp. But, it sounded muffled so to heck with it. The SM 57 surprised me. I liked it more than I would have expected. The Beta 91 was pretty good, if a little harsh. The 52A is pretty good, but not as good as the SM 57, which is a surprise. I have a D112 and like it. It didn't fail in this one. It sounds like a kick drum. I really liked the P2's definition and clarity a lot. It really sounds like what a kick drum sounds like to me. It's probably the one I liked best in the test. You can really hear the sound of the beater hitting the head, and all the nuance about how hard the beater hit it, and all that. The D112 is close, but the P2 is the one I thought was most accurate. The Beyerdynamic sounds good, although it needed a bit more of a boost to have the same output. Output levels were different, and I may be hearing louder as better. There's always that, but I'm shallow, so it doesn't bother me a bit.

The sound from that specific kick drum is closer to the sound I get from the Reuther kick drum than I would have expected from a Gretsch. I'm assuming it was a Gretsch drum and not a drum that somebody put a Gretsch head on. It got the somewhat splatty thin Luan shell sound that I have come to like a lot, maybe out of self defense because that's what I hear coming out of my drum all the time.

 

[PillO]

I use to like you...

Everyone gets over liking me eventually...

 

[Gaolee]

Around here ya gotta drive like a partial idiot to avoid the 'completes'.

One more reason for me to stay in Seattle where the driving population is only idiotic and oblivious due to cell phone use, not idiotic and oblivious due to age related sensory impairment AND cell phone use.

 

[Gaolee]

Howdy Friends,

How do you think a paisley finish would look on a bird?

It would be outstanding. That's what I think.

 

[PillO]

I think something's broken on your keyboard.

Gotta stop eatin pickles over the keyboard.

 

[GonePlaid]

Gotta stop eatin pickles over the keyboard.

Garlic dills, I presume.

 

[fasterpussycat]

Just did this fun test...well, fun is a matter of opinion, but...
You listen blind to 7 kick mics, pause the video, then post your favorite. After that you see what you picked.

Hmmm. Didn't really like any of those. The Shure's and D112 least of all.

 

[PillO]

Garlic dills, I presume.

No, more like this.

 

[GonePlaid]

No, more like this.

drool Oh, yeah!

 

[Gaolee]

Psychedelic - especially cool if done in burgundy mist.

Everything is better when done in Burgundy Mist.

 

[TBird1958]

Rot Kraut = yummy!

 

[Gaolee]

Oh, mon Dieu! Ces sont les couleurs Francais! Vive la France libre!

Darn Canadians and their talking in frankoize and all.

 

[PillO]

No, more like this.

If Hindi starts showing up, I have been eating this over the keyboard.

 

[BklynKen]

I think something's broken on your keyboard.

PEBCAK (Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard)

 

[Gaolee]

Hmmm. Didn't really like any of those. The Shure's and D112 least of all.

It might have been the sound of that specific drum you didn't like. It's a little on the splatty side. It doesn't boom like a Ludwig.

 

[Gaolee]

If Hindi starts showing up, I have been eating this over the keyboard.

I love that stuff. Then again, I happily eat anything that's really spicy. It's why I rarely get sick. The spice creates body chemistry that's toxic to invading microbes.

 

[fasterpussycat]

I did not like the t.bone at all. It sounded muffled. That may just be because it has lower output and and wasn't boosted enough at the preamp. But, it sounded muffled so to heck with it. The SM 57 surprised me. I liked it more than I would have expected. The Beta 91 was pretty good, if a little harsh. The 52A is pretty good, but not as good as the SM 57, which is a surprise. I have a D112 and like it. It didn't fail in this one. It sounds like a kick drum. I really liked the P2's definition and clarity a lot. It really sounds like what a kick drum sounds like to me. It's probably the one I liked best in the test. You can really hear the sound of the beater hitting the head, and all the nuance about how hard the beater hit it, and all that. The D112 is close, but the P2 is the one I thought was most accurate. The Beyerdynamic sounds good, although it needed a bit more of a boost to have the same output. Output levels were different, and I may be hearing louder as better. There's always that, but I'm shallow, so it doesn't bother me a bit.

The sound from that specific kick drum is closer to the sound I get from the Reuther kick drum than I would have expected from a Gretsch. I'm assuming it was a Gretsch drum and not a drum that somebody put a Gretsch head on. It got the somewhat splatty thin Luan shell sound that I have come to like a lot, maybe out of self defense because that's what I hear coming out of my drum all the time.

Yes. The P2 was the only one which sounded any good at all to me.

 

[PillO]

PEBCAK (Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard)

Yeah, like I haven't heard that one before...

You must know my IT guy. Insists on frequent password changes to something difficult to guess. How did I know that "Ih8youscottdiediedie!" wasn't allowed? Maybe it wasn't difficult to guess?

 

[Gaolee]

Yes. The P2 was the only one which sounded any good at all to me.

I may start casually looking for a used one.