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#109,184
Gaolee said:
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.
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Do you corrode strings? Perhaps we have found the source of @JJR58 's alien chemistry?


But yeah, I love curries. Spicier is better. Love me a good vindaloo.
 
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#109,188
PillO said:
Do you corrode strings? Perhaps we have found the source of @JJR58 's alien chemistry?


But yeah, I love curries. Spicier is better. Love me a good vindaloo.
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I don't corrode anything with body chemistry. No need. Body chemistry couldn't compete with corrosive personality anyway.
 
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#109,190
fasterpussycat said:
Hmmm. Didn't really like any of those. The Shure's and D112 least of all.
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I didn’t especially like the sound of the drum itself. From there it was fun to blind test to see which one flattered it the most. I stuck to the rules of the test, kinda nervous I’d pick something I claim to not like! I wound up picking the AKG P2. Turns out I like AKG’s. The D112 sounded better than I expected. Occasionally I don’t mind em.

Gaolee said:
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.
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Beat me to it!
I watched another kick mic test that was super interesting. With the kick used, I hated nearly every mic in the test. Once they blended the whole kit in, I liked most of the mics
 
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#109,194
dukeorock said:
I didn’t especially like the sound of the drum itself. From there it was fun to blind test to see which one flattered it the most. I stuck to the rules of the test, kinda nervous I’d pick something I claim to not like! I wound up picking the AKG P2. Turns out I like AKG’s. The D112 sounded better than I expected. Occasionally I don’t mind em.



Beat me to it!
I watched another kick mic test that was super interesting. With the kick used, I hated nearly every mic in the test. Once they blended the whole kit in, I liked most of the mics
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I like old Pearl kits for the splatty sound they get, too. That sound works really well for some things. I was really surprised to find out that a P2 will set you back $99, and it was the clearest sounding of all those mics. I may be listening to it a little differently from how other people listen to it. It's how much it sounds like that specific drum, beater, and heads, not whether it was flattering the drum.

How the sound works overall is a whole 'nother issue.
 
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#109,197
NBD--Used 2015 from the CME sale (sadly didn't see the one on TB before dropping the hammer). I play 70's blues rock with 2 very loud guitarists, one who likes a super chunky LP reissue, the other likes a PRS 24. My basses have to sound filthy and deep to cut through with these two, and many of my basses are just too polite.

I am experiencing the usual adjustments needed in applying a longer reach and floating my thumb between the PuPs). I play mostly PJs and rest the thumb on the split coil. I lowered the EB3 pickups on this T-Bird just out of the range of where they could sound "chorus-like" in the upper register. This bass is one ounce below 8 lbs and is balanced when lap playing.

I need to have something that can approximate a Jazz bass sound for several songs, so the coil tap switches on the T-Bird are much appreciated. I can't see myself rolling back the tone knob on this thing except for a couple of reggae tunes.

More important than dealing with the adjustments I will make to play this thing is that this thing makes my sorry old self look badass and puts me back to my 70's teenage self.

May I have a number?

2015 T Bird.JPG
 
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Bassblisters said:
NBD--Used 2015 from the CME sale (sadly didn't see the one on TB before dropping the hammer). I play 70's blues rock with 2 very loud guitarists, one who likes a super chunky LP reissue, the other likes a PRS 24. My basses have to sound filthy and deep to cut through with these two, and many of my basses are just too polite.

I am experiencing the usual adjustments needed in applying a longer reach and floating my thumb between the PuPs). I play mostly PJs and rest the thumb on the split coil. I lowered the EB3 pickups on this T-Bird just out of the range of where they could sound "chorus-like" in the upper register. This bass is one ounce below 8 lbs and is balanced when lap playing.

I need to have something that can approximate a Jazz bass sound for several songs, so the coil tap switches on the T-Bird are much appreciated. I can't see myself rolling back the tone knob on this thing except for a couple of reggae tunes.

More important than dealing with the adjustments I will make to play this thing is that this thing makes my sorry old self look badass and puts me back to my 70's teenage self.

May I have a number?

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Oh, hell yeah! Another 2015! Sounds like you have the pickups and everything else already figured out. A band leader once told me my Thunderbird was "just rude." That made me very happy.
 
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