27dB is a whole lotta gain!
Better to have to turn your interface down than max it outsssssssssssssssssssssssssss....
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27dB is a whole lotta gain!
Not a thunderbird, but closer than an air cooled VW. I bolted this together just now:
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I broke a personality test back in the 80s. They couldn't understand how those results could even exist. It was pretty awesome. The VP was a control freak (I didn't know this yet) and was looking for insights to help her manipulate people. Her response was hysterical, even more so in retrospect.
VW went to those larger square profile bumpers and the large turn signals in on most models in 71. I like the earlier ones myself.
My family had a light grey Fastback when I was a kid. I think it was a 69.
They are not connecting to anything until I have a pair of Triton Fetheads. These perform a two-fold function:
1. +27dB gain;
2. isolate the ribbon element from +48V 'accidents'/idiocy.
Patience is a virtue, or so I hear.
Tell the seller you’ll take it off his hands for $1500.Already been said and answered but I'll add to the chorus - I bet you get some really cool sounds out of that uberflexible set up. I'll also bet you can't repeat them easily once you tear it down and reconfigure for the next sound. So I assume high quality digital recording of everything is imperative, then use or save each track for a rainy day as needed. Certainly not gonna be part of your live rig.
Very cool, reminds me of the early pre moog days, great for Prog rock.
And on an unrelated note, I stumbled across an awesome ride that I thought you'd like as well...
1957 Plymouth Plymouth | eBay
Recall that I've been looking for a wagon to use as a beach car. Something to haul the surfboards and other gear in that I don't need to worry about if it gets a bit beat up and sandy. This one checks all the right boxes.
Yes, a number of us here have Eppi VPs. Everything you've heard about how great they are is absolutely true.
I have been using Cloudlifters for that purpose. The patience thing is a mystery.They are not connecting to anything until I have a pair of Triton Fetheads. These perform a two-fold function:
1. +27dB gain;
2. isolate the ribbon element from +48V 'accidents'/idiocy.
Patience is a virtue, or so I hear.
I’m thinking of routing my Pbird for a humbucker. (Chinabucker?)What? No humbucker?
Large and small Beetles?My Uncle (Mums brother) had a series of VWs over my childhood. A couple of small bodied Beetles, I think an early Type 3 Fastback, then a 73 Type 3 Fastback 1600 TLE which was then probably the pinnacle of the VW lineup. Before the Passats etc. it was a very nice car and he had it probably 4 or 5 years. There were some with a semi automatic, can’t quite remember if his was or not - thinking ‘maybe’.
He got a big bodied 1969 Beetle 1500 later on, which my Dad later bought from him as a second car.
The VWs were very different from our household Holdens, but it was the Fastback that first interested me of them. Apart from sitting behind the backseat in the early Beetles - oh, and the early badge/logo design with the ‘wolf and castle’; I found that cool.
Yeah, but being virtuous sucks![]()
Wow, that really turned out nicely. Please pass on my felicitations.I wanted to pass this along, Christine says hello to everyone.
Here's one of her FireDragons.
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I wanted to pass this along, Christine says hello to everyone.
Here's one of her FireDragons.
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That's gorgeous! What do these go for? And has she heard from our DLFs at Gibbie yet?
Let's not pick on Gibson. Fender goes after people too.That's gorgeous! What do these go for? And has she heard from our DLFs at Gibbie yet?
I’m just referencing what’s pertinent. Genuine curiosity.Let's not pick on Gibson. Fender goes after people too.
Fender Facing Public Backlash After Legally Threatening Small-Scale Guitar Manufacturer
Repurposing in action.I’m thinking of routing my Pbird for a humbucker. (Chinabucker?)
The EMG active P pickup from the Pbird can go in this fretless.
Anything?I'll ask, cause i want one too. But i just can't pull the trigger on anything right now.

I wanted to pass this along, Christine says hello to everyone.
Here's one of her FireDragons.
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I wanted to pass this along, Christine says hello to everyone.
Here's one of her FireDragons.
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