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#161,982
GBassNorth said:
I know the place well. If you change your mind let me know and I can probably help get you nice deal on a car there. Some of the low mile used Ferraris like the 360 Modena can be had for about the same price as a fully loaded Jeep Wrangler, of course they won't be as good off road.;)
2004 Ferrari 360 360 Spider Convertible 34k Miles Silver Convertibl | eBay
2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Recon 4x4 | eBay
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I wonder how long it would take for something to break on that Ferrari. And then how much would it cost?
 
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#161,983
BklynKen said:
What turned you off?
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I don't even remember at this point - it was years ago. It was the only available amp at a jam session and might not have been the best example of their brand. When I first plug into am amp, much like playing a bass for the first time - my ears are most sensitive to hearing something good, or something just ok. I realize that a lot of other factors enter in (how one feels at that moment, the rooms sound, cab, strings etc) but so far I've found it to be consistent. I always try to give a bass/amp/strings/stomp-box etc a second chance at a later date, but I've found it still sounds the same. I'm sure if I played through a good example I'd probably like it. I've never played through a lot of amps (Trace-Eliot, Eden, Orange to name a few) - once I hear one I like I stick with it.
 
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#161,988
MCF said:
This ad shows up here on TB for me. Good to know their demographic profiling is not working very well. I couldn’t afford one tire, let alone the car. But it sure looks cool.
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LOLs my ads are usually for women's undies.....:laugh:
 
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#161,994
GBassNorth said:
IDK, this one didn't seem to have any issues finding a fishing spot...
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I read a back page article in a motorcycle magazine years ago that told of a group of very rich and cynical A-holes (my take) who would buy a pristine vintage motorcycle that anyone who knows vintage motorcycles would admire and want if they could afford it - and they would deliberately abuse/trash it... because they could and it also gave them a laugh that those people who like that bike were shocked/distressed/angry. The world is filled with such, luckily they are still only a very small percent.
 
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#161,995
JIO said:
For the life of me I can't recall who mentioned the Electro-Harmonics Micro-POG pedal here recently... (related to imitating an 8-string bass?) but I bought a used one and it arrived today. EH makes some awesome pedals! I have an old DOD octave pedal that I think was primarily for guitar and this EH POG (non-denominational) pedal blows it out of the water. A guitarist friend has the original/standard POG (not micro) and I've always liked what he does with it, so I thought I'd try the micro. I gotta say It's a really useful pedal for bass. It does the obvious octave stuff very well - but it also fattens a clean tone with the subtlest hint of effect. All levels of the three knobs (wet dry/sub-octave/octave up) sound good; smooth, defined and undistorted/clean - resulting in a stomp-box that isn't a one-trick-pony. I feel I'd use it more in a jam session than as part of our set.., but I could also see building an original song with it as a thickening agent for our quartet. It can sound very B-3 bass pedal-esk, which is cool. What gave me confidence in getting another EH pedal was owning their Mel9 Mellotron pedal. We use it primarily for keys, which sounds great!, but I've also used it for bass. It's very expressive, responding to attack/input. Again, not for everything - but when used it sounds really good.

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I was an EHX fan for years. Still have and love my ancient Big Muff. But both my EHX bass pedals went south after a couple os years of light use. Even used with no other pedals, they just randomly go into feedback mode when switched on.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
I was an EHX fan for years. Still have and love my ancient Big Muff. But both my EHX bass pedals went south after a couple os years of light use. Even used with no other pedals, they just randomly go into feedback mode when switched on.
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Wonder if that is chronic with their pedals?
 
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#161,997
MCF said:
Very sad news. Toots passed.
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Toots was the man. I saw him in a park in Brooklyn with my wife in 1986 or 1987. You could tell he was having a bit of an off night, but he was still a fantastic performer and put on a memorable show. Pressure Drop and Fine and Dandy still get me going after all these years.
 
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