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What exactly is "that seventies thing"?

#181
agreed its a generic term.

there is so many genres even then
that all sounded different, there is no blanket statement and generic " 70s" tone

likewise these too heavy and farty tones comments are ridiculous

I still use a 70s head. its not farty its not underpowered and its actually still not broken.
And dont need Agedhorse or any other unavailable experts to fix it. lol
and its actually not heavy

people act like JBL and Altec or Electro Voice didnt exist, i guess in the 70s LOL
like everything farted for some reason

turd speakers fart today like they farted back then.

then of course there was expensive ones that didnt fart. just like today

I sold a bunch of " crappy" old " 70s" stuff a few years ago.
Tech from LA drove out to buy it. Most of it went on the recent Tower of Power tour.
guess they all have crap tone and dont know what they are doing.
who the heck would drive from LA to buy all this old krap
 
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#183
two fingers said:
That's really it in a nutshell. The 70s are what the 50s and 60s used to be. Anyone who remembers the 60s as an adult is.... well..... not a spring chicken. Those people are carrying 1 pound heads, three pound cans, and 7 pound basses to the gig. And they don't like anything 70s because it came out after they were in high school (which is, evidently, the most important time period in the history of the planet).

But kids today see the 70s as way back then.

I told someone the other day that it won't be long before we refer to that era as "the 1900s" kind of like we do "the 1800s" and "the 1700s" when referring to history.

The English language didn't stop evolving when baby boomers became high school seniors. It's usually changed by the generation that is currently 18-30 years old.

Short version: "That 70s thing" = "old school"... unless you're old.... like really old. ;)
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We were shopping in the local Kroger- 1980's soundtrack; Thomas Dolby with "Blinded Me With Science" was energizing the cheese section and my 10 year old queries: " Dad, is this song from the nineteen- hundreds (1900's)???

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logdrum said:
To me 70's mean pre SWR, Hartke Trace etc sound


People born in the 60's will all be past 50 come December 31 23:59 western Samoa time, then next year 2020 everyone born on the 70's will be marching towards their 50 and thus the population that will be uncomfortable lifting heavy things will increase.
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......and the young are just wusses. They don’t want to learn to drive. The teens aren’t expected to work.... 50 years old? They are uncomfortable at 18. This is not a good sign. 50? Our Moms and Dads could lift stuff when they were 50.
 
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Humbled said:
The Session 400 has an original Peavey factory-installed JBL (a K130... I think? I'd have to go look). The Bass amp has whatever speakers Peavey put in it. I never took the back off. Someone on this board probably could tell from the black dot in the center of the dust cap.
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That is not a black dot. it is a whole. They are altec-lansing speakers before James B lansing ,JBL split completely with altec
 
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Humbled said:
The Session 400 has an original Peavey factory-installed JBL (a K130... I think? I'd have to go look). The Bass amp has whatever speakers Peavey put in it. I never took the back off. Someone on this board probably could tell from the black dot in the center of the dust cap.
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alaskaleftybass said:
CTS 15's with the black dots.
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Funny we should be talking an Peavey. It really wasn’t part of 70s experience, but it still relates. I went on the road in the early 80s. Due to reliability issues to my SVT and that we were playing a lot Journey tunes, I grabbed this rig. I was pleasantly surprised. FYI: I was in Chicago Music in Tucson, AZ a few years ago. I couldn’t believe all the used equipment from the 70s and 80s they had there.
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roccobass said:
Funny we should be talking an Peavey. It really wasn’t part of 70s experience, but it still relates. I went on the road in the early 80s. Due to reliability issues to my SVT and that we were playing a lot Journey tunes, I grabbed this rig. I was pleasantly surprised. FYI: I was in Chicago Music in Tucson, AZ a few years ago. I couldn’t believe all the used equipment from the 70s and 80s they had there.View attachment 3576529
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Amazing! I loved Chicago Music in Tucson! We lived there for a short time while helping my mother-in-law recover from surgery. Tucson was pretty dry for live gigs though.... BTW I played a similar Peavey stack in the lat 70's. It was a monster for the time and was half the price of an SVT.
 
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4001 said:
Bass tone changed a LOT from 1970 to 1979......
You went from tube amps to solid state....
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That was exactly what was going through my mind as I read through this thread. I started out with a 1967 Fender baseman. My first new bass amp was an Acoustic. Don’t recall the model number, but is was on the low end due to budget restraints.
Bottom line is that those were extremely different sounds that I employed during the 70s. So, tough to say what that 70s thing was.
 

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