What happened to Mesa Boogie cabinets?

[40Hz]

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LOL! That was probably one of the most appropriate titles ever given to a novel.

 

[bootstrap]

I work for an academic publisher (although not in publishing) and I can say that this take is largely akin to OP’s yearning for a return to big, heavy cabs.
Majority of textbooks have zero value to the student once the semester ends and the costs of physical textbooks (both financial and physical) simply don’t make any sense. Recall how much the suite of textbooks cost at the beginning of the semester and how little you were able to sell them back for. Add to it the churn of new editions (which, in turn, is driven by requirements for academics to publish to keep their jobs) and you have an enormously unnecessary financial burden placed on the students which is mostly waste.

Physical textbooks do still exist, but the subscription models are far more popular and for good reason: pay $600 per semester to haul around a load of textbooks that you have no interest in owning in 6 months or pay $15 a month for access to most to all of the textbooks for the period that you need them.

I can’t stand reading on a screen*, but even I would take that trade.

*also, it’s important to consider that reading from a textbook is a very different activity than pleasure reading. I didn’t love reading from textbooks in physical form either.

And yet affordability in higher education has never been worse, to the point where taxpayer dollars are being used to "cancel" student debt.

 

[USAJO]

Kinda getting waaaaay off topic.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Kinda getting waaaaay off topic.

 

[bootstrap]

Kinda getting waaaaay off topic.

This thread was flirting with off-topic long before my post

 

[gln1955]

His response, "I guess."

Not unusual for a young person. Eventually, he'll realize Grampa Bebop was right.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Not unusual for a young person. Eventually, he'll realize Grampa Bebop was right.

Hopefully, not too late

 

[5StringBlues]

I'll take Charlie weaver for the block.

 

[DJ Bebop]

When I began teaching, students had text books, and my fellow professors lectured using transparencies and an overhead projector.

My colleagues looked at me as though I'd lost my mind when I started using PowerPoint. Nowadays, an overhead projector and transparencies are as antiquated as mimeograph machines.

The biggest problem I faced with the increase in computers in the classroom was students who thought nothing of copying and pasting from the internet, and considered intellectual property theft no big deal.

They learned a lot less, expected to be spoon fed the course material, and expected a trophy just for showing up.

I'm glad I retired when I did.

Since we've gone down this road.

Schools:

How French Artists in 1899 Envisioned What Life Would Look Like in the Year 2000 | Open Culture

 

[DJ Bebop]

I'll take Charlie Weaver for the block.

 

[USAJO]

This thread was flirting with off-topic long before my post

wasn’t directing it at any particular person. Sorry. I have to fight responding to off topic things that go off into the weeds and in the end serve no purpose but to inflame. Lol

the topic of higher education is a trigger for me.

 

[bootstrap]

wasn’t directing it at any particular person. Sorry. I have to fight responding to off topic things that go off into the weeds and in the end serve no purpose but to inflame. Lol

All good, the struggle is real

 

[dabis]

... the topic of higher education is a trigger for me.

As it should be for everyone.

 

[bklee]

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I will be adding a 2x10 SW cab to this identical rig for my go to.

 

[bklee]

That's the million dollar question. My expectation is that it will be incremental yet significant.

Reinforced carbon fiber cabs?

 

[bklee]

We used the system exclusively in a rockin' Country band for close to 5 years and it worked great for guitar, bass, drums, vocals and acoustic guitar.

People could hear us fine and we didn't blast their hearing out.

Rock bands may have different needs but, we held audiences 'cause they could enjoy the music. Also, most attendees at any event are gonna talk, before, during or after music. We were after an all-around enjoyable experience for our gigs.

Our band (Americana, country, classic rock, pop, some blues, indie...well, everything) uses two Evolve 50s with one (or two, depending on the venue) Presonus Air 15 subs. We get plenty of volume and easy carrying and setup.

 

[Jazzdogg]

I’m pretty much up on what it costs to publish a book. I worked as the controller for a printing company that did book printing and binding where I saw and analyzed all the financials. And the high prices academic book publishers charge can’t be attributed to the cost of physical manufacturing. And now that there are e-texts, even less so. So the question now becomes: why such high prices?

And if a book becomes useless shortly after a student completes a course, was a textbook even necessary? There was a time when such courses were handled with inexpensive photocopy handouts and a notebook. What is the justification for assigning what amounts to a vanity press textbook if that’s the case? “Because that’s just the way it is!” is neither a real answer nor a reasonable explanation.

Sure, a student would rather pay less to rent an e-text for a semester than to buy a $200 hardbound textbook with zero resale value after the end if the academic year. But what does that really tell you other than the cost of the textbook far outweighs its actual benefits. Which isn’t a justification for claiming a still overly expensive e-text is “better” than what you would otherwise have to pay for an even more expensive hardcopy. Preferable? Sure. But better? Hardly.



Different toys for different boys I guess.

Despite having a career in IT where the most relevant information and documentation is always screen based, I still dislike reading off a monitor or tablet. But maybe that’s because my casual reading speed on paper is 800 wpm with 98% recall after 24 hours. If need be I can crank it up to close to 1200 wpm. I can’t do anywhere near that reading off a screen.



For me that would depend on the textbook and my degree of interest the subject matter. There have been textbooks I devoured and wished were longer. Others I just read through. And more than a few I had to slog through. So I’m unable to agree with you on that point based on my own experiences with textbooks.

Either way, I never bought into the current education mantra that “all learning should be fun.” Because not everything worth learning is going to be fun or easy. Some stuff, particularly technical information that’s being presented on a professional or expert level, is going be difficult to get a handle on and most definitely not be fun. There are some things you just have to sit down and learn if you ever hope to level up.

The skills that were the most difficult to achieve have provided the biggest payoffs, sometimes just because I was able to look back in hindsight and say, "Wow, I did it!" or "I can't believe I survived that and I'm still standing!"

Sometimes, what I l've learned about myself has been of far greater value because of the effort and struggle involved.

 

[Auspuff]

I seem to remember a plethora of options available from MB but when I just went to their site it shows a total of 5 cabs called "Subway Series". What happened to the 8x10 & 6x10 cabs? Their best feature IMO was the "Road Ready" versions, I can't believe they stopped making the RR series and the bigger sizes, I wonder what happened?

I'm 59-years old, play a lineless, dotless fretless, have a fantastic musical ear, and I have no issue moving bigger cabinets, around. They have handles, and wheels, for creeps sake!

You play what you desire, Mr. Direct. And those 8X10's can still be found, and they still rule the roost.

Wonder what's next, in the I'm-Hip Department; "Gee, I have to pluck my own strings," or "I wish my 1X10 had wheels, on it."

 

[hasbeen]

I've been "affiliated" with a couple of different brands of bass amps. After I got done with "SKU rationalization", they only time I might offer a 6 or 8x10 would be to supply backline companies. It would be interesting if somebody posted a "survey" thread on TB asking "how many of you have purchased an 8x10 in the last ten years?"

 

[agedhorse]

I've been "affiliated" with a couple of different brands of bass amps. After I got done with "SKU rationalization", they only time I might offer a 6 or 8x10 would be to supply backline companies. It would be interesting if somebody posted a "survey" thread on TB asking "how many of you have purchased an 8x10 in the last ten years?"

... and not the same 810 being passed around from player to player.