So Anyway...
- Thread starter Sp8ctre
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No sorrow necessary! Thanks for the details! I’ve been mic’ing a Tama piccolo snare for a decade and change....I’m envious!
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Damn fine Peavey action there....and Ovation too!
Sorry to quote twice, but...WOW!
That’s some fine picking going on there!
I can see how one might be discouraged by the expertise put forth...
But us mortals gotta stick with it man!
Glen Campbell was possessed during that jam!
Fffffffffuuuuuuuudge!
You are not alone.
Gahr
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Rush is one of the first bands I remember listening to. My best friend's older brother was into bands like Pink Floyd, Rush and Manfred Mann's Earth Band. He was about 10 years older than us, so naturally we took after him when it came to music. Being 7 years old, that kind of music really made an impression.
BlackSG91
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chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
HAHA I have seen this before, BUT he really reminds me of a couple of my episodes while tying to fix my old cars over the years and I was either without proper tools, without easy reaching ability from having to work off the ground and getting rusty metal in my eyes fixing exhausts etc. Also if I was working by myself on very heavy or awkward parts and having them fall, slide off jacks, need fixing in sub 0 weather, and plain old fighting every hindrance known to man, only to get stuff 99% reinstalled and still fighting to get a transmission or something in the final 1% for 2 more hours and bumping my head 10000 times etc.
OMG have I let out some doozeys of tantrums.
jtcnj
Ambassador of the Crossroad
@chilipeppermaniac Damn man I could have written EXACTLY that!!
I rarely lost my cool but when I did in those adventures in DIY auto repair, sometimes either something else got damaged or
I got hurt and regretted it; though it made me even angrier in the moment.
* chants quietly - "Serenity Now, Serenity Now" *
jtcnj
Ambassador of the Crossroad
So, anyway, I tried another Rob Robinette mod:
But instead of a switch I built a speaker cable, for head / cab use.
The knots in the cable are not the preferred method but good enough for this.
It substantially reduces overall volume with the amp cranked up, but still just a bit louder than I would play
if family was upstairs watching TV. Actually I need to have my son play while I am upstairs with the wife and "take the temperature" of the situation.
At lower amp volumes it doesn't do a lot, maybe helpful to get to edge of breakup; still evaluating.
At first I thought it was killing treble response but the closed back cab is very directional; I usually have it on the table not the floor.
But instead of a switch I built a speaker cable, for head / cab use.
The knots in the cable are not the preferred method but good enough for this.
It substantially reduces overall volume with the amp cranked up, but still just a bit louder than I would play
if family was upstairs watching TV. Actually I need to have my son play while I am upstairs with the wife and "take the temperature" of the situation.
At lower amp volumes it doesn't do a lot, maybe helpful to get to edge of breakup; still evaluating.
At first I thought it was killing treble response but the closed back cab is very directional; I usually have it on the table not the floor.
RVA
Ambassador
So it is an attentuator? What do the knots do?So, anyway, I tried another Rob Robinette mod:
But instead of a switch I built a speaker cable, for head / cab use.
The knots in the cable are not the preferred method but good enough for this.
It substantially reduces overall volume with the amp cranked up, but still just a bit louder than I would play
if family was upstairs watching TV. Actually I need to have my son play while I am upstairs with the wife and "take the temperature" of the situation.
At lower amp volumes it doesn't do a lot, maybe helpful to get to edge of breakup; still evaluating.
At first I thought it was killing treble response but the closed back cab is very directional; I usually have it on the table not the floor.
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RVA
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They seem to be medium gain with some headroom, at least in my low headroom Panama LOCO X amp
I’ve been running these for a couple of years...67plexi has also mentioned them. Robust, to me.
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RVA
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How do you get years out of an EL84? Mine go about 30-40 hours, which is usually inside a year with multiple amps.