Col Mustard
Ambassador of Perseverance
here's the real future of bass amplification.
when (not if) the power goes out...
when (not if) the power goes out...
Future of Bass amplification?
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chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Col, I was gonna post that too but I didn't have his pic. I really love the sound of upright basses.
Col Mustard
Ambassador of Perseverance
My heart is given to the electric, but if the power goes out,
I'll have to learn acoustic. I think it's so interesting how much diversity there
is on this forum. Some of us play in monstrously loud bands, and maybe they
really need those huge and heavy boxes, and all that damage.
My choice was always for smaller everything... smaller venues, smaller pay, smaller group, smaller amp, smaller numbers, smaller audience, less decibels, less stress, smaller van to haul our arses, smaller budget for recordings, fewer records sold, more mileage, more tone, more harmony, maybe more soul (maybe the same)...
I love the drums and feel a real kinship with drummers, but I'm glad I don't have to stand next to one.
I know how to do it, but those spikes from the snares really bust my ears.
Over my long life and career, I've become an expert at doing really well on practically nothing.
To me, this was the musician's life. Only a few get to make the big money. So my heart is given to the
electric bass with an amp that has much more output that it looks like. *grins
I can haul that around easily, and at my age. And for me, the tone is what counts. Sounding great
through the mains is what it's all about.
I'll have to learn acoustic. I think it's so interesting how much diversity there
is on this forum. Some of us play in monstrously loud bands, and maybe they
really need those huge and heavy boxes, and all that damage.
My choice was always for smaller everything... smaller venues, smaller pay, smaller group, smaller amp, smaller numbers, smaller audience, less decibels, less stress, smaller van to haul our arses, smaller budget for recordings, fewer records sold, more mileage, more tone, more harmony, maybe more soul (maybe the same)...
I love the drums and feel a real kinship with drummers, but I'm glad I don't have to stand next to one.
I know how to do it, but those spikes from the snares really bust my ears.
Over my long life and career, I've become an expert at doing really well on practically nothing.
To me, this was the musician's life. Only a few get to make the big money. So my heart is given to the
electric bass with an amp that has much more output that it looks like. *grins
I can haul that around easily, and at my age. And for me, the tone is what counts. Sounding great
through the mains is what it's all about.
Good perspective. I can respect that. I like loud, but with clarity....sound quality, quiet signal...I like less stress, playing songs I LOVE for fun, the money doesn't matter, I'm a super cheerful guy, but I tend to love angry sounding songs, maybe because it allows me to vent something inside without me really knowing what that is...I like when the band sounds really tight and everyone is grooving. I love recording, creating, layering, experimenting....I love life...music is my life...no more will I be the bass player or guitar player who fills in for someone in rehab or jail....if it doesn't get my foot tapping, I'm out....
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Dave Sloven
Ambassador of DOOM!
Please stop posting photos of T-40s, they give me GAS ...
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
LMAO @ window
Reminds me of a joke.
A German, Irishman and a Polish guy are out walking in the desert. The Irishman has a canteen, the German has an Umbrella, and the Pollack has a car door.
When they asked why they brought each item, it was obvious. The Irishman had water for when they got thirsty, the German could use umbrella for shade. However, they had to ask the Polack why he had the car door. He said, if they got hot, he could roll down the window.
Reminds me of a joke.
A German, Irishman and a Polish guy are out walking in the desert. The Irishman has a canteen, the German has an Umbrella, and the Pollack has a car door.
When they asked why they brought each item, it was obvious. The Irishman had water for when they got thirsty, the German could use umbrella for shade. However, they had to ask the Polack why he had the car door. He said, if they got hot, he could roll down the window.
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eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
The kikes, limeys and the wops trying to hold them down ....... ---sorry was that offensive to anyone----- I'm half wop and half limey bastard and ALL Carpet baggin DAMN Yankee, so----
they are just words people let it go.....laugh......
ANd I agree Tony --- most all the polish decent folks I have known (many in the N.E. Ohio area actually that I grew up with) where very smart---hard working good folks ....
....... ---sorry was that offensive to anyone----- I'm half wop and half limey bastard and ALL Carpet baggin DAMN Yankee, so----they are just words people let it go.....laugh......
ANd I agree Tony --- most all the polish decent folks I have known (many in the N.E. Ohio area actually that I grew up with) where very smart---hard working good folks ....
The kikes, limeys and the wops trying to hold them down
they are just words people let it go.....laugh......
ANd I agree Tony --- most all the polish decent folks I have known (many in the N.E. Ohio area actually that I grew up with) where very smart---hard working good folks ....
Reminds me of the movie, Gran Torino.
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
I'll betcha they laugh their heads off everytime they seen an American buy one!
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(Yes, I know its a gag !)
Col Mustard
Ambassador of Perseverance
very perceptive... That window is the real thing. The concert was in a 19th century church called
"Trinity House." It's in Livonia Mi. and surrounded by modern buildings, some of them multi story
monstrosities of glass and chrome. The land that the church sits on is worth millions, but no one
can "develop" it because the early settlers of the area buried their dead in the church yard.
Even the piggiest of corporate exploiters can't assemble enough clout or pay off the right people
to be able to bulldoze those graves. So Trinity House still stands, about 300 meters from a major
freeway, a one story frame church where people used to come riding in buckboards and carriages,
or clopping along the dirt roads on horses and mules. The glass and chrome monuments to money all around seem incongruous, but the site is guarded by the dead. *grins ....those are peoples'
families.
It's not a church anymore, so the community uses the space to produce plays, and have concerts
and other events. All the musicians love playing there. My small amp is perfect for that
space.
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
