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The Outpost Cafe / Re: anal fixation topic
« on: December 31, 2009, 10:42:45 AM »
The only hassle is the prep. Good luck.
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The Bass Zone / Re: String suggestion for Epi Thunderbird?
« on: December 31, 2009, 09:29:24 AM »
Slinkies are great strings...kind to the bass, sound good too.
I love flats, too, but a 50 flatwound string would be too much tension for me personally, especially on a longscale bass.
I love flats, too, but a 50 flatwound string would be too much tension for me personally, especially on a longscale bass.
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The Bass Zone / Re: Stephen Stills, Bassplayer
« on: December 29, 2009, 09:12:26 AM »
Last year I bought a CSN greatest hits...
The cuts w/ Stills on bass are absolutely fearless...he actually played like all of the first album, and maybe parts? of the second. All the later studio guys were boring (playing it "safe" in the studio)...
The cuts w/ Stills on bass are absolutely fearless...he actually played like all of the first album, and maybe parts? of the second. All the later studio guys were boring (playing it "safe" in the studio)...
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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Eden Nemesis N12
« on: December 27, 2009, 01:46:55 PM »
My son has the N15---200 watts w/ a 15.
Sounds good...light.
He did have a problem w/ the original one he bought. After a few months trying to repair, Eden gave him a new one. They were fine to deal with.
Hope this helped some.
Pat
Sounds good...light.
He did have a problem w/ the original one he bought. After a few months trying to repair, Eden gave him a new one. They were fine to deal with.
Hope this helped some.
Pat
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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Downsizing
« on: December 26, 2009, 12:51:48 PM »
The kids may have solved this problem for me...they got me a heavy duty 800 lb test hand truck for Christmas...instead of getting a smaller amp, I got a better two wheeler...actually kind of makes sense.
Patman
Patman
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The Outpost Cafe / Thanks
« on: December 23, 2009, 12:17:00 PM »
Uwe, Dave
Thanks for putting this site together...been a tough year in some ways, and the site sure helped.
Patman
Thanks for putting this site together...been a tough year in some ways, and the site sure helped.
Patman
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: AVATAR in 3D!!!
« on: December 23, 2009, 09:41:37 AM »
Re: Casablanca in B & W:
People behind the cameras in those days were artists...they used shading, chiauroscuro (think that's how you spell it) Sfumato...just like a painter....plus the story line is so classic...Bogey is just so cool...
Ingrid is awesome...
This is a film that is a work of art.
I am such a nerd.
People behind the cameras in those days were artists...they used shading, chiauroscuro (think that's how you spell it) Sfumato...just like a painter....plus the story line is so classic...Bogey is just so cool...
Ingrid is awesome...
This is a film that is a work of art.
I am such a nerd.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Heartwarming Christmas story
« on: December 23, 2009, 07:57:10 AM »
Uwe touches a sore spot...
As an Ohio resident:
I will go to my grave believing Gov. Jim Rhodes wanted to make an "example" of students Kent State...I may be wrong, but that is what I believe.
Dave, delete if this is offensive
As an Ohio resident:
I will go to my grave believing Gov. Jim Rhodes wanted to make an "example" of students Kent State...I may be wrong, but that is what I believe.
Dave, delete if this is offensive
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Bass Amps & Effects / Downsizing
« on: December 23, 2009, 06:53:31 AM »
Have been toying with "downsizing"...am already downsized to 2 ancient Peavey Combo 300's...I bought the second just as a "spare" in case #1 died.
We play very old school classic rock, ballads, rockabilly, with some R & B and funk (yes' I love to slap out "Superstition" or "Take me to the River" on a clean set of roundwounds-it's o-k in Ohio)..."Mercy" is probably the newest tune we do...we also do one Bon Jovi tune...this is as modern as we get...point is we have pretty good PA support and monitors when indoors...outdoors we hire out the appropriate large professional system (95% of the time, as long as the money is there--there's always a couple of jobs where the money sucks, but we do it anyway on our "indoor" system)...so really what I need is just a reliable workhorse stage monitor.
Are there any cheap one 12 or one 10 "workhorse" amps (100 watts or so) that weigh 50 lb's or less, and built with enough quality to still be running in 30 years (like my Peavey's)? I'm very skeptical of newer Peavey's that I see, and the larger stuff still weighs a ton. Maybe Ampeg BA 112?
My youngest son has a little Nemesis combo that sounds good, but he's already had problems with it (it was being service for, like, 3 months). This is what I would like to avoid.
Any ideas?
We play very old school classic rock, ballads, rockabilly, with some R & B and funk (yes' I love to slap out "Superstition" or "Take me to the River" on a clean set of roundwounds-it's o-k in Ohio)..."Mercy" is probably the newest tune we do...we also do one Bon Jovi tune...this is as modern as we get...point is we have pretty good PA support and monitors when indoors...outdoors we hire out the appropriate large professional system (95% of the time, as long as the money is there--there's always a couple of jobs where the money sucks, but we do it anyway on our "indoor" system)...so really what I need is just a reliable workhorse stage monitor.
Are there any cheap one 12 or one 10 "workhorse" amps (100 watts or so) that weigh 50 lb's or less, and built with enough quality to still be running in 30 years (like my Peavey's)? I'm very skeptical of newer Peavey's that I see, and the larger stuff still weighs a ton. Maybe Ampeg BA 112?
My youngest son has a little Nemesis combo that sounds good, but he's already had problems with it (it was being service for, like, 3 months). This is what I would like to avoid.
Any ideas?
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: AVATAR in 3D!!!
« on: December 22, 2009, 12:46:29 PM »
+1 on Casablanca in "glorious black and white"...my favorite love story. Ingrid Bergman was such a beautiful woman.
I am such a nerd.
I am such a nerd.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Gibson rated lowest in employee satisfaction
« on: December 18, 2009, 06:24:33 AM »
It only takes one asshole...
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Gibson Basses / Re: SG reissue bass with Macca
« on: December 17, 2009, 06:27:49 AM »
Have to agree, it's hard to beat his sound on a RIC
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Schecter close out
« on: December 15, 2009, 12:17:01 PM »
But don't you need to do that to play funk?
It is a cool design...
It is a cool design...
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Looks bad for Saab
« on: December 14, 2009, 06:51:21 AM »
My family has 4 of them now...all have been good cars, economical and dependable--if not exciting. I will miss Saturn--since they're all plastic, they never rust.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Ancient German dining habits
« on: December 09, 2009, 09:26:13 AM »
What is the deal with Rammstein?...Am I just getting old (or quaintly provincial), or is this more than a little creepy?