Happy birthday Jf. Many happy returns mate 
@Doffy
Almost bought a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III proper tubey amp today (never had a proper tubey tubey amp ever) from a Kiwi wanting AUD$500 squid for it. But it was 10 years old and he couldnt tell me when it was last serviced, and he was at least the 2nd owner. Given the prices of a new IV model is now as low as AUD$1,100 due to the toilet our economy is on, a 10 year old amp with no serivce histroy i felt was a bit too much of a leap. Plus its 40w (non-master volume) and i realiy only need 12 in my liddle room. So now im looking at '65 Princeton Reverb Reissues
Amp is a kind of shiny, no?
Almost bought a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III proper tubey amp today (never had a proper tubey tubey amp ever) from a Kiwi wanting AUD$500 squid for it. But it was 10 years old and he couldnt tell me when it was last serviced, and he was at least the 2nd owner. Given the prices of a new IV model is now as low as AUD$1,100 due to the toilet our economy is on, a 10 year old amp with no serivce histroy i felt was a bit too much of a leap. Plus its 40w (non-master volume) and i realiy only need 12 in my liddle room. So now im looking at '65 Princeton Reverb Reissues
Amp is a kind of shiny, no?
ohI try not to brain, because stupid is so relaxing
I much prefer living completely oblivious to the goings on in the world, never moreso than now
I have, as you know, a tenuous grip to the goings on of my fellow man at the best of times, even less when theyre hoardng TP...and doing other cray cray stuffs
Went to community hour (for the elderly, people with a disability or those at risk for those playing along outside of Aus) at Woolies this morning, and there were social distancing dots (every 1.5 metres) to line up on and they were clicking (counting) people in and out. I got there about 25 minutes before opening, so not crazy early,...6:35am, there were only 8 people there ahead of me.
You can guess how long the distancing survived once people were told to calmly walk into the store, guess where the logjam appeared.....yup the freaking TP aisle
I just stood there at the other end to he supermarket and facepalmed along with the woolies manager in silence as people of an age who should know and behave better went apeshizz for bleached cellulose fiber they didnt need
Supermarket staff doing a top notch job under pressure i have to say, as they have throughout.
i've just been thinking back too far, nothing current
my local mall is covered in electrical tape crosses, lines etc for distances
People were a bit confused because Woolies wasnt opening all the shutter doors, to force people out it through one, so they could click them out and let the next batch of nutbags in. It seemed to work quite well. Order existed everywhere but the bloomin' TP aisle
Its a thread about new shinies....i think it largely stays on topic
It doesnt have you or i to (routinely) derail it, though ive done my best in the last week, unintentionally for once
You madman, you cant explain crumpets to outsiders, they can barely comprehend vegemite
You have to start small, with maybe a Tim Tam Slam first and work up
This one has a Yank translator
Or if you need a more smarterer explanation
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It’s beautiful, but (don’t laugh) it looks like it’s made out of tissue. I think quarantine has finally gotten to me
Master volume is essential.....overdrive through a tube amp is the best distortion a guitar can have.....imo
is this a sydney thing?
i have always viewed it like BBQ prawns
no one even considered it, before television told them to
my shiny want list is pretty empty. I have vaped stumpy RDA by element mods since about 2016, which replaced long term derringer RDA
and the mono dna boards don't get enough love now
...
Gotta be kidding. Been bbqin prawns for 40,000 years round here
Enough insomnia posting from me. Need my beauty sleep. Night all
Master volume is essential.....overdrive through a tube amp is the best distortion a guitar can have.....imo
Sadly Fender doesnt make a whole lot of Master Volume tube amps
But the Princeton Reverb at least has a) a lower wattage, and b) a better taper...the Hot Rod Deluxe just goes form almost nothing to neighbours calling the police...yes you can run a volume pedal in the effects loop to tame it or even change the 1st preamp tube to drop the wattage, but then youre changing the character of the amp that you paid for.....this i learned while contemplating buying that one today. Most it via google while i waited on my social distance dot at the supermarket waiting for it to open
The only tube amp in my price range is a Blue Junior, it has a Master Volune, but sounds a bit boxy. So the general consensus i found was '65 Princeton Reverb, plenty of clean headroom, usable tapered volume and just run a pedal in front for cranky tones
Also i hate to say it but for the same money as a Blues Junior, one can get the new Mustang GTX100 which is solid state but does modelling (according to reviews) better than any modelling amp before it. It son my shortlist. It uses the same tech as the new ToneMaster Deluxe Reverb and Twin solid state amps (though they only do those 1 models) whereas the GTX does multiple models plus loads of effects and wifi and bluetooth stuffs - and evry definitely Master Volume. If youre into tones, and havent seen the Tonematser Deluxe Reverb/Twin, you would been hard pressed to tell the difference between them and their tube ancestors, on the clean channel at least. Quit amazing really.Only problem? Theyre modelling amps that Fender wants tube money for...like AUD$1,500 for the Tonemaster Reverb...ouch
GTX50 (50 watt) - AUD$599 - no footswitch
GTX100 (100 watt) - AUD$799 - with 7 button footswitch (looper controls included)
GTX footswitch (by itself for GTX50 buyers) - AUD$179
Its kind of a price pattern across the globe with people asking, who is going to buy the GTS50...with no footswitch....both the 50 and 100 identical inside except for the wattage, same models etc.
At least im getting closer on the guitar sid eof things...current front runne ris a Jimmie Vaughan Tex Mex Strat because it seems to be the only one that has
what i call standard (required) features...
1) Proper 6 screw vintage tremolo, the 2 point thing is an abomination
2) Proper vintage (small) headstock. Try bringing me a 60's/70's Strat with the large headstock to my place and you will be asked to leave, we'll have none of that here.
3) 9.5" radius, only concession to the modern world. I played a '57 Reissue for over 20 years with a 7.5" radius, my hands arent getting any younger, i want a flatter fretboard, please, and thank you
The Jimmie Vaughan is the only Fender model under AUD$2,000 in Australia with all those simple features on them...
They ruined the product line a few years ago by taking the bog stanadard American Standard out of the lineup, its been there most of my life..Fender...too many models, and none having all the features you want in one guitar
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How is it a Sydney thing, ive been Tim Tam Slamming since i was a wee boy, in corduroy pants in the 70's in QLD
When i come down your way im more likely to get into a hot waffle with Nutella on it though, you lot are weird down there
You outBAM'ed yourself and vacated your shiny list for some time to come....i did try and encourage more shiny purchases, because im an ... like that
As for the DNA stuff, do you even TC? or are you one of those heretics who uses a DNA mod in wattage mod. Come to think of it ive never seen you in Mike Petros evolv-ing thread with Laurie, i bet youre one of the heretics
Heretic. Which is why I loathe the colour screen evolv boards, along with dicodes. And pretty much everything.How is it a Sydney thing, ive been Tim Tam Slamming since i was a wee boy, in corduroy pants in the 70's in QLD
When i come down your way im more likely to get into a hot waffle with Nutella on it though, you lot are weird down there
You outBAM'ed yourself and vacated your shiny list for some time to come....i did try and encourage more shiny purchases, because im an ... like that
As for the DNA stuff, do you even TC? or are you one of those heretics who uses a DNA mod in wattage mod. Come to think of it ive never seen you in Mike Petros evolv-ing thread with Laurie, i bet youre one of the heretics
I was firmly mechanical until the DNA75 as you know. And it just saves on contact maintenance,
We derail quite effectively on our own lol. Now y’all made me hungry for crumpets... off to look for a recipe. Julia Child should have one me hopes
I forgot about the mech thing
And you still have all your fingers and your face
You're a survivor...
One of the few who didnt make a news story on a station in Kansas for an ecig battery splosion
Would have been a good effort too, considering youre in Australia
p.s. Gurishka was on here last night, and came across my WTB ad for an Epetite, and so my attempt to not ever let him know i was looking for one was blown. God love him, first i knew id been found out was him PM'ing me at VIA to offered to send the one i gave him back to me, of course i left him in no uncertain terms that that wasnt happening. But yes, he knows i was looking. So no more secrets.
Morning shinies
Happy birthday Jay
Got vapemail waiting for me today, one Axial rda, batteries and a spare dot bottle
Happy birthday Jay
Got vapemail waiting for me today, one Axial rda, batteries and a spare dot bottle
Open packet, put two in toaster. Less time than toast or muffins.
Weird to think of not having access to crumpets in packs.
No apologies needed Delores, you are awesome for sending me the one I have
Glad you got the mod you wanted
Morning shinies
Happy birthday Jay
Got vapemail waiting for me today, one Axial rda, batteries and a spare dot bottle
Morning for you, but about time to head for the rain room and hit bed for moi....
Seems youre doing OK across the ditch, COVID-ly speaking?
At least you have a leader who isnt purely reactionary (ours cut&pasted yours, a week too late)
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