tbonesullivan

Oh boy, hopefully he gets proper and complete medical care STAT. Even much younger people can be done in by severe respiratory infections.

I mean, there is another Marshall right next to it. Not sure how they were hooked up. They did bring up another amp from behind though. Guess they had to recalibrate everything.

I do have a 2x12 with two Texas Heat speakers in it, which handle 150 watts each, and it's an 8 ohm cab, so it would only get 150 Watts anyway. I wonder how they would play with it. First I need to sell off like 4 amps though. I have no room for more amps OOPS.

My main squeeze now is an Avatar closed back 2x12 with Fane Avatar M65 speakers in it. I also have an open back 2x12 with Eminence Texas Heat speakers, as well as another with an Eminence Black Powder and Blue Tick hound. I am seriously tempted by the Hybrid as well, but part of me is still a tube snob. I also tend to favor real spring reverb. I know the Digiverb on the current ODS is excellent, and have some amps with it, but man I love springs.

I still keep thinking about picking up an ODS classic. The ODS II is a fantastic amp as well, but as I'm a "D-style" newbie, it seems better to go that way. They also are a lot more economically priced than the D-style amps from Amplified Nation, Two Rock, and others. I mean I could always snag an overtone special from ceriatone, but even they aren't cheap. I'd rather also get a Jersey amp. I just need to stay off reverb. Also gotta worry about whether my favorite cabinets will work well with it. I didn't stay off reverb. This is TEMPTING as hell. https://reverb.com/item/101268193-fuchs-tripledrive-supreme-blonde-made-in-usa-50-watt-d-style-ods-tds-tube-amplifier-head-w-original-footswitch

I've got a small stash, but nothing huge. I do have a bunch of SED EL34 tubes, and a pair of SED 6L6GCs, but for preamp tubes, I really got on the boat too late. Also, I'm pretty sure the audiophile crowd, who pay $600 for a 3 foot RCA cable / interconnect, are the ones most responsible for hoarding and driving up the prices. One of the guys who worked at the local music shop where I take lessons had helped clean out a lot of old music shops in NYC, and many of them just kept all the discarded tubes in boxes. The stuff they found from the days when tubes were just replaced routinely was insane.

Definitely something useful for everyone, especially as the number of tube makers continues to dwindle. I still mourn the loss of "The Tube Shop", who used to have email "telefunken@cox.net". I got some great ANOS and NOS tubes from them about 7 years ago. Not sure when they went away, but I think it was early 2021. I remember a few other dealers trying to get into ANOS, but I think those days are unfortunately over.

Yeah... I purchased a spare for every hamer I have that has the dang barrel jack, just in case they ever discontinue them. Not likely considering how many other companies use them for jacks on the side of a rounded body.

Yeah... only the original. Titebond II and III are intended for wood that may be outdoors, and remain rubbery, unlike the original Titebond.

I keep getting tempted by the Fuchs ODS classic. This will tempt me even more, even though I have no room or money for more amps right now. UGGHHH. GAS go away!

I mean, if you want to play Mississippi queen all day, they are PERFECT. Just not sure why Hamer decided that the HOT P90 for the neck and CUSTOM P90 for the bridge was the way to go. They were taller than normal P90s, so they had to route out more material. I guess they didn't want the "standard" low out put SP90-1 pickups.

Has anyone ever broken down exactly which songs featured the drum machine in the final mix, and not Beard? There are also multiple versions of "Legs", with the original album version sounding much more raw than the super polished version from the video. The CD I have of Eliminator unfortunately has the Video mix, but I think if you get a new CD now (while you can) Eliminator is back to the original mix.

Wow, I didn't know he had been sick. Reading that he had formally left March 2026, after leaving in late 2025 for surgery that was expected to cause a temporary absence. Jeez that sucks. Any, looks like the tour goes on. Thankfully Elwood has been with the band for decades already, and there's also lots of long time staff there to keep things going as long as BFG wants to. I just pulled up this rig rundown from 15 years ago and man did Elwood look different

Such a shame. Aren't they currently on tour? I don't know if this was a sudden thing or whether Frank had been sick. Still, he had a good run, and made it a lot longer than so many of their contemporaries did. Such a solid player, and him and the double kick drums go waaaayyy back.

I never really have understood the preamp topology of the MACE, or why when tubes were still plentiful, Marshall, Peavey, MusicMan, and others decided to go into solid state preamps with tube power sections. Is the "combine" feature of the MACE supposed to be like jumpering a four input Marshall?