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So...  Do you think John Fogerty is an overrated guitarist?  Or was this post meant for the Cover Song Hall of Fame thread? ?

Was just getting the link to this when I saw your cat comment... ?

39 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

And yes! Sensors are cheap these days.

Should anyone need high-quality sensors, my friend (and ex-business partner) is a main contact for Fraba (he was previously with Baumer and Parker-Hannifin, who we were strategic partners with, back when we had an alternative energy start-up).  Hit me up for details!  ?

17 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

I think he showed his hand when he said "this is gonna blow up the Internet!!" ? And really, who "rates" The Edge? While he was an innovator and sound designer with his use of FX, I think we all knew that if you hit bypass on his delay he wouldn't have been all that. Doesn't matter of course, he got a killer sound.

As posted before but still hillarious!

1 hour ago, John Nelson said:

A bird in the hand.

Just means bird crap in the hand too! ?

I'm overrated.

(Even at already low standards! ? )

I wonder if anyone else has ever had this idea (and acted on it!):

- Make a YouTube playlist of the top-40 for each year in descending order

That would be cool!

(I'm just too lazy to see if they have right now! ?)

I'd reply but it's obvious Dave hasn't been on the forum today... ?

(I also hate it when you know the driver is running late so he skips a few deliveries as "Not at home!"  I have laminated signs I put on my door that say "[Delivery Service] I AM Home!  Ring the bell!!!" )

Back on topic...

Magenta - Ghost

1 hour ago, Xoo said:

Lloyd Langton Group - Outside The Law

 

Faked me out!  At first I was like, "Who is this?" then I saw "Hawkwind" and made the connection. ?

2 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

I can't give this enough likes.

Not only is the music great, but the camera knows which of Jeff's hands to do a close-up on, when he is doing something super-human on the guitar. Jeff was probably the most technically proficient guitarist in rock and roll history. And the music is excellent.

If you can find the DVD, rent it, as the extras are nice too. If I remember correctly, I think Jeff said that when Tal entered the studio, he thought she was someone's daughter. She is a class act, and at the time of that video, she was too young an cute to play bass so maturely. Tons of talent in that gal.

Notes ♫

I owned the DVD and now you have me wondering if I still have it!  All my concert DVD's are stored in a bin out in the garage.  While I've gotten rid of most of my old life, I still have many of the concert DVD's I used to watch...  I'll have to go look for it (and see if I can record it to my computer!).

2 hours ago, Bapu said:

Does that mean that there will only be male pole dancers and women give them $1 bills?

$1 bills are practically worthless now-a-days! ?

3 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said:

Can we kindly get this thread back on topic fellas !

Option A Topic ,  Out of Our League Super Hot Chicks are OK to discuss

Option B Topic ,  All things Involving Becan And the Love Of Becan  ...

Option C Topic  , Various Musical  Instruments and gear .

Option D Topic s, Music Software and Plugs

Poor Kenny!  He must have missed...

Option E Topics, All of the above!

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They say a Pole Shift is coming.  Are you worried Ed??? ?

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Gee Ed, have you ever considered doing other covers?  Maybe some Jethro Tull perhaps? ?

(?) 

That whole Ronnie Scotts concert was awesome!  I'm not certain, but I think that's the concert that introduced everyone to Tal.  I love how Jeff just watches her in wonder. ?

I hope this is a good playlist (there were a few to choose from!):

1 hour ago, Starship Krupa said:

Carowinds has some great rides, beautiful park (at least 45 years ago when I went), but this speaks more toward lax inspections by park personnel than it does anything else.

Note that the design was sound enough to have that joint fail and still run all those trains every day without the track coming down. The joint was under compression and when it deformed, the top of the pole shifted to that beam. Not sure that was intentional by the designers, but either way, it's good "if this fails, what will happen?"

What is inexcusable is that park operations and maintenance missed it.

When I was an operations supervisor at a theme park 43 years ago, our coaster and flume operators came in an hour early every day to walk the length of the tracks for visual inspection. Any anomaly was to be reported. If any ride started making an unusual noise, it was to be reported. Considering how many of our flat rides were friggin' retired touring carny rides, we certainly needed to be vigilant.

This should have been caught within 24 hours of a crack first being visible, before it had a chance to become a break. What this implies is that the rest of the rides at Carowinds are now in question, and if I were the local authorities, I'd get some inspectors out there now to check everything. Including and especially an audit of the park's internal inspection practices and ride operator training.

(I know that modern looping coasters can't have their entire tracks "walked," but there are things like scopes and cameras that can be used instead)

Why does the above remind me of this musical equivalent? ?

19 minutes ago, Bruno de Souza Lino said:

Mike Bradshaw was dying to have several conversations with you...

Already has! ?

As long as this winds up in the correct Cover thread you'll be ok, ya? ?

Well!  If it's already been "Mooch Approved!" then I'd better listen to it! ?

When I had my studio, I had (at least!) three mixers:  A main Mackie, and two others that fed into it (one was digital which used D/A to the Mackie as well as straight in as digital, the other gathered all of my "toys" together, like v-drums, synths, non-guitar modelers and romplers, etc.).  I would have at least two incoming lines for the guitars, one dry,  and others that came in from mic'ed cabs or tapped into the back of something (I used a lot of rack units like the Mesa Rectifier Recording Preamp for example).  Needless to say, this could sometimes cause problems since splitting/duplicating the signal might not allow you the interaction with the amp that you want (and, obviously, not all amps have a dry out channel so I had to split it using other techniques - my custom Variax had the floor pedal do this natively, so that helped!).

Then there was the whole complexity of how things came back out!  Besides the ability to go to the mixing monitors, I had dedicated outputs to my PA speakers (to play the backing tracks for everyone or just me to play along with) as well as my headphone amp (my way to give everyone their own mix when needed).  Add wireless to both the inputs (vocals and guitars, bass players were required to remain tethered into a child-safe corner ?) and even the headphones sometimes, and I could play with friends.

It took a lot of initial planning (the spreadsheets used and abused are huge!), but totally worth it for me! ?

1 hour ago, pwalpwal said:

spacemen 3 - rollercoaster

 

Will listen later once I find some ??? ?

1 hour ago, Bruno de Souza Lino said:

The vast majority of YouTube producers' teachings have two objectives:

- Selling you a product.

- Selling you a service.

Which is different from every other business how?  ?

I misread the thread title as "The Second Arraignment" and thought someone had gotten busted again! ?

I was soooo hoping Albert had a middle name that began with "C!"  That would have been the perfect side-joke for A C E, but... he didn't even have a middle name!  Oh, well.