Tucson Thump
Mint Heavy Relic
where’s your sense of adventure?
where’s your sense of adventure?
Do some yoga, it'll kick yer ass!
Although live is pretty as normal here in the North of Sweden, no lock down or anything just some papers with warnings and advice. The occasional hoarder we also have here but nevertheless I am also prepared with some jobs to do. One of the reasons I haven't been here much the last weeks.
When my cousin visited me two weeks ago we went out for a snowmobile ride, at least that was what we were supposed to be doing. Just 30 minutes out his (or better said, mine that he was driving) snowmobile broke down. That will be a hell of a job to fix.
And then there are bicycles of course as the winter is slowly changing into spring, I need to get my roadbike finished. Building a KTM carbon frame and the weight goal is sub 6 kg. Will be tight to make it. Even after that one there is still another roadbike as a project and a Canyon full suspension which you can see in the back ground.Also have some upgrades coming for the Custom but still need to wait for some parts, will be soon though as I received a message yesterday that my order is on the way to Sweden. Will make a thread about it as soon as everything is in.
No sh!t?I’ve got a 70s model Ferrari. I’m going to crank it a few times to see if I can get it to turn over.
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What do you guys use to hang up guitar straps? I started to drive some nails in my wall and thought there’s gotta be a better way.
Surprised to see this question as I just solved this very problem this week! I like to have the straps with the guitar in case I want to play standing up. Each strap is set to the guitar it belongs with. All of my straps have Straplocks except one or maybe two, so I bought a dozen of the buttons only, and mounted them behind the hanging guitars, high enough that they can’t hit the rear of the guitar if it is pushed. The strap hangs for easy access, but is out of the way when not needed. Regular straps without Straplocks just pop over the button like an old school setup. I love it!What do you guys use to hang up guitar straps? I started to drive some nails in my wall and thought there’s gotta be a better way.
Surprised to see this question as I just solved this very problem this week! I like to have the straps with the guitar in case I want to play standing up. Each strap is set to the guitar it belongs with. All of my straps have Straplocks except one or maybe two, so I bought a dozen of the buttons only, and mounted them behind the hanging guitars, high enough that they can’t hit the rear of the guitar if it is pushed. The strap hangs for easy access, but is out of the way when not needed. Regular straps without Straplocks just pop over the button like an old school setup. I love it!
Strings, tubes, and pickups:
Oh man, that brings back some memories! I bought a Univalve and a Flexi in the 2000s when they were the hottest thing going. I moved the Univalve on eventually because it was just too bright for my tastes. I always wondered if the Bivalve would be more to my tastes.
Now the Flexi... there's a Jekyll and Hyde beast of an amp. When it's having a good day, I think it's the best amp ever created, which is about 20% of the time that I plug in to it. The rest of the time... I just can't get the goods out of it unless I'm willing to run it flat out with no attenuation and that's a loud, loud experience that I'm not up for very often. Most of my love/hate thing with tube amps centers on that beast right there.
Oh, and I'm stealing your Flexi settings!
I hear you! This is my second BiValve. I hate the built-in Hot Plate, and it is a LOUD amp. But, damn! It sounds amazing. Always. It's got huge iron, and it's so overbuilt. Tube rolling makes a bigger difference than in the Flexi, though I've noticed they like the same tubes (KT88s sound insanely glorious, but peels paint). On the Flexi, I pretty much always leave the boost on, and kick in the master to drop overall volume when I hit the front end harder. I also futz with speakers often. The BiValve likes the Jensen Black Bird in that wide 1x12 better than anything, though you can see the more extreme settings I'm using for tone.
And, the lesson I relearned: check the bias! Night and day.
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