Post by: CigarBanter on May 25, 2021, 12:56:09 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 05:23:43 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 05:43:07 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 05:46:41 AM
Post by: razgueado on May 25, 2021, 05:56:26 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 05:59:03 AM
Morning, muchachos.Uh-oh. Insomnia strikes again! Well maybe these cigar "deals" will help, Bret.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 06:07:13 AM
Good morning, LTG. A jam would be too distracting. We've got work to do .CI doing their part trying to help the labor shortage by getting everyone away from the jams and back to work!
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 06:13:08 AM
Morning, muchachos.What's keeping you up, Raz. I know for me it's the thought of Bad Dad's 69th birthday.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 06:22:41 AM
Oh man, that'll surely be a blowout affair at his house. Pun intended.Morning, muchachos.What's keeping you up, Raz. I know for me it's the thought of Bad Dad's 69th birthday.
Post by: razgueado on May 25, 2021, 06:25:20 AM
I'm okay. It's not like it's anxiety or something. Just occasional sleep disruption.Morning, muchachos.Uh-oh. Insomnia strikes again! Well maybe these cigar "deals" will help, Bret.
Post by: razgueado on May 25, 2021, 06:32:24 AM
Coulda done without that image.Morning, muchachos.What's keeping you up, Raz. I know for me it's the thought of Bad Dad's 69th birthday.
Nuthin' keeping me up but biology. I got no worries, really.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 07:12:36 AM
Bantering isn't gonna help. Go close your eyes for a couple more hours.I'm okay. It's not like it's anxiety or something. Just occasional sleep disruption.Morning, muchachos.Uh-oh. Insomnia strikes again! Well maybe these cigar "deals" will help, Bret.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 07:14:12 AM
I don't know, we might be able to put him to sleep just as well.Bantering isn't gonna help. Go close your eyes for a couple more hours.I'm okay. It's not like it's anxiety or something. Just occasional sleep disruption.Morning, muchachos.Uh-oh. Insomnia strikes again! Well maybe these cigar "deals" will help, Bret.
Post by: razgueado on May 25, 2021, 07:22:02 AM
Tossing and turning doesn't help either. When I feel sleepy, I'll sleep.Bantering isn't gonna help. Go close your eyes for a couple more hours.I'm okay. It's not like it's anxiety or something. Just occasional sleep disruption.Morning, muchachos.Uh-oh. Insomnia strikes again! Well maybe these cigar "deals" will help, Bret.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 08:24:15 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 08:35:46 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 09:10:13 AM
Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 09:29:00 AM
I would like this as well. The vaccination option, not whatever you previously said.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 09:57:49 AM
How old is your youngest?I would like this as well. The vaccination option, not whatever you previously said.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 10:11:03 AM
Use SAVENOW at JRCigars for 10% off $50, 15% off $100, or 20% off $150.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:14:02 AM
That's what I was thinking.I don't know, we might be able to put him to sleep just as well.Bantering isn't gonna help. Go close your eyes for a couple more hours.I'm okay. It's not like it's anxiety or something. Just occasional sleep disruption.Morning, muchachos.Uh-oh. Insomnia strikes again! Well maybe these cigar "deals" will help, Bret.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 10:14:51 AM
11. So the 12- and 14-year-old have gotten their first shot, but she's been left waiting.How old is your youngest?I would like this as well. The vaccination option, not whatever you previously said.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:15:31 AM
Things are moving sloooooooowly today.Consider Metamucil?
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:16:20 AM
Indeed.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Do they check ID? Just say she's 12.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:18:39 AM
Wow. It's really Tuesday. Someone took the week off and phoned in the daily deals.For sure. Falling under the category of "wouldn't smoke 'em if you gave them to me".
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:19:50 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:21:05 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 10:27:17 AM
Morning LookingForAShotTony, EndOfTheHeatWaveDave and EverUpRaz.Heat wave is rolling through today, but will be gone by tomorrow. Highs the next 4 days are 89, 80, 69, 58. Sheesh!
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 10:28:42 AM
Tony is far too honorable for that.Indeed.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Do they check ID? Just say she's 12.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:30:42 AM
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Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:32:50 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:34:59 AM
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 10:41:12 AM
At least JR is offering real cigars:Looks like a fairly solid sampler.
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Today only, treat yourself to a 20-Cigar Memorial Day Heritage Sampler for only $49.95 and save 74% off the MSRP! This mouth-watering collection features Saint Luis Rey, Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, and H. Upmann.
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Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:41:33 AM
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Post by: razgueado on May 25, 2021, 10:41:34 AM
That's a Synergy Syn-2 Modular preamp on top. It has two modules loaded - a Fryette Deliverance and a Friedman Dirty Shirley. These are essentially versions of hot-rodded Marshall amps.
On the bottom is a Mesa/Boogie Simul-Class 2:90. It's a hellacious amount of vacuum tube amplifier power - like, capable of sound pressure levels that would kill small children and household pets. It's nominally 90 watts per side or 180 watts bridged mono. But that's nominally. It's 1% Total Harmonic Distortion at 90 watts. But if you know anything about guitar players, we LIKE distortion. We like it a LAWT. So in a guitar rig, right about the time this thing starts to really sing it's blowing through about 200 watts per side and people 2 miles away are calling the cops. They don't make these anymore because not even rock star guitarists need that kind of power.
I need this kinda power like I need a third testicle, but the way this deal breaks down I got it for about $400, which is a third of what they cost new and half of current market value. This will be the second I've owned; way back around the turn of the century I sold the first one I owned to the CTO of Harley Davidson. I'll probably tune it to drive the home theater rig. Plenty of clean headroom for that.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 10:41:53 AM
Blackbird Cigar Company??It's the freshman cigar company that everyone's talking about. :D
https://www.cigarking.com/blackbird-cigar-company-sumatra-finch-robusto-5x50-10-pack-special-40-off-retail-free-shipping-on-your-entire-order/
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:43:00 AM
I wouldn't put shmootz up for you would I? ....unless identified as shmootz.At least JR is offering real cigars:Looks like a fairly solid sampler.
20 Heritage Cigars Only $49.95 Through Midnight
Today only, treat yourself to a 20-Cigar Memorial Day Heritage Sampler for only $49.95 and save 74% off the MSRP! This mouth-watering collection features Saint Luis Rey, Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, and H. Upmann.
https://www.jrcigars.com/deals/best-cigar-deals/20-heritage-cigars-only-49.95-through-midnight/?trk_msg=K4REL2R1K6I4D4IOL3JT0BV08G&trk_contact=RLBPE54BTM3LPE9RUAMD8GQ4IS&trk_sid=FHI2O0CCGVL46D49DE57ODKTUS&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Sampler&utm_campaign=PPP2&utm_content=PPP2-210525sa-03-60-001
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:46:38 AM
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-scottish-golf-courses-legal-challenge-unexplained-funding-2021-5
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 10:47:37 AM
When does she turn 12? My boys aren't until Christmas.11. So the 12- and 14-year-old have gotten their first shot, but she's been left waiting.How old is your youngest?I would like this as well. The vaccination option, not whatever you previously said.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:48:15 AM
There are 220 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, died when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for about 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and pleading that he couldn’t breathe; Floyd’s death, captured on video by a bystander, would lead to worldwide protests, some of which turned violent, and a reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.
On this date:
In 1787, the Constitutional Convention began at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum.
In 1935, Babe Ruth hit his last three career home runs — Nos. 712, 713 and 714 — for the Boston Braves in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. (The Pirates won, 11-7.)
In 1946, Transjordan (now Jordan) became a kingdom as it proclaimed its new monarch, Abdullah I.
In 1959, the U.S. Supreme Court, in State Athletic Commission v. Dorsey, struck down a Louisiana law prohibiting interracial boxing matches. (The case had been brought by Joseph Dorsey Jr., a Black professional boxer.)
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy told Congress: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”
In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, ordered the Virginia county to reopen its public schools, which officials had closed in an attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka desegregation ruling.
In 1965, Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston in the first round of their world heavyweight title rematch in Lewiston, Maine. (Ali’s victory generated controversy over whether he’d truly connected when he sent Liston crashing to the canvas with a right to the head, or whether it was a “phantom punch,” implying that the fight had been fixed.)
In 1977, the first “Star Wars” film (later retitled “Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope”) was released by 20th Century Fox.
In 1979, 273 people died when an American Airlines DC-10 crashed just after takeoff from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Six-year-old Etan Patz (AY’-tahn payts) disappeared while on his way to a school bus stop in lower Manhattan. (In April 2017, former store clerk Pedro Hernandez, convicted of killing Etan, was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison.)
In 1992, Jay Leno made his debut as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show,” succeeding Johnny Carson.
In 2008, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on the Red Planet to begin searching for evidence of water; the spacecraft confirmed the presence of water ice at its landing site.
In 2018, Harvey Weinstein was charged in New York with rape and another sex felony in the first prosecution to result from the wave of allegations against him; the once-powerful movie producer turned himself in to face the charges and was released on $1 million bail after a court appearance. (Weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault; he is serving a 23-year prison sentence.)
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:49:01 AM
Five years ago: President Barack Obama wrapped up his historic visit to Vietnam before heading to Japan, the site of a two-day summit of wealthy nations. It was announced that about a dozen states were suing the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that matched their gender identity. (A federal judge put the directive on hold after the suit was filed; the Trump administration lifted the Obama guidelines in February 2017.) Actor Johnny Depp’s wife, Amber Heard, filed for divorce in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences after 15 months of marriage.
One year ago: President Donald Trump threatened to pull the Republican National Convention from North Carolina if the state’s Democratic governor would not agree to allow a full-capacity gathering. (Charlotte would host a scaled-back portion of events; prime-time speeches were delivered from Washington and elsewhere to a largely virtual audience.) Trump made Memorial Day visits to Arlington National Cemetery and Baltimore’s Fort McHenry; Democrat Joe Biden chose Memorial Day to make his first public appearance in two months; he placed a wreath at a park near his Delaware home. Americans observed Memorial Day with small processions and online tributes that also remembered those lost to the coronavirus. A white woman, Amy Cooper, called 911 to claim she was being threatened by “an African American man,” Christian Cooper, who had confronted her for walking her dog without a leash in New York’s Central Park. (After a video of the confrontation was widely circulated, Amy Cooper lost her job with investment firm Franklin Templeton and was charged with filing a false police report; the charge was dismissed after she completed a counseling program.)
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 10:50:17 AM
They do check ID. Because by height and weight my sons would be fine. When I brought my 15 year-old they asked for ID. I asked, what if I didn't have a passport for her and they replied that they would require a birth certificate.Indeed.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Do they check ID? Just say she's 12.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:51:30 AM
Actor Ann Robinson is 92.
Former White House news secretary Ron Nessen is 87.
Country singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall is 85.
Actor Sir Ian McKellen is 82.
Country singer Jessi Colter is 78.
Actor-singer Leslie Uggams is 78.
Movie director and Muppeteer Frank Oz is 77.
Actor Karen Valentine is 74.
Actor Jacki Weaver is 74.
Rock singer Klaus Meine (The Scorpions) is 73.
Actor Patti D’Arbanville is 70.
Playwright Eve Ensler is 68.
Musician Cindy Cashdollar is 66.
Actor Connie Sellecca is 66.
Rock singer-musician Paul Weller is 63.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is 61.
Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 58.
Actor Matt Borlenghi is 54.
Actor Joseph Reitman is 53.
Rock musician Glen Drover is 52.
Actor Anne Heche (haych) is 52.
Actors Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush (TV: “Little House on the Prairie”) are 51.
Actor-comedian Jamie Kennedy is 51.
Actor Octavia Spencer is 51.
Actor Justin Henry is 50.
Rapper Daz Dillinger is 48.
Actor Molly Sims is 48.
Actor Erinn Hayes is 45.
Actor Cillian Murphy is 45.
Actor Ethan Suplee (soo-PLEE’) is 45.
Rock musician Todd Whitener is 43.
Actor Corbin Allred is 42.
Actor-singer Lauren Frost is 36.
Actor Ebonee (cq) Noel is 31.
Musician Guy Lawrence (Disclosure) is 30.
Olympic gold medal gymnast Aly Raisman is 27.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:54:44 AM
Travellin Dave: Guitar gear won. Here's my birthday present to myself. I got this stuff way below market value. Picking it up at 10am.Happy Birthday indeed. Now I have to go check Urban Dictionary for "Friedman Dirty Shirley"
That's a Synergy Syn-2 Modular preamp on top. It has two modules loaded - a Fryette Deliverance and a Friedman Dirty Shirley. These are essentially versions of hot-rodded Marshall amps.
On the bottom is a Mesa/Boogie Simul-Class 2:90. It's a hellacious amount of vacuum tube amplifier power - like, capable of sound pressure levels that would kill small children and household pets. It's nominally 90 watts per side or 180 watts bridged mono. But that's nominally. It's 1% Total Harmonic Distortion at 90 watts. But if you know anything about guitar players, we LIKE distortion. We like it a LAWT. So in a guitar rig, right about the time this thing starts to really sing it's blowing through about 200 watts per side and people 2 miles away are calling the cops. They don't make these anymore because not even rock star guitarists need that kind of power.
I need this kinda power like I need a third testicle, but the way this deal breaks down I got it for about $400, which is a third of what they cost new and half of current market value. This will be the second I've owned; way back around the turn of the century I sold the first one I owned to the CTO of Harley Davidson. I'll probably tune it to drive the home theater rig. Plenty of clean headroom for that.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 10:55:39 AM
Not until February.When does she turn 12? My boys aren't until Christmas.11. So the 12- and 14-year-old have gotten their first shot, but she's been left waiting.How old is your youngest?I would like this as well. The vaccination option, not whatever you previously said.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:56:15 AM
Interesting....They do check ID. Because by height and weight my sons would be fine. When I brought my 15 year-old they asked for ID. I asked, what if I didn't have a passport for her and they replied that they would require a birth certificate.Indeed.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Do they check ID? Just say she's 12.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:56:36 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 11:02:23 AM
They didn't ask for any proof for mine, but they did them through Cleveland Clinic, so I'm guessing they already had their info on file somewhere.Interesting....They do check ID. Because by height and weight my sons would be fine. When I brought my 15 year-old they asked for ID. I asked, what if I didn't have a passport for her and they replied that they would require a birth certificate.Indeed.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Do they check ID? Just say she's 12.
Post by: razgueado on May 25, 2021, 11:08:43 AM
No idea where Dave Friedman came up with the name, but the amplifier is essentially a copy of the amp Eric Clapton used to record the famous "Beano" album with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers.Travellin Dave: Guitar gear won. Here's my birthday present to myself. I got this stuff way below market value. Picking it up at 10am.Happy Birthday indeed. Now I have to go check Urban Dictionary for "Friedman Dirty Shirley"
That's a Synergy Syn-2 Modular preamp on top. It has two modules loaded - a Fryette Deliverance and a Friedman Dirty Shirley. These are essentially versions of hot-rodded Marshall amps.
On the bottom is a Mesa/Boogie Simul-Class 2:90. It's a hellacious amount of vacuum tube amplifier power - like, capable of sound pressure levels that would kill small children and household pets. It's nominally 90 watts per side or 180 watts bridged mono. But that's nominally. It's 1% Total Harmonic Distortion at 90 watts. But if you know anything about guitar players, we LIKE distortion. We like it a LAWT. So in a guitar rig, right about the time this thing starts to really sing it's blowing through about 200 watts per side and people 2 miles away are calling the cops. They don't make these anymore because not even rock star guitarists need that kind of power.
I need this kinda power like I need a third testicle, but the way this deal breaks down I got it for about $400, which is a third of what they cost new and half of current market value. This will be the second I've owned; way back around the turn of the century I sold the first one I owned to the CTO of Harley Davidson. I'll probably tune it to drive the home theater rig. Plenty of clean headroom for that.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 11:10:28 AM
I'm sure 9/10 they wouldn't ask for ID anyway. But I'll be the 1/10.They didn't ask for any proof for mine, but they did them through Cleveland Clinic, so I'm guessing they already had their info on file somewhere.Interesting....They do check ID. Because by height and weight my sons would be fine. When I brought my 15 year-old they asked for ID. I asked, what if I didn't have a passport for her and they replied that they would require a birth certificate.Indeed.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Do they check ID? Just say she's 12.
Post by: razgueado on May 25, 2021, 11:10:29 AM
A Dirty Shirley is a Shirley Temple, but with Vodka.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 11:11:52 AM
Ah, now I *do* know where Friedman got the name. It's a drink.I come here every day to learn.
A Dirty Shirley is a Shirley Temple, but with Vodka.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 11:13:13 AM
Oh, no question.I'm sure 9/10 they wouldn't ask for ID anyway. But I'll be the 1/10.They didn't ask for any proof for mine, but they did them through Cleveland Clinic, so I'm guessing they already had their info on file somewhere.Interesting....They do check ID. Because by height and weight my sons would be fine. When I brought my 15 year-old they asked for ID. I asked, what if I didn't have a passport for her and they replied that they would require a birth certificate.Indeed.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Do they check ID? Just say she's 12.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 12:03:39 PM
Enjoy that equipment! How hard is it to keep a stock of replacement tubes for those things? I guess there are specialty manufactures for those (for top dollar), like most other things.No idea where Dave Friedman came up with the name, but the amplifier is essentially a copy of the amp Eric Clapton used to record the famous "Beano" album with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers.Travellin Dave: Guitar gear won. Here's my birthday present to myself. I got this stuff way below market value. Picking it up at 10am.Happy Birthday indeed. Now I have to go check Urban Dictionary for "Friedman Dirty Shirley"
That's a Synergy Syn-2 Modular preamp on top. It has two modules loaded - a Fryette Deliverance and a Friedman Dirty Shirley. These are essentially versions of hot-rodded Marshall amps.
On the bottom is a Mesa/Boogie Simul-Class 2:90. It's a hellacious amount of vacuum tube amplifier power - like, capable of sound pressure levels that would kill small children and household pets. It's nominally 90 watts per side or 180 watts bridged mono. But that's nominally. It's 1% Total Harmonic Distortion at 90 watts. But if you know anything about guitar players, we LIKE distortion. We like it a LAWT. So in a guitar rig, right about the time this thing starts to really sing it's blowing through about 200 watts per side and people 2 miles away are calling the cops. They don't make these anymore because not even rock star guitarists need that kind of power.
I need this kinda power like I need a third testicle, but the way this deal breaks down I got it for about $400, which is a third of what they cost new and half of current market value. This will be the second I've owned; way back around the turn of the century I sold the first one I owned to the CTO of Harley Davidson. I'll probably tune it to drive the home theater rig. Plenty of clean headroom for that.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 12:59:47 PM
https://store.cigarfederation.com/collections/featured-cigars/products/black-label-trading-company-bishops-blend?mc_cid=f05bb79cf6&mc_eid=c1bd1ef3de
Was this one of the ones you had over the weekend?
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 01:02:29 PM
How long has it been since vacuum tubes were used? 40-50 years?Enjoy that equipment! How hard is it to keep a stock of replacement tubes for those things? I guess there are specialty manufactures for those (for top dollar), like most other things.No idea where Dave Friedman came up with the name, but the amplifier is essentially a copy of the amp Eric Clapton used to record the famous "Beano" album with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers.Travellin Dave: Guitar gear won. Here's my birthday present to myself. I got this stuff way below market value. Picking it up at 10am.Happy Birthday indeed. Now I have to go check Urban Dictionary for "Friedman Dirty Shirley"
That's a Synergy Syn-2 Modular preamp on top. It has two modules loaded - a Fryette Deliverance and a Friedman Dirty Shirley. These are essentially versions of hot-rodded Marshall amps.
On the bottom is a Mesa/Boogie Simul-Class 2:90. It's a hellacious amount of vacuum tube amplifier power - like, capable of sound pressure levels that would kill small children and household pets. It's nominally 90 watts per side or 180 watts bridged mono. But that's nominally. It's 1% Total Harmonic Distortion at 90 watts. But if you know anything about guitar players, we LIKE distortion. We like it a LAWT. So in a guitar rig, right about the time this thing starts to really sing it's blowing through about 200 watts per side and people 2 miles away are calling the cops. They don't make these anymore because not even rock star guitarists need that kind of power.
I need this kinda power like I need a third testicle, but the way this deal breaks down I got it for about $400, which is a third of what they cost new and half of current market value. This will be the second I've owned; way back around the turn of the century I sold the first one I owned to the CTO of Harley Davidson. I'll probably tune it to drive the home theater rig. Plenty of clean headroom for that.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 01:03:34 PM
...but only if you didn't have it.Oh, no question.I'm sure 9/10 they wouldn't ask for ID anyway. But I'll be the 1/10.They didn't ask for any proof for mine, but they did them through Cleveland Clinic, so I'm guessing they already had their info on file somewhere.Interesting....They do check ID. Because by height and weight my sons would be fine. When I brought my 15 year-old they asked for ID. I asked, what if I didn't have a passport for her and they replied that they would require a birth certificate.Indeed.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Do they check ID? Just say she's 12.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 01:12:29 PM
Which he doesn't, since she's only 11. ;)...but only if you didn't have it.Oh, no question.I'm sure 9/10 they wouldn't ask for ID anyway. But I'll be the 1/10.They didn't ask for any proof for mine, but they did them through Cleveland Clinic, so I'm guessing they already had their info on file somewhere.Interesting....They do check ID. Because by height and weight my sons would be fine. When I brought my 15 year-old they asked for ID. I asked, what if I didn't have a passport for her and they replied that they would require a birth certificate.Indeed.Moderna is now going to be seeking approval to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds.I need 11 year olds to be approved for vaccination.
Edit: Too easily could be taken out of context the way I previously worded it.
Do they check ID? Just say she's 12.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 01:20:43 PM
Hey Tony, some new Bishops Blend released for you.Sure looks like it. How would I know?
https://store.cigarfederation.com/collections/featured-cigars/products/black-label-trading-company-bishops-blend?mc_cid=f05bb79cf6&mc_eid=c1bd1ef3de
Was this one of the ones you had over the weekend?
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 02:04:43 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-set-neighbor-s-house-on-fire-because-they-did-not-mow-his-lawn-police-say/ar-AAKmRzj?ocid=msedgntp
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 02:14:10 PM
Guess it ain't just "Florida Man"...Seems odd to slip in the separate Ohio crime at the end which seems much, much worse.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-set-neighbor-s-house-on-fire-because-they-did-not-mow-his-lawn-police-say/ar-AAKmRzj?ocid=msedgntp
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 02:16:44 PM
Guess it ain't just "Florida Man"...DC trying to get in on the fun.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-set-neighbor-s-house-on-fire-because-they-did-not-mow-his-lawn-police-say/ar-AAKmRzj?ocid=msedgntp
https://nypost.com/2021/05/24/video-maserati-driver-opens-fire-on-car-that-may-have-cut-him-off/
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 02:23:04 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 02:23:46 PM
Post by: razgueado on May 25, 2021, 02:24:37 PM
The problem isn't getting the tubes, at least not yet. Even though there are only a few factories making the tubes anymore, there are vast stocks of them. The problem, as my amp guru Andy Marshall says, is that all the people who actually knew anything about making vacuum tubes died 50 years ago, so now the manufacturers are reverse-engineering old tubes and as a result modern-manufacture tubes don't last as long as the old ones. So the stocks of New Old Stock tubes are radically going up in value.Enjoy that equipment! How hard is it to keep a stock of replacement tubes for those things? I guess there are specialty manufactures for those (for top dollar), like most other things.No idea where Dave Friedman came up with the name, but the amplifier is essentially a copy of the amp Eric Clapton used to record the famous "Beano" album with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers.Travellin Dave: Guitar gear won. Here's my birthday present to myself. I got this stuff way below market value. Picking it up at 10am.Happy Birthday indeed. Now I have to go check Urban Dictionary for "Friedman Dirty Shirley"
That's a Synergy Syn-2 Modular preamp on top. It has two modules loaded - a Fryette Deliverance and a Friedman Dirty Shirley. These are essentially versions of hot-rodded Marshall amps.
On the bottom is a Mesa/Boogie Simul-Class 2:90. It's a hellacious amount of vacuum tube amplifier power - like, capable of sound pressure levels that would kill small children and household pets. It's nominally 90 watts per side or 180 watts bridged mono. But that's nominally. It's 1% Total Harmonic Distortion at 90 watts. But if you know anything about guitar players, we LIKE distortion. We like it a LAWT. So in a guitar rig, right about the time this thing starts to really sing it's blowing through about 200 watts per side and people 2 miles away are calling the cops. They don't make these anymore because not even rock star guitarists need that kind of power.
I need this kinda power like I need a third testicle, but the way this deal breaks down I got it for about $400, which is a third of what they cost new and half of current market value. This will be the second I've owned; way back around the turn of the century I sold the first one I owned to the CTO of Harley Davidson. I'll probably tune it to drive the home theater rig. Plenty of clean headroom for that.
This particular amp has two quads of 6L6GC power tubes, and replacing them will cost about $225 for new-manufacture tubes from Russia or the Slovak Republic. NOS tubes could cost $2500 or more.
There are no manufacturers in the states anymore. Tube manufacture involves a lot of toxic compounds unfriendly to flora AND fauna, so the applicable EPA regs make it a practical impossibility to open a manufacturing plant in the US, and the cost would be unsustainable. Tube amplifiers won't disappear in my lifetime, but may very well in my sons' lifetime, and almost certainly will be a historical footnote by the time my grandchildren start playing guitar.
Post by: razgueado on May 25, 2021, 02:50:49 PM
Well they haven't ever really stopped being used, it's just a shrinking market. The US government quit buying tubes in the 70's, but had a vast stock of them built up. The military pulled the last of its tube gear from service in the early 90's, IIRC.How long has it been since vacuum tubes were used? 40-50 years?Enjoy that equipment! How hard is it to keep a stock of replacement tubes for those things? I guess there are specialty manufactures for those (for top dollar), like most other things.No idea where Dave Friedman came up with the name, but the amplifier is essentially a copy of the amp Eric Clapton used to record the famous "Beano" album with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers.Travellin Dave: Guitar gear won. Here's my birthday present to myself. I got this stuff way below market value. Picking it up at 10am.Happy Birthday indeed. Now I have to go check Urban Dictionary for "Friedman Dirty Shirley"
That's a Synergy Syn-2 Modular preamp on top. It has two modules loaded - a Fryette Deliverance and a Friedman Dirty Shirley. These are essentially versions of hot-rodded Marshall amps.
On the bottom is a Mesa/Boogie Simul-Class 2:90. It's a hellacious amount of vacuum tube amplifier power - like, capable of sound pressure levels that would kill small children and household pets. It's nominally 90 watts per side or 180 watts bridged mono. But that's nominally. It's 1% Total Harmonic Distortion at 90 watts. But if you know anything about guitar players, we LIKE distortion. We like it a LAWT. So in a guitar rig, right about the time this thing starts to really sing it's blowing through about 200 watts per side and people 2 miles away are calling the cops. They don't make these anymore because not even rock star guitarists need that kind of power.
I need this kinda power like I need a third testicle, but the way this deal breaks down I got it for about $400, which is a third of what they cost new and half of current market value. This will be the second I've owned; way back around the turn of the century I sold the first one I owned to the CTO of Harley Davidson. I'll probably tune it to drive the home theater rig. Plenty of clean headroom for that.
There are still UHF broadcast transmitters that require tubes, and microwave ovens still use the technology. That said, the biggest demand for tubes now is in consumer and professional audio sectors - guitar amps, hi-fi amps, recording studio gear, and ham radio. But it's a slowly but steadily shrinking market. Digital Modeling and Digital Signal Processing are advanced enough and digital CPUs powerful enough that tube behavior can be simulated in the digital domain to a very high degree of authenticity. I do most of my musical work using various modelers, and you'll find modelling gear in the rigs of most of the famous guitar heroes anymore. Steve Vai, The Edge, John Petrucci, Joe Satriani, Dweezil Zappa, Alex Lifeson, Neal Schon, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica and the guys in Def Leppard are among the famous users of the Fractal Audio gear that I favor, but there are a host of others who use Line 6 gear and a lot of the names I mentioned use both and others.
But tubes will be around for a few more decades, at least.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 04:31:48 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 06:49:57 PM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 25, 2021, 09:17:22 PM
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Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 09:26:54 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 25, 2021, 10:05:09 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:46:45 PM
I want to join the Daves with a cigar. But I also can't keep my eyes opened.You're always welcome Tony.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 25, 2021, 10:47:23 PM
I want to join the Daves with a cigar. But I also can't keep my eyes opened.Maybe when I'm back in Jersey in July.