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  1. I agree with this decision. I was in favor of McCain Feingold at first, but after doing some research and reading more educated opinions I changed my mind. The SCOTUS made the right call. Now Chuck Schumer is calling for a hearing on this "Un-American" SCOTUS decision.
  2. Man, she had a great pair of tits when she was younger.
  3. I read an interview with BB King where he talked about stuffing the f-holes in his 335 with towels to kill feedback many years ago, one of the reasons his signature model doesn't have any f-holes like the much rarer 355. Ted Nugent said that he used to use blow-in foam to kill the feedback in his Byrdland. I'd be scared of that method, especially with the expandable foam stuff they sell nowadays. You could spray a little bit of it in and before you know it CRACK!!! goes the top or the sides of the guitar. The modern gap filling gunk can really expand quite well. Anything you do will have an effect on the tone, although how much of an effect is debateable. There are certain guitar players *coughericjohnsoncough* that believe some effects pedals sound better if one takes the screws out of the bottom plates and holds them together with rubber bands instead. It's just a matter of weighing the pros and cons. Have you tried a parametric EQ? Sometimes hollowbodies tend to resonate primarily on certain frequencies. With a parametric you could slice out the offending frequency without killing your overall tone too much.
  4. I have never gotten so much as a kiss from a girl in my days of gigging, but that's just the way it goes. It's always the other guy. Still, I do have a story. My old band was playing at a biker clubhouse. Biker gigs are always fun because the guys are super nice and they love live music. One perk is that they almost always have a titty contest. They pass around a hat and collect all the cash they can, and then whichever girl wins the contest takes the pot. It was later in the night and the money had been collected. There were several women teasing about taking it off but only two of them actually had the balls to do it. One was an old 55+ lady who just gave a peek. The other was not at all shy about showing her body. Now under better circumstances it would've been great, but this chick was about 5'3" and probably pushing 315lbs. First the shirt and bra came off, exposing huge, swinging, stretch mark-covered breasts with nipples that pointed downward just above her waist. If that wasn't bad enough, she started pushing down her pants. No one wanted this to happen but by this time she was out of control. Down they went, little by little, until you could see what appeared to be pubes. As she pushed them down farther we all saw in horror that she was shaved, and what we thought to be her pubes was actually a "property of" tattoo. It was a train wreck and everybody was watching in spite of themselves. To compound the nastiness, this woman had been pounding a bottle of vodka the whole night and had emptied her bladder in her pants sometime before the titty contest. Luckily some big biker guy had the courage to step in and put a stop to the spectacle before it went any further. We ended up playing until about 3am (Their clubhouse was way out in the country on private property) and it was one of our best gigs, save for one very bad spot there.
  5. Originally posted by MrKnobs She didn't burn them, she found them in a box when I was away at a show, shortly after she moved into my house. The same little wood frame house where she brought me the flower in the beer can. Now that I think about it, that makes sense. In a way I think you're lucky she didn't make you eat them! If my ex found pictures of my previous girl still with me when we were still together, she'd... *shudder* About the "glory days" I posted about... I suppose the only thing I truly envy is the amount of success that people say was available back then. I wish the rate of pay for bands kept up with the rate of inflation! It would be really nice to have a wide variety of venues to play, most of them coughing up decent money. The girl thing doesn't get to me much at all. I like to talk the talk and think about it as much as the next guy, but when it comes down to it I don't think I could ever boff a girl I'd just met and who wasn't in a relationship with me. With my band experience so far I've seen some girls, but none of them I'd want to touch, let alone bonk. I still remember this 300 pounder pulling her pants down at a biker party we played. Man that was nasty.
  6. Okay, some of us our going to road trip to Texas and pry the details out of MrKnobs any way we have to!!! Okay, just kidding. That sucks about Gail though... she was only in her early 40's. I'd still like a picture! Darn your wife for burning them! Now one question in general: Has the age of the groupie come and gone? I've gigged semi-regularly for the past 7-8 years (since I was 17) and have never, ever gotten any groupie action of any kind. I even played in a classic rock cover band that was reasonably successful. The thing is, I always hear these stories from people recalling the good ol' days of gigging back in the 70's and 80's, but nothing of the sort comes up recently, aside from one of your bandmates drinking too much and banging a fat girl. Have the glory days passed us by?
  7. Originally posted by MrKnobs That mystery will remain unresolved. I began telling the story thinking that would be the ending, but as so often happens, the story had a mind of its own. There was a larger message to be shared, and the answer to the original mystery is so petty that I withheld it lest her memory be tarnished. About all I will say about that is that I learned the answer myself from a chance encounter with one of her exes about a year later, and that it was an act of kindness on her part that is still much appreciated. Terry D. Dangit!!! That's the part I was most interested in knowing. Oh well, I'll just have to speculate. What could make a girl's privates so sensitive that she'd cum right after penetration and then not want to be touched? I soooo don't get it.
  8. So do you still have any pictures of Gail... and a scanner?
  9. Ahhhhhh..... I feel just like a junkie who's gotten his fix.
  10. Man, I'm effin' addicted to this thread now, and I've never even posted in BWTB before. Mr Knobs got me hooked over on the Live Sound forum. I still want to hear what exactly was wrong with Gail's cooter.
  11. Here's a great link on piezo tweeters and their general background. I found it very informative (you'll need a PDF reader): http://www.partsexpress.com/pdf/piezo.pdf
  12. courtesy of Audiopile Ok, right or wrong, here's what I do: For technical application questions, I suggest contacting Kathy Evans at Neutrik USA at info@neutrikusa.com 1) I prefer using the Neutrik NL4/8 MPR series round style panel jacks. The new style has a metal surface on the front. I recommend seeking these out since the metal makes it just about impossible to jam the cord end upside down in the jack. 2) I cut the mounting holes to accommodate the NL8MPR jack, even if you are going to use the NL4MPR jack, since they both have the same footprint for the mounting flange and holes, however the NL-8 body is fatter. Cutting the holes for the NL-8 will accommodate the NL-4 jack fine, and if you ever need to upgrade to the NL-8 jacks, the hole is already there. The only thing is, the NL-8 mounting flange and holes are fairly narrow compared to the cut-out for the NL-4, so if you go in for the NL-8 cut-out you need to be fairly exacting about it or you won't have enough meat left in the cabinet around the mounting flange area to get a good bite with the screws. 3) I usually load two jacks in the box, wired in parallel. Depending on the box here is where I put them: A) Monitors: if the cabinet has side handles I try to recess them into the handle holes, one on each side, so you can go in one side and chain out through the other side. I don't like putting them on the back of wedges, because if you have a dual angle wedge, there can be serious interference problems, and the cord is hanging off the front of the stage...bad deal. In and out the sides seems best. If your wedges are equipped with recessed flip handles, Penn Fab sells flip handles that are pre-punched for Speak-on jacks. Part number is H1057K. These Penn handles will accommodate the small square Neutrik NL-4MP Speak-on panel jack. B) FOH cabinets I mount them in the back, usually above the existing Jack Panel if possible, usually side-by-side. 4) If mounting in wood: A) First I use drill a small pilot hole with a 1/8" drillbit in the center of where I think I want the round panel jack mounted. It helps to have a look inside first and make sure you are not drilling into anything tender. B) Next I use a GOOD 2" hole saw drill. I prefer the Carbide Tipped ones that interchange on the mandrel. I drill into the wood about 1/4" to 3/8" following the pilot hole. Then I take a sharp wood chisel and remove that slab of wood to the closest plywood layer. This allows the Speak-on jack to be recessed. C) Next I change the bit on the hole saw drill to either a 15/16" (1" is fine) for the NL-4 or 1 1/4" for NL-8 and drill the rest of the way through. Ease you way through at the last so you don't splinter the wood bad on the back side. It's best to drill part way through from the outside of the cabinet, the finish drilling through the from the inside. The hole saws can catch pretty easy, so I use a low power drill and make sure I've got my feet well planted. D) Next I take a can of flat black spray paint and paint around the edges of the recessed hole (this way you don't have a dumb looking white ring around the jack). E) Wire up the jacks. This is the hard part. I use a Weller pistol grip solder gun and go in hot and fast. Tin your wire and solder posts first. I use 3/4" lengths of shrink tube over the solder points. Parallel jacks are a bitch. It's best to practice on the solder bench before sitting on a milk crate with a bunch of wires sticking out of the holes and trying to do it there. I pre-wire the parallel one on the bench first so it's only single wires to deal with once the wires are threaded through the holes. You might find it easier to wire single wires to the terminals on the jacks and strip a 1/2" area in the middle of the wire to jump to your crossover or speakers. Some folks use female spade terminals on the Speak-on terminals. These do work real good if you can find just the right ones. It's not a bad idea to use a set of these on the ends of the wires going to the parallel jack. This way you can do all the solder work on the bench and then load the soldered jack in, and fish the wires through to the other side and just plug them on. Needle nosed pliers work best to push the spade terminals on the tabs, since the right female spade terminals should fit tight enough that it's difficult to push them on by hand. I solder the spade terminals on the wire rather than crimp them if possible. F) I mount the Speak-on jacks in with just regular 1" drywall screws. The course thread ones work better than the fine thread ones. Of course if you are mounting on metal, then pop rivets (nail rivets) work well. I use #43 pop rivets. The drill hole size for a #43 pop rivet is 9/64". G) I usually parallel to the existing 1/4" jack if the wires are decent (which they usually are not). If not, then I go to the crossover with new wires and tie in there leaving the existing wires going to the 1/4" jacks. I have a good sized can full of plastic plugs here for plugging 1/4" jacks that leak air. These plugs are what is used at hydraulic shops to plug orifices during repair proceedures or for sealing hydraulic devices for shipping to keep the dirt out. They are cheap and plentiful at hydraulic supply stores. Take a 1/4" jack with you and you will find plugs that fit nice and tight. The ones you need will be fairly small, but a well stocked supply house should have them.
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