Members Bob Savage Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 I can hear the difference between a red ant and a black ant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yabba Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by Bob Savage I can hear the difference between a red ant and a black ant. does black ant have as many grammys as red ant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adiohead Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by Bob Savage I can hear the difference between a red ant and a black ant. racist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr Ten Posted August 17, 2006 Author Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by BluePowder7 the epitome of Eric Johnson's anality was when he reportedly bitched at a guitar tech for not putting the trem cover screws in the same holes that they came out from. supposedly the tech took 6 screws out, and then put 6 screws back in when he was done, not observing which screw came from which hole, thereby forever ruining EJ's tone, or at least until EJ was able to try out all 720 combinations and got his mojo back. of course, EJ didn't bother to specify the torque to which the screws were to be secured, so even if the screws were in the original hole, it's all moot..... fuck'im. there's truth to that anality which is certainly at an unattainable (and undesirable) level... i think he later liked how that pedal sounded without the screws on it but rubber bands holding the bottom plate on... it sounded better with rubber bands than screws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loghead Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by Bob Savage So instead of lasting say, 3,000 years, our tubes will only last maybe 2,200? That sucks! I dunno, Bob. Once I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loghead Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by Bob Savage I can hear the difference between a red ant and a black ant. Of course. Red ants are clearly Communist, and Communists can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hatata Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 I know with Car head lights the oils from your hands transfer on the bulb then heat up when the bulb is turned on an can explode. With tubes my guitar tech says this is unnecassary as long as your hands are clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Woody777 Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 I wiped some of my hand sweat on my tubes once and I didn't notice a big change in tone. But then my buddy wiped some of his sweat on the tubes and then tone was much fatter (but he's a pretty big guy). But then we tried some NOS sweat and the amp came alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hatata Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by Woody777 I wiped some of my hand sweat on my tubes once and I didn't notice a big change in tone. But then my buddy wiped some of his sweat on the tubes and then tone was much fatter (but he's a pretty big guy). But then we tried some NOS sweat and the amp came alive! do you ship sweat to canada?what kind of condition is it in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loghead Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 I somehow doubt that anyone is really arguing that skin oils would affect a tube's tone. As I understand it, tube life is the issue. I could be wrong, of course, but lots of people cite the automobile bulb example, and I have reading lamps that suggest I treat them the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members love_o_rock Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 You handle a light bulb with your hands right? It's not like the light is muddy or buzzes or anything right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Woody777 Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by hatata do you ship sweat to canada? what kind of condition is it in? It's mint... I think they guy who sweated it ate a lot of mint. I really don't like to ship internationally... and I think FedEx has some kind of regulation against shipping bodily fluids... but PM me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metalman X Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by BluePowder7 the epitome of Eric Johnson's anality was when he reportedly bitched at a guitar tech for not putting the trem cover screws in the same holes that they came out from. supposedly the tech took 6 screws out, and then put 6 screws back in when he was done, not observing which screw came from which hole, thereby forever ruining EJ's tone, or at least until EJ was able to try out all 720 combinations and got his mojo back.of course, EJ didn't bother to specify the torque to which the screws were to be secured, so even if the screws were in the original hole, it's all moot..... {censored}'im. wow! OCD at its finest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hatata Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by Woody777 It's mint... I think they guy who sweated it ate a lot of mint. I really don't like to ship internationally... and I think FedEx has some kind of regulation against shipping bodily fluids... but PM me are you taking trades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loghead Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by love_o_rock You handle a light bulb with your hands right? It's not like the light is muddy or buzzes or anything right? Umm...no. I use a clean rag or paper towel to install light bulbs. I don't do this because the resulting light might compromised. I do this in the, perhaps mistaken, belief that to do so will ensure the longest lived light bulb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members love_o_rock Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by Loghead Umm...no. I use a clean rag or paper towel to install light bulbs. I don't do this because the resulting light might compromised. I do this in the, perhaps mistaken, belief that to do so will ensure the longest lived light bulb. Your more anal than the prostate thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Woody777 Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by hatata are you taking trades? I would be interested in some NOS screws for the bottom plate of my Boss pedals... but mind you, I'm not interested if they've been touched by human hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loghead Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by love_o_rock Your more anal than the prostate thread. Does this make me an anal-ist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members love_o_rock Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by Loghead Does this make me an anal-ist? Is that what theyr callin em' these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hatata Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by Woody777 I would be interested in some NOS screws for the bottom plate of my Boss pedals... but mind you, I'm not interested if they've been touched by human hands. lmfao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members batotman Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Someone gave me some JJ tubes with blue logo's instead of red. The blue sounded 100% better than the reds! AHAHAHAHAHAHA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2manband Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 The only possible negative impact I can imagine is that the labels might fade/wear off. Glass is very un-reactive, and I can't imagine that moderate amounts of skin oil/sweat, etc would react with the glass in such a way as to shorten it's life. Plus when a tube wears out, it's not the glass that quits first, it's the internals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob Savage Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by Loghead I dunno, Bob. Once I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob Savage Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 Originally posted by love_o_rock You handle a light bulb with your hands right? It's not like the light is muddy or buzzes or anything right? I've had buzzy light bulbs before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GYBE! Posted August 17, 2006 Members Share Posted August 17, 2006 The idea is that the oils in your hand could potentially cause a spot of uneven heating on your tube, which will thus shorten the life of the tube. It has nothing to do with how it sounds or anything a'la Eric Johnson Anality, it is just the idea that the oils on your skin (especially if you had greasy hands) would be transfered onto the glass and work its way into any imperfections and be 'set' there after reaching operating temperature. This spot would then retain heat differently (read: hotter) than the rest of the tube and could potentially cause the lifespan of the tube's internals to be shortened. Is this necessarily reality? Not that I have seen. I have seen it in car headlights, but never an amplifier tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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