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Just finished doing my income taxes. I'm getting a nice refund! 8)
Whoo hoo! Are you hoarding your flyers yet, Marky? :lol:

I’ve got three sets of income tax to complete. The toughest is collecting stuff out of province not knowing what to expect long story short. That’s where a flat tax could help. Personally, I’d prefer a fiat refund. :lol:
Enjoy yours, Marky.

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A fiat refund would be nice, perhaps a tax on what you spend might be good.

Sadly, tax laws have become too complicated to come to any agreement.

An argument can be made for either side.

In the meantime, I'll be sitting here hoping for a consensus.

Want to buy a house? Spread it out over some years. Want to sell a house? and buy another? Taxes on the difference.

Want to buy a Ferrari? Or a vintage Fender guitar? See how quickly it becomes complicated?

Perhaps our only choice actually is the choice we have in who we elect.

If you have the right in your country to vote for your elected officials, do so. In mine, and others, people died just so you would have that right. Don't make their sacrifice meaningless.

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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:34 am
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Politics is, like religion. I believe civil discussion is a healthy practice. Unfortunately, because of reasons that are obvious, we are now found in places for discussion, and places where it should be avoided. Here is one where politics is to be avoided per se. So, for this purpose, and because we’re bombarded everywhere all day, I’ll stay non specific and respect others to exercise their choice.

With some neutrality, as my father did, I simply vote for the devil I know rather than the one I don’t. I’ve never understood how when things change . . . voters don’t. Oh sure, I played the party allegiance, the union and non-union association, worked behind closed doors for election, and even had a brother run with some success. Later, I found that the smorgasbord lost it’s taste, so I tried the other offerings. Better, but, just like the crowds that go back for that old dried up hotdog because of nostalgia, and just because nostalgia will make it popular be it good or bad, some diehards not only can’t change; but, they shout to the world his great it is when it’s short of the mark and this draws in new victims like flies on a dead piece of meat. Political parties can be like that. I decided to look around and haven’t settled on the me too method even after being wooed several times, but I’ll drop in once in awhile, I guess I’m weird. YMMV. I didn’t come into this world being one thing, and I have little choice on how I’ll leave it.

It’s getting harder to know the devil these days. He or she could pop up anywhere at a moment’s notice, and history shows the devil changes horns frequently. Sometimes, the fans get the point, and at other times they totally miss it. No biggie. There’s a very good chance that they’ll discover that the new boss comes with a beauty makeover for that promotional front page mug shot. Of course, there will be different prompter copy written by a ghost writer. Same as the old boss. Note that Kennedy's famous “Ask not” speech used borrowed words and his speeches before and after were, like those of other leaders, similarly non-original. Just like the sampling in the studio. :lol:
Questionably, an often told Winston
Churchill quote amongst different versions basically says, “ If you’re not a Liberal by 20 you have no heart, not a Conservative by 40? No brains”. Can’t say for sure; but, I’ll add, “ If you haven’t seen the folly and broken and/or outdated and restricted system by 45 you’re either dead or deaf and blind”.

Me? I’m signing up for the diverse Space traveled intergalactic party. I won’t be alive to see that. Pity. That’ll be interesting. My guess Is that it’ll be one party, with less splintered self serving groups and issues looking back instead of forward. Who knows, maybe seniority won’t even require a vote? :P
Just sayin’. :wink:
Voting is a privilege. questionably not a right in some cases as some assume. I have no right to vote in others affairs, and yet the vote still remains a privilege whether I do it or others do it. Is it a pleasure? I abstain.

May the Force be with you in your travel, and may you not get blinded by the stars.

What am I doing? Falling asleep after watching today’s politics for the first time today since I’m still organizing and downsizing family affairs.

Over and out. Elvis has left the planet.

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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:47 am
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I still think you should do the toque hat display case. :P
:lol: Not only are you a great ambassador for toques, you have a great creative designer inside you, Paul. Too bad Mrs. FSB doesn’t see it that way. :lol:


Here’s a Winnipeg connection with some Canadian prairie boys (such as home boy original Brent Fitz drummer and vocalist) that hang in The ‘Peg having started the band here in 2012. Multi-talented members reside in LA and Vegas while being collectively and individually involved in just about everything music including NAMM, and on tour. Slash, Shania, Kelly Clarkson, KISS, Cooper, and many more are involved, and these in depth guys can rock just about any band by tribute, although Canadian artists are their specialty, as well as taking a major role in other groups on stage or in the studio including the demand for producing. Their bios are loaded to the hilt. Sort of like, but not to the extent of, TOTO.

I give you “Toque” (Check the video. There’s more variety on the Net; but, here’s a sample) :

https://www.toquerocks.ca/

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Yeah, but they aren't wearing any toques, though. :P
They’re being dry cleaned. :lol:

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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:41 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 3:44 pm
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Doing laundry and checking email. I might do some jamming with bass and drums later, depending on what my girlfriend wants to do.
When your drums are in use what method do you both use to record them, Paul?

Nice to have digital. Analog recording and old fashion shells have their mojo; but, even compressed or limited it’s not easy to make adjustments alone (especially if the mixer isn’t handy). I have seven mics and were I to use a method of two or three, that has merits; however, room acoustics play a larger part there.

For several reasons I’ll want to change a setup on the board, but recording dry will at least allow post production to be wet accordingly. If I had a choice these newer affordable mixers with automatic presets callback and on board recording are nice. Sadly, I haven’t got a multi track output/Input. For guitar and keyboard it’s not an issue. Multitrack outs With the traps
would be a big benefit for sure. That isn’t ruled out, but on the other hand stereo cuts the workload. What goes in comes out, and there’s more mono hits than stereo floating out there. Can’t be all bad.

It means you have to be prepared and ready to accept the odd mistake which have been with the industry for decades. There’s a camp that actually prefers the odd mistake and questions the perceived sterility of it all (drum tracks included). I’m not snobbish about either approach; but, I get it.

With some ingenuity and a lot of work I could replay and dub over some separate percussion or add to it. Ex marching band and rudiment drummers are used to marching to the best of a different drummer. Where it gets difficult is trying to follow one who isn’t technically trained because breaking it down is a whole other matter.

Yep, digital has it’s benefits to be sure. Nothing like an engineer with hands on behind the glass though. :wink:
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:33 pm
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Well, she has a Roland electronic kit set up here, but she hasn't used it for any recording yet. I imagine if she did, it would just go direct into her MOTU Traveler into her Cubase DAW, which is pretty much her main recording setup, besides plugins and other odds and ends. She doesn't have an acoustic kit here, which isn't a bad thing, since the Roland does have a lot of advantages over that, like size and volume constraints. She has it going into the Rumble 350 combo, which I was using for years, but now I'm using an Ampeg PF-800 and Fender Rumble 4 x 10" cab. I'm actually glad, because that Ampeg was just sitting around for a year collecting dust, until we started jamming. It is technically my live rig, but we haven't been able to play out for a long time due to certain circumstances and other things going on. Hopefully, that will change soon, but at least we can play like that.

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Thanks, for the reply, Paul. The kits by Roland are very nice indeed. I think Roland did a great job with their digital drums. I used to go to drum seminars including one that was a whole week all day event and, while electrics were lacking and more like toys at first, as they improved, I could take them or leave them; but, I later appreciated that the sound didn’t have to be the same, Just make them good, and they were and are. In fact they can act very much like acoustics, and in some ways better. Not the same flashy showpiece as acoustics IMHO, but certainly good enough.

I considered buying an electric set some years ago when I lived in an apartment. That would have been ideal. I just couldn’t get my head around the lack of realistic shimmer and decay of the cymbals to be brief. I’m not alone, as any musician that spends close relationship and time with their instrument will be best able to make a comparitive judgment. Today, all those things have been addressed more or less with many improvements in the works to gather acceptability by most every drummer AFAIK, and why not? They are skookum, reduced the latency, and have a bag of tricks to get the job done. Nice!

If I had more time, age is not my friend at times, I would consider doing a mod with my drums to add electric triggers and join the party. That would solve some things; however, that would also add more things to separate me from other musical interests, and I have other priorities in that creative corner.

Still, I sure would have enjoyed not hauling my gear back in the day. I was the roadie; but, sometimes I’d get a helping hand or two. :P
I also use Cubase, Ableton, and others. I need to spend more time with Cubase as it can be pretty powerful or reasonably simple depending on needs or preferences.

You have a good setup with the Ampeg and cab, Paul. Ampeg is standard fare on the stages around here so you are in good company.

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Thanks, for the reply, Paul. The kits by Roland are very nice indeed. I think Roland did a great job with their digital drums. I used to go to drum seminars including one that was a whole week all day event and, while electrics were lacking and more like toys at first, as they improved, I could take them or leave them; but, I later appreciated that the sound didn’t have to be the same, Just make them good, and they were and are. In fact they can act very much like acoustics, and in some ways better. Not the same flashy showpiece as acoustics IMHO, but certainly good enough.

I considered buying an electric set some years ago when I lived in an apartment. That would have been ideal. I just couldn’t get my head around the lack of realistic shimmer and decay of the cymbals to be brief. I’m not alone, as any musician that spends close relationship and time with their instrument will be best able to make a comparitive judgment. Today, all those things have been addressed more or less with many improvements in the works to gather acceptability by most every drummer AFAIK, and why not? They are skookum, reduced the latency, and have a bag of tricks to get the job done. Nice!

If I had more time, age is not my friend at times, I would consider doing a mod with my drums to add electric triggers and join the party. That would solve some things; however, that would also add more things to separate me from other musical interests, and I have other priorities in that creative corner.

Still, I sure would have enjoyed not hauling my gear back in the day. I was the roadie; but, sometimes I’d get a helping hand or two. :P
I also use Cubase, Ableton, and others. I need to spend more time with Cubase as it can be pretty powerful or reasonably simple depending on needs or preferences.

You have a good setup with the Ampeg and cab, Paul. Ampeg is standard fare on the stages around here so you are in good company.

Break a leg and keep rawkin’.

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Those drums have come a long way with their sounds and abilities. I guess that's like anything else with new technology, especially where electronics are concerned. The ones that Roland have are really nice, I think. I don't play them, but I've seen and heard them in action, obviously.

The Ampeg is really good, but if Fender had put out their Rumble 800 head a month earlier, I would have gotten that one instead, since I do like the sound of Fender amps, and it has some extra features that the Ampeg doesn't have, with the ability to go down to 2 ohms, and other stuff. I got a good deal on the Ampeg, though. It's still a great amp.

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The Ampeg is really good, but if Fender had put out their Rumble 800 head a month earlier, I would have gotten that one instead, since I do like the sound of Fender amps, and it has some extra features that the Ampeg doesn't have, with the ability to go down to 2 ohms, and other stuff. I got a good deal on the Ampeg, though. It's still a great amp.
2 ohms or less is always good. I have a couple of audiophile power amps and I can tell you that I’ll take that stability and versatility anytime. Long story short, I have a smokin’ one that is ready for the shop while the older one is a Class A workhorse that is stable and great sounding with just about anything.

I know what you mean about that Fender sound, Paul. We humans are an odd bunch where we each have our favourites. My guess is that many of us identify a sound with a great experience. It might have been a recording or radio playback related to what you were doing at the time. It might have been because we admire an artist who uses that certain something. It might relate.to a concert that we took in. Maybe, it was a terrific performance that we were involved with. Perhaps, it was a movie or video that influenced us. It might be as simple as a great deal and simply falling in love with it. It might have to do with a favourite genre and making a match or chasing a sound or making it original. It can also swing with nostalgia and the days of our youth. I know our geographic zone will have some bearing. There are popular choices in the West Coast, middle America, Northern and Southern America, and this doesn’t mean that there can’t be two or more popular choices. Who knows what causes it? I do know that some gear stands out from others wherever we are, and for whatever our experience. One can choose the stage popularity or the studio popularity, and sometimes that might be the same. Whatever gets the job done and the mojo. Oh, yeah. The Mojo. 8)

I like others but, if I had to choose just one, Fender amps work for me. YMMV. I’m old and a romantic. :P

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The one thing I've noticed with the Rumble 350 combo we have, is I've barely had to do anything to get a good tone out of any bass I might plug into it. I don't know, it could just be my experience, but it's kind of hard to get a really bad tone out of a Fender amp. I know some are better made than others, and all of that, but I think in general, you can get something out of one you can use, usually with minimal effort.

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I find some amps and cabs have to be driven to get a decent sound. That goes for guitar/bass as well as home entertainment.

One thing about Fender, and they are known for it, is that more often than not you can get mighty nice clean sounds driven or not. It takes a good design to get that full spectrum clean sound or preferred tone at a low volume.

One may not prefer clean always or ever; but, clean at any level helps when pedals or effects are added or taken away too. Those using the guitar’s (and bass) volume to tweak their sweet spot for tone can attest to the practice and feature of control as well. It comes down to knowing your gear and maximizing it’s use for which you will gain a better appreciation and, in turn, achieve more to consider when making a comparison.

Still, distortion is a preferred and useful tool at times. Much easier to get than clean, Maybe that’s why some manufacturers specialize in that. :lol: Not all distortion is necessarily controllable, however. With speakers, pencil poking, screw driver stabbing, knife slashing, razor blade ripping. tube tricks, and pedals, there is a slew of possibilities to override that clean sound with distortion.

Crank everything to the limit and it is what it is me thinks. Kinda like the blaster in the car where some don’t grasp the dynamics and subtleties IMHO. :wink: There is the other side, though. Over driven tubes and chest thumpin’ speakers have their own mix and match art form with legitimate needs and just because. Even there you’ll find different degrees of good and bad. 8)
For that which is good, we still don’t want a natural fuzz or gremlin in our amp, and we want it to work and perform as expected. Except Dick Dale. He liked to blow his Fender amps up. (sic) :lol:
Me? I’m keeping my eyes peeled for a tube amp, but I have the luxury of waiting should the right one and look comes along. Maybe. It’s on my bucket list with other things. It’ll likely be a Fender if any at all . . . if I can lift it.

Where’s that 20 something strong man I used to know? :roll:
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I find some amps and cabs have to be driven to get a decent sound. That goes for guitar/bass as well as home entertainment.

One thing about Fender, and they are known for it, is that more often than not you can get mighty nice clean sounds driven or not. It takes a good design to get that full spectrum clean sound or preferred tone at a low volume.

One may not prefer clean always or ever; but, clean at any level helps when pedals or effects are added or taken away too. Those using the guitar’s (and bass) volume to tweak their sweet spot for tone can attest to the practice and feature of control as well. It comes down to knowing your gear and maximizing it’s use for which you will gain a better appreciation and, in turn, achieve more to consider when making a comparison.

Still, distortion is a preferred and useful tool at times. Much easier to get than clean, Maybe that’s why some manufacturers specialize in that. :lol: Not all distortion is necessarily controllable, however. With speakers, pencil poking, screw driver stabbing, knife slashing, razor blade ripping. tube tricks, and pedals, there is a slew of possibilities to override that clean sound with distortion.

Crank everything to the limit and it is what it is me thinks. Kinda like the blaster in the car where some don’t grasp the dynamics and subtleties IMHO. :wink: There is the other side, though. Over driven tubes and chest thumpin’ speakers have their own mix and match art form with legitimate needs and just because. Even there you’ll find different degrees of good and bad. 8)
For that which is good, we still don’t want a natural fuzz or gremlin in our amp, and we want it to work and perform as expected. Except Dick Dale. He liked to blow his Fender amps up. (sic) :lol:
Me? I’m keeping my eyes peeled for a tube amp, but I have the luxury of waiting should the right one and look comes along. Maybe. It’s on my bucket list with other things. It’ll likely be a Fender if any at all . . . if I can lift it.

Where’s that 20 something strong man I used to know? :roll:
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Hey, at least now a days they are making amps a hell of a lot lighter, at least where bass gear is concerned. No complaints there. I've never been too hung up on the tube or solid state thing, probably because the majority of my gear was solid state, and I never had any issues with that. I guess it depends on what particular sound you really want to go for.

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