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Anonymous
| | Posted on Monday, October 25, 2004 - 02:36 pm: | 
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Too much distortion?! TOO MUCH DISTORTION? With an 18 watt amp? Geez, I shoulda brought a Marshall and a humbucker guitar...you ain't heard nothing yet! |
Blake
| | Posted on Monday, October 25, 2004 - 02:52 pm: |
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Brutal crowd here.
Now I'm wondering... Should "humbucker" have made it through the profanity filter?
One man's distortion is another's accurate reproduction of a storied nostalgic sound. Not unlike the cacophony of valvetrain sounds produced by our favorite motorcycle engines. 
Ever hear J. Hendrix raking the strings in his early days? Distortion? |
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| | Posted on Monday, October 25, 2004 - 03:00 pm: |
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no distortion -- pure sonic assult |
Dsergison
| | Posted on Monday, October 25, 2004 - 03:09 pm: |
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whatever you call it. It sounded like I was listening to a distant fm station, with my head under water, but loud.
isn't distortion what happens when you have a 18watt amp cranked up so everybody is standing back 30 feet from the stage?
I think it's cool that Erik plays and has a good time. and they play well I think. just not my scene. I'm not your typical frequenter of such events either. so don't mind me
to really go on and ostracise myself... I think it would be really nice if motorcycles could be totally silent. sometimes when I come to a big downhill I turn it off and just coast. I suppose it's like soaring in a sailplane, different and in it's own way very refreshing. |
Blake
| | Posted on Monday, October 25, 2004 - 03:24 pm: |
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I do that too sometimes in the mountains. And sometimes I'll let go of the bars and close my eyes for as long as I dare, or sometimes I'll turn off the bike on a pitch black night.
Wanna ride pillion with me? |
Dsergison
| | Posted on Monday, October 25, 2004 - 03:50 pm: |
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I used to ride (pedal power) thousands of miles a year. used to ride late at night by the moonlight.
I was just cranking along hard and pedaled right into a tree that had fallen across the road one night.
hope you don't do that! |
Lemonchili_x1
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 05:36 am: |
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If I'd been within 200 miles, I would have gone...
Has there ever been any recordings of Erik and the Thunderbolts? I don't know if I'll ever get to see them play, but I'd love to hear some of it. I read somewhere they mainly play blues/rock, like old ZZTop etc. Is that right?
cheers,
lemonchili |
Steve_mackay
| | Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 05:43 pm: |
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Music? Buells? and a machine shop?
And I missed that for WHAT?
Oh yeah, to take a 1700 mile round trip to Alabama to pick up a really cheap XB9R
http://www.brewcitybrag.org/index.php?name=coppermine&file=thumbnails&album=5
I REALLY wanted to go to that. But we needed to pick that bike up. |
Bomber
| | Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 05:52 pm: |
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it's good to have tough choices, I'm thinkin |
Court
| | Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 06:08 pm: |
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>>>Should "humbucker" have made it through the profanity filter?
Blake, frankly I always thought "lace sensor" sounded a little on the edge.
Quiet motorcycles?...reminds me of the day I'd blasted though Flagstaff and went on reserve just as I turned off the super slab on to 89A.
I coasted through Slide Rock State Park . . . firing the Buell up and using precious fuel only on the long uphill grades.
I coasted into the city of Sedona bone dry. . .
One of the more memorable rides. Remind me to . . .
Court |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 11:29 pm: |
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Ah-ah-ah: You've used the "unacceptable" phrase!
Patch fine!!!
rt |
