| Author | Message | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 954 Registered: 5-2007 |
What happened to EBow? What happened to Lightwave infrared pickups? What happened to bass Midi? Were not all these items supposed to revolutionize the industry? | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1548 Registered: 6-2002 |
Not to mention the Hammond GSM Condor Hex system... ...oh yeah,and... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqpcrpC3P28  | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1813 Registered: 10-2006 |
They're all hanging out with the Min'd Pick. Peter | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 955 Registered: 5-2007 |
I forgot about GSM Condor Hex, the synth-axe and the stone and glass picks!! | ||
| slawie
Senior Member Username: slawie Post Number: 714 Registered: 8-2002 |
Whatever happened to Hal? | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3633 Registered: 10-2002 |
He got left near Jupiter in 2010 to broadcast the message 'ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE USE THEM TOGETHER USE THEM IN PEACE'. :-) Graeme | ||
| peoplechipper
Senior Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 523 Registered: 2-2009 |
That stuff reminds me of the bicycle industry; every year someone would show up at the big trade show with something that'll change the world...that been done before five years ago and failed...they always ended up in the same area of the show (sideshow?) and they'd always die a slow or fast death depending on their funding and blindness...Ebow is still around though and I saw a show with Peter Frampton using one just yesterday... I saw 2010 when it came out and forget almost everything about it, I should watch the two movies again...I miss Arthur C Clarke, and Stanley Kubrick...Tony | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3857 Registered: 5-2009 |
How about Big Axle Wingnuts to fasten the wheels VS the Campagnolo Quick Release skewer inovation ?__ World changing ! " That stuff reminds me of the bicycle industry; every year someone would show up at the big trade show with something that'll change the world..." | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1549 Registered: 6-2002 |
That's funny Tony, Because of this thread, last night I ended up watching clips of Hal9000 taunting Dave. What a smorgasborg for the senses.I'm glad I saw it in the theaters as a kid, I'm going to have to watch it and 2010 again. I'll admit I prefer the 27 speeds I have now over the old 3 speed schwinn I had in the 70's ;) | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 2287 Registered: 11-2004 |
the heroes.... The Stranglers | ||
| bassfingers
Advanced Member Username: bassfingers Post Number: 358 Registered: 11-2005 |
...all the fun in the world?. Frank Zappa. | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1388 Registered: 6-2006 |
. . . The Transylvania Twist? "I'm sorry Dave, I can't open the pod bay door." That quote scares me today more than ever . . . . | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Senior Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 407 Registered: 6-2012 |
I recently saw an episode of Foo Fighters "Sonic Highways" and one of the guitarists was using an Ebow to perform his part in the song they created for the featured city (New York - ?). So - the Ebow is alive and well. BTW: I really enjoyed that entire series. Great concept and really well executed. Highly recommended viewing. | ||
| jcdlc72
Senior Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 403 Registered: 11-2009 |
+1 on the Zappa quote. "Larry´s not with us anymore... He went on, you know..." - "Yeah.. He bit the big one!" | ||
| fmm
Senior Member Username: fmm Post Number: 407 Registered: 6-2002 |
...my part? | ||
| gtrguy
Senior Member Username: gtrguy Post Number: 829 Registered: 9-2004 |
Whatever happened to the Toucan bass? I played one once, great bass... And where did all those little head-less basses from the 80's go? Like my killer Yamaha BX-1??? And how is it that I still see Hammond B3s in every major gig on TV, including those in the white house? Don't they know they are obsolete??? Inquiring simple minds like mine want to know. | ||
| peoplechipper
Senior Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 524 Registered: 2-2009 |
All the headless basses are working on cruise ships, because the musicians live in solitary untill showtime...I have room for a bass with a head so I will use one, prefer to have a proper end to the neck as opposed to a dead end sign...there's a difference between sounds like and feels like; ther are Hammond emulators but they don't have the FEEL; I've heard Moog Taurus pedal emulators and the real thing and the originals just have a physical depth to the sound that is crazy; hard to describe and quantify, so hard to emulate...like all the great stereo stuff; how does one thing sound so musical and another sound cold and clinical? so subtle, but all the difference...I changed my interconnects and speaker cables and my stereo went from good with slight treble fatigue to wonderfully musical and happy to be blasted by(it's really loud)...anyway, I'm ranting and I'll start the big bike thread when I ever learn how to resize pictures...Tony | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3863 Registered: 5-2009 |
Tony , Yes! " The big Bike thread" SO what happened to those old Bianchi's with the integral frame headset bearing race's ? ____ Fausto Coppi took them with him to a parallel dimension !  | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 3204 Registered: 6-2002 |
Previous thread on the Toucan bass | ||
| tncaveman
Advanced Member Username: tncaveman Post Number: 259 Registered: 2-2011 |
What ever happened to Earth Shoes? They were sooooo cool! Yes, I had some :o) Stephen | ||
| tncaveman
Advanced Member Username: tncaveman Post Number: 260 Registered: 2-2011 |
What ever happened to Earth Shoes? They were sooooo cool! Yes, I had some :o) Stephen | ||
| peoplechipper
Senior Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 525 Registered: 2-2009 |
Funny, now all the bikes have those integral races, but as an old bike mechanic I am still not sold...that is a beautiful bike! | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3864 Registered: 5-2009 |
Definitely eye candy . As far as the new Bike's go I am not really not completely sold on the carbon fiber craze yet . I have seen a few failures and breaks on the frames & forks, including one owned by a friend . I think I will keep my interests and riding on the old lugged Italian steel frames . Friction shifting, threaded freewheels and 120 mm or 126 mm rear dropout spacing as well ! Old School . They can even keep their sealed hubs , I still have and use my Campagnolo cone wrenches from the early 1970's ! . | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1390 Registered: 6-2006 |
Earth Shoes! I had a pair! :-D | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 3205 Registered: 6-2002 |
Earth Brands ... | ||
| peoplechipper
Senior Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 527 Registered: 2-2009 |
Wolf, we are clearly Brothers as we are of the same mind...funny as I am a former bike mechanic/designer and I still feel like that; not all forward movement is improvement in my view...Tony | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3865 Registered: 5-2009 |
Tony , Brother , I agree on your statements above.__ It seems that my love for working on , riding and building swell old school bicycles has intensified with my advancing age as well . Everything seems relative to my perception , life is like a bicycle , if you keep moving you will not tip over ! Perhaps this concept is just part of my survival instinct . Or perhaps I just like to work with my hands and mind in in sync. That seems to be just like playing music as well ! Again , that seems to be right! Wolf | ||
| peoplechipper
Senior Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 528 Registered: 2-2009 |
Wolf, we have hijacked this thread; to all I am sorry, I WILL learn how to resize and post photos here so I can start the bike thread...I even took an aerospace composite repair course to learn about carbon fibre; the stuff is cool and is repairable if ya got the right equipment, which many surfboard/sailboard/boat guys have...anyway I just don't like the look of new road bikes, they look too much like the mountain bikes and I don't even like the look of most new mountain bikes...road bikes should look sleek and graceful, with slender tubes preferably brazed into nice lugs, and tasteful chrome... I like sealed bearings(I'm an old mechanic, so I'm lazy...) but Campagnolo stuff lasts forever even unsealed; when I was still wrenching someone brought in a pair of wheels with 3-piece Campy hubs in them, early '60's; guy wanted them overhauled...I called him and refused to do it. The bearings were original and everything was worn in perfectly to each other the hubs were like new; shoot grease in every year and it will live forever...anyway he actually listened and heeded my words...so, should I start with my road bikes or the cruisers? or mountain bikes?...Tony | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3866 Registered: 5-2009 |
I second "the hi-jack" apology ! The Bike thread is the way to go ! I will contribute pics of my project builds there . | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3634 Registered: 10-2002 |
Looking forward to the bike thread. I've always been an old school cyclist. Just to bring the thread slightly back on track, remember the Raleigh Chopper? There's a new version coming out this year. Not sure if this classic of British cycling made it across the pond but it was responsible for hundreds of young boys screaming in agony as they came off - it had a US style stick shift on the top tube, right where you didn't want to land in an accident :-) Graeme Graeme | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1392 Registered: 6-2006 |
Graeme, I had a classmate that had relocated from the UK - he brought his bike with him. Not sure what brand, but it was certainly cool - classic chopped bike; small front tire, banana seat and ape hangers. Jeremy Staples, he had the cool bike, the cool accent and I would go along with anything he said. . . . I still have callousses on me bum from the trouble I got into with him. God those were the days! :-D | ||
| peoplechipper
Senior Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 529 Registered: 2-2009 |
Oh yeah, those came over here, Canada anyway, along with the Schwinns...then came those motocrosses with the shocks that weighed WAY too much...I'll ask my workmate how to do the photos and maybe I'll start with my Cook Bros stuff as I already have pics of them and they're the most valuable...Tony |
