75 Watt Celestions vs Kick In Balls

[brandondrury]

I just got back from a 4 day session in a nearby town where we recorded the band mostly live in a nice, big room. THAT was fun.

For the distorted rock guitars, I did not have my usual gear. While they had fine amps, guitars, and more than enough pedals, we had one major setback. The guitar cabs used 75 Watt Celestions.

I can't figure out what the designers of the speaker were thinking. I realize that they have high power handling. So does a toaster!

After using my G12H30 Celestions and an occasional Vintage 30 I have to rate the 75 Watt Celestions @ 0 out of 10. They are totally useless for anything requiring anything resembling TONE!

FIZZ FIZZ FIZZ

HARSH HARSH HARSH

If I had to choose between a kick in the balls and using my G12H30s or not getting kicked in the balls and using the 75 watters, I would have gladly taken the kick in the balls.

What would you pick?

[zildjohn01]

This should be in the misc... where the hell are the mods when you need them?

[tatteredstudios]

I can't comment on the 75 watt Celestions, as I haven't run across them as yet, However, I HAVE been kicked in the balls, so I'll pick the Celestions !

[brandondrury]

I can't comment on the 75 watt Celestions, as I haven't run across them as yet, However, I HAVE been kicked in the balls, so I'll pick the Celestions !

Keep this in mind, however, the first time you encounter the 75 Watt Celestions.

Brandon

[String7th]

i like my balls too much

[zildjohn01]

I haven't actually voted yet... I still need more info. Who's doing the kicking?

[brandondrury]

Who's doing the kicking?

Ha! Does it REALLY matter?

Brandon

[midKnight]

Ha! Does it REALLY matter?

Brandon

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it does. If Carmen Electra's foot is attached to the kicking, I might even enjoy it.

=)

-Nick

[gradgt]

Question: Can You Have Both??



You Have 24 Hours.

[Cailyn]

I have neither. What then?

(Yes, chicks read this board as well. Some of us even make music)

[brandondrury]

I have neither. What then?

Consider yourself blessed. You don't have to go through the excruciating pain of recording GT-75 Celestions or that rather mild inconvenience of a genital crushing.

(Yes, chicks read this board as well. Some of us even make music)

I never know how to handle females on the forum. If I was talking to a female audio engineer in real life, I'd phrase it like this: "Would you rather record a 75 watt Celestion or get kicked in the balls?". I'd rely on charisma to get myself out of that one. On a forum, it never comes through and I just look like a sexist pig. I'm cool with that.

I come from the school that you treat everyone the same. You don't go way out of your way to make it obvious that you are helping a dude in a wheelchair. You don't give special treatment to the black kid and you make the same jokes around dudes and chicks. Then again, not everyone is into the whole EQUAL rights thing.

Being that we should all be treated equal on fundamental levels, it's ridiculous not to note the difference between the various groups. I don't think anyone is a racist simply because they notice that Olympic sprinting and the NBA are dominated by black people. I don't think anyone is sexist for noticing that the lilith fair tour is dominated by a certain gender. I don't think anyone is sexist for using the phrase "kick in the balls" either..... Immature maybe, but not sexist.

I personally think we should talk more about our differences. I think it would bring us closer ultimately.

In the end, you must have realized that this thread didn't have a shred of sexism in it and you ultimately created the sexism by bringing up the issue in the first place. (There is a DVD called "The Secret" which gets into the quantum physics of human will and manifestation of the future.) I could have just as easily said "Would you rather have a 75 watt Celestion or cancer?". I've never had cancer, but I'm pretty damn sure it's an unpleasant process. Cancer is such a grave topic that I don't feel comfortable joking about it. A kick in the balls seems dramatically more ideal to use in this context.

This is ultimately why I think liberals/socialism/communism/making-everyone-happy doesn't work. The beaurocratic nightmare of having to write this long about "kick in the balls" is one of the clearest cut cases of self inefficiencies and eddy currents that I can think of.

Brandon

[Cailyn]

In the end, you must have realized that this thread didn't have a shred of sexism in it and you ultimately created the sexism by bringing up the issue in the first place.

WOW!

You took way more offense at my comment than I did at yours. I put the little there which I hoped would indicate good natured sarcasm. If I was truly a feminist psycho bitch, I would have done this instead. I'm certainly a feminist but I don't consider it my life's work to go around insisting on absolute gender equality. Guess I should have used more and then you would've realized I was being silly. Of course, that's the problem with the written word, meaning and intent aren't always obvious. Please carry on...

Are we ?

[Vulconizer]

Cailyn, I've read other posts from you and never noticed you doing anything other than joking back when appropriate. I've also noticed you have even been cool enough to let me slide when I was pushing a little too hard on the whole sexist joke thing.

I thought your post was fine and didn't seem to be intended as anything other than it was. Looked like you were just joking back in the same manner it was given.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled craziness?

I've never recorded 75 watt celestions ( to my knowledge ) but I have had my nads in front of the wrong foot at the wrong time.

I'll pick the speakers over getting my nuggets crushed any day 'cause I'll be able to walk away from the speakers at the end of it all....

[gradgt]

My balls don't get crushed, they crush you.

it's kind of like a "in soviet russia" sort of thing

[brandondrury]

. Guess I should have used more and then you would've realized I was being silly.

My fault. You caught me on the wrong day. I apologize for being an asshole.

I've been having one of my political PMS phases. (There's a joke maybe you'll understand. ) When I see something my mind can tie into Cold War spending, the election, and just about everything else I hate in life and I pull out the knife (my words) and go to town.

This internet communication thing is a real bitch sometimes. I always stick with the little green guy simply because it's hard to confuse what he means. See:

Oh well. That was ENTIRELY my fault.

Brandon