Ace Midnight

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What’s your age? Do you collect Social Security?

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Under 60.

No.

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Penetrating the Elite

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:pimp:

Not so subtle take on "Eat the Rich", eh?

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Is there anything more despicable than stolen valor?

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Yes. Most violent crimes, rape, murder, child abuse, etc.

For just boorish behavior? It's way up there on the despicable scale.

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I don't know how they are on guitar, but to get a decent tone on bass, it is a chore. I've tried Darkglass, Line 6, Headrush and I just don't like it.

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I'm not being a contrarian and I don't play a lot of bass, but how many bass tones are there? I get that a cover act might need a little more equipment to cover an unusual mix of genres or whatever.

Modelling for guitar is mainly to cut down on equipment needs (IMHO), not to find a "new" or interesting tone. It is a "good enough" solution for just bashing about in the practice space (or even for some recording needs). Forgive me if I'm being naive, but shouldn't a bass player lock into what he's bringing and have a (relative to a guitar player with gear acquisition syndrome) relatively tight equipment mix?

I'm open to being educated but I've always assumed that bass modelling never took off because there's little demand for it.

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I'm sure modeling is getting better

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Obviously, modelling provides about a 90% solution in 2026 - particularly in a bang for buck standpoint, it is a no brainer.

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but tubes have character that I can't see reproducing digitally.

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What tubes? What sort of sound? The problem with tube purists is that they've largely convinced themselves - there is both a somatic component AND a placebo effect going on at the same time.

And even then, you can spend out the wazoo for a specific tube sound and you've got that single sound. A good modelling setup for about half the price can provide dozens if not hundreds of "good enough sounds". So, it just depends on how you want to spend your money.

As a reminder, some of these wealthy amateurs insist on paying $3500 to $5k (or more) on a single guitar when they could have an entire collection of decent guitars that might scratch a lot of itches.

Tryhardism is expensive (not saying that's what you did, OP, but just talking about tube purists in general).

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an innocuous question

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I mean, it's prime Teddy Roosevelt and it isn't particularly close. I will say that Abe Lincoln would surprise some baws in here. Andy Jackson and George Washington would be solid picks.

Those would be my top 4.

Stars and Stripes, as well as AFR/AFTV were captured and compromised a long, long time ago. Really, under Clinton.

The left never sleeps.

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Bert and Ernie?

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Ernie (Jim Henson) has been gone.

As far as the OP, I was going to guess Linden/Barrie from Barney Miller without looking it up.

If MTM had lived to her birthday this year (December), she and Dick Van Dyke would be a combined 191 years old. But she's been gone.

I think Linden and Barrie's combined 190 years would be tough to beat in any era.

Live oak