u/joelfarris

They're obnoxiously heavy to load in and set up, but they sound soo amazing. And we're not talking about samples here, but the spin-a-speaker around in circles with a weighted counter-trumpet on the far side, and a bigass bass speaker in the bottom of the oak cabinet.

What was your last big gig with a B3 whirlybird present? And did you happen to get a recording of the show?

Yes, the kick must supply low end energy via an energetic drummer, and most do, with the exception of Ser , wait, let's not name names. But the pop of the snare drum cuts through pretty much everything.

Can anything replace it in the future? And what was used in the past? Buckets and tubs, yes, we've all done that. And agreed that there's a significant sonic difference between a steel marching snare and a maple studio kit.

Eminent|Eminence Front by The Who is a great example. Will another percussion drum emerge that sounds better than today's rock snare?

We parked the pickup parallel, next to the door of the trailer, because it seemed like the most compact way to do it at this particular spot in order to keep out of other people's path, and it also allowed us to keep an eye on things. It was maybe 3 or 4 feet away, enough to get in and out of the truck without scratching the trailer or the really cute pine trees on the other side.

Jarred awake this morning by what sounded like a triple sonic blast of unexpected wind, boom, BOOM, BOOM!, and then a huge crash. Opened the trailer door to see what had happened, and another gust of wind took the door right into the side of the pickup. Which was supposedly far enough away that even the truck doors wouldn't hit the rig. At least, it used to be.

We could barely get the trailer door open enough to get outside. Damage assessment: We are now about three degrees down bubble on the nose, because the gusts picked up the front of the travel trailer and slammed it back down again so hard that it decimated the pair of base pad peak blocks that the tongue jack had been sitting on, and we're also a couple feet closer to the truck. So much so that the side of the truck now has a new dent from the door of the trailer that wouldn't fully open.

Now, this is a 10,000 lb+ trailer, that got moved several feet sideways in an instant. We used to be parked on perfectly flat ground, but the level mate pro now says that we have an inch and a half list to port. And if it had slid any further toward the truck, we'd be eyeing the emergency exit window, which is a long way down to the ground and would probably result in at least one broken rib or hip. Luckily that wasn't necessary, but we're never parking the pickup within my arm's reach from the trailer again, and that's what they call 'a fair ways'.