Quote from: keith_h on February 23, 2026, 03:40:00 PM

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on February 23, 2026, 06:50:39 AM
What does 'old school' do? (I'm imagining a number of ways this could be applied...)

The Old School control is a filter to cut the highs. I think they use to call it the VLE filter.

Interesting. Kinda' like a rotary 'bright' switch. There's some really cool stuff out there anymore. I had a Mesa Subway D-800 until recently. It had a 'Voicing' pot. I just left it all the way to the "flat" setting. My supposition was that it emulated 'tube-y' warmth when attenuated.

Quote from: garyhead on February 22, 2026, 11:42:43 AM
That is a very cool story. I wish all the stories were complete for Goliath. Lost to time I suppose. The Reverb buyer 6 years ago never received the power supply, cable, photos / notes / paperwork from the seller.  ( search Reverb for Goliath and see the trove of photos...including with Entwistle )There was also a custom Dragon strap at one time but is now lost. It would be neat, like the movie The Yellow Rolls Royce.  It chronicled the cars owners / stories over its lifespan.  I have the names of at least 4 owners.  It languished in a music store in CT for years.  I think it spent 20 years in Germany.  And most recently, six years in a closet in LA.  It was briefly stolen (about 20 minutes) from a car in a Manhattan parking garage. Neat stories.  Leviathan lived for 30 years (1980-2010) under a bed.  The Orphan (1996 6-string Classico) was spotted in 1998 in the shipping department of the Mothership (Mary's domain) by me on my first shop tour.  It was dusty, gutted of electronics and propped against the wall.  I was going to place an order for a Classico at the end of the tour......and there it was!  I bought it immediately from Susan via the Seattle authorized dealer at the time.  I came back the next day and it was all cleaned up and complete!  I didn't know at the time that there are a few "night owls" at the Mothership!  It is on a stand in my living room now for the last 28 years.  I enjoy it everyday.  Had sturdy custom stands made for Leviathan & Goliath and they keep The Orphan company. I don't have children or pets so nothing to tip them over.......except maybe an earthquake ....... And the stands have retaining straps on the necks so it's really got to be a rattler to knock them down.

Hi Gary,

I owned Goliath before the owner who sold it to you. It left me with the DS-5 and the cable.

The custom strap was long lost and we can't pinpoint exactly where it went.

I would be happy to discuss anything about it in more detail if you like.

-Carl

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on February 23, 2026, 08:44:49 AM
Having been paying close attention to bass players and their tone since the world was young, my first guess would be distortion.  Or maybe it makes everything sound like using felt pick on a Precision strung with flats......

Peter

That's why I only added less than half. Ha ha.

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on February 23, 2026, 06:50:39 AM
What does 'old school' do? (I'm imagining a number of ways this could be applied...)

The Old School control is a filter to cut the highs. I think they use to call it the VLE filter.

I have played a Bond Electraglide and was not impressed with the sound or anything else.

i have two of those in my stage rig (the bottom cab is separately powered).  on the plus side the whole stack weighs about 50 Lbs (US).  it's got plenty o'grunt thru that 15" botton which is also MB. the FOH gets a setereo mixdown from the DI box.  i got stereo when i can and so hte PJB cab handles the brigde pickups when applicible.i assembled this rig primarily for its weight and size since i'm 70 years old and gotta tote my own bale to gigs these days. imho the sound is....meh.  could be alot better, especially give what i'm playing thru them.  but, it was relatively cheep, i don't  worry too much about beer or suchlike getting spilled on it, if it craps out it's off to GC for another and once the party gets going i'm the only one who critiques my bass sound anyway.

so yeah, i'd like a higher end stage rig, but reality forced my hand.  YMMV.  HTH.

Johnny Winter (1944)
Rusty Young (1946)
Brad Whitford (1952)

Peter

Late February, and we haven't gotten 6" total.........
Lots of <0°F, though (but a few days in the 60s last week).

Peter (who misses knowing it would be cold & the grass would be buried late Nov-early March)

Having been paying close attention to bass players and their tone since the world was young, my first guess would be distortion.  Or maybe it makes everything sound like using felt pick on a Precision strung with flats......

Peter

Man, I am so done with this Winter. It's cold as dammit here and the wind is ree-diculous.