We're so old....

[Dante]

We're so old, we have dancing bananas and remember when they were funny
:banana-big:

Hell, I remember Peanut Butter Jelly Time

[Dante]

We're so old, we still have a pile of CDs in the garage (or shed, or storage container)

[Dante]

We're so old, we have vintage guitars that were new when we bought them

[Iperfungus]

We're so old, we still have a pile of CDs in the garage (or shed, or storage container)

I still listen to my CDs...

Yes, I'm very, very old...  :headbanger:

[rnolan]

Mmmm, I think I'm the oldest here @64 although happy to be wrong about that LoL. 

I also still listen to CDs, but generally I rip them to .wav and play them from the confuser using the PreSonus I/O and studio cross reference monitors.  The PreSonus does better D/A than the realtech chip IMHO. And it's much easier to play the tracks than load up my Nakamichi CD player (I also have a 3 head Nakamichi cassette deck which I still use, ahh waiting for the rewind lest we forget  :facepalm: ). FWIW I use GoldWave https://goldwave.com/ to play songs.  It sounds better than VLC or Media Player. 

Speaking of cassettes, have a listen to the 2 last posts in this thread/post https://adadepot.com/index.php?topic=3019.0.  The live track was front house desk to cassette, and the other Tascam 688 8 track cassette to 2 track cassette.

[Harley Hexxe]

Hey Richard,

   You'll be happy to know you are not the oldest here.

P.S. I still have my TEAC 80-8, although it needs a little work on track 5. Not to mention a pile of tapes and cassette tapes that I've recorded on with various  musicians

[Dante]

Whoo Hoo! I'm not the oldest either, a mere 58 trips around the sun

I still have a cassette deck in my Jeep (it's a 2001...pretty late for a tape deck). Just put a tape in there today, one of my all time faves....the Plimsouls - Everywhere at Once. I played that tape so much in my Fiat convertible, I'm surprised it still works.

We're playing an 80s party this weekend and Million Miles Away is on the list, that's on the tape, that's where it all started. Helluva guitar part in that song btw, not a shredding song, but damn busy (hope you like the Ricko Sound of the Rickenbacker), music starts at 0:45

Here's the URL if the YouTube vid doesn't work

[Dante]

We're so old, we play don't play the heavy guitars so much

[rnolan]

P.S. I still have my TEAC 80-8, although it needs a little work on track 5. Not to mention a pile of tapes and cassette tapes that I've recorded on with various  musicians

Nice unit  :thumb-up:

[Peter H. Boer]

We're so old, I stopped using backline over 20 years ago  :

Also still playing CDs and vinyl.
Still have a decent cassette player as well as a DAT player too.

Having a mobile phone that has actual buttons

Rather go see a (local) band than netflix

Turning only 59 coming summer.  :banana-rock:

[Harley Hexxe]

P.S. I still have my TEAC 80-8, although it needs a little work on track 5. Not to mention a pile of tapes and cassette tapes that I've recorded on with various  musicians

Nice unit  :thumb-up:

You can't beat the quality of the recording of that unit  ;)

[Harley Hexxe]

We're so old, I stopped using backline over 20 years ago  :

Tell me you don't miss that.

[rnolan]

Hey Harley, absolutely  :thumb-up:   The 80-8s were (and still are) a great deck. 

@Peter - I can't imagine life without a back line (I get that that's they way it's become for some  :facepalm: ). Not that I play out much these days, but in Australia, (mostly) having your amp set up is still expected and ok.

[Harley Hexxe]

Richard,

Around here most of the places you can play live are too small for powerful amps. There are a couple of larger venues still around, but most have switched to DJs, or karaoke. I have to drive up into Cleveland to get to places that let you take amps to a gig. That's why I like playing festivals. Outdoor gigs are great for the huge backlines, unless it rains  :facepalm:

[rnolan]

Hey Harley, while I haven't been playing out here for a while, most gigs here still need an amp (albeit small footprint) hence me getting that 2 x 12 going, with 4 RU rack it's not much bigger than a 2 x 12 combo. (and should fit in my car boot/trunk). 

I also like the open air gigs, they used to happen more way back when.  Rain...  we did 2 New Year gigs in a row outdoors and it rained  :facepalm: .  The the next (3rd) year we got an indoor New Year gig  , I don't get wet...  well not so fast, a fire sprinkler opened up right on top of me and my rig while I was setting up.... :crazy: