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July 10th, 2012, 03:48 PM
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An Observation
When you go to turn on an amp do you instinctivly reach over the top of the amp and reach behind it with your fingers no matter where the actual power switch is located?
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July 10th, 2012, 04:05 PM
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Friend of Leo's
Join Date: Aug 2008
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No, but I have a guitar with a reverse 6-a-side headstock and I always go for the side with no tuners when I tune it.
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July 10th, 2012, 04:51 PM
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Location: Upstate, SC
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July 10th, 2012, 06:42 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lubbock, TX
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NO, and I don't try to use Chevrolet keys in a Ford. (;^)
Don't fret, Paul.....as long as you are not grabbing the wife's sister by mistake, you'll be alright. Habits are hard to break. |
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July 10th, 2012, 07:25 PM
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Friend of Leo's
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Nimrod MN
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I don't think I do it on amps but when I drive a car or pickup with an automatic I reach for the shifter on the floor. Not a big deal IF the shifter is on the floor. But in my company pickup it ain't !
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July 11th, 2012, 09:01 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: East Tennessee
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No, but I'm so used to tweed amps with the power/knobs/numbers on top and backwards, that now if I play "normal" amps, I can barely read them and I always reach for the top to adjust them!
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July 11th, 2012, 06:29 PM
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Tele-Afflicted
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Potsdam, NY
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I built my DIY 18 Watter with the power switch on the back on purpose. It keeps all the AC wiring in back, away from the pots, and it's just cool to do the "Fender reach-over".
Standby switch is on the front, though, because it gets used during the show.
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July 11th, 2012, 10:38 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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When the other guitarist was going for a break he handed me his Les Paul. Which I politely refused (can't beat a Tele). His amp was a Blues Deluxe which is almost identical to the Hot Rod, so I thought I might aswell plug into his amp. I looked down at the panel and saw that all the knobs were on backwards. By that time I'd already had a few beers and all I could think was "DOES NOT COMPUTE, DOES NOT COMPUTE, ABORT, ABORT, ABORT"  Fortunately I had my amp with me. That's the guitarist's equivalent of Ctrl - Alt - Delete. 
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