I was going to do that today, just got a new DVD cabinet, but I ran out of time. Damn schoolkids holding me up at the hairdressers.

[quote=funkyhoney;17376951]tru dat

Hence why I refuse to give it up.[/quote]
same haha

I love paying my tuition.

$108.00 - Economic Recovery Surcharge
$60.00 - Health and Wellness Fee

On top of the other $1340.00 I'm paying for my one 3-credit Linear Algebra class.

*sigh*

Health and wellness fee? ...is that a threat?

[quote=gaslight;17377699]Health and wellness fee? ...is that a threat?[/quote]

Most likely.

Economic recovery....psh. The President of ASU netted $600k last year alone, why not cut his salary and make him pay for the economy? I guess they're probably right - us lowly college students are to blame for the economy...

What's the cheapest method of shipping a guitar overseas? I have a gentleman who is interested in my Aria, but he lives in Hong Kong, and I'm having trouble finding anything less than $220 for shipping.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, an "Economic Recovery Surcharge", jut what in the name of **** does that mean? It contradicts itself, if it's an economic recovery it should be a rebate. **** that ****, I'd complain until they made it go away.

And how, pray-tell, is it YOUR fault that the economy ****ed its own pooper anyway? The government should be fixing that **** regardless.

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17377749]What's the cheapest method of shipping a guitar overseas? I have a gentleman who is interested in my Aria, but he lives in Hong Kong, and I'm having trouble finding anything less than $220 for shipping.[/QUOTE]

Probably some kind of freight boat... with no guarantees... or insurance... or paperwork...

Do you pay tuition to the mafia or something?

"Unbroken legs fee: $100".

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17377749]What's the cheapest method of shipping a guitar overseas? I have a gentleman who is interested in my Aria, but he lives in Hong Kong, and I'm having trouble finding anything less than $220 for shipping.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I'd have to say the cheapest method will most likely not be safe at all.

If I were shipping an instrument from overseas I'd want it getting special treatment and I'd be well advised to pay up for some shipping insurance too.

[quote=gaslight;17377768]Yeah I'd have to say the cheapest method will most likely not be safe at all.

If I were shipping an instrument from overseas I'd want it getting special treatment and I'd be well advised to pay up for some shipping insurance too.[/quote]

I can ship it via the United States Postal Service (not the greatest tracking feature, but it'll work) + $500 insurance for $87.00. It's the cheapest method I'd feel comfortable using.

Anybody ever shipped through customs? I'm not sure how that works.

I've bought **** off ebay that came from Hong Kong and it got here in 2 days.

and then im gonna love you completely
and then i ****ing **** you discreetly

That sounds vastly improbable unless they shipped it Express Air or something really expensive.

[QUOTE=gaslight;17377801]That sounds vastly improbable unless they shipped it Express Air or something really expensive.[/QUOTE]

I'm having trouble recalling what it was. But I can assure you it was tiny and I paid less than $3 for shipping.

[quote=funkyhoney;17377752]I'm sorry, I'm sorry, an "Economic Recovery Surcharge", jut what in the name of **** does that mean? It contradicts itself, if it's an economic recovery it should be a rebate. **** that ****, I'd complain until they made it go away.

And how, pray-tell, is it YOUR fault that the economy ****ed its own pooper anyway? The government should be fixing that **** regardless.[/quote]

You'll love this:

[quote=ASU's Website]
[B]Tuition Surcharge:[/B]

The Economic Recovery Tuition Surcharge is designed to recover a portion of the base budget funds lost as a result of State General Fund budget reductions in FY09 and FY10. The tuition surcharge applies to all resident and non-resident undergraduate and graduate students. [/quote]

What's worse, even if I get out of paying that $108.00 surcharge, I still have to enroll in a tution payment plan, which has a $100 nonrefundable down payment. Lol.

sadface

Just doesn't sound possible :confused:.

I've ordered things from Sydney that took five days to get here haha.

[quote=Raayl;17377800]and then im gonna love you completely
and then i ****ing **** you discreetly[/quote]

This band that I've been doing session gigs for, Midnight Aurora, played a metal cover of the song at the last show. It was pretty epic.

I'm not gonna cook it but I'll order it from Zanzibar!




<3 @ Tenacious D

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17377811]You'll love this:[/QUOTE]

I can see why people younger than me go on violent killing sprees in your country. It's not because you played Doom or because your Uncle Jim came round to baby-sit on a Thursday night when your parents were hocking their bodies on the side of Main St. and touched you inappropriately; although in hindsight you think you're a better person for it and wished that he-

...


It's because of all your bureaucratic hors[SIZE="2"]es[/SIZE]hit.

[QUOTE=gaslight;17377812]Just doesn't sound possible :confused:.

I've ordered things from Sydney that took five days to get here haha.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I have too... AusPost has some serious issues. Maybe they actually use those bikes to move things interstate...

[quote=ASU's Website]
[b]Health and Wellness Fee[/b]

All students are assessed a Health and Wellness Fee as authorized by the Arizona Board of Regents to enhance services for students who seek both preventive and acute care and to expand outreach and wellness education and services. [b]Any student who doesn't pay this will have to answer to the Don.[/b][/quote]

Gaslight was right!

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17377825]Gaslight was right![/QUOTE]

Preventative care? Does that mean if you pay up you can get all kinds of free drugs because you "might" get a pain in your toe? And a wheelchair, get a wheelchair.

[quote=funkyhoney;17377820]It's because of all your bureaucratic hors[SIZE=2]es[/SIZE]hit.[/quote]

Seriously. The president of this University is one of the greediest pigf**ks I've ever had the displeasure of meeting. ASU has 5 different campuses, and he's dropping the only one close to me (also the second largest) for economic reasons. Lest we forget that three years ago he spent ungodly sums of money building this incredibly hi-tech fifth campus that has the second lowest student population of the 5 and cost (if memory serves) a bit more than the Main campus.

I really can't stand the bastard, and if I could quit my job and be a full time student elsewhere, I would.

[IMG]http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/67/l_af60632d2e47440f93334af82bd53294.jpg[/IMG]

This.

[quote=funkyhoney;17377831]Preventative care? Does that mean if you pay up you can get all kinds of free drugs because you "might" get a pain in your toe? And a wheelchair, get a wheelchair.[/quote]

I'll email them and find out. I'd really like some vicodin because I'll have to prevent myself from becoming enraged for wasting $168 in useless fees.

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17377839]Seriously. The president of this University is one of the greediest pigf**ks I've ever had the displeasure of meeting. ASU has 5 different campuses, and he's dropping the only one close to me (also the second largest) for economic reasons. Lest we forget that three years ago he spent ungodly sums of money building this incredibly hi-tech fifth campus that has the second lowest student population of the 5 and cost (if memory serves) a bit more than the Main campus.

I really can't stand the bastard, and if I could quit my job and be a full time student elsewhere, I would.[/QUOTE]

My uni is a bit backwards like that sometimes, they shut down the campus nearest to me because they had low numbers. Hey morons, maybe if you offered courses other than psychology and accounting I could've gone there like a lot of other people instead of having to travel an extra 15ks.

For reference I study Creative Writing, Journalism and Marketing; evidently these are such high priority and sought after strains that I need to travel in large urban epicentres to learn them.

Having said that I've taken a semester off and actually plugged my typewriter in in the hopes I can get a better creative scope outside of the place for a while. And music, I like playing music too.

[QUOTE=funkyhoney;17377752]I'm sorry, I'm sorry, an "Economic Recovery Surcharge", jut what in the name of **** does that mean? It contradicts itself, if it's an economic recovery it should be a rebate. **** that ****, I'd complain until they made it go away.

And how, pray-tell, is it YOUR fault that the economy ****ed its own pooper anyway? The government should be fixing that **** regardless.[/QUOTE]

The government isn't charging him, it's the university. Also, it's not supposed to stimulate the economy, it's a charge for the university to make more money.
It still ain't right though.

[QUOTE=Efrim;17377896]The government isn't charging him, it's the university. Also, it's not supposed to stimulate the economy, it's a charge for the university to make more money.
It still ain't right though.[/QUOTE]

Don't give me your god damn reverse Canadian logic Jesse you sickass mofo.

My government gave every tax payer $900 to stimulate the economy; see how that works?



























































































It doesn't, but the point is governments and uni's should stop ****ing around and just run things like normal because NOTHING IS WRONG.

[quote=Efrim;17377896]The government isn't charging him, it's the university. Also, it's not supposed to stimulate the economy, it's a charge for the university to make more money.
It still ain't right though.[/quote]

The whole reason that ASU needs to recover from the grant loss is because they over-budgeted, wasted money on useless campus additions, and then couldn't get the same government funding when sh*t hit the fan for FY10.

I think I'll pay every fee but that $108.

Well, for many universities a lot is wrong. Only through their own stupidity, but they are still in trouble.
Not mine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLoNJ7VNItA

Everyone PLEASE watch this.

It makes me proud to be an Australian :D

P.S. It's funny.

If you pause it right on 44seconds you'll see a can of Bundaberg Rum and Cola premix. It's what bogans drink.

1. I'm not Australian.
2. I have no idea what a Bogan is.
3. I like corn.

1) I was being sardonic.
2) A redneck more or less, except instead of hunting they take out loans for expensive shitty cars and beat their wives (as well).
3) That's irrelevant.

God how I hate Australians.

Every last one of them.

No exceptions.

[quote=Efrim;17377985]God how I hate Australians.

Every last one of them.

No exceptions.[/quote]

Quoted for truth.




Except the part that says "God how I hate Australians. Every last one of them. No exceptions."

I'm going to be the asshole who advertises his thread in the community thread.

[QUOTE=fishbulb;17376874]Great news and terrible news.

First: I bought that ampeg 8x10 for $250. Sure the tolex is destroyed but the wood underneath is in good condition (for the most part) and more importantly the speakers are flawless.

Second: I plugged the amp into it and cranked it but it was still quite quiet, maybe moderate listening volume at best. After messing with some amp settings for a few minutes i smelled a faint burning rubber aroma and sure enough it was coming from the back of the amp. I took it out of the rack case (it is a rack mounted head in a case that i hadn't opened before) and it had a repair slip on it. "****!!" i thought to myself. I opened the amp itself and there was a burn mark on the power section of the board. Looks like 1 capacitor and maybe a resistor or two blew out or something. Basically very little is left of the capacitor and i can't tell if the resistor is even connected to the board or if it even works anymore.

tl;dr: Trace Elliot RAH 300 SMX has a broken capacitor and possibly resistor. I could not find a schematic of the board anywhere so i could buy a new capacitor and replace it myself. Anybody know where i could find a schematic? If not, should i try and find an amp repair place? If i can't find one would it be worth it to take it to a generic electronics repair shop?

Another thing that is slightly bugging me is that the amp outputs at 8 ohms but the ampeg cabinet is 4 ohms. Since this is a 100% solid state power amp this shouldn't be a problem right?

Any info would be great.

Thanks

Apparently my brother beat me to posting a very similar thing on TalkBass and even provided pictures.

[IMG]http://www.imageslim.com/images/img_4a63fea5c979b.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.imageslim.com/images/img_4a63fe94ebc25.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]



http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?p=17376874#post17376874

Any ideas?

Eek, I'd take it into the shop and see what they could do about it. If it had the repair slip on it, find out which repair shop it was and take it back there to have them followup with their warranty work - they obviously didn't fix something correctly.

I didn't look too closely at the repair slip, i hope a) it has contact info and b) it was close to me.

I can't find much info on this: The back of the trace elliot says 8 ohm speaker out (two of them of course), is it okay to run a 4 ohm cabinet through one of those?

Better yet, could somebody point me in the direction of a page to learn about how amps (solid state and tube) and cabinets work as far as what ohm rating amp is safe with which ohm rating cabs?