got tone?

TroyD
TroyD Posts: 13,077
edited December 2010 in The Clubhouse
Okay, this is something that I think needs to be addressed.

It has come to my attention that some people here have thier own tone. I don't have my own tone...and it raises some issues.

Why don't I have a tone?
How do I get my own tone?
Should I have my own tone?

How did I miss out on this tone thing? I think this could be a conspiracy and I, for one, won't stand for it.

BD(of the non-tone having)T's
I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited December 2010
    Until recently I was totally unaware that I needed a tone. Had I thought about it...I would have realized that some...like Tommy TuTone...have more than one tone. Maybe he has mine. I'm calling 867-5309 to see if I can get it back.

    OTOH...Can we be considered a minority if we are toneless...and qualify for govt. subsidies and such?

    This is disturbing.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited December 2010
    There's always Stevie Ray Vaughan.
    Tone in spades!
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2010
    On a more serious note, you missed the class back in 2002...

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6068&highlight=tone
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,956
    edited December 2010
    Tone ??
    I always thought it was the degree of tan you had from being in the sun too long.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited December 2010
    shack,maybe you should call Tone Loc and get some of his Funky Cold Medina tone!!
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited December 2010
    Maybe Tone Lōc has all the tones locked up.

    As a side note...does anyone have any idea where one can get some Funky Cold Medina?
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2010
    I can't carry a tune...so, am I to assume that applies to tone as well?

    Does that mean I don't have any sound in my sole?


    BDT
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,712
    edited December 2010
    I'm not sure if I care for the tone of your tone question, young man !!


    Now, what type of tone to get ? Here's a 5-star recommendation from Dr. Bjodne Eskeland, University of Trondheim, Norway:

    TONE CLEANER


    Even without it being on sale, it is worth the price. One will find that it not only nourishes but also stimulates through the power of OxyGen activated oxygen/magnesium matrix !!!

    So ..... uhm ..... with your stimulated and nourished new "tone", we can all look forward to your becoming a productive member of society again.

    You may wish to post some "After" pictures of your new .... tone.


    DAD !
    Uh .... What ?
    STFU !
    Over the top again ? Okay. :redface:
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2010
    Troy,
    You can borrow my tone, just return it when you are through with it.
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited December 2010
    TroyD wrote: »
    I can't carry a tune...so, am I to assume that applies to tone as well?

    Does that mean I don't have any sound in my sole?


    BDT

    Well the fact that you can't carry a tune usually means that you are tone deaf.:eek:

    Which is fine since it won't stop you from hearing the correct tones, however, you are physically incapable of copying said tones yourself.

    So long as you DO NOT try to sing everything will be fine. However, singing off key to a song is punishable by death! So just sit back and listen, but do not participate.:biggrin:
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  • blueboxer
    blueboxer Posts: 621
    edited December 2010
    I tried to order some tone, but all I got was a case of toner... even worse it was just black toner, not even any color or warmth to it.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,759
    edited December 2010
    My EICO AF-4 has a gen-u-ine TONE control...

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2010
    TroyD wrote: »
    BD(of the non-tone having)T's


    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!! Add the words from BD . . . .then T and it gets me to a belly laugh!!!

    BTW I once had six tones in my belly muscles now I just have one huge one!!!:biggrin:
    TroyD wrote: »
    I can't carry a tune...so, am I to assume that applies to tone as well?

    Does that mean I don't have any sound in my sole?
    BDT

    I hope not as you would seem like a really weird guy with sound coming from your shoes!!!! :tongue::tongue::tongue:
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited December 2010
    I've been told my tone is negative and belligerent.
    Expert Moron Extraordinaire

    You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited December 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    I've been told my tone is negative and belligerent.

    No problem, just have yourself PROFESSIONALLY Auto-tuned...sorry Auto-toned!

    Works every time!

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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited December 2010
    I've been called tone-deaf -- which means i cannot carry a tune in a bucket...

    so i suppose the bucket is half empty
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited December 2010
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    There's always Stevie Ray Vaughan.
    Tone in spades!

    Dats because he played usin' dem thick strangs. Of course having huge fingers and hands helped. Not to mention talent or attitude........:cool:
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited December 2010
    I have excellent tone.......it's just hiding under several layers of flab.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited December 2010
    TroyD wrote: »
    Okay, this is something that I think needs to be addressed.

    It has come to my attention that some people here have thier own tone. I don't have my own tone...and it raises some issues.

    Why don't I have a tone?
    How do I get my own tone?
    Should I have my own tone?

    How did I miss out on this tone thing? I think this could be a conspiracy and I, for one, won't stand for it.

    BD(of the non-tone having)T's

    Oh, you DEFINITELY have tone.

    If you've got Ohm's law working anywhere at all in your system (and I think you do unless you listen to all of your music from memory alone :biggrin:), you've got tone!
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited December 2010
    madmax wrote: »
    On a more serious note, you missed the class back in 2002...

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6068&highlight=tone

    Wow, they didn't make threads very long back in the dark ages.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited December 2010
    high-toned :biggrin:
    adj
    1. having a superior social, moral, or intellectual quality
    2. affectedly superior
    3. high in tone
    Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

    ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
    Adj. 1. high-toned - pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant"
    high-class
    elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"

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  • BeRad
    BeRad Posts: 736
    edited December 2010
    I only have 1 half of a tone. It is better than none right? Or is half tone the empty half? I'm tone confused now. Maybe I'll just sell my half a tone and be done with it.

    Watch the FS section for a discounted half-tone.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2010
    nap wrote: »
    Dats because he played usin' dem thick strangs. Of course having huge fingers and hands helped. Not to mention talent or attitude........:cool:

    . . . and the music flowed from his heart and gut! Couldn't read a note of music either. He left us too soon.

    BTW As a belated Christmas present from the wifey I got toned up last night!!!:eek::biggrin:
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2010
    Perhaps you lost your tone because you developed a . . .

    tin ear n. Informal
    An insensitivity to music or to sounds of a given kind: a writer with a tin ear for dialogue.

    The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

    I thought only candyliquor35 had a tin ear!:biggrin: or two!:eek:
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited December 2010
    Now that I think about it…I used to have a tone.

    How do I know this?

    I distinctly recall my mother saying "Don't you dare use THAT TONE with me young man".

    Maybe I should call mom up and see if it is still at her house.

    She probably threw it out with all the other stuff I left when I left home.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2010
    shack wrote: »
    Now that I think about it…I used to have a tone.

    How do I know this?

    I distinctly recall my mother saying "Don't you dare use THAT TONE with me young man".

    Maybe I should call mom up and see if it is still at her house.

    She probably threw it out with all the other stuff I left when I left home.

    In that case my little guy has lost his tone!:biggrin: Uh my son that is!:eek:
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  • quadzilla
    quadzilla Posts: 1,543
    edited December 2010
    I have to say that I don't like the tone of this thread one bit. Not one bit at all.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited December 2010
    I'm not sure I like being tone-less. Atleast it's not like being spine-less which some troll looking/acting members seem to have. They have tone, but no spine. I'll take my spine over tone anyday.

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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    edited December 2010
    shack wrote: »
    Now that I think about it…I used to have a tone.

    How do I know this?

    I distinctly recall my mother saying "Don't you dare use THAT TONE with me young man".

    Maybe I should call mom up and see if it is still at her house.

    She probably threw it out with all the other stuff I left when I left home.

    Yep, I have been told that very same thing by my mom some years ago:redface:
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2010
    shack wrote: »
    Now that I think about it…I used to have a tone.

    And it has not gone away... :biggrin:
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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