New Big Bertha

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  1. earl77

    earl77 500+ Posts

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  2. earl77

    earl77 500+ Posts

  3. Pickle_Nuts

    Pickle_Nuts Will travel with tickets.

    Are the spoke wheels out of style causing the replacement?
     
  4. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    From Jim Nicar’s Twitter:

    The Longhorn Band and Longhorn Alumni Band held a Texas-size retirement party for UT’s 100-year old Big Bertha and a welcome for Big Bertha II at the UT vs ISU game yesterday. This wonderful photo by Jason Chandrapal.

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  5. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    I wonder if @LHABSOB is in that pic.
     
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  6. LHABSOB

    LHABSOB 1,000+ Posts

    I couldn't make it down for the alumni band game yesterday. Heard lots of great things from my old friends that went to the game. That new Big Bertha is going to take some getting used to...
     
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  7. Giovanni Jones

    Giovanni Jones 2,500+ Posts

    Big Bertha was overhauled and given new drumheads only 6 years ago. I suppose they wanted the new BB to debut on the 100th anniversary? I prefer the spoked wheels too, fwiw.
     
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  8. Giovanni Jones

    Giovanni Jones 2,500+ Posts

    Just as long as it doesn’t have neon or LED lights or shoot out smoke.
     
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  9. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Will it say SEC!SEC!SEC! when it is played?
     
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  10. Giovanni Jones

    Giovanni Jones 2,500+ Posts

    OK, I was just on the phone with my daughter, who was in Texas Drums for the 2016 to 2018 seasons; she explained to me that the wooden shell of Big Bertha was deteriorating with age and was badly susceptible to warping, and it was getting very difficult to maintain the proper tension on the drumheads (with the added threat that the drumheads could rip or split). So the original BIg Bertha was overdue for retirement.
     
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  11. Ajo Macho

    Ajo Macho 500+ Posts

    I like the new drum, I prefer the old carrier.

    Does BB-2 have the university seal on the other side? If not, is it the same image on both sides, or something different?

    Anyone got a clip of what she sounds like?
     
  12. LHABSOB

    LHABSOB 1,000+ Posts

    My son is in the Purdue All American Marching Band and I am glad that the new Bertha will finally put to bed who has the bigger bass drum.
     
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  13. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Y'all have some odd discussions at your house.

    :fiestanana:
     
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  14. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    Hasn't Purdue long claimed They had the biggest bass drum?
     
  15. Giovanni Jones

    Giovanni Jones 2,500+ Posts

    Indeed they have. In any case, Big Bertha is much more attractive than their drum.
     
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  16. Giovanni Jones

    Giovanni Jones 2,500+ Posts

    Farewell, Big Bertha, and we thank you for 67 years of service to the 40 Acres.

    Following pics are from the 2017 game against San Jose State. (9/9/17)
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    Who is #25? I looked up the 2017 roster but couldn't find this number.
     
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  17. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Chris Warren III
     
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  18. guy4321

    guy4321 2,500+ Posts

    Too bad there's no sad rating - for Big Bertha's deterioration.
     
  19. Giovanni Jones

    Giovanni Jones 2,500+ Posts

    and here's pic I took of Big Bertha at the UT-Tech game in 1983
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    Notice that the wheel spokes were white, not burnt orange.

    Also, athletic shorts back then were really short. (see Tech guy in background.)
     
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  20. guy4321

    guy4321 2,500+ Posts

    Clothing styles go in cycles. I bet you could get the short shorts on guys back. You just have to start it!

    Also, pretty good quality for a nearly 40 year old pic!
     
  21. 1sahorn

    1sahorn 1,000+ Posts

    Back when the track surrounded the field.
     
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  22. Giovanni Jones

    Giovanni Jones 2,500+ Posts

    Thanks. It’s a scan of a Fujichrome slide, and I had to do a little enhancing to compensate for some slight fading and to remove some dust specks. Fujichrome and Kodachrome slides hold up better over time than most color photographs.
     
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  23. Giovanni Jones

    Giovanni Jones 2,500+ Posts

    No, thank you. Several years ago I was perusing my high school yearbook (1970s) with my young daughter and she had a fit of convulsive laughter when she saw the pics of the basketball team. (“They really dressed like that? It looks like they’re playing in their underwear!!”)
     
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  24. Driver 8

    Driver 8 Amor Fati

    Chris Warren III
     
  25. huisache

    huisache 2,500+ Posts

    My drum is bigger than your drum.

    Band smack

    My Collie barks louder than your longhorn the Ags might say

    Anybody want to give this a shot?
     
  26. Giovanni Jones

    Giovanni Jones 2,500+ Posts

    Our steam-blowing horned frog is more annoying than your cannon (sez TCU)
     
  27. 1sahorn

    1sahorn 1,000+ Posts

    My Longhorn can mud-hole stomp their Bulldog.
     
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  28. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Go on...
     
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    Giovanni Jones 2,500+ Posts

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    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

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