We have opened a discussion thread in the Pub section discussing this. We will include a very detailed password checklist. We want to highly recommend that members turn on and use TGP's two-factor authentication option. We highly recommend every member reading this change their passwords as a precaution. We have forced email revalidation for all members that have not signed on for a while. I've been looking at some drive pedals, including this one, that I'd be using for rock or fusion leads. None of the accounts compromised were using two-factor authentication. Talking to one member as I am working through getting his account back in order, he informed me that his Apple password manager had been compromised and made available on the dark web. In today's world, that is false confidence you can no longer afford.Įvery account that I've restored so far to the original owner was using compromised passwords. It is heartbreaking to see that the lure of saving some money will still fool people into using those methods to save a few dollars. Unfortunately, we cannot control how members do deals. However, the best way to prevent this is for members to exercise proper password hygiene (which I'll detail below), turn on two-factor authentication, and - I implore every single person here - only use payment methods that have buyer protection. We've made security changes that I don't want to detail here to stop them. They have scammed members in the Emporiums by creating ads with stolen photos and requesting Paypal F&F or Venmo exclusively for payment. I was hoping it would be Gilmour in a Box too - it isn't.Some fraudsters have compromised TGP accounts have in the past few days. I just find the TubeDriver really isn't too useful.

And yes, I'm running a strat through a vintage Hiwatt. I know it's going to sound wrong, but I use a FullDrive 2 for all the lower gain stuff, and a ToneBone Hot British for the high gain stuff. Your money is better served getting a very nice Muff or a different tasty od. I guess what I'm saying here is it is, in my mind, in no way essential at all. In other words, it's on for perhaps 5% of the total show.

Personally, Money and the intro to Time are the only songs I even use it on. I find that the pedal sounds _EXACTLY_ like the solo from Money - so if that's the only sound you want, it's a great way to spend three hundred bucks I find it's a bit of a one trick pony - I can never lower the gain quite as much as I'd like (I even emailed them at Chandler or wherever, they said use a 12AT7 - I did, no dice). Once you get it dialed in, though, it's pretty nice. Let me try to explain.īasically, it's like everyone says - it is very hard to get the right sound out of it. It's kind of good and not good all rolled into one. I have an original Chandler Tube Driver (duh, I'm in a Floyd tribute act ).

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