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Erik, You're right. I've made a virtue of necessity or a fetish from financial fragility. I do love that factory - my 1st instrument came from there back in 73 or 74! Here's a snap of my 1st instrument - a1973ish Coronet short scale bass, (another Matsumoko) played through a coronet 10w guitar...

Emperador bass from about 75 or so. With flat strings it's a room shaker - great for live work. One of three of the same model I have owned - I only have 2 now as the original was stolen. I bought the next two so I could cobble together a complete replacement as there were bits & pieces...

Now THIS is an earwig! I've long been a fan of Burns - my true love would be a Burns Steer as in this photograph (principally because of the noise it made for Billy Bragg). I nearly bought one 2 years ago - was in NZ and on ebay for about$300. I didn't and for my woes they're back up over a...

You have to remember gekko zzed, that anemia is a very common thing these days. That reminds me, I have to do the ironying & hangs things up. My rack - with cut off Behringer MIC100 & the 801 Omnisonic Imager. I rarely use any of this outboard gear these days. The EQ is fab though& the 2 Yamaha...

That Wah vid is from a store in Melbourne, Victoria Australia. I still prefer the Cry though mine is an late 80's Jimi Hendrix Dunlop CryBaby Wha that needs the pot cleaned. In about 2003 we were broken into whilst at work. My fav guitar stolen, door busted in, heaps of jewelry & stuff taken...

https://soundcloud.com/rayc/14-march-lyric-guide This is the backing track for a song I started in january. I've added an intro guitar line guide and lyric guide as I can neither play lead nor sing. The title is temporary too. Any thoughts given the limitations? Scar Crossed Lovers The lyrics...

Here's a mono tonal laugh for you. A picture of a young SRV playing a Bruno Royal Artist guitar. I have two of these - I did have a 3rd but it was stolen during a break in and not recovered. I'm sure he made it sound sweet. Single coil, semi acoustic, Matsumoko factory tobacco burst with faux...

I'm quite used to seeing those types of waveforms RAMI. When I use Waverepair to restore vinyl LPs I often increase the magnification of the view so that I can do a little manual editing and redrawing.I start with what you normally see, increase to around the more squiggly of your 1st images to...

Lt. Making a rod for your own back! Still, every time you curse about carrying it you'll know that it IS the right thing to do even if the punters can't tell. Oh, for interest's sake the Guyatone Mosrite copy I posted a snap of a few months ago, (and again below) & with which I recorded my...

Hello Folks, I've had the attached progression growing in my scone for a month or so and finally decided to make an audio sketch to work and build a structure from. The current structure is dead simple with long 10 bar intro followed by an AB AB AB truncated A outline. The 1st draft lyrics are...

https://soundcloud.com/rayc/the-master-instrymental-2014 I haven't done anything new in 6 months so thought I'd best post SOMETHING so that people know I do record and that I am talking through my hat when I make suggestions. The track above (from FLAC) was recorded a couple of years ago as a...

LOTS of expensive pedals. I have about9 cheap ones - I've already given away a new octaver because I realized how silly it was, (& how they really aren't thaht good at tracking and doing LOW, LOW LOW). I was on a search to drive my Superbass MkII into breakup and the search lead me to the truth...

I had an intersting online "conversation" with a chap last night. He has a track that he's mixed and mastered for vinyl in 24bit reso. He sent that 24 bit file to a vinyl pressing plant and they made a "dub" on their Neuman lathe for him. It's was once done as a test pressing sort of thing. He...

I thought these things were indestructibel... I had my Marshall Superbass & a Jade Clubman amps stacked on top of this crate which was stacked upon a similar crate. I noticed they were leaning a little today. Upon closer investigation I removed the amps to forstall a disaster. The 2nd crate is...

Greg, Any knowledge of the marshal valvestate VS100 combo? I'm babysitting one at the moment and probably won't plug it in if it's more state than valve. Oh, & see beloe the picture of 2 Guyatone Mosrite copies " m also babysitting. One is still being restored, the other - old gold p/ups'n'all...

notCardio, I've been chasing a Vantage guitar for 10 years. The prices they're pulling on ebay are beyond me though. there was one on Oz ebay recently with the pushpull splitter & was only up for $100 but someone else sussed out it was a winner and went skyward to secure it. they're motsumoku...

Hello Folks, I was given a spare monitor a couple of weeks ago. When I finally cleaned it up & looked at it I found it has AVG & DZI connectors. It's ALMOST the same size as my current screen & adjsutments to height etc make them seem visually compatible. I check my video card & it had both...

4 Greg Hey Ho! Lego! Vaguely amusing.

I was wondering about this & I don't mean the trite pap that pop often uses. For some reason I listened to some Byron era Uriah Heep tonight. A band I could not get into as a kid or adult and I wanted to find out why. The answer was clear & uncomplicated when I listened tonight. Their lyrics...

Here's my baby - I've had it since the mid 80's and even bought a back up. I used it last year. The preamps are quite good & have a "sound" I like.