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  1. My dad came over and I finally convinced him to try the Oculus. Video games are from another planet as far he's concerned. I'm thinking video games was how I chose to rebel, but that's a conversation for my therapist. He's an avid hunter and plenty comfortable around guns so I fired up Gun Club VR for him.

     

    He played for 2 hours straight and refused to answer the phone when my mom called wondering where he was.

  2. Sorry for partying.

     

    Just bustin' your balls. If it wasn't for you I'd still probably not know that those aren't silverface reissues and probably wouldn't have investigated to learn otherwise.

     

    I'm talking to my dude at Sweetwater about a Custom Deluxe demo they have. I'm so close to pulling the trigger I can already feel the wife's exasperation. (But I just picked up an Astoria enclosure to match the Custom head, so I probably need to chill for a bit.)

     

     

     

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  3. Wait . . . Collins?  He died in 1990.

    Fucking hell. I've lived my whole life thinking he bit it with Ronnie in that crash.

     

    Lol Ronnie's wearing a Neil Young shirt at that show. Sly devil.

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    Shit, I'd probably go printed circuit board over a vintage amp.

     This. Cuts way down the fuckery you must endure as an owner of vintage gear. And you get 99% of the performance and 500% of the reliability.

     

    If you MUST get something P2P/turret-based check out Alessandro. His handwired retro'd Fender Reissues are the closest thing we have to a time machine. And he's cheaper than Fender and uses arguably better materials (arguably!).

     

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    https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F232806592693

     

    That store carries all of his stocked jobs. He'll handwire any reissue, though. Check out his Deluxe Reverb. It's art.

     

    But if you want the sound without the hassle, reissue reissue reissue.

     

    Though not a reissue, the Fender Custom line with the silverface aesthetic that Deej won't shut up about are damn fantastic. Seriously, the Custom Deluxe Reverb is the best of the old and just the right amount of the new.

     

    I'm probably not the best to give a reasoned even argument though. My list of preferred amp types are as follows:

     

    1. New handwired

    2. PCB

    3. No amp at all

    4. 60 year old electronics

     

    Vintage amps wouldn't even be a thing today if SRV wasn't a complete unmitigated badass. And his amps were pretty damn far from stock vintage!

     

     

     

     

     

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  5. 38 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

     


    That’s where the deals are to be found. Also I get pangs of doubt when messing with a stock guitar. If someone has already messed with it before me, well, it’ll never be original again so I can go hog wild. I know it’s nuts but that’s just a guitar quirk I have.

     

    The Chewbaca Relic Defense.

  6. 3 hours ago, Nightfly said:

    Just started building a collection of FLACs and rigging up a budget home set up.  I always use Donald Fagen's Nightfly or Kamakiriad to test things out. Also trying out DTS Surround on 4 equally sized speakers. Thus far Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here and Tears for Fears: Songs from the Big Chair have been the most satisfying when I had them on quadraphonic style. 

    I'm coming from years of 128k MP3s and getting back to CD quality has been enjoyable. Extra instrument layers are noticeable, and especially the reverb I'm able to pick up more and seems "new."

    Crazy that with all this technological progress in the past 30 years we're struggling to get back to CD quality. I'll say that 320 kbp MP3 sounds quite good to me as well and not sure I could pick the difference between a well ripped 320 MP3 and FLAC. 

    Kind of Blue is obviously a great one!

    i've been collecting MP3's since I had dial-up and Napster (Napigator for life!) and well before this $.05/GB prices for mechanicals, so I started my whole home system with MP3s. As space no longer became an issue (I currently have a redundant 16TB NAS serving up movies and music) I wish I had been more choosy with my file formats.  Now that I've transitioned to hi-res audio for the essentials and quite a few non-essentials I look at my voluminous collection of 128kbps and, cringe, below, and wonder what might have been. In my defense, though, those early dial-up lines were the pits and even a well seeded MP3 could take half a day!  A poorly supported MP3, like the infamous Egypt Egypt Download of 1999, could take weeks.

     

    Now I'm laying CAT6 throughout the house and installing Popcorn Hour media players all over the place to stream content to anywhere I have a fancy.  Works very well, even the hi-res stuff.  The Popcorn Hour A-500, for example, is damn near bullet proof for off-the-wall Asian CODECs, because sometimes I get a sweet tooth for funky anime.

     

    @jimmyjazz I'll have to check that out.  Always in the market for new sounds, and even though your ear doesn't seem that well tuned for overwrought 80s solid state hero guitar, your tastes otherwise are unimpeachable.

  7. Mine is Mile Davis Kind of Blue. I know that album like I know myself. I have it in multiple versions in many forms - From SACD to MFSL LP to cassette and of course FLAC and DSD for portability. When I want to audition a system or new component, that's what I fire up. As a dynamic recording, there are parts that will expose lesser quality playback devices easily enough, though not as easily as other recordings. I'm just really familiar with it, so I know what to expect and it sticks out like a sore thumb when it's not there or otherwise altered.
     
    What are your favorite recordings for testing out gear or environments?


  8. The movie/music room is almost done. All the LPs, CDs, SACDs, and Laserdiscs are on their shelves, none of which are organized. (The Blu-ray/DVD wall is behind the seating and not pictured. And also not organized. Zzzz)

    Many of the LPs are sleeved, the rest of the sleeves are waiting for one of the kids to need a chore.

    Out of necessity, this room is on the second floor. I'm rethinking the safety of that decision.e492391ecac12f870447ec1b6982914e.jpga0f079f868640d4a5ad7bd7346cdd865.jpg

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  9. Have you tried Iwata airbrushes and compressor by chance? When I started airbrushing it was with a cheap kit off eBay. The performance wasn't consistent and created as many do-overs and it did marginal successes. Moving to a quality airbrush, even an entry level Iwata, like an Eclipse, immediately made a difference. Less flow issues and better control.

    You can make a cheap compressor do good work so long as it's stable and can manage the condensate.

    /endderail

  10. Relic'd Nash hardtail
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    Well, hello there.

    Team anything but Fender's prehistoric trem system. I don't even like looking at the bent or stamped steel saddles the base model comes with. At least give me the Deluxe saddles to church up the trem system I will never use.
  11. 3 hours ago, Rimbo said:

    I uh... agree. Couldn't listen to more than a few bars of it before I shut it off.

    Aw man, it didn't even get going yet!

    As a technical manifesto (it was for a lecture at Musicians Institute), that version of Purple Rain covers just about everything humans have accomplished on guitar up to that point. State of the art kinda stuff. I'm not a big Petrucci fan, can't listen to Dream Theater for too long before I get fatigued, but I appreciate what that dude is able to do with his fingers. I could watch it just for that, damn the music. He has a Charlie Parker level of precision and accuracy. I know perfection often feels antiseptic and too clean, like a hospital, and this reaches those levels at times, but man, that version of Purple Rain belongs on the Voyager so aliens know not to fuck with us.

    And Jimmy, that tone seemed to perfectly pay homage given the context of the song. Did it need more chorus? lewl

    But a context-be-damned cover can be pretty fun too:

     

     

    TLDR: I will pay real money if anyone can find me tabs of Petrucci's Purple Rain.

  12. If you're down with The Floyd, and it appears you are, check out Roger Waters The Wall (2014) to stretch the legs on your home theater. It contains, dare I say, my favorite version of Comfortably Numb and Gilmour isn't even on the track! I know, I know, I'm not happy with myself either. But if you want a concert of kick ass music recorded with 5.1 in mind, it's the shit. Crank it!

  13. 6 hours ago, Buzzrock said:
    Since this has become the “pretty good covers” thread, here’s a really cool one-man cover of Purple Rain using a unique instrument and a looper. Stick with it, it’s worth it for the solo.    

     

     

     

    He crushed it. Also, Petrucci's Purple Rain (in case it hasn't already been discussed ad nauseam. I forget which boards did what.).

     

    Edit: Aqui

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  14. Love it. I’m a big Rabea and Leo fan.
    This thread should have a Frog Leap exemption because Leo's stuff is like 9 times out of 10 better than the original. Otherwise would just be pages and pages of his covers.
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