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  1. That article was better when he titled it "no need to pump the breaks..." before he corrected it. Much more accurately aggy.
  2. Probably, for at least some of that. He boosts with Xotic's EP booster, but he adds drive with all kinds of stuff. If I had to guess, I'd go D&M Drive or maybe Plimsoul. He's also keen to drive with the bare amp, and the HRD IV is supposed to have an updated killer drive channel. Edit: Ah! He's not using a King of Tone clone like the D&M Drive, he's using an actual King of Tone.
  3. I was raised on country music, mostly 70s and 80s glamour cowboy stuff - Ronnie, Kenny, T.G. Shepard, Eddie Rabbitt, John Conlee, Anne Murray, Janie Fricke, that kind of stuff. But I grew to like just about everything country up until the genre died in the late 90s. RIP Of course I dig the Outlaws, too. Ran into this hoss in Mesa, Arizona:
  4. "Pete used a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV and Lee a Milkman Dairy Air into a Victory 2x12 cabinet." Pete Honoré, the dude on the right, makes just about anything wail, but he's particularly on with that Tele and HRD. Amazing tone.
  5. Listen to the toanz! Same channel, with Teles imbued by God:
  6. Boom! Tough actin'...
  7. BoomMF

    Depeche Mode

    I'm a DM & Flood fan. Anything pre or post, meh. Violator is an all-time great album. I'd put it up there with Master Of Puppets and Girl You Know It's True.
  8. Geddy Lee Effect.
  9. BoomMF

    Depeche Mode

    Also: 30 year anniversary.
  10. BoomMF

    Depeche Mode

    I bought Devotional on LaserDisc before I even had a LaserDisc player. That concert is still in my Top 10 all-time greatest gigs.
  11. I don't get the Bonamassa hate. I get that he's not the most soulful player, but so what? It's still possible to enjoy and appreciate what he does do even though listening isn't some sort of religious experience. To wit: I don't care what you say. That was damn enjoyable. It even has Jack Nicholson on sax. Fuck you.
  12. BoomMF

    Vinyl

    It's about to get krunk as fuck.
  13. BoomMF

    Vinyl

    Bit the bullet on my first adult record player, Pro-Ject RPM 1 Carbon. I upgraded to the acrylic platter but not gonna touch the stylus until I do more research. The Ortofon Red it comes with should tide me over till it doesn't. Have the Pro-Ject dust cover coming over from Germany, but probably should have just opted for a generic so I don't have to wait. I have Pro-Ject leather mat, but am thinking I need the Pro-Ject weight just to complete the set. The records are all out of storage and most are in the Expedit shelves. When it's all set up I'll post pics. I love seeing other setups, so I should probably share...
  14. The staff pulled a Black Lotus on their opening draw with this visit. Herman and co. spawned right next to a legendary SCAR when he arrived for his official. I'm told his experience was a perfect power loop and yaw spin. In talking with someone close to the situation, his unofficial was finding a T206 Honus Wagner in the attic.
  15. Did you know Eduardo Perez is Hall of Famer Tony Perez's son? I don't know if you know that.
  16. Even with the second chance you knew it was just a matter of time.
  17. The first 10 minutes of Wall-E is sublime movie making.
  18. This is sad. Again.
  19. If you are needing work space, I have the first desk I used as a studio workstation sitting in the garage waiting for a purpose in life. I moved to something larger with integrated rack spaces, but as a music workstation it'll accomodate a lot. It's the black desk from those first pics I posted way back on the other board. So, if you have a eidetic memory, that's the one. And I have a rolling sturdy af carpeted Odyssey rack that can accomodate like 20 spaces or something, also pictured in that other thread, that's minty and taking up space in the garage. They are both yours if you want them and can pick them up. Either way, will follow this thread because I enjoy a good love story.
  20. Dammit, Doug. I can't unsee bowling shirt.
  21. Same.
  22. Perhaps. I wonder how the line would have done with this livery instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_sV-c5eeXU I'd be curious to see the numbers Marshall sold of the CME Limited Edition in black and the Custom Limited Edition head in black they did for a quick minute. At NAMM 2015 Marshall chose Nick Bowcott to debut the amp and do the interview circuit. I like his Marshall history books, really, they're great, but he's not a guy I would have chosen if I wanted to make a splash with a splashy amp. I think that he had at least something to do with the mediocre reception. (Oh, and also an unwashed lefty.)
  23. Side note: I THINK the only other amp I have that is cathode biased is the Class5. Obviously that the Class5 likes to go bonkers and melt the paint in the room has nothing to do with the biasing, which should mellow it out some, no?
  24. NAD Marshall Astoria Custom head The Marshall Astoria line might go down as a crown jewel of the Marshall line. I don't know exactly why it has been a failure, but I have my guesses (Pricepoint and fuckin Nick Bowcott, for example). If you can get past the sticker shock for a 30w amp made by a company not called Friedman, and get to the amp itself, I think people will find it contains the culmination of all of Marshall's best ideas, some great new ones, all in a package that both pays tribute to Marshall's rich heritage and forges its own path. Apart from the media blitz when it was announced back in 2015 there has been almost nothing, not a drip, from Marshall regarding these amps. Curious, I searched around for people who might know the history of where it came from because I'm fascinated by the entire line and there just isn't much information available online. It seems that before Jim passed he gave the green light to Steve Dawson to create an amp of amps for gigging musicians. Dawson, himself a gigging guitarist, was given carte blanche and he went all out. Steve was the lead designer for some of the greatest amps to come out of Marshall, including the JTM45/100, Class5 (!), Super100JH, JMP1 (!), 50th Anniversary Bluesbreaker (Holy damn, what a killer amp!), 2245THW, JMD1, and the Vintage Modern. I mean, come the fuck on. And the Astoria makes a solid case for being his greatest achievement. Steve designed all three Astoria amps (Custom, Dual, and Classic), but Chris George came up with the looks. He wanted something that looked nothing like any other Marshall, but retained some stylistic cues from the past as well. Chris was also an F1 fan, so thus the Astoria has a racing stripe. Whatever, I think they look fantastic - even the green one. Now, I'm not a big fan of Chris's demo style, and hell, I don't even like watching his left-handed ass playing a backwards guitar because it is an affront to nature, but dude crushed the aesthetics here imo. I picked up the Dual combo awhile ago and it's been the amp that has been the most inspirational when I want to jam or when I want to sound better than I am. Its tone runs the gamut from smooth Marshall clean to biting distortion but with all that wonderful articulation you get when you plug into an up-level boutique (looking at you Friedman Dirty Shirley, BE-50 Deluxe, et al.). Wonderful tone for days. Since then I've been looking for a deal on a Custom version because, while I really dig the Dual, I wanted a grown-up version of an amp that does that overdriven snarl that Marshall is known for. Finding an Astoria in the wild is hella hard, but while at the Sam Ash in L.A. I finally got to jam on a Custom and have been lusting ever since. As luck and patience would have it, this one is a B-stock that came up for a price that's tantamount to highway robbery. I was forced to buy it. Forced! I might never buy another amp that's not cathode biased again. If I want to try something other than the KT66's it ships with, like EL34s (which it was originally designed for), you just plug and play. No biasing. That's just the shit. Another little bit that I enjoy is that the effects loop is tube driven, and when it's empty and engaged it acts as another volume, so you have a volume boost at the press of a footswitch. (Of course, disengaged it's completely out of the tonal path) My only critique of the line is that the Classic, designed to be a pedal platform, has NO effect loop. That's a head scratcher to me. I'm still keeping my eye out for a deal on that one, too, regardless. The Astoria Classic might be considered as Marshall's first and only "blues amp." The Astoria line was officially cancelled this month and will probably be remembered as a failure. Hopefully time will allow the line a better perspective. Crown jewel, I tell you!
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