behind the bench

this popped into my head this morning

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:28:51 +0000

I hope they buried Les Paul in an oversized Lifton case. That would be, uh, ‘fitting’…

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30

admin — Sun, 30 May 2010 20:29:00 +0000

Today's SCIENCE FACT: @danzig fans are dumber than @metallica fans. http://bit.ly/cbF3Xi #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-14

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:00 +0000

Speaker shootout right now. Wizard bludotone metroamp celestion wgs jensen all getting a workout #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:29:00 +0000

On our way to Austin tx ampshow. Stop on by!! Room 201 with the pedalboard from hell #
@ProTonePedals hey there we are doing ampshow but no sxsw in reply to ProTonePedals #
@Brunetteinc we are here!! Talk to me!! in reply to Brunetteinc #
@SonicDiplomat send info to nial@solidcables.com in reply to SonicDiplomat #
A few fave thing here at the Austin ampshow. #
http://yfrog.com/dycjkj #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:29:00 +0000

Namm is officially kicked off. Stop on by 3392 and check out Elvis recording console #
Here's the booth #
http://yfrog.com/3gbhdcj #
Mad professor in the house!!! #
Elvis console in the house #
http://yfrog.com/3310908552j
Actual spinal tap Stonehenge at the solid cables booth #
Big bang from Norway performing at namm #
Jj french and peter stroud at our booth doing a signing right now http://yfrog.com/37fzqkj #
Prominent mohawks #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-13

admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:29:00 +0000

Oh man. My buddies at deco rum just hooked me up with some of their brand new strong Ginger and silver rums. Thx!!
http://yfrog.com/4akm1jj #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-13

admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:29:00 +0000

Oh man. My buddies at deco rum just hooked me up with some of their brand new strong Ginger and silver rums. Thx!!
http://yfrog.com/4akm1jj #

we as a species are being trained to be complexity averse

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:59:22 +0000

the smart (geeky/hardware nerd/hacker-explorer) people are the ones with 30 things attached to their laptop or computer, or are the actual ones that do in fact need those way out in the weeds options or features that some jim-crack piece of software or hardware uses, or CLAIMS to use.

what keeps getting rammed down our throats?

THIS doesnt work with THAT
THIS is illegal to work with THAT
THAT is out of date, throw it away.
THIS is now updated, and it wont work with THAT
THIS doesnt work with THAT, unless you pay for an upgrade

freedom from choice.

Gibson rumored to be aquired by Peavey?

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:23:58 +0000

that seems to be the rumor du jour on the block right now. i’ve been hearing it from a lot of my good friends in the MI field.

out of any company to buy them, peavey seems like they would really be a great fit as most of the stuff people have been bitching about in regards to gibson.. well peavey solved those problems years ago. they seem to be able to crank out high quality stuff for good prices at a consistent quality level thats frankly envious in this day. thats a damn sight better forecast than the company reduced to a market brand, or god forbid taken apart for its pieces and sold wholesale. there is too much heritage of american musical instrument manufacturing in that company to let it fade away. dont think it could happen? remember when mannys went out of business after decades in business in NYC?

also in the plus corner. its not like some huge conglomerate like AMF/Harley Davidson debacle. (remember boycott coors, non pasterurised, non union bumper stickers? that was the era..) peavey is a solidly american company rooted right to the ground in manufacturing music gear. thats pretty damn cool.

in addition to a lot of other BIG manufacturers whos name i wont mention, but was started by a genius engineer in fullerton… have been rumored to be teetering on the brink. well i’ve heard that rumor a few times over the years.

i dunno, if its the truth, and its real, and happening.. good luck to hartley peavey and his new company. this NAMM will be a damn interesting one for sure.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-01

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:29:00 +0000

venom and cheap beer in Portland. I love it!!!! #