Recent content by Brian Krashpad

Thanks folks! Over the weekend I had a chance to play it with my two lower-volume side bands, and it sounded great. I had planned on also playing it with my louder main band, but we got rained out (there was a big storm, and a limb came down and put a hole in the roof of our drummer's he-shed...

I think it's largely a mental thing with me. Even if seldom-used, I don't like not having the option at all. Not as bad with 2 pickups (I had a single-pup Melody Maker with only a volume, and it was not happening for me) but still something that'd bug me,

Ta, yeah, I'd love to get one of the Fender versions with the TV Jones Filter'Trons, but they're waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too rich for my blood. Also I have Blacktop Filter'Trons in my Gretsch Pro Jet, so I'm good on that score. The other downside for me with the Fender versions is that they only had...

I thought I'd already posted this here, but it looks like it may've been the one place I didn't. So, this was listed on fb marketplace for well under half what they're currently being listed for (they're no longer in production), which is $400-$450 USD. I bought for $150 last week. Wow. A...

Yeah, besides health issues, all my "problems" are decidedly first world ones.

Haha, I saw that guitar in a pawn shop window from a moving car. I was in my year between undergrad (I managed to complete in 3 years due to CLEP credits) and law school, living at home and teaching junior high in very sketchy downtown Jax, Florida. I was saving up to go back to school, but...

^This. But under probably any definition, the answer is yes, I still have it/them. First guitar was/is a no-name MIJ acoustic from my Da. It's no great shakes, kinda tinny and otherwise unremarkable. But I learned on it, and my father died a couple years back, so obviously it's not going...

Shoot, that was a cool looking axe. Mojo Mon.

Well, at least I'm learning lots of new medical terminology and abbreviations. I (or possibly a barber) recently made the mistake of nicking my earlobe (I'm guessing) on the "radiation side" of my head (where I'm now missing a lot of lymph nodes removed by surgery), and I got an infection that...

New milestone, post-second cancer (I'm cancer-free but all kinds of fucked up by the treatment, for both, including significant anger and negative self-image issues after second one, though these are entirely internalized): clinical notes now contain "He denies SI/HI." So I reckon the neighbors...

Damn son, make that long green!

Here's the gear I cobbled together to make a working PA for my side band Amber and the Antidotes. The ancient Tapco mixer on top is basically just a glorified adapter for any hi-z lines, since the Peavey power amp only has 1/4" inputs. The Peavey is the power amp for the mains (pair of Kustom...

So, Thursday we played an early (7-9) two-set show at the local flagship gay bar, University Club (our lead singer is gay). This is the same club that has the monthly Sunday punk rock matinee that I've played with my other bands (and regularly attend as patron), so it's becoming a second home of...

So on the above-referenced date the undersigned played in all three of my bands on the same day. For me, that's like a feckin world tour. At 11 a.m. the side cover band had its regularly-scheduled Sunday midday practice. Since the show was a matinee, my fellow bandmate Lisa (she's the one...

Played with the cover band last night. I got talked into this band by my friend Lisa, an octogenarian lap steel player I've played with in a couple other music bands (one was an Irish acoustic band, in which she played harp). She's a pretty amazing person. She went to a Crash Pad (my main band...