Recent content by jp_nyc

I have tried to explain the feedback thing before and he doesn’t get it. Next time he complains I’m going to hand him an SG tuned to C in his hands, tell him to stand in front of the speakers, and show him the difference between clean and quiet, fuzz, a Russian muff, and a Russian muff with the...

$1,250 for a USA Schecter seems like a steal. HNGD!

When your spouse yells “Your ears must be half deaf to not realize how loud that is!” The correct answer is not “It’s okay, I’m wearing ear plugs.” Likewise, the correct answer to “Can’t you just use headphones?” is not “That would defeat the purpose!”

I used to go to a cheap Italian restaurant with an open kitchen that cooked with good wines and they kept the bottles where customers could see the cooks pick it up and pour it into the pots. But they were all Italian immigrants and they did not fuck around with their food. That was my...

I look at the lower horn on that bass and all I can think about is how much extra a luthier is going to charge for the time they’ll spend figuring out how to clamp it in place while the glue drives.

I guess the UPS guy was celebrating his last day on the job.

I don’t really want to buy another cabinet right now. I want to hook multiple amps up to the one I have. There are switches for this but many of them are complex beasts for people who want to switch between huge stables of guitars and amps and cabs which isn’t what I need. I just need a switch...

I bet there’s a market for hose water with alcohol. 80% hose water, 20% Everclear.

In the music industry being relentless can be the difference between generational wealth and homelessness. I wish I was as good at business as Gene and Paul.

By the standards of 1970s bar bands that made it big? Sure. Not every seventies band needed Geddy.

I’m using my classical guitar again. It’s a small one and the old wood has lost some punch over the years. It isn’t very load and my Snark tuner has trouble picking up the vibrations. Is there a headstock tuner that’s good for this or should I just use a phone app?

If she played a piano with a body part, like Jerry Lee, which part would it be?

Linus. He kept patting birds on the head because it drove his bitchy sister crazy.

Rush fans are so shocked to see a woman at a Rush concert that they don’t even notice that she’s playing anything at all.