My bassist has a Squier CV Mustang Bass that he plays with the band from time to time. I think he’s swapped the pickups and tuners out on ‘em and favors LaBella Low Tension Flats. The couple times I’ve played it it’s always played and sounded great.

Both the Plethora X1 and THE TABLE had their trial by fire tonight live and they both passed with flying colors. I was having some issues with the harmonizer bugging out and having to factory reset it multiple times but I think I have it going good now. The sustainer in particular was neat as soon a...

Got an e-mail today from my kid’s school that was sent to all parents. Apparently, the new TikTok trend amongst teens is to stick metal objects in the ports of their laptops to short them out. Wife (substitute teacher) came home from school and said she had to tell multiple kids to stop trying to s...

Plethora X1 has arrived and I’ve spent the last couple hours fooling around on it. While I like it so far, there’s certain things about the Toneprint system’s quirks that are, uh, bemusing I guess. Toneprint’s editing abilities are very, very extensive, intimidatingly so. The effects themselves seem...

Any o’ youse in SF/OAK/Bay Area at large? FKCN is making its SF debut Sunday June 8.

Danelectro made a new version of the Spring King recently in a smaller form factor called the Spring King Junior. $199 from Sweetwater.

In less exciting news, I bought a table. https://imgur.com/a/2GMLLFP https://youtu.be/adyC404_gEk?feature=shared It’s a vintage Safelock projector stand. Anyone who’s ever worked a corporate AV job will have set up/broken down about 10,000 of these shits every year. Wanted to try something as a comb...

Ultimately not really a fan of the form factor and workflow of my Zoom Multi-Stomp Which version, and if it's the MS-50g or g+, are you gonna sell it, and if so would you consider trades? It’s the MS-70CDR. Don’t know if I’m gonna let go of it if the Plethora takes its place, but I’ll keep you in m...

Welp. Buying a couple moar pedals. Donner Fuzz Seeker—same circuit as the Joyo Voodoo Octave, which is roughly the same circuit as the F—tone Ultimate Octave, but in a horizontal form factor that theoretically should fit on the upper rail of my Metro 20. This is hopefully to replace my DOD Carcosa a...

Does anyone have any experience with learning/relearning piano at a later age? I took lessons as all Asian kids do when I was young, tried again in my 20s and still didn’t stick, am 37 now and am trying to get back into it. I brought my MIDI controller and iPad to band practice today and despite my ...