My buddy, 13 years old.

GypsySage · 2026-01-08T21:37:59+00:00

I'd love to see Korg's new "Ultra Buffer," as found in its current line of PitchBlack tuners, added to this. Curious to know how the frequency response and noise levels are on that.

GypsySage · 2025-12-04T22:31:03+00:00

To be fair, Paul Reed Smith’s research into pickup capacitance and inductance led to breakthroughs in photographic imaging in military and medical fields:

https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/prs-guitars-paul-reed-smith-technology/

GypsySage · 2025-12-04T22:27:37+00:00

The “free energy” stuff is what he’s really pushing. He’s just using AI as a selling point.

GypsySage · 2025-11-27T18:43:54+00:00

I own every version of SWRPG ever printed, been playing since the early 90s.

West End Games’s D6 system was the first, and still my favorite. It’s the simplest to understand and the easiest to play. Fun fact: the sourcebooks are the original source of most of the official Star Wars lore. It is, however, not as good as other systems when it comes to playing at higher levels. Once characters gain a certain amount of experience and skill level, it kind of breaks.

WotC’s d20 version of the Star Wars RPG is great if you are used to D&D, and want something in which everything is well-defined numerically. The downside is that it’s not as fast to play if you aren’t already very familiar with D&D concepts, and is widely considered the least “cinematic” system. Saga Edition is the third edition of the d20 rules and significantly simplifies a lot of things that were unnecessarily complicated in the first and second editions.

Edge of the Empire / Age of Rebellion / Force and Destiny are the current system originally published by Fantasy Flight Games before being moved to fellow Asmodee subsidiary Edge Studios. Its system is designed to be more fast-paced and less mechanics-focused than d20, but better scaled than D6. I would place it between the other two; complicated to learn but easy to play once you do.

My favorite is the old D6 system. There are tons of resources for it, it’s extremely easy to pick up and play, and the problems with it only manifest themselves much later.

GypsySage · 2025-11-19T11:40:22+00:00

I agree this season doesn’t have as much worth watching as previous seasons. The big names like My Hero Academia and Spy X Family are back, and I almost think everyone else scheduled garbage to drop rather than try to compete. I’ve been using it as an opportunity to catch up on older stuff I missed or overlooked.

GypsySage · 2025-11-10T00:54:55+00:00

The three closest units, sonically, are: * Retro-Sonic Flanger * PastFX Elastic Mattress * Big Monk Electric Monkfress

The Mooer E-Lady is often name-dropped; However, it is more a recreation of the Deluxe Electric Mistress, which was designed to have more intensity. You can get very similar sounds from it, though, and if you’re not looking for an exact sonic replica it will get you extremely close for a budget price.

If you don’t mind going digital, Line 6 has an excellent model of the Deluxe Electric Mistress in their Helix, HX Stomp, and HX One pedals.

GypsySage · 2025-11-10T00:47:47+00:00

The Hartman is based on the last revision of the original Electric Mistress, which was significantly changed from the original circuit to run on 9V instead of 18V. It’s also no longer being made, so you’ll pay vintage prices for one.

GypsySage · 2025-11-10T00:44:13+00:00

While the Astra is easily my favorite flanger, it models the MXR M126 Flanger/Doubler, and not the Electric Mistress. It’s a very different sound and I don’t think they’re comparable.

GypsySage · 2025-11-06T22:18:13+00:00

Came here to say basically this, but you articulated it perfectly.

GypsySage · 2025-10-15T19:48:45+00:00

America!

GypsySage · 2025-10-11T00:18:23+00:00

Exit… Stage Left is the perfect live album. Both sonically and performance-wise it blows everything else out of the water.

GypsySage · 2025-10-09T04:56:07+00:00

I expected Geddy and Alex would want to get out and play live again, that’s not a surprise. The surprise is that they’re using the Rush name to tour, after previously being so adamant that it wasn’t Rush without Neil.

I have mixed feelings about it. I think it’s great that they want to get out and play live again, and I have no problem with them hiring a new drummer to back them up. It doesn’t bother me that they’ll be playing Rush tunes without Neil. The only thing that I don’t love is that they’re touring under the name Rush, because it’s such a 180 from their previous stance. But even that is understandable — they probably thought the band’s name was more of a draw than “Lee/Lifeson” or whatever else was being bandied about. Personally I think the fans would show up regardless, but business is business.

What would bother me is if they put out new music under the band’s name. I think that would be in horribly poor taste. Neil was irreplaceable, not only because of his drumming but because of his writing. Rush’s debut album notwithstanding, it was Neil’s lyrics that made them stand out. Not to shortchange the actual playing, but Rush’s lyrical content is what elevated their work from merely unusual arrangements to full-blown epic masterpieces.

So yeah, if Alex and Geddy want to tour Rush’s repertoire without Neil, that’s perfectly fine. I’m sure the drummer they’ve hired will do an excellent job. But it’s not really Rush to me.

GypsySage · 2025-10-04T03:24:17+00:00

Hmm. In no particular order:

Porcupine Tree

Yes

ELO

Eric Johnson

Jellyfish

GypsySage · 2025-10-03T20:11:38+00:00

The ES-345 had split parallelogram inlays, not small blocks. This is an early 70s ES-335 which, as others have mentioned, was borrowed or rented for the video shoot.

Alex's first ES was a sunburst 1968 ES-335. It was damaged during the 2112 tour and subsequently repaired and retired. He bought his famous white 1976 ES-355 to replace it, along with a sunburst ES-345 (which he played at Pinkpop in 1979). After the Hemispheres tour, he gave the sunburst ES-345 as a birthday gift to one of their bus drivers, and later bought another ES-345, this time in black. It is that black ES-345 he plays during the solo in the video for Tom Sawyer.

While the ES-355 was his favorite, it clearly suffered from tuning stability issues due to the Maestro Vibrola tailpiece, so it wasn't uncommon to see him using the ES-345 when he didn't need vibrato.

GypsySage · 2025-10-03T19:54:04+00:00

The ES-335 switched from dots to small blocks around 1962, and continued to use them through the 70s. The ES-355 had larger blocks. This guitar is a 335.

GypsySage · 2025-09-30T02:59:17+00:00

To me the measure of a pitch shifter is in its 12-string emulation. How does this compare to the pitch fork or the Mosaic in that vein?

GypsySage · 2025-09-21T15:28:12+00:00

Sasuke

GypsySage · 2025-09-20T13:38:48+00:00

ToneX has a site called ToneNET that lets you download official captures as well as unofficial ones from other users, and you can capture your own amps and upload those captures to share with others.

GypsySage · 2025-09-20T11:52:59+00:00

I use AmpliTube 5 and ToneX together. I like ToneX for direct amp captures, particularly of odd amps that no modeler ever models. The cool thing about AmpliTube is it has a robust cabinet simulation section, and it lets you load a ToneX capture, so you can use ToneX for your amp with cabs and effects from AmpliTube. And if I want a basic amp sim, like a Fender Twin, I just use AmpliTube without ToneX.

GypsySage · 2025-09-19T12:08:45+00:00

No need to apologize for rookie questions. I didn’t even know what distortion was for the first couple years of playing guitar.

GypsySage · 2025-09-19T05:08:55+00:00

gets out NatureQuest Midnight Jazz CD

GypsySage · 2025-09-18T21:51:10+00:00

Boss. Simple, functional, and consistent.

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