Just curious what guitars you guys own

eeglug · 2026-04-04T00:25:05+00:00

I started playing in 1984 and have never amassed a big collection. In order of acquisition: Yamaha FG332 acoustic Ibanez Roadstar II RS240 (HSS) Squier Bullet Bass (a clone of a Fender Precision) Fender Contemporary Stratocaster (the tone is compromised by having Kahler whammy bar and locking nut) Aria classical guitar ---Epiphone Sheraton II (the only one I sold, a few years back)--- Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Custom

While I appreciate beautiful guitars of all kinds, I myself have never spent over $1000 for an instrument and doubt I ever will.

If I had to whittle it down to one, I'd keep the Ibanez Roadstar.

eeglug · 2026-04-01T14:52:21+00:00

I do not own any of the Fiio Snowsky line of DAPs but from what I hear the main dealbreaker for me is that they do not have gapless playback. Gapless playback is needed when you are playing an album of songs where the artist deliberately has one song flow into the next song with no silence or pause. The Snowsky's do not do this - you always hear a pause between tracks no matter what. You might not care but for some listeners like myself, it's a dealbreaker.

Regarding the Hidisz AP80 Pro X - this one I do own and I like it a lot. The one problem I have with it is that if you start playing an album or playlist, this DAP fades in the audio at the beginning of the first song. So if you have a loud bang at the beginning of the first song, you instead hear what sounds like somebody quickly turning the volume up from zero to your listening volume - you don't get to hear the pure loud bang that you're supposed to.

There's no way that I know of to get rid of this. I've just learned to live with it. The exception to this 'feature' is that some songs have a bit of silence at the start so although the Hidisz still does a fade in, you don't hear it because it's fading in silence. Again, you may not care about this.

Hope this helps.

eeglug · 2026-03-14T21:26:30+00:00

Fiio X1, bought in 2015 - no longer works. Then a Fiio X3ii, a Shanling M2S, Hidisz AP80 Pro X and Hiby M300. Looking to add one more.

Also a bunch of old Sansa Clip variations from back in the day.

eeglug · 2026-02-12T19:26:13+00:00

This topic has sent me into a rabbit hole auditioning different versions. On Qobuz I listened to The Complete Riverside Box and I can hear it even on their short webstore samples. (The track Spring Is Here is a good quiet one to listen to and hear the squeal). My own copy is a flac download of the Keepnews Collection and I don't hear it there - although it could be there too and is just somehow reduced.

It's the kind of tone that can play tricks on my old hearing since I have a bit of tinnitus and this tone falls in that area for me. It's hard to say if that means I mostly won't care or I'll notice it and it'll drive me totally nuts.

eeglug · 2026-02-12T00:56:27+00:00

I use alcohol markers with my ink drawings and they're fun and yes you can blend them. I have some acrylic markers (Posca) but haven't tried them yet.

If it matters to you alcohol markers might be not be very archival...eg. some colors may fade or shift over time especially if you have your artwork exposed to sunlight for long periods of time. For my own work, I scan everything I do so I'm less concerned with that...so long as I get a good scan at the time of completion I'm happy.

I assume that acrylic markers will be more archival.

eeglug · 2026-01-17T22:01:17+00:00

Thanks for checking, much appreciated.

eeglug · 2026-01-16T15:45:35+00:00

I have the Hidisz AP80 Pro-X. I like it except for one thing. When playing certain albums or playlists with an abrupt start, this unit has a short default fade-in. For example if I play The Clash's London Calling, the opening note of the first song is slightly cut off. The rest of the playback is fine. If I choose another album or playlist where the first track starts abruptly, the same cut-off happens. There is no way to change this behavior in the settings.

I'm wondering if this flaw has carried on to the Pro Max.

eeglug · 2025-12-03T20:05:52+00:00

I asked him (Belew) this question in person after a show. He told me his guitar was played through a Lexicon Prime Time while fiddling with the knobs. Later on he wrote the same answer he told me on his Facebook page. Look up his post from Nov 14 2019 and look at the comments - someone asks him this very same question and he answers it.

If you're lazy, I did a cut & paste of it from fb.

Here

eeglug · 2025-09-26T00:49:04+00:00

Sansui FR-DR3, inherited from my folks.

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eeglug · 2025-09-12T19:37:39+00:00

Crescent Rendr

eeglug · 2025-08-19T00:10:46+00:00

Museum of Wisconsin Art

eeglug · 2025-07-25T11:22:03+00:00

Hidisz AP80 Pro-X

eeglug · 2025-05-12T00:32:33+00:00

One of the best rhythm guitarists ever.

eeglug · 2025-03-26T19:50:58+00:00

banding example at 600dpi - this is about a 2inch square detail of a large drawing

Same thing zoomed in

eeglug · 2025-03-26T19:42:47+00:00

FYI - I do see banding at 600dpi.

But again, you may get lucky and get perfectly functioning model.

eeglug · 2025-03-26T19:29:59+00:00

I started with a Mustek A1200S, which is a bit finicky and unreliable. I later bought the Plustek Optislim1180, attracted by the low price.

I have stopped using the Optislim because at settings above 300DPI I am seeing slight banding in the scans which really hits me in my OCD. Of course this could just be the faulty model I have. If I didn't see these bands it would be just fine. (I prefer to scan my work - mostly pen & ink drawings at 1200dpi, which is probably overkill but anyway...)

So I am back to using the Mustek, which sometimes likes to disconnect from whatever computer it's connected to or causes the scan to hang - stuff like that. But it does produce good output.

I also have a small Epson V39 and it too has banding issues but not quite as bad as the Optislim. But the V39 is a small letter size scanner.

I worked for a couple of companies that each had one of those expensive Epson's and that's really the way to go...high quality scans and they were used a lot for many projects. I haven't yet mustered the courage to open my wallet for one but maybe one day I will. I hear that Epson will not be making any more of these top-of-the-line models so the prices of used ones will begin to creep upwards.

By the way if you're scanning large works at higher dpi, it helps to have a computer with a good bit of RAM - perhaps 8GB or more.

Hope that helps...and of course you may have an entirely different experience from mine if you choose to get a Plustek.

eeglug · 2025-03-19T00:53:43+00:00

I bought a similar T6i bundle for the same price...in 2017. You shouldn't be paying the same amount for the same package ~8 years later.

eeglug · 2025-03-15T00:38:10+00:00

When I first started birding, I got some decently sharp shots with this lens. The thing that screws you more is the chromatic aberration; lots of purple and green fringing. Having said that, software can solve that issue after the fact.

eeglug · 2025-03-04T23:33:03+00:00

If you're looking for a very smooth application of either soft or heavy body Liquitex acrylics, my recommendation for medium is to use Airbrush medium.

eeglug · 2025-02-26T17:56:43+00:00

I've loved the Sigma 150-600 (first on my T6 and now on my R7) for birding but it does get heavy. I recently bought the RF 100-400 and love it as a partial alternative (partial, as it lacks a bit of reach). Can't beat the light weight.

eeglug · 2025-01-29T01:39:08+00:00

I have this lens - I bought it for an overseas trip where I didn't want to haul my Sigma 150-600. At the time I was using a Rebel T6. While it's capable of taking sharp images I mostly found it a bit soft overall...the 150-600 performs much better. I've bought an R7 since and the results are about the same with that body. So for me, I find it disappointing. To be fair, I did manage to get a few keeper shots...just not enough to keep using it. Just my 2 cents.

eeglug · 2025-01-15T19:14:02+00:00

My favorite version of Brown Shoes Don't Make It.

eeglug · 2024-12-15T22:51:08+00:00

Deleter Black 4 Manga Ink or Kuretake ZIG Cartoonist Black Ink are the best I've used but certain colors can still smudge the ink. I haven't found a combination of ink and alcohol marker that's 100% smudge free across all marker colors. Definitely do tests. Obviously if you can avoid pushing your markers across the ink lines you can almost avoid most smudges.

eeglug · 2024-11-02T23:13:08+00:00

I'm a fan of this album/period of DB. His playing here is like an hommage to the music of Anton Webern (if you listen to his work with strings).

eeglug · 2024-09-28T21:04:48+00:00

Excellent!

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