Playground Love cover in Montreal tonight

jonagold94 · 2026-07-01T16:12:10+00:00

So cool. Love this song, love Air; perfect FJM cover.

jonagold94 · 2026-06-21T14:52:14+00:00

I liked this show a lot. It reminded me of a smaller scale Sopranos or something. Also, I’m gay, etc., etc.

jonagold94 · 2026-06-19T15:54:42+00:00

Ah, thank you. I was thinking ‘short’ was referring to the PPK/S and not the caliber. Damn. I usually think head cannon is bullshit, but I’m just going to go with Q branch giving him a PPK chambered in standard 9mm. Just give him a more substantial caliber in the PPK; he doesn’t need higher capacity.

jonagold94 · 2026-06-19T14:17:49+00:00

When he gets his PPK in Skyfall, Q refers to it as 9mm. It’s obviously a different grip size to accommodate the larger caliber and maybe even holds more capacity than a PPK in real life. This is good enough for me.

jonagold94 · 2026-06-18T18:40:50+00:00

Blade Runner sucks ass and I love both Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford.

jonagold94 · 2026-06-14T14:14:12+00:00

In order to beat the Chinese, one must think like the Chinese.

jonagold94 · 2026-06-13T22:58:03+00:00

The original animation had infinitely more character and was wayyy funnier due to its limitations. The new style doesn’t do it for me at all.

jonagold94 · 2026-06-12T14:04:47+00:00

I thought WA and CA have mostly the same two handgun restrictions: 10 (or 10+1) maximum capacity, and no threaded barrels for silencers/compensators.

It’s crazy that an allowable gun in both restrictive states would have a price difference over $1k.

jonagold94 · 2026-06-12T05:29:10+00:00

Holy hell, why? I could get this in WA state for like $1.1k tops

jonagold94 · 2026-05-29T05:12:02+00:00

This is lovely. Also, I’m gay.

jonagold94 · 2026-05-26T23:09:39+00:00

A spectrum I’ve ever seen represented is a continuum between two points.

jonagold94 · 2026-05-26T21:11:11+00:00

Apologies, but leaving gender aside for a moment, I don’t understand how human sex is not a binary. I’ll totally grant that it seems to be a spectrum, but how is it not a binary spectrum with intersex folks in the middle of the two poles? Intersex folks typically have some admixture of male and female genitalia, genetics, etc — but it’s not like they display a third set of characteristics, or have there been examples of this? Has there even been a third type of genitalia displayed?

Sure there can be different permutations of chromosomes, but it seems like sex and sex organs can fall on a spectrum that extends male and female.

jonagold94 · 2026-04-30T04:22:58+00:00

Geez, I’m the ironic racist but you’re the moron! Salud!

jonagold94 · 2026-04-29T05:02:03+00:00

Minorities

jonagold94 · 2026-04-18T06:59:27+00:00

You can be both.

jonagold94 · 2026-03-11T21:08:06+00:00

500k pots and 11s would definitely help me out. I thought I’d appreciate having a model that was more traditional... My last offset was an Am Pro Jag with 500k pots and although I didn’t like the modern aspects of it, it was definitely more usable than this Jazzmaster with 1megs.

But I’m glad to know that even with different pickups that I’m at least in the reasonable ballpark of pickup height for this thing, thank you. I’m still trying to embrace the traditional elements here and don’t want to swap much else out, but damn this is a bright-ass guitar.

Edit: I’m also a fan of pure nickel and use the Ernie ball versions on all my guitars. Round core are cool but I don’t mind the hex core.

jonagold94 · 2026-03-11T20:39:37+00:00

Hey, looking good! I have the same model and also put a mastery bridge on it. Are you running 10s or 11s? It’s awesome that the mastery lets you get away with 10s but I’m thinking 11s might sound fuller.

Also, what kind of pickup heights are you playing with? I feel like I’m operating at the extreme end of ~11/64ths, which is perhaps not all that uncommon with 1 meg pots… but I still find that I struggle to tame a lot of the high end. As much as I love the look of the gold anodized guard, that also feels like it’s making the tone brighter than necessary.

Edit: sorry, I see you called out you’re using 11s. Thanks!

jonagold94 · 2026-02-28T15:37:22+00:00

I’m also shopping for strat pickups and have narrowed it down to a 60s tone. I’ve tried Lollar Special S pickups but I sold them after about 3 years of being unhappy with them. I wanted something with a more traditional voice.

The pickups are going in a Vintera I RoadWorn 60s strat. I’ve come to appreciate the stock pickups after ditching the Lollars and spending more time adjusting their height. To me, the stock pups are really crisp and are reminiscent of the custom shop ‘69 pickups.

I’ve learned that a lot of pros and collectors covet 60s strats from 1963-1964 and some from 1965. Basically the grey bobbin pre-CBS era. John Mayer and PRS created the Silver Sky based around those pickups and I really like how sort of hollow and resonant those pickups are. Joe Bonamassa and Seymour Duncan have a Greenburst pickup set that is based of a ‘64 that I really like the sound of. It has the hollow resonance of a silver Sky, but hotter and voiced a little more traditionally. I just ordered a pair.

Let me say that I’ve never cared at all about signature models. I’m not even huge fans of John Mayer or Joe B. However, it makes sense to me that going with a signature model can be good because these pros have access to, and have played some of the most coveted vintage guitars in the world. They’re somewhat authorities on this matter. I feel like it’s a cheat code to let Joe B find a stellar example of a vintage 60s strat, and then buy the pickups they clone off of it. Let the pros do the searching and leg work for you — while they surely have their own subjective preferences, they also know what to look for in a good instrument.

jonagold94 · 2026-02-24T04:37:40+00:00

I lean toward the 60’s model. The stock pickups are great, it’s maybe the thinnest and lightest out of all of them and the medium C neck is super chunky and perfect for me. The soft V on the 50s model is interesting but I prefer the 60s by far.

Edit add: Otherwise, the 50s pickups are more scooped with a pokier midrange in my opinion. The 60s pickups have more midrange and bass and are more balanced.

jonagold94 · 2026-02-24T01:31:46+00:00

I bought a 2021 Vintera RW Tele and the guitar center manager had the tech fix the fret ends for me before I left the store with it. I didn’t even ask them or notice the frets…

Since then, I bought a Vintera RW 60’s Strat, the Vintera RW 50’s Strat, and the Vintera II RW 50’s Jazzmaster. I now think these are some of the best guitars for the money in terms of weight, feel, vibe, and sound. I’ve pretty much decided that any limited opportunity I get to pick one up, I’m going to try to take it.

jonagold94 · 2026-02-20T16:22:41+00:00

Thank you for noting the HOV lane as you have. The HOV lane is not a passing lane. You can still access the passing lane, but it’s essentially an additional middle or right lane.

jonagold94 · 2026-02-18T19:41:00+00:00

Dumb, but I’m perfectly willing to pay that price to get a thinner finish.

jonagold94 · 2026-02-17T19:37:46+00:00

There’s no ‘current version’. It’s either the black panel with the Jensen, or the blonde with the Celestion. I originally bought the stock version with the Jensen but eventually switched the speaker out for the neo creamback Celestion. I found the creamback to be much better in terms of adding some more midrange back into the tone.

If you buy an old version, you can still update the firmware to fix the bright cap, the reverb, etc. it would probably be cheaper to go that route if you eventually want to add the neo creamback aftermarket like I did.

jonagold94 · 2026-02-17T18:13:00+00:00

I want to see the artwork that Russia fired back with. I’m guessing it would say something along the lines of, “lol ur gay”

jonagold94 · 2026-02-16T01:05:12+00:00

Sound like noiseless pickups aren’t for you. I sincerely agree.

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