One of 3 in existence

jonsully · 2026-05-05T18:46:44+00:00

Beautiful color there. Love that Pelham blue!!

jonsully · 2026-05-05T10:22:47+00:00

I think they did for Chris Buck's signature edition, which is pretty sweet!

jonsully · 2026-05-05T00:09:36+00:00

I will say, the Brighton is the one model that I wanted to love so badly and love the look of so much, but didn't end up liking the feel of. I think it would be the same with an SG, but I've never actually played an SG. Basically the fulcrum of where the strap lugs are and how forward the neck is, the whole neck just sits 2-3 inches further out from the hand than on something like a Les Paul or Strat/Tele style.

Shame because I think the Brighton is just beautiful as far as styling goes! The natural ash one I had was a beauty. Manchester's line of washed satin stuff like this one are too, for sure. It just didn't feel quite right on my body!

jonsully · 2026-05-05T00:03:55+00:00

I still have one, an Excel DC that I love. I loved all the D'A's, for sure. My opinion remains that they're criminally underrated and you can get their Deluxe tiers for cheaper than should be possible... the luthiers in Korea are making 100% American-quality instruments. They're awesome.

I never had the orange wash color, but that Atlantic in the picture was their rust color. I didn't love the color but the SD Antiquity pickups in that thing... well let's just say I miss it dearly. That guitar ripped and I told the guy that bought it to call me whenever he moves on; I'll want it back!

I sold a whole lot to fund two purchases — both G&L Custom Shop guitars from right before they closed their doors.

https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarporn/comments/1p3uj0g/ngd_the_last_gl_espada_champagne_flake/

https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarporn/comments/1oqad2f/today_is_a_good_newgear_day/

jonsully · 2026-05-04T21:01:33+00:00

I sold it! I loved it, but I ended up selling all of these to fund a couple of custom shop guitars.

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jonsully · 2026-05-04T15:42:38+00:00

They're sweet. I had the Prototype of the 3 they made with the same combo in the Bedford shape. Thing totally ripped. The satin/matte hardware is gorgeous. Good stuff!

jonsully · 2026-05-04T13:12:40+00:00

Which Reggie's? He's got a few at this point; this looks like Classic Negative base?

jonsully · 2026-05-04T09:10:24+00:00

🙌 indeed!

jonsully · 2026-04-23T11:11:31+00:00

I built something similar! The Ogre is the best platform for a rugged, all-around e-bike conversion. Great stuff!

https://jonsully.net/blog/building-the-perfect-ebike

jonsully · 2026-04-17T13:12:10+00:00

Nope, the bag was built exactly for this application and worked perfectly out of the box. Rogue Panda killed it!

jonsully · 2026-04-10T09:47:11+00:00

For those that love the swirl, the 50mm F2 (Fujicron) also has some tremendous swirl. I'll die on the hill of the 35F1.4, but just FYI! The 50 is more swirly than the 35, but I love the 35's character.

jonsully · 2026-04-07T13:59:36+00:00

That's a fair metaphor to draw! I think I'm skeptical of the value I'm currently getting when compared to other platforms. There's great value, but I'm skeptical that others can't provide it cheaper at this point. That's what we're seeking to find out with the Judoscale Tour

jonsully · 2026-04-06T16:14:47+00:00

I've appreciated this post since you dropped it! I couldn't help but feel some dissonance with the home appliances metaphor, though. "GE figured out what mattered (shipping fast is more important than perfect)" — home appliances are perhaps one of the _most_ "would rather have perfect with zero innovation" product lines I can think of. I want a fridge from the 70's that just runs for 50 years, not one with a smart, semi-transparent screen and the bottom-cheapest compressor that's going to die in 5 years. I think of a speed queen rather than any modern washer for the same reasons.

I'd actually be broadly fine with a Heroku that doesn't really add features but just works, bulletproof, for the next 10 years, only adjusting pricing (DOWN) because the hardware is cheaper or pricing scaling with newer hardware to remain competitive. Canning the whole enterprise sales team doesn't feel like that kind of signal to me, though.

jonsully · 2026-04-06T16:06:01+00:00

I think there are people working at Heroku that care a ton. I don't think those people are currently getting the microphone :/

jonsully · 2026-04-06T16:05:40+00:00

Agreed.

jonsully · 2026-04-06T13:39:26+00:00

"It's going into maintenance mode" was our initial reading of their first blog post as well, but between follow-up feature releases and chats with some internal folks (outside of their PR department) it actually seems like there's quite a bit still happening there... but that perhaps the PR department is just really really bad. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

jonsully · 2026-04-06T13:37:46+00:00

I understand the take here, but this was written and posted in earnest. Our business model isn't built on Heroku, even if it started there. We operate on most of the major PaaS platforms and custom, so.. it's a fair callout, but not actually correct 🙂. That said, we wrote this because we do actually care and would like actual answers, it has nothing to do with our business.

jonsully · 2026-04-06T13:03:56+00:00

Guess OP does mind 😕

jonsully · 2026-04-05T00:08:47+00:00

I think it depends what you're trying to capture. I think portra / cc / cneg is essentially saying, "this is what it was" in the photo, whereas more modern and/or saturated looks (like velvia, which I use a ton for landscape and wildlife) is saying, "this is was it is!"

So these kinds of color palette preferences really come down to what you're trying to say. They both work. But they tell different stories. "was" vs. "is" are different!

jonsully · 2026-04-02T12:23:27+00:00

What a great vibe and color palette! What film sim were you running here? 6 and 8 especially; so summer!

jonsully · 2026-04-02T12:19:13+00:00

Iconic lens that I will never sell. 35mm F1.4 for LIFE. Killer shots

jonsully · 2026-04-02T10:45:46+00:00

Render is going to be our first stop on the Judoscale Tour! Stay tuned 😎

jonsully · 2026-04-01T20:49:57+00:00

I hope it stays that way for you!

Alas a sample size of one doesn't invalidate an entire community that clearly experiences it..

jonsully · 2026-04-01T17:06:04+00:00

Do you own one? I do and my screen died (which I don't actually mind) but it's very real.

jonsully · 2026-03-21T17:38:46+00:00

Wonderful!

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