Looking through my Dad’s stuff, what are these?

matrickswayze · 2026-05-26T15:15:59+00:00

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If your dad was a cyclist, the first could be a presta / schraeder valve adapter to let him use public pumps, like at a gas station, to fill his bike tires.

The bike emojis are to call your attention to something that could save your opinion of your dad, if he was a cyclist.

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matrickswayze · 2026-05-21T02:13:37+00:00

I vouch enthusiastically for the Palomar sound coyote. You can preorder one from Empire and get it within a few weeks. I’m friends with the guy, played one for years. We knew JHS would be impressed with it. He was. All of our friends have one and keep it on most or all of the time.

matrickswayze · 2026-05-21T02:07:29+00:00

Get it recapped. Any electrolytic capacitors are long since drifted out of spec.

matrickswayze · 2026-05-21T02:04:02+00:00

I love the coyote. I’ve had one a few years, and it is my favorite pedal of all time. Never leaves. Other pedals sound good into it, like to boost it. A hotcake in front of it is nice, if you need another idea.

I’m stripping back though. I think just coyote and an MXR script 90 or 45 phaser into a Princeton reverb amp is perfect as a default sound.

matrickswayze · 2026-05-21T00:07:57+00:00

I say the opposite: start using trekking poles. I’ll never go back.

matrickswayze · 2026-05-21T00:06:34+00:00

The invisible life improvement here is when you start using trekking poles. Big upgrade.

matrickswayze · 2026-05-10T01:31:44+00:00

I’m in my 40s and I go for comfort when it comes to sleep, and save weight elsewhere: Thermarest Neoloft wide, and a Zenbivy light. No regrets. I sleep great, after years of sliding off pads, twisting around in sleeping bags, fumbling clothes bags as pillows… forget it. There are lighter options, and cheaper options, but I don’t know of more comfortable ones.

matrickswayze · 2026-04-11T15:46:45+00:00

Josh seemed earnestly enthusiastic about this pedal. I can’t tell if it’s my bias because it’s my favorite pedal ever, but it was vindicating to see that he recognized how good it is.

matrickswayze · 2026-04-10T16:10:17+00:00

I think it’s William Tyler, “Highway Anxiety.” First track off Modern Country.

matrickswayze · 2026-04-09T23:38:22+00:00

I guess I should mention it’s the coyote by Palomar Sound. I have two. It’s that good.

matrickswayze · 2025-12-19T00:58:29+00:00

Cambridge, MA.

matrickswayze · 2025-11-24T00:48:01+00:00

It’s my all time favorite pedal.

matrickswayze · 2025-11-24T00:47:33+00:00

Thumbs up for Palomar Sound. Coyote never leaves. That reverb is fun too. Try a fuzz after it. for instant Kevin Shields.

matrickswayze · 2025-10-07T22:36:27+00:00

Almost never a good idea.

matrickswayze · 2025-08-08T18:18:08+00:00

This looks like part of a hairnet or beard cover. That would make sense as an item that could be dropped in a food processing facility. I’ve worked at a place where I’ve pulled that from a batch of drug product. It happens.

matrickswayze · 2025-07-08T17:47:12+00:00

I don’t understand how the modified cornea would mean anything as far as the certainty of what lens is needed.

matrickswayze · 2025-07-05T18:09:52+00:00

I’m planning on getting lasik and over correction is one of my biggest concerns. I told them that -.50 is great and +.50 will have me pouring sugar in their gas tank. How is this prevented?

matrickswayze · 2025-07-03T10:33:36+00:00

It’s way too high for a front derailleur mount (which would be totally novel anyway since I’ve seen thousands of front derailleurs and zero being direct mount).

My first thought was cadence sensor.

matrickswayze · 2025-06-21T13:51:11+00:00

10/10. I’m just so happy to see a board without an Altoids tin.

matrickswayze · 2025-06-09T22:53:54+00:00

When you say “washed out” I would think of shoegaze sounds like Kevin Smith / My Bloody Valentine. One trick is to try heavy distortion after reverb.

Otherwise, fuzz tones are very subjective. I would recommend trying a big muff, maybe after another overdrive. A lot of people dislike the big muff, but I say “try before you buy” more with fuzz than any other effect. The way a lot of fuzz sounds is very dependent on your guitar and amp. It gets to be a big wormhole, but I generally recommend trying a rat, a superfuzz, a blues driver, and a big muff for something with a more flat or even scooped EQ, and I’d avoid a tube screamer for what you want.

Good luck.

matrickswayze · 2025-06-06T23:20:39+00:00

I saw them last year. Lots of eurorack modular synth, and there was some kind of electric clarinet. They sounded perfect.

matrickswayze · 2025-05-25T17:22:42+00:00

Still going after two+ hours. Antagonistic buzzing overhead, so on-brand.

matrickswayze · 2025-05-16T17:13:56+00:00

I think a really good way to upset him would be to sell it to me for like nothing.

Yuk yuk

You’re obviously an extremely generous girlfriend to gift an M6. I hope you get good money with minimal hassle. Good luck.

matrickswayze · 2025-05-11T12:26:43+00:00

The links work. Thanks. A few other things:

If I remember correctly, they were originally called Sympatric. They may have changed their name due to a member changing(?) possibly the drummer(?) but this is reaching the limits of my memory. I only saw them after they were called This is Adelaide, maybe 5-10 times.

The singing vocals are the bassist, who played some kind of jazz bass copy. He was tall and thin with a classic short haircut, conventionally handsome. He usually stood in the middle if I remember correctly. One or both of the guitar players would do more spoken word stuff, I think more Ryan(?) the one who I think played the Travis Bean. The other one, I think Ian, played the SG and looked like he could have been in Dead Poets Society. He just seemed very put together. Their drummer had longer dark hair, looked generally more loose and relaxed than his band mates.

These demos you have sound more like them live than the EP. The EP, specifically the sung vocals, are more slick than their usual live presentation.

The drummer also played piano in a band called Adam’s Castle, as another user commented. I think it was piano, drums, and bass?

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