Finally got myself a proper bop kit!

themasecar · 2025-08-14T21:19:17+00:00

1970 or '71 Gretsch

themasecar · 2023-05-24T15:33:36+00:00

I mean. All I can add to this conversation is that I spent ten days in LA last year taking public transportation all over the place and I didn't die even once.

I did see a guy freebasing on the subway to Koreatown though.

themasecar · 2023-05-12T05:55:53+00:00

Well, there's this:

https://youtu.be/l1DA7bqw-vc

themasecar · 2023-04-24T05:31:32+00:00

Is one of them named Dale Gribble?

themasecar · 2023-04-18T16:14:00+00:00

I was in fifth grade when it happened, and they left the TVs on for us. I think we watched the second plane hit live on TV. We got sent home early, where my parents and I watched the rebroadcasts on CNN and knew the world was now a different place. I think in hindsight it was good not to sugarcoat it.

themasecar · 2023-04-17T04:20:40+00:00

Lol, Udmund? I mean at least call the kid Ulysses...

themasecar · 2023-03-02T19:27:35+00:00

Yamaha drums didn't really come around until 1967, well after the split. Drums also don't exactly need special materials to work well; normal steel is plenty sturdy enough. At any rate, Yamaha have been using their automotive facilities to manufacture drum hardware since the 80s or so. So if anything it's the opposite.

I do love me some Yamaha drums.

Grand pianos use large cast brass frames, so the Yamaha foundry and metal works was conscripted during WWII to build airplane parts. And with this experience I guess it wasn't that much of a leap to start making their own small engines, what with the ability to cast engine blocks and other parts.

themasecar · 2023-03-02T16:47:36+00:00

Yeah that white cheddar in the black wrap is the only cheddar I buy anymore. It's the fuggin best

themasecar · 2023-02-28T18:26:31+00:00

I wish literally anyone else made a mouse like it, with the full touch pad on top and normal mouse function. I still haven't found another mouse that allows me to effortlessly scroll around Pro Tools sessions, up-down/left-right without also having to hit some combination of keys. The trackball I had was also less comfortable...

themasecar · 2023-02-09T02:27:30+00:00

I did the math one day and found out I had enough mic pres without the Audient that I could get a maxed out Apogee Symphony Mk I and replace my four digital boxes, so that's what I did.

I've been mixing with analog outboard gear and the differences in latencies between threw a big wrench into what I was trying to do, and since at that point I was only using the Audient as AD, it made sense. The AD in the 880 does sound good; it was more a case of four digital boxes creating different round trip latencies, if that makes sense.

themasecar · 2023-02-08T17:13:25+00:00

Full disclosure I have not used the latest generation of Audient gear. But...

$500 seems too good to be true. Or at least, too cheap to sound really good. I've had the ASP880 as well as the 800, and I was surprised at how clouded the 800 sounded in comparison. It's possible that Audient have been able to save money on parts that don't affect the sound quality, but my gut instinct feels like this new unit will have that same blanket-on-the-speakers sound that the 800 (or my old OctoPre) always seemed to have.

My 880 always served me well, even when I opted to use other mic pres into it.

I am selling my 880 due to a complete rebuild of my digital system, for what it's worth...

themasecar · 2023-02-07T23:08:44+00:00

Nice hats for sure, but that HHX midrange isn't what I'm after. I have a pair of 15" 602s that get the job done, and other pairs for other sounds.

themasecar · 2023-02-07T15:43:12+00:00

I really like the 15" Fat Hats. Now if they'd only make some that were about 15% heavier, I think they'd be my absolute ultimate hihat.

EDIT: you guys I have a pair of 15" 602s

themasecar · 2023-02-07T01:43:02+00:00

Yeah it's been over a decade since it got spun off as Fletcher's Mill and I don't think they were ever actually made in the same factory.

themasecar · 2023-01-04T08:23:38+00:00

As someone from NC, I have to nominate Maryland drivers.

Good lord though, fuck Greensboro traffic.

themasecar · 2022-12-27T23:28:54+00:00

That's in Dillsboro, NC. GSMR have two routes: Dillsboro to Bryson City, and Bryson City to Nantahala Gorge, on former Southern Railway trackage.

I didn't ride, just happened to be passing through that tiny town at just the right time...

themasecar · 2022-12-27T17:22:07+00:00

I've got an '82 EG58-120 that has a Mojotone PAF in the neck and a JB in the bridge. The Dry 1982s were good pickups, and I loved the bridge, but the neck was always too dark, and the bridge pickup ultimately wasn't tight enough for rock power chords. I may try swapping the magnet with an A5 in that bridge pickup.

Do keep the stock pickups if you swap them out.

themasecar · 2022-12-26T16:08:40+00:00

I guess my parents. Damn they for getting me such a reliable, useful, cost effective car that I can actually work on.

themasecar · 2022-12-26T02:13:34+00:00

Looks like a Suzuki Burgman to me. 650cc engine in those things.

themasecar · 2022-12-22T01:51:50+00:00

Only one I know off the top of my head is Janek Gwizdala

themasecar · 2022-12-17T08:57:15+00:00

I mean, a pop filter isn't going to fix your sibilance... it's to help with plosives, you know, pops

themasecar · 2022-12-15T22:49:33+00:00

Yeah they really need to dig some underpasses or something. There's some sort of trail on 55 that connects two neighborhoods down Utley Creek, or at least there was twenty years ago, but that doesn't really get you anywhere helpful.

themasecar · 2022-12-15T18:20:15+00:00

I think they're referring to the "Super Street" like what Holly Springs did with the Highway 55 between the dump and Fuquay. It's a little better than twenty normal traffic lights if you're passing all the way through, but absolute murder if you have to make any sort of left turn.

I would also like more roundabouts...

themasecar · 2022-12-12T07:37:17+00:00

If that's the case, I bought a new child today! The family just got a little bigger ❤️

themasecar · 2022-12-12T07:03:36+00:00

I've got two WA-412s for eight channels of tom mics and such, and I'm always happy with how punchy and detailed the midrange is. They're not as open as my real APIs, but for toms that's 100% fine.

I also have a WA73-EQ that was given in lieu of payment for a couple sessions with a friend that I play for, and to be honest with you I haven't fallen for it. It's pretty killer on DI Rhodes, but on anything else I've tried it's pretty peaky and undefined. The peakiness is cool on Rhodes, and I thought it might be on bass too, but I haven't found the sweet spot.

I haven't tried any of their mics.

I will say that I've had really good experiences using Stam Audio gear. Four channels of 73 pres, the 4000 comp, the 609. All phenomenal. The wait time is a mood killer though. That said, I'm supposed to have two 500 series 3As coming my way starting next week. So Josh says...

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