Recent content by Eyetalic

People have been using the super lightweight (and expensive) speakers as well. I personally like to lower the about I have to carry. If the tone is good, I'd rather make life easier.

Actually, John Coltrane used scales quite heavily from the book by Slonimsky, Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns. He inspired a lot of other people. If you pull out all the notes from people's solos, you'll find many that comes from Slonimsky. Jazzers use scales, whether by learning them...

Spot on. I'm going to quote you to my band next practice when we discuss jamming. They tend to think jamming is an extended guitar solo.

I have found a few people I jam with in new Orleans, but I find the same thing when we bring in someone new--often they're oriented toward sings and have to be encouraged to open up and improvise. It's sad because it's really lack of musical fluency. Like giving speeches all the time instead of...

I have one of each these days that I keep switching back and forth on. As soon as I fell in love with the short scale, I went back and played the long again. Different feel for different moods. I still mostly gig with the short scale, though.

I keep reading things where people use their fender squiers over expensive models because they sound the same, play just as well, and there's less risk of loss when gigging...

I think they've gotten way over priced. These are not violins or acoustic guitars that require careful design and construction, as well as materials to make an amazing instrument. On the electric solid bodies, the design is done and the parts are made by machine. The only things separating the...

I was going to comment, but you said everything and a little more.

I play left handed, or I'd want to buy it from you.

That bass is magic. If you can't recognize that, you should send it back so it can reach its intended owner.

Yeah, even if the power rating were real, a single 10 can't push enough air to fill a room.

But if the amp is distorting like crazy, you'll still blow those speakers.

I have a BH 800 I got on sale a couple years ago for $429. 800 watts. Plenty of headroom with a 2x12 cab I put 2 eminence delta 12s (400 watts each) into. Look around for deals.