Recent content by Guitalia

I don't think I get it. How is that a pun?

If that's a response to my post about gigging happily for years with my Carvin cab with one 18, since it was only 8 years ago that I quit the band, I'd remember if I'd thought it sounded bad or if anyone else had criticized my bass rig. Given that (like, I suspect, many old-school bassists) I...

I gigged steadily for seven years in my last band with a Carvin 1 x 18" cabinet with a slot for a port across the bottom. I'm glad I didn't know then that it sounded terrible, at least according to this thread.

From this Wikipedia page: The quote's origin is unknown. It is most commonly misattributed to musicians Laurie Anderson[3] and Elvis Costello.[4] Others, including Costello himself, credit the remark to comedian Martin Mull, although a variation ("talking about music is like singing about...

Maybe not a good idea to suggest walking into a bank with a gun-sized instrument case.

What's the point of PayPal F&F if no shipping is involved?

I absolutely adored Clapton's soloing with Cream. Seeing them live in 1968 was revelatory. Bought the Derek and the Dominos album shortly after release, when I learned it was Clapton's post-Blind Faith band. To say it was a disappointment is an understatement. Since then, the only examples...

You're referring to the foreground overdub, I guess. There's another guitar track low in the mix.

Smoothness? As in smooth jazz? Given that ring modulators are about as in-your-face as effects get, some might consider that a feature, not a bug.

Those nonsensical decimal points are crazy-making. "9.lbs" is meaningless. "9.4 oz" represents a total weight of under 1 pound. 9.4 pounds (which I'll assume is how the seller listed the weight, pending your going back and checking the original ad) is 9 pounds and 6.4 ounces.

I'd get an electric upright bass. I used a 34"-scale Dean EUB for years with a standards jazz quartet. Looking back, I'm a little sorry I didn't go for one with a standard 41" scale, but the Dean was fine. Here's an EUB that was recently listed on Reverb. Looks like a homemade one, but it...

Same here. I often go to a local outdoor stage, look around carefully to make sure there's no one within sight or earshot, and then play my set.

What was it with 1960s manufacturers of solid-state guitar amps and their quest for ever-shriller treble? Trying to keep the guitars audible over screaming preteen girls? And it wasn't just Vox. Acoustic Control included high-frequency horns in some of their cabinets. And my behemoth Gibson...

You may be right. But: Setting aside the inevitable subtle differences in verbal nuance and body language between cultures, even those that ostensibly share a language, the UK countries with a history of subjugation have a long tradition of maintaining a bland exterior in conversations with...

George Bernard Shaw wrote that play at age 78.