World's first drum machine

 

Knocked out by knock offs

A few weeks ago I got carried away shopping late at night and have been dealing with the repercussions as packages arrive. 

It really says something about the business model of this website that they accept up to five returns each month, with a prompt refund soon after the post office scans the barcode on the label provided. 

Anyway, my expectations were low but changed dramatically when I installed these "Texas" pickups. 

The wax crusted onto thick metal base plates was encouraging, as were the cloth-covered wires. 

So imagine my surprise that they sound amazing! 

I feel so inspired with the tone that's coming out of my excellent Artist guitar, which was super cheap as it had an electrical fault. 

There aren't any moving parts in a pickup, so I expect these will keep performing and inspiring me to do the same.

Disquiet Junto 0726 Chord of Omnis

The Junto assignment this week is to "Make music with a browser-based Omnichord as your sole sound source."

I wasn't sure about using a browser-based instrument, then I remembered that my Omnichord was still plugged into a pedal board.

So here's a quick jam, where I wish that I spent more time getting the levels right. 

Fender offender

I've been looking at guitars a lot lately and was surprised when this message popped up.

There's clearly a story here, although one imagines that none of those involved want to discuss it. 

It made me want to try a Nameless guitar, however their website seems to have vanished.

While I had been looking at buying a Fender, the message gave me pause to think about their dominance in the market.

So I decided to support a different brand and went looking for an Australian guitar. 

Disquiet Junto 0725 Rack It

The Junto assignment this week is to "Change the “focus” of a track as it plays."

I had an idea to record a few instruments, but decided in the end that I only had energy for one take.

As I'd been watching Rick Beato's interview with Tony Levin, so I thought to use a bass which wears his likeness. 

There's a pedal board I put together for bass and you can hear it uses EHX Superego for a drone, then an MXR phaser for modulation, before adding EHX Talking Machine.

Jimmy Chamberlin on AI-generated music

"Consume art with your heart" gets to an argument I believe about the emotional connection that humans expect in the media they consume.

Your money or your wife

Fender pretender

Anyone had experience with Chinese copies? 

Surprised to see my guitar for sale, then I noticed a few details like mine has mint on the pickguard and cream around the humbuckers. 

So I bought this copy, just so I can not worry about scratching the paint on my real Fender Meteora. 

It'll be interesting to see how close it lands when it, um, lands.