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BoomMF

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  1. But Flying Vs and Explorers ARE Les Paul copies that further prove the point...
  2. Or because they already have. (And doing so was such a low bar that it was done almost immediately.) I'll dip out now, just wanted to let Doug know he's not the only one on this lonely hill.
  3. Telecasters, yes, Telecaster design elements incorporated into other guitars, no. The number of Strat copies, and more importantly guitars that steal Strat design concepts, takes a chest dump on Tele numbers of the same. The reasons for this truism abound. Telecasters are a cold war relic of blunt design.
  4. The elements that typify Telecaster design are the most un-copied elements in the history of music (even within the company that created the thing). Can't argue with science.
  5. The most un-Tele in existence. Side note: There is a Custom Shop Page Mirror Tele Signature (set up as a blackguard) at the Guitar Center in Spring for $2k complete with all that cool case candy. It's got me thinking that if any series of unfortuante events lead me to owning a Tele, that might be the one...
  6. "Goofy little weenie headstock..." lol Preach. Teles are like the Devo of guitars imo. Yeah, there's obviously something interesting going on but they are also dorky as fuck. There's a metric shit ton of cool dudes who play Teles, but none of them are cool because they play Teles - they're cool in spite of it. And looking cool is half the reason to play guitar. Coincidentally, this is also why PRS sucks. Leo knew he could do better, so he did.
  7. BoomMF

    Vinyl

    Eric Johnson put a bunch of signed stuff on his web store recently. Among them are some double LPs like these two classics. I've never picked up Ah Via Musicom on vinyl (3 digital versions of it, obv.) so him offering autographed copies of the LE gold vinyl version was like he was speaking to my heart.
  8. CBS News affiliate WCCO just found this little dude at teacher wages protest during 1970 in Minneapolis hiding in their archives. Spoiler: he will not grow much taller than this.
  9. BoomMF

    Vinyl

    #516 reporting for duty.
  10. Went down a Weather Report rabbit hole and eventually came across this guy. Circular breathing is witchcraft. In case you haven't:
  11. NPD Aaron Thorpe doesn't miss with his designs, but he's gifted when it comes to fuzz imo (His Muffroom/Fallout Cloud is best triangle on the market imo). The last time he collected enough Germanium transistors to do a run of pedals I missed out and now the OG Veteran Germanium fuzz gets stupid prices on Reverb. So when he announced he had enough to do a run of Tone Bender fuzzes I did one of those sight unseen things. It arrived today and now the hard part - deciding what to kick off the board. Some reviews: Maybe just need a bigger board...
  12. Don't care about Swift slander, whatever, but the Stevie part is funny...
  13. What a cool find. Gibson Factory Tour shot in 1967:
  14. An Armada will be part of the collection someday, even though I'm more of a Cheeto dude. They all dropped off the face of the Earth it seems. Shame. That black/grey number is all the sex.
  15. Fuck around and find out vibes.
  16. Played Ark Nova to see what all the hubbub is about. It was good, and I can see why people like it so much, but I don't think it does anything you can't get somewhere else - It's been said before, but it's true, it's Terraforming Mars with a zoo theme. It's a typical janky Capstone production, so it doesn't have a component quality advantage over a Stronghold game either. Played Hadrian's Wall and it immediately clicked with everyone. If flip and writes are all like this I might need to investigate the genre more! Aaaaand we played it again on a weekend getaway, too. It was so well received that one of the kids asked to play it again solo... That's never happened before. Nemesis: Lockdown was what I expected, more of the same, and that's a good thing - We love Nemesis. The light and dark mechanic is a fun, thematic twist. Finished the first Nemesis campaign and everyone's chomping at the bit to play the second one... And I built one of those gigantic Fancy But Functional game crates for Death May Die. It holds everything, including Rise of R'lyeh, Scarlett, and the comic investigators, in one box but it took the better part of a whole day to build! I don't know if that kind of effort is worth the convenience, but I'm glad to have everything for the game in one Kallax cube. I can think of other games I'd like to do this for, but the thought of building another one of these behemoths makes my stomach uneasy.
  17. Tonight's listening sorted...
  18. So not only did he have only one working leg, Taysom Hill also had itty bitty hands. Fantastic.
  19. Bucket list item checked! The detail on the steel strat is impressive - it's strung for a lefty and the backplate is removed. Needs to be on fire though, like an eternal flame situation. Missed opportunity imo. Whatever, this place is holy and I'm glad to have finally made the pilgrimage.
  20. BoomMF

    Vinyl

    Had a custom cab built to house the center speaker (upgraded the entire frontline to Atlantic Technology 8200s) which let me move the turntable up to the top, meaning I have no vertical limitations now - so the hunt begins for my endgame player. Thinking a VPI Prime or maybe stay with Pro-Ject and their RPM 10? Regardless, things are getting pretty real over here.
  21. The minis in Kingdom Death Monster are something else. Finished painting waves 1 and 2. Now to find the time to complete a campaign. Here's a couple from the set: Tyrant from the Dragon King expansion. The Manhunter
  22. Played Unsettled by Orange Nebula, who made Vindication, one of my favorite games. Unsettled continues their streak of great games. Completely unrelated to Vindication mechanically, Unsetlled is a heavier and cooperative puzzle wrapped in a space exploration theme that, like Vindication's theme, kind of works and kind of doesn't (But it's a Euro and theme in Euros are like lyrics in a rock song, do they really matter?). Production to die for. Also played the KS version of Mind MGMT. I've had Whitechapel for ages but haven't played it, so this is really the first hidden movement game I've played (Jaws doesn't count, does it?). The game's art took me a second to get used to, but the gameplay itself is stellar. Looking forward to exploring the SHIFT system, which modifies the game with different game pieces, rules, and choices. Played Return to Dark Tower. Continues to be a fun game and makes me wonder how close it is to the original game and would I like to get a copy. And the great Kingdom Death Monster Painting Extravaganza continues. (Decided to severely mod Spidicules to make him less unwieldy) Almost done with all the expansions. Looking forward to introducing this one to some friends and starting another campaign, perhaps one of the expansion campaigns. And in other news, I've always been bothered by games that don't have the titles printed on the shelved side of the box, horizontally specifically. So I busted out the Cricut and decided to do some fixing. Sleeping Gods and Return to Dark Tower done, onto some unfortunately labelled crates by LaserOx and maybe even a few games that decided to title the spine vertically ON ALL SIDES! OCD has won this round. Looks OEM, imo. Crises averted. Added the title to the side of the LaserOx Root crate. My Cricut skills are getting the glow... Nemesis: Lockdown finally made it in after being delayed due to Winterpocalypse 2022. Painting now...
  23. BoomMF

    Vinyl

    I like overwrought super deluxes with everything but the kitchen sink thrown into a large hologramed box of which I'll probably listen to only the title LP which was available stand-alone for a mere fraction of the price. It's how I seem to roll. To that end, the LZ collection is rounding out... In my defense, though, I've been pretty good about reading the books. And the Zep books in these super deluxes are phenomenal. Tons of ephemera I've never seen. Love the context that stuff provides. And you people that dig those dinky old pressings that damn near fold over themselves when you hold them are animals. 180g or gtfo, respectfully.
  24. Team All The Threads In The Music Section Being About Guitars And Guitar Paraphernalia And Not One Master Thread™
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