tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4237982630159778898..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Tab Clearing SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-70105584169579274792015-11-28T17:22:54.587-05:002015-11-28T17:22:54.587-05:00... we have become a nation saturated with obsesse...<i>... we have become a nation saturated with obsessed hobbyists! Which I rather like, actually! </i> I like that quote.<br /><br />Pick any topic, from making coffee to making guitars to just about anything, and you can find a raging flame war on the internet. Complete with incredible insults and a devotion to each side worthy of the most committed zealots. <br /><br />But, yeah, I like having the options of all those hobby stores, too. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-74235558920115314642015-11-28T16:05:15.361-05:002015-11-28T16:05:15.361-05:00Been out of guitar making for 30 years or so. Rece...Been out of guitar making for 30 years or so. Recently wanted to do some work on a few and ordered some stuff from Stew-Mac. A catalog arrived also- wow- every special tool imaginable to do a 75 cent job... just like the woodworking catalogs, and gun supply catalogs, etc etc- we have become a nation saturated with obsessed hobbyists! Which I rather like, actually! <br /><br /> Also, in what to me is a new development, no mother of pearl items can be shipped outside the US. Hmm. It is astounding how far the regulatory state is going.ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-50336731233704154152015-11-23T20:03:10.753-05:002015-11-23T20:03:10.753-05:00Thanks for that Tone Lizard ref, great stuff Thanks for that Tone Lizard ref, great stuff Bill Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931310903208268429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-2294571211685213672015-11-23T19:55:13.842-05:002015-11-23T19:55:13.842-05:00Thanks for that Tone Lizard ref, great stuff Thanks for that Tone Lizard ref, great stuff Bill Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931310903208268429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-39765842590532352672015-11-23T15:22:10.959-05:002015-11-23T15:22:10.959-05:00Tone Lizard is a great site! I found his section o...Tone Lizard is a great site! I found his section on VTVM's and tube testers particularly helpful a few years ago when deciding which ones would be best for my vintage radio restoration bench.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-39604623648258392502015-11-22T16:52:29.362-05:002015-11-22T16:52:29.362-05:00Anon 1456 for the win.
Anon 1456 for the win. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-55800549740252956012015-11-22T14:56:56.242-05:002015-11-22T14:56:56.242-05:00When it comes to fine musical electronic component...When it comes to fine musical electronic components the "Producer Switch" blows them a away.<br /><br />It's looks like your typical guitar pickup switch, but it's not connected to anything, yet producers can tell the difference in tone when it is switched from 'a' to 'b'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-59836352291653089652015-11-22T13:39:29.086-05:002015-11-22T13:39:29.086-05:00And if you complain that you can't possibly te...And if you complain that you can't possibly tell the difference in real world trials of how it sounds, they just sniff and say you lack the Magic Golden Ears.....<br /><br />Like many things you and I have dealt with in the past, you might be able to <i>measure</i> a difference using sophisticated test equipment, but you sure won't <i>hear</i> any difference, "Golden Ears" or not!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-31898425760009076232015-11-22T12:30:25.949-05:002015-11-22T12:30:25.949-05:00DrJim,
"Audiofools" - as opposed to aud...DrJim,<br /><br />"Audiofools" - as opposed to audiophiles - is a great word!<br /><br />I had an audio salesman tell me I needed to buy teflon insulated cables because they "sound smoother". I say, "no, they <i>feel</i> smoother; they sound the same". <br /><br />I used to know a website full of audio crapola. Magic lacquer you paint on an IC to make it sound like a tube. Plastic baggies full of pebbles to put on your speaker cables. All sorts of stuff. I'll have to try to find it.<br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-88715843242129646802015-11-22T01:02:18.507-05:002015-11-22T01:02:18.507-05:00I've seen it in car clubs, radio clubs, photog...I've seen it in car clubs, radio clubs, photography clubs, and astronomy clubs.<br /><br />Some of it defies common sense, and some of it defies the laws of Physics.....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-29272915652552948582015-11-21T22:51:00.811-05:002015-11-21T22:51:00.811-05:00Purist assholes.
They are everywhere and so full o...Purist assholes.<br />They are everywhere and so full of shit their breath stinks.<br />I see the same type of know it all jerkoff in the car area too.<br /><br />"Oh, that part can't be from the original vendor, they used a crinkly black paint only available in England from Joe Slipwad and sons back in the late 50's and early 60's. the part number for that paint was blah blah blah blah, blahblahblah".<br /><br /><br />Self important "experts".<br /><br />Like you said, the original was whatever the hell they could get their hands on in quantity and cheap.<br />Everything is built like that.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-2081326310879597922015-11-21T22:09:22.620-05:002015-11-21T22:09:22.620-05:00Oh, boy....the audiofools and their money.....
I&...Oh, boy....the audiofools and their money.....<br /><br />I've seen extremely heated Internet "discussions" over what finish should be used on your wood knobs to get the best "sonic clarity"!<br /><br />I mean, gee.....<i>everybody</i> just <i>knows</i> that you can't use metal or plastic for the knobs!<br /><br />Or the people who spend upwards of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS for an AC power cord, never even considering that the power coming into their place came over how many hundreds of miles of 100-year old copper....<br /><br />I could go on, but it makes my head hurt.....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com