Recent content by jack_shite

Hi all, Looking at speaker recommendations. My listening room is roughly 11x13.5ft. Current setup is Pioneer SX-850 into Klipsch RF-15 speakers approx 7 feet apart, slightly toed in, 5.5 feet from listening position. Not ideal, but what I have to deal with given speaker placement from back wall...

Just got into audio after years of waiting for my own place. Other than slowly rebuilding my music library, I play guitar, build/rebuild guitars, write, record and play music. Also just got back into retro BMX bikes, but need to ride more for exercise. I have been into vintage and some new...

Yeah, my camera pic under shop floodlight doesn't do it justice. It looks 'right'. The sunburst looks like a friend's real one. His has worn differently due to nitro lacquer aging as opposed to poly, but mine has enough dings and character to make me happy.

Right now it's apart for a little maintenance... This pic is from late last year. The body is MIJ, with perfect wear and yellowing to the binding, but no crazing or chips to the clear. I swapped a MIM neck that had a really nice feel, re-radiused to 9.5", new nut, and frets done by Mark Balash...

I have tinnitus. I work in a metal shop, and wear earplugs all day, every day. My sensitivity is in the frequencies I love..upper mids where vocal, snare, electric guitar all live. Limiting exposure to anything loud but music helps, but even then, I'm limited timewise before fatigue sets in...

A friend of a friend gave me an hour by myself in his studio with his '59 Burst. I've owned several vintage guitars of note ('54 LP Junior, 1st 500 made), '60 LP Junior, 60's SG's, '63 Strat, '68 LP Custom, etc, etc... My mid-80's MIJ Fender Telecaster Custom mutt stands up with the best I've...

I sold my entire vinyl collection around 10 years ago to a friend for a good chunk of change, to offset bills when the band I was in was doing a lot of touring (and therefore, not much work for me at home). I sold him everything for around 1/3 of what it was worth. Tons of rare punk and metal...

Thanks GDM! The towers were a gift from my pal. Ideally, I'd like a set of Heresy III's, or even HPM100's, but that's not going to happen financially for a while. Kitchen remodel and new appliances are first priority. I also have a pair of TAD 803's, but they are nearly unlistenable compared to...

Yeah, his earlier career was straight country...definitely has some twang in him.

This makes me pretty happy on a half-decent stereo..even better on headphones. I get a Marshall Crenshaw/Buddy Holly vibe. I dig it!

Great guitarist, great band, devastating songwriter. I lived in Austin for 6 years, neighborhood right behind the Continental Club, 5 minute walk from my place. Saw him several times. Really good stuff.

I was 5 in 1977, and a kid in my neighborhood started collecting KISS cards. He showed them to me, and I was hooked. I liked the Abbott & Costello monster movies, Vincent Price, comic books, science fiction toys, etc., so it seemed cool and interesting along the same lines. I would bug my Mom...