Friday, October 20, 2023

Yamaha VA-5 portable guitar-amp

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

Whisky a Go Go

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Farting with class and amused, too 😊😏😉🤐😂

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  … like animals 😱 😇
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Garrardzilla & Analogtechnik’s Epiphany 🎼

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  Spinning first vinyl disc on Garrardzilla since last June 5th is… such an epiphany: like instantly knowing “why” I worked so hard in impro...
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

R.I.P. for Carla Bley

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  A giant 💔 Carla Bley 1936-2023   Carla Bley  has died, aged 87, after a long illness. One of jazz’s great composers, she was a stubborn a...

A cool “TRE Studio Zubehor” AEG-bobbies dispenser…

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  A well-built dispenser to avoid a mess of AEG bobbies rattling around in the studio.
Monday, October 16, 2023

Pro-chopsticks with Miyagi-san

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Saturday, October 14, 2023

Resistors color-code

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A new vented cover for mighty, cute ReVox A-40

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  This little beast gets HOT when running, so my pal Silvio - who also owns this gem - and myself made these cool, elegant covers (the origi...
Thursday, October 12, 2023

Prove you’re not a robot ✅

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Dark Side of the Moon Redux: I’m amused to death 😱

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  A disclaimer: the following is my personal opinion about Roger Waters’ Dark Side of the Moon Redux, and doesn’t affect my appreciation for...

BASF

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  Iconic, elegant box 🥇
Monday, October 9, 2023

Lou Reed Street

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Sunday, October 8, 2023

That’s a peg-head!

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  The Manneirist art of Girolamo da Virchis The richly ornamented peg-box of the cittern made in 1563 by Girolamo da Virchis, a “citeraro” f...
Saturday, October 7, 2023

Can’s Holger Czucay and Studer B62

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Lowden & DeArmond 🥇

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  Finally, after years of search, I got “that” acoustic beefy, full-bodied, rich sound I so much loved (and still love): the sound of John M...

Gettin old with class… Joni Mitchell ❤️

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  Beloved Joni looks at her seminal “For the Roses” inner cover picture, showing a younger gloriously naked herself on a shore. I trust she’...
Thursday, October 5, 2023

🔥

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Rescuing a fire damaged Studer C37

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  After the 🔥 fire… … and after 500 hours-long restoration-job!

Luthier’s best guitarist friend

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  My faithful luthier for the last 45 years, now: Maestro Roberto Lanaro 🥇