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JeffB

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  1. I recognized the scene with the blind DJ. I was all like, "Hell yeah, I got this!" . Then clicked over to page 2 and it was all done and dusted.

    I watched this movie when I was a real young kid, about 6 or 7. I didnt really get all the intricacies of it at the time but the general concept and atmosphere of the film struck me and stuck with me, and so has the movie.

    I recently smashed into two bulldozers and escaped into the light on the other side. I wouldve done it sooner if I knew that was all it took.:icon_thumright:

     

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  2. Its not really a strat v lp thing. Im comfortable with most guitars. I do like strats though.

    I have had plek'd guitars, theyre alright. What killed the guit for me was nothing to do with the superb fret work but the refinish. Since writing the OP I have removed the finish off the neck of another guitar and as with the 93 strat it feels great. Im eyeing up my cs strat and weighing up whether to give it the same treatment.

    Its been a wake up for me. I dont know why I havnt put 2 and 2 together before now. I like unfinished necks and always have. I just forgot. :)

    I cant do it to the H150.

  3. A week in to the smaller abode.

    Smaller spaces get messier quicker.

    Shouldnt seem surprising but it was/is.

    Smaller spaces require less heating. Again, it seems like it should go without saying, but here I am continually turning down the heat. Not even 1/3 power is required.

    The closer the amp is to your ears the more noises you can hear. Its very easy to get over analytical of......everything you are hearing!

    Can just imagine OCD personalities blowing ,000's in sheilding, pickups, speakers, amps and noise gates.

    Fortunately Im not OCD. Yet. It could become a problem though. :)

  4. Thank you skydog52. Im glad you are enjoying my journey into uncharted(for me) territory. :)

    Y'know, it could be a bunch of wrong moves and foolishness strung together.

    Nah!

     

    The transition from large space to small space was finalised tonight. I got home to find the carpet guys had come in and blitzed the place.

    My bigger old room looks amazing. It also smells kind of new. My daughter had already started with the move and had all her furniture in there and had started organizing where it was all going to go.

    Some paint, new carpet and curtains according to a young womans taste and sense of colour has transformed the room in to a lively and exciting room. There seems to be a sense of possibility and excitement in there. The room now seems to have purpose and flow. I felt quite a profound sense of happiness and of weight lifted by seeing the transformation.

     

    My move into the smaller room was easier. I set it up as I imagined I would, as symmetrically as possible. There is no way around that for me.

    My new desk is a little under 1/2 the size of my old desk. Every other item remains the same size.

    Once I had all the essentials set up I was surprised at how much space was left over. This is not going to be cramped in anyway. There is plenty of room for a Greyhound to stretch out. We could actually make do with less space.

    I did a volume test by turning up Cat Scratch Fever and walking around the rooms in the house and going back and making adjustments to suit. I will be able to play loud enough to suit my purposes. My guitars sound different in here, or rather, my amps do.

     

    Im really happy about this stage of the downsizing. It feels incredibly right.

    My wife is still trying to wrap her head around what Im doing and why but I think she is enjoying the changes and the journey as both a travel companion and also as a spectator on the sideline of a sport they cannot fathom but can see that the participants are having fun.

     

     

    and now on to the next phase :)

  5. Never occurred to me that changing rooms would mean being with out a room for a while.

    I havnt had a place to be for a week or so and no end in sight.

    The decontamination process of my old room has begun.

    Carpet half removed, ceiling and one previously dark brick wall painted, lighting done, electrician done 1/2 the power unwiring and 1/2 the rewiring, double glazing deglazed, doors that hadnt opened in 20yrs set free and made to swing again.

    Me being me I got right into it and ended up paying the cost in pain killers and sent to sit on the side lines.

    Meanwhile curtains are 3weeks away and carpet another 2weeks.

    If I was trading rooms with a teenage boy It wouldve been done and dusted 2months ago and cost nothing.

    Im sitting in here now and its really bright. Its quite light and airy. I dont know why I didnt do all this while I inhabited the room.

    There was a bar in here made from the same bricks as three of the walls. It was about 10ft long 4ft high and about 4ft behind it. I made panels that closed it in and made the perfect amp isolation both. You could crank a 100w JCM800 through a412 in there and talk easily at conversational levels in the room

    Ive knock all that down. I thought of all the people I knew who were envious of this facility and how the room had been used by others just so they could record their guitar tracks. Theres been some cool amps shoved in that cave and had mics stuck in front of them.

    It all seemed important and crucial at the time. I cant remember even one of the songs or tracks.

    So much energy spent, so much important business going on. I dont even know who some of those people were. I cant even remember some of their faces. Wonder who they were.

    It was an intensely busy room and no real sign of any production for all the time that was spent in there.

    Couple of songs I can remember that I like. They couldve been recorded in any room.

     

    Im hanging out for the move to be complete so I can be in another room and spend intense hours doing nothing.... I really hope I dont let it work out that way.

  6. Ive seen/heard people with great ability and musicality get awesome sounds out of guitars and amps using thin strings and die hard guitar lovers with out a skerrick of ability get the worst possible sound out of great sounding guitars and amps using heavy gauge strings.

    I have also noted that people with ability and musicality can also get amazing sounds using heavy gauge strings and people that lack any ability can sound quite bad with thin strings.

    The conclusion of these observations is obvious. Its obviously the pickups, nuts and stoptails, caps and pots, that are the real tone generators not the string gauge.

  7. @ myoldfriend.

    "Rightsizing"!!! Beautiful. Thanks for that.

    Ive been contemplating that term ever since you posted.

    It is the correct term for this thread?blog. Pondering the difference between downsizing and rightsizing has had a positive affect on me.

    Cheers

  8. I had a funny moment today.

    I went looking for a nice desk, filing cabinet and book shelf to go into my new room. Just checking stuff out.

    I need a smaller desk to fit in the smaller room

    I saw a home office package I really liked and it was the right size. It was set up as a display.

    Sitting on the shelf at eye level was a home crafty looking sign that said "All you need is less" !!!!!

    Really struck a deep and resonating chord. I walked out and came back home.

    What a funny sign to put in a retail store showroom.

     

    @ Beagle216

    Love that quote. Thankyou.

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