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Paul Reed Smith’s Vintage STRAT Shootout Goes OFF THE RAILS Paul Reed Smith’s Vintage Strat Shootout Goes OFF THE RAILS Expert Analysis: Tone Factors Explored Here’s a refined breakdown of how pickups, magnetics, winding techniques, and guitar bodies influence the tone—paired with insights from the shootout video and broader research: 1. Pickup Construction: Coils & … Read more
Still Sounds Great – Don’t Mess With It I know a lot of musicians are like that. “If it ain’t broke, don’t touch it at all or I will kill you”. Gear is so often inconsistent, that we gravitate towards anything that doesn’t effing change or shift on us. it’s true. and drums shift literally … Read more
An examination of how power supply design affects audio circuitry and ultimately sound quality Great. I’ll conduct an in-depth investigation into how power supply design affects audio circuitry and ultimately sound quality, considering both objective performance and subjective perception. This will include foundational and recent research, and apply to all categories of audio equipment, from … Read more
Healing with Cymatics Sound Medicine – a deep dive Life vibrates. An exploration of cymatics and vibrational healing through three distinct lenses — ancient history and mysticism (e.g., Saqqara and the Voice of God), modern fringe research (e.g., military projects, Emoto, Eileen McKusick), and biophysical mechanisms (e.g., protein formation, vibrational synthesis of life). Each will … Read more
Michael’s Drums 19 Sep 2024 Update I have A Lot of different drumsticks, weights, cuts, woods…been playing over the years with sanding/roughing body, shoulder, tip…same, differing, etc. Same for the tips. I recently came across Claus Hessler via his technique of ‘crushed rudiments’ which mimicks a similar idea I’ve been exploring. Then I found he … Read more
Michael’s Drums 18 18 Jul 2024 Update Below is (still) my #1 snare, “steam-bent single-ply maple”. It’s so unusual because it is so unlike all my other drums. 1-ply steam-bent maple. Hardware unspecial except for its vintageness (which isn’t that much more ‘vintage’ compared my main kit’s hardware!). The rims are die-cast, not triple-flange. Heads … Read more
Michael’s Drums 17 Oct 2023 Update So I long ago gave up on finding, in one shot, ‘the other half’ of my main kit, a 6-ply maple Ludwig Rockers II kit covered in black cortex. My original half is 12 and 13 mounted on 22 with 16 floor. The absent half is 14 and 15 … Read more
Michael’s Drums 16 June 2023 Update On a fluke of boredom one night I switched in the 1-ply maple Slingerland. Just when I thought things couldn’t get any better than the phosphor-bronze…OMG. This old-school character has pop, crack and just as much if not more sensual and infinitely-coaxable timbre as any drum I’ve ever played. … Read more
Michael’s Drums 15 2023 Update Above – Steel floating shell Pearl piccolo FTSS1435 – die-cast hoops, Ambassador batter Above – TreeHouse Custom 4″ x 14″ Solid 1ply Steambent Maple Snare Drum – THICC 1-plt maple shell, PHATT maple reinforcement rings, black die-cast hoops – this thing has attitude. Above – 2002 DW Blue sparkle maple … Read more
