Liam Gallagher and John Squire

I’m liking this record, very smoove grooves, Beatley, with non-showy but solid playing*, and Liam doing his usual make-it-sound-easy melodies.

• a lot of that is the aesthetic – the lead guitar doesn’t get louder in the mix, but he’s really good

I’m listening to the album so haven’t seen these yet:

BC’s: happiness bastards

Worthy

rocked-up

less shambolic therefore tight

some different feels and arrangements

big guitars

still a great singer

the bro’s and the bassist – all else appear new

Pro,Jr. “mods”

answering a question at TOMB, I said:

mods I think improved the Pro,Jr. (and I mentioned in the other thread) and how:

a 12AU7 in first position cleaned it up allowing louder volume with minimal breakup until fully Spinal Tap’d

a better speaker, same thing (I use the amp as a pedal platform) – those two changes were pretty significant

mine is a fairly early (early 80’s, tweed) one, but I know I had a mounting screw that was 1/8 to 1/4″ too long and I hadda swap it it out – I think it was pushing on the wiring

I also hadda replace the handle what eventually snapped – there are good leather ones look like the original are avail at like US$10

I also put those rubber non-vibrate rings on the tubes, but notice no difference other than they might help break a fall if ya drop ’em when swapping ’em out

and I know I eventually got annoyed with the tube retainer spring-things, and just removed ’em completely with no issues

I will note that I had some issues, for whatever reason, with tube tines corroding; after using a emery board on ’em over the years the issue seems to be resolved, altho’ I still do that before recording it

it really sounds rhythm-sweet with weaker gain single coils and goldfoils – it’s possible to get some nice chime that way

it sounds way cool with humbuckers into a (or stacked) cranked dirt pedals for lead – sometimes I look over to see if the amp is itself moving

a loud boosting pedal seems to really increase the dynamics (especially with the 12AU7) and total volume level

after alla that, I agree with Nick’s point – other than tube and speaker swaps, I seldom do anything to amps other than clean and repair them – it’s a good idear on combos to tighten the screws once in a while, and remove the spiders and roaches from inside the box (I am not referring to living roaches, mind you 

 )

Almictomx2 : *Faded Black (a 4p)*

https://vlayman.bandcamp.com/album/faded-black-a-3p

geetar inflooences

so a weird thing is listening to some performances, especially live, and recognizing a inflooence, ex post facto, like

I mean I know Otis and Keef and J. and Ornette and Trane and Vernon and Sco and Hillel and Warren and Campbell and even Ash and Neil and Billy and of course Jimmy and Jimi, but listening to a 2013 Chelsea Light Moving bootleg, I realize Thurston, also, even tho’ I seldom alt-tune with the band

A purty good friednite

drum cases

I unnerstand they come in hand, post-gig , for those what need to piss

Almitomx2 :*sWEET Airhead (a 6P)*

sWEET aIRHEAD (A 6p)

by ALMICTOMX2

https://vlayman.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-airhead-a-6p

I have a theory

… mebbe a conspiracy theory:

The “MSM” is pushing written info aside

they want streaming to be the thing

(double Stoli screwdrivers! that’s the thing – you mitigate the acid reflux

and can claim to be drinking, healthy-like)

and how sophisticated this stuff gets

at 2:00 or so they have Clinton from ’98 speaking the new B meme of, “not age, but age of ideas”

then they show B saying the same thing at the SOTU

pretty smart