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I wouldn't buy from them, but the Banjo Mart near me has stocked up for Christmas- I went there yesterday (hey, I was in the neighborhood...) and was amazed that they had several Jags and Jazzmasters, as well as a bunch of SGs. Try the SG with P90s, if you can. Can you guess I like P90s?

Wow, that's kind of like asking the difference between an apple and a bowling ball. Both very cool guitars, but very different. 15 minutes in a guitar shop will tell you everything you need to know. I'd also check out the new Mexican made Jazzmaster, and the Gibson Les Paul faded double cutaway with...

Geez, seems like if you mention "options" peeps on this board just assume its 300+. Because that's what happens when you leave all decision making to the end. Seriously, 427 guitar takes per song isn't an exaggeration. Just ask Axl or John Fogerty. Where's the line, then? Personally, I think leavin...

Not Henry?

the central issue here is that having options at mix time isnt negative, or counter productive. OK then, let's try an experiment. I'll mix an album's worth of songs with 5 or 6 guitar tracks per song, and you do the same with 427 guitar tracks per song. My album will be mixed, mastered, and back fr...

It's not about some kind of macho attitude, it's about workflow. Too many choices leads to paralysis- if you have unlimited takes and unlimited time, nothing is ever "final", so nothing is ever finished. 24 tracks was a somewhat arbitrary technical limitation, but it seemed to be a good compromise b...

REM- Murmur Have you gotten the re-issue yet? Didn't even know there was one until now! I have the UK version with bonus tracks (live B-sides IIRC), and I've had various bootlegs of the bonus disc Toronto show since the late '80s (terrific show). I can't imagine the sound is $22 better than my old ...

Cream- Wheels Of Fire I heard my dad playing this when I was very young, before I had any idea what rock music even was. "White Room" seemed ominous and scary, but in a good way like a roller coaster. Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti The record that introduced me to the concept of production- it was ...

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The Dream Syndicate's, The Complete Live at Rajis', is awesome.

+1, especially since it reprises most of the songs from their (awful sounding) second record in much better versions.

alot of my favourite live recordings are board tape bootlegs, TBH. The greatest Black Sabbath live album is a full set, soundboard bootleg from 1975. A King Biscuit Flower Hour show that was shelved for 25 years. Nothing else in their catalog comes close, legitimate or otherwise. That Asbury park s...

Here's an article on treble bleed mod- http://www.ratcliffe.co.za/articles/volumepot2.shtml Very easy to do, easily reversible, and cheap. It really helped my Tele, too. You could try a set of GFS "Mean 90" P90 types- a pair will run you about $70, if you don't like 'em you can get most of your mone...

If you like the tone but have too much output, you could always turn it down. If it gets muddy when you turn down the volume, wire a 1000pF cap and 220K resistor in parallel across the two lugs that aren't grounded on your volume pots. It's called a "treble bleed" mod, and basically allows some of t...

If "Maggot Brain" wasn't the best solo in the history of the electric guitar, this would be-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_M9zWORBuA

Go for it! If you practice at it, you can make really good recordings really cheap these days (I said "really good", not "professional"). Your line-up is the same as my band's. Here's what I use for recording practices- Guitar cab- SM57 Bass amp- line out (or SM57 if you don't have a line out of the...

"Clean" is going to be relative at under $200, but you can try looking for an Ashly or Symetrix- sometimes you can find Symetrix cheap because people write it off as "broadcast" gear, but their analog processing gear was great- very transparent. If you look long enough you should be able to find an ...