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i've been enjoying this newer band Deafheaven quite a bit, sort of a post rock / black metal sound. saw them live last year and it was fantastic. http://deafheavens.bandcamp.com/releases they also did a split with Bosse De-Nage where they covered mogwai's "cody" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GyIgg...

those look rad! i'm only slightly skilled with drums having only started teaching myself a couple years ago, but i've come to love jazz sticks, especially for recording. i'm definitely going to have to try a couple pairs of these, Thanks for posting! so far my favorite stick has been the Vic Firth P...

me too!

don't have any specific questions, but i'm always interested in hearing the opinions and insight of artists i respect. that's one of the best things about this forum. definitely love Beauty Pill and Chad's earlier work with Smart Went Crazy on both songwriting and production fronts.

yeah the newest boomerang (v 3) can do up to 4 tempo sync'd or tempo independent loops, with adjustable volumes on all of them. the only drawback that most people bring up is that you cannot store the loops. i don't care about that since i don't use any prerecorded stuff for my work with the unit. i...

the most unsexy but super useful thing i purchased recently: a boss line selector. using it as mini mixer / bypass for two sources on my pedal board from a homemade instrument, functionally it replaces a chain of three pedals (trying to downsize), found that and a dd-6 digital delay used and super c...

right now i'm marveling at how good and intense sounding Young Widows' Old Wounds sounds, especially considering how a good deal of it was recorded live at different venues. love this band. also listening to a ton of Mogwai since i'm going to see them play tonight. so stoked! their records are great...

thanks man, i am indeed really happy with how it turned out! even though i did install a truss rod in this thing i still kept the neck as fat as i could, especially since it's so narrow. i may just be telling myself this, but i swear a thicker neck sounds better anyway. good luck with your build, it...

i'd say go for it! folks get so crazy about the types of wood used in instruments, but in an electric instrument while the wood definitely plays a part in the tone, i always feel like it's more up to the build quality and the electronics. old crazy wood can produce good results. i just recently buil...

not possible to own too many mics

definitely possible to use too many mics

though if anyone ever has a problem paying bills or taking care of their family because they need another mic, they don't need any more mics.

the blog is really great, thanks for sharing! also, sometimes minimal gear can be awesome, sometimes tons of gear can be awesome. also also, i love that the volume knob for the tempo guide is taped down in the first picture, i can't tell you the amount of times i've seen folks do live sets and go fo...

i love that my subwoofer doubles as a footstool

thanks everyone! totally stoked on how its working out and sounding thus far. this a total custom one off prototype, specifically for my live and recorded music endeavors, hopefully i'll never mass produce it, i don't even know if there would be interest, but who knows? glad everyone is into it thou...

Smitty wrote:That thing looks awesome... sound clips?

thanks! here's a quick demo i threw together:
http://soundcloud.com/davewatkins/elect ... citar-test

here's where i'm at currently: http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh233/dredg440/itworks.jpg there's some process photos on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100372436670976.2513625.25505475&type=3&l=3478dbb055 i've got a whole lot more to post of building the body, pickguard,...

i've recently acquired a whole lot of parts, tools, wood and other materials to build an electric dulcitar. for years i've been doing live sets and recording work with an acoustic dulcitar and it's amazing, but has its limitations. i have found myself constantly being like: "i want an instrument tha...