by Scott Feldstein | Saturday, January 4, 2020 | music
If I could have a new bass guitar what kind would I get? How about a Stingray? Or maybe a Lakland. Wait, I know. A Fender Jazz bass. A five-stringer, obviously. As a practical matter I wouldn’t likely pony up for the American Ultra. They want (and get) over $2,000 for...
by Scott Feldstein | Wednesday, December 18, 2019 | politics, rants
On the momentous occasion of the impeachment of president Trump by the House of Representatives tonight, I wanted to write down a few thoughts about it. First, I want to say that the House had no choice but to do this. Not if they took their oaths of office seriously....
by Scott Feldstein | Monday, December 16, 2019 | movies & tv, tech
I haven’t had cable TV in many years, so I’m no stranger to streaming TV services. But things do change all the time. I’d been using Sling for a while now and was pretty happy with it. But the other day I saw a free trial of YouTube TV. Maybe it’s time to have...
by Scott Feldstein | Saturday, November 23, 2019 | music, rants
I recently wrote about the state of my music equipment. One of the things I was dissatisfied with was my bass guitars. Neither one was making me too happy. Well, today I fixed one of them. I bought my Warwick Rockbass Corvette $$ 5-string bass used off Ebay. I was in...
by Scott Feldstein | Wednesday, July 24, 2019 | music, tech
I’ve realized over the past few days that I’m quite unhappy with the state of my bass gear. As you may know, I’ve been playing electric bass guitar in rock bands of various types for most of the last 35 years. Let’s do a July 2019 equipment rundown. The good news. My...