by Scott Feldstein | Tuesday, January 7, 2020 | music
It was delivered to the office shortly after lunch. I only had a minute to remove it from the case and put it on a stand to warm up. (I figure it had been in warehouses or the backs of trucks for a week.) The string tension had been backed way off for shipment, but I...
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...
