Mastodawn

Good piece about the Fender debacle. #music #guitar #gearsquad https://yamahamusicians.com/fender-the-money-behind-the-letters/

Fender - The Money Behind the Letters

The latest in our ongoing coverage of the Fender cease and desist campaign. Previous articles: Part One · Part Two · Part Three · Part Four Who Actually O

YamahaMusicians.com

Chris Harris 17h ago

SSL are selling their X-Comp compressor plugin for just £8 this week? I'll have some of that.
(Yoink)

https://store.solidstatelogic.com/plug-ins/ssl-native-x-comp

SSL Native X-Comp

SSL X-Comp

Solid State Logic

Chris Harris 1d ago

Worf Email 1d ago

Data,

I found your joke this evening highly amusing. I did not laugh until later, only because I needed to look up the reference.

Worf

Chris Harris 1d ago

I ended up spending the afternoon grovelling under the studio desk after a USB hub died and I discovered that the lead on its replacement was only half as long, and hard-wired.

So that one's gonna be living on the floor, I guess.

“It looks like your adblocker is interfering with the intended operation of this site”

Oh so you admit that people reading your articles is just a byproduct of showing them ads?

Chris Harris 2d ago

After my misadventure with the Ibanez headless bass that UPS wrecked, I decided to get myself a Sire "Marcus Miller" F10-6 NT instead. It arrived, intact, in a sturdy hard case. You can see why it's known as the "Fauxdera" can't you? It plays like a charm and sounds gorgeous. The tone!
Pixel 7 Pro

Chris Harris 2d ago

I'm kind of boggled by the realisation that Peter Gabriel's classic album "So" is forty years old today.

Chris Harris 2d ago

HarriettMB 2d ago

When people are chronically underpaid, and accomodation stressed, food stressed, travel cost stressed, using food banks even when employed - how does anyone think they can save for a pension? Stop blaming the people and start ensuring they have a decent salary, and permanent employment.
At least 15m Britons not saving enough to retire, Pensions Commission says | Pensions | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/may/19/britons-not-saving-enough-retire-pensions-commission

At least 15m Britons not saving enough to retire, Pensions Commission says

Just 4% of self-employed workers are putting cash into pensions, with ‘large groups across the UK facing a severe cliff-edge’

The Guardian

Chris Harris 3d ago

Chris Ammerman 4d ago

Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

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