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If the song is over 20 years old, a kid most likely has never heard it and thinks it's yours

Mon 2014 Oct 6

House Of 1,000 Pleasures is a song from the band E-Z-O. It's from their debut album, and you probably never heard of it until you heard it here. How did I find out about it? A friend of mine let me borrow a compact cassette of it back when it was new in 1992. And where did he get it from? No idea, I never asked. Probably some other kid he knew.

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Why I own a backup GPS, and how to get maps for free

Fri 2014 Oct 3

I've been a GPS user since 2005, and recently I bought a backup unit, a Garmin nuvi 255. The price was a little over 30 bucks. Used, of course.

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7 things you should know before buying a vintage electric guitar

Wed 2014 Oct 1

My standard advice to anyone thinking of buying a vintage solid-body electric guitar is this:

Don't do it.

But being there are going to be those of you who are going to do it anyway, this is a list of things you need to know before buying one.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about electric bass guitar strings

Mon 2014 Sep 29

A set of strings I just bought that will be coming in the mail soon is the Dunlop DBN45105 bass string set, as in a 4-string set. I figured that since I use nothing but Dunlop DEN0942 strings on my Jazzmaster and am very happy with those, maybe the bass strings will be good too.

I play both guitar and bass, but for the longest time I knew nothing about how to pick the right bass string, so I figured I'd write up a quick guide on that.

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Yamaha RBX170EW review

Mon 2014 Sep 22

New bass in the barn.

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