Tag: rabbit hole

The Guitar Pick Journey

A few years ago I went on a journey down the guitar strings rabbit hole, looking for a new brand of strings to play. I eventually settled on one (Stringjoy) and have never looked back.

I think it’s time for a similar voyage, this time searching for new picks. Silly, right? Picks… those little tiny things. How can they make that much of a difference? Well, trust me… they make an epically huge difference.

I put a post on the /guitar subreddit today asking for suggestions. I’ve had over 20 responses in the last hour or so. So many ideas. So many things to try. So epically epic of a journey to undertake.

Bring it on, brothers and sisters!

Vacuum Tube Rabbit Hole

I saw a post on a BookFayce group for tube amps today where the poster asked where he could find American made vacuum tubes. The answer is, you can’t. There are only three plants on Earth that make tubes (valves, for our British readers). One is in China, one is in Russia, and one is in… Slovakia. Some one told me earlier… I think that’s the three.

Someone joked that if you want American made tubes you need to make them yourself. HarHar. Some one else shared this video, which explains why you ain’t makin’ homemade tubes any time soon.

Blown glass, eh? Yeah. Not today.

When that video ended there was a link to another video called How A Tube Works (questionable grammar there, the “A” should be lower case). I started watching the video but it’s long and lunch ended. I understand about 3% of it so far. I’m saving it off for later.