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[andare]

Y'all sound like a bunch of hep cats who listen to an early pressing of Giant Steps and say how groovy it is while drinking rosé wine and wearing a maroon turtleneck sweater.

 

[Feral Feline]

Groovy man, that cat's too hip.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Y'all sound like a bunch of hep cats who listen to an early pressing of Giant Steps and say how groovy it is while drinking rosé wine and wearing a maroon turtleneck sweater.

Nah, I listen to giant steps and say how shit Flanagan’s piano solo is while drinking a can of Trader Joe’s blueberry lemon seltzer and wearing a King Crimson tee shirt

 

[peccary]

@andare I like vinyl because I'm an insufferable hipster and find enjoyment in smug superiority over norms and jobbers. How's that?

I just found my new signature.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Y'all sound like a bunch of hep cats who listen to an early pressing of Giant Steps and say how groovy it is while drinking rosé wine and wearing a maroon turtleneck sweater.

I don't know what Giant Steps is but I have a first pressing of From Enslavement to Obliteration with The Curse bonus 7" and a first pressing of Unseen Terror- Human Error with the hype sticker still intact

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Y'all sound like a bunch of hep cats who listen to an early pressing of Giant Steps and say how groovy it is while drinking rosé wine and wearing a maroon turtleneck sweater.

More like brown carhartts, coffee, and cannabis extract but yes to the Coltrane.

 

[benny_profane]

2 reel to reel machines too.

That's awesome. A buddy of mine has one but it's a hike to visit him.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

I don't know what Giant Steps is but I have a first pressing of From Enslavement to Obliteration with The Curse bonus 7" and a first pressing of Unseen Terror- Human Error with the hype sticker still intact

Arguably Coltrane’s most significant masterpiece.
Based around the Coltrane changes, which is a substitution cycle that goes thru 2-5-1 cadences in various keys, moving in thirds. Sorta the blueprint for everything that came after it in terms of hard bop

 

[benny_profane]

nothing to do with pedalry,

I just listened to that ‘the bad plus’ album. Really dug it!

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

I started collecting it in college in the early 2000's. The biggest part for me is just it being a physical object, really. I also like having the larger artwork as well. I appreciate the physical connection with the music, having to physically interact with it, check it for imperfections, clean it, turn it over, etc.. Vinyl just forces me to take time and to really be intentional about what I'm listening to. The inconvenience is the point, I guess.

As for sound quality that's not really something I care about all that much, though I can tell in some albums that I listen to that I do get a wider range of sounds/fidelity/whatever. It's hard for me to describe and it all sounds like mumbo jumbo, but: There's more background noise, but the sound fills more dimensions, is the best way I can describe it. Particularly on modern, good pressings.

I usually listen to Spotify so I chalk that up to compression, I guess - I'm not a hi-fi guy so I can't explain it but I do notice it even on my lower-end setup vs what comes out of streaming music.

Sums up a lot of what I'd say but I'll add that I don't have the attention span for a skip button. I also love the flow of an album as an expression itself. Vinyl aids in getting me to just chill and truly immerse myself in it.

I also started collecting when I worked at a classical cd/record store and got to take whatever I wanted out of the back stock. People would sell their grandpa's entire collection after they died, we'd pick out the 10% of things that would sell and the rest were ours to save from the dumpster. As a kid studying to be a symphony musician at the time it was an amazing resource and sent me down the vinyl path pretty hard. I've since thinned the classical herd considerably, as @harryklippton said, that shit is heavy and takes up space.

 

[peccary]

Sums up a lot of what I'd say but I'll add that I don't have the attention span for a skip button. I also love the flow of an album as an expression itself. Vinyl aids in getting me to just chill and truly immerse myself in it.

I also started collecting when I worked at a classical cd/record store and got to take whatever I wanted out of the back stock. People would sell their grandpa's entire collection after they died, we'd pick out the 10% of things that would sell and the rest were ours to save from the dumpster. As a kid studying to be a symphony musician at the time it was an amazing resource and sent me down the vinyl path pretty hard. I've since thinned the classical herd considerably, as @harryklippton said, that shit is heavy and takes up space.

It does take a lot of room for sure. Moving it is like moving fragile books, it was a hassle last time we moved.

My collection isn't huge, it fills up maybe 6 squares in one of those Ikea shelves. So a good amount but nothing crazy. I am particular with what I get on vinyl, I don't buy it just to have it, it usually has to be something I've already got a connection to.

Some are randos, things I was given over the years or extras from a lot that had something I wanted. But otherwise it's fairly curated.

Here's my Elvis Costello shelf:

 

[ICTRock]

@andare I like vinyl because I'm an insufferable hipster and find enjoyment in smug superiority over norms and jobbers. How's that?

fucking jobbers ...

 

[Harry Klippton]

Got my spiral up cut bit I ordered the other day

 

[szukalski]

I don’t often get orders from Tayda, but when I do there’s enough to last a few months..

 

[PunchySunshine]

Tayda seems to have dropped USPS from their shipping options. Sad day for US.

 

[vigilante398]

 

[Robert]

Tayda seems to have dropped USPS from their shipping options. Sad day for US.

I think this happened one time before and was an error.... although I can't say that I'd blame them.


The number of emails I get saying "My First Class shipment hasn't arrived yet and it's past the due date" can be overwhelming.

USPS First Class guarantees nothing. They don't even assure you that it will arrive, they sure as heck aren't making any promises as to when.

 

[benny_profane]

USPS First Class guarantees nothing. They don't even assure you that it will arrive, they sure as heck aren't making any promises as to when.

I feel that with first class you can’t really be surprised if something bad happens. The product description says that there are no guarantees. The USPS is understaffed and a total mess—so it’s safe to assume a non-zero chance that something will go wrong.

For bulk shippers with business accounts, why even offer first class? Default to priority since there’s at least some amount of protection and guarantee.

 

[MichaelW]

Good mail day today!

First up, a package of goodies from the ever kind and generous @DGWVI. The SMD 4069 that I was missing to build out my mini Heterodyne and of course a handful of interesting PCBs to build!



Also my Smallbear order from the last sale. Some NPN Germs and some other bits and bobs.



Last but not least, some more Wolftone pickups! Woohoo! Man, that guy works fast, I think I ordered these last Thursday....
A pair of his Tele pickups (Cub neck and Rabid Bitch bridge) for an as of yet unrevealed project...
and also one of his Marshallhead hum buckers going into the bridge position of my old Warmoth strat.

 

[Nostradoomus]

Alec has been a bud for awhile and helped me out a bunch, figured it was time to buy something not DIY from him.