Jack C

Nope, he doesn't look like a Matthes at all. He's actually a cute kid.

Thanks guys. I've sent copies to Germany and Canada. Would love to send more out to the U.S. HFCers. I'll send it anywhere - just cover shipping and I'll mail you one.

I'm tech challenged. Is there a way to listen to the show through my car stereo? Can you download it to the iPod or is it a streaming only thing?

I remember there being an Ament 12ver that had some kind of issue but I thought it had a light rosewood board.

Sometimes I think it might be something next to the taint, but I'm not sure on which side.

Yeah, it was all done at home on an early version of pro tools. Honestly, there was very little production. I like big, dry, simple, unprocessed recordings, so every for pretty much every song, I recorded the rhythm gtr track without reverb, repeated, and then panned the tracks hard L and R. My secret weapon is an old homemade isolation cabinet that I bought from Paults many years ago. That let me really crank some small amps like a Univalve. Used a Sm57 and a cheap ART tube preamp. No outboard gear or plugins for guitar. Some solos and rhythm tracks were through a Pod. Just about all the bass tracks (12 and 4 string) were recorded direct with a split signal through a Sansamp BDDI and a guitar Pod. Very simple and I think the bass sounds good. I've heard that on King's X recordings, they always had to double the 12ver track with a 4 string bass to get a solid low end. I didn't do that and I think there's plenty of bottom - like on Get Strange. All the low end comes from the Sansamp and the tone comes from the Pod. Except for a couple tracks where I used acoustic drums, the drum tracks were played on an electronic kit. It doesn't sound as good as a professionally recorded acoustic set, but sounds much better than I could have recorded an acoustic kit. Plus, my pro tools setup only has two inputs, so I couldn't have used more than two tracks for drums anyway. Most vocals were through some cheap condensor mic. Any distorted vox were through a Tech 21 XXL pedal (I hate that pedal for guitar but love it for vox). I used a little plug in reverb, eq and compression. That's it. Oh, and on tracks 1 and 6, I recorded my Les Paul through a distortion pedal through your Super Pimp. The SP rocks!

Thanks, Dave! You're the man. I've been loving the last couple shows and now have an urge to go buy some Clutch.

Just saw this. Very cool! When will the link to the show be up?

Wow! I don't recall Hamer ever doing a custom graphics finish for someone who isn't a rock star.

It would be about as useful as driving lessons from Stevie Wonder.

Thank, DG, will send on Monday. Hope you enjoy it. El, I've never heard of the Wildhearts, but I'm checking them out on YouTube. I'm digging what I'm hearing.

David, I don't know if you're checking PMs but I need your address. You can send it to me by PM.

I'd be more concerned with Ricin. David and Cynic, I'll send them out today. Thanks!

I don't mind sending copies of the CD outside the Carolinas. Come on guys, do I need to reduce the price to the HFC approved $3.50?

I'm near South Park.

Thanks Brooks and Geoff. Your checks for the kind comments are in the mail. Steve, your copy of the CD actually is in the mail.

After many years of working on my music, including learning to sing and play drums, I finally have a CD to show for it. Except for the last song, where a good friend sings and plays the drums, I played and sang everything (for better or worse). All the music is original except for a cover of Cheap Trick's "He's a Whore." If you go to iTunes and search for "The Goonch", you can hear samples there. It's hard to describe your own music, but I'd call it a mix between hard rock and power pop - but not in a cheesy Nikki Sixx/Brides of Destruction kind of way (although I do like the Brides...) Plenty of Hamer content. I used my P90 Duotone a lot, as well as a Studio, Vanguard, Diablo and others. All the bass is Hamer, either a 2nd generation cruise, a B12A (now belonging to Shark) or a B12L. The 12vers are used on 4 of the songs - prominently, too. I always hated the fact that there aren't many studio recordings other than Jeremy where the 12ver parts are really featured. I'm not trying to make money and obviously don't think I'm the Next Big Thing. I just want to get my music out there and heard. I'm proud of this CD. If anyone on the HFC wants the physical CD, I can send you a copy for $6 shipped. If you get it on iTunes, let me know and I'll send you a CD for free. To buy the CD, you can use my paypal account: jackandlissa@aol.com. Let me know that you're ordering because I don't check that email address otherwise. Here are the front and back covers:

My two cents: don't put EMGs in it. They can sound kind of brittle and harsh on the octave strings. Give the current pickups a shot.

I think Kim Deal has a super sexy voice.

Enjoy the bass, Andre. Now you just need a B4a! In the many years I have bought and sold stuff on the HFC, Shark (Andre) was just about the most pleasant guy I've ever dealt with. Great guy and a great transaction. I guess I need to figure out how to change my avatar now...

If I met Pete Townshend, I'd probably act like a starstruck dork. Otherwise, I can't think of anyone I'd bug. As far as I'm concerned, Pete IS rock and roll.

Glad someone pulled the trigger before I did something stupid. I've lusted after that guitar for years.

Hey, this was eight years ago. The Internet was still new and scary. We needed help finding the boobs.

That thing is just perfect!

It suggests that he knows people want to hear the heavy shit and not his cabaret act, so he's chasing the money instead of his "artistic vision" (whatever that may be).