David Lindley is, as a number of us here and elsewhere have acknowledged, an American treasure. He is great fun to hear live--we’ve usually caught him in small clubs where his tone and virtuosity just shine. I also love his sick sense of humor- it reminds me of an era in LA that is now pretty much gone.
@tablejockey - I should update my system pics. Those are from the set up in NY. We have since moved to Austin, and the room is longer, the structure is made of old shiplap planks, and the system sounds better than ever. Sadly, we left the Buddha behind--it was far too delicate to move. I haven’t yet come up with a sculptural object for the front of the room, but I’ll know it when I see it.
The Les Paul gets plugged into one of those Marshall re-boots that has point to point wiring. I use an Echoplex preamp emulator to jack the gain out of the pick-ups even more (the guitar came from the CV Workshop where it was modified to copy the old Peter Green guitar). That amp, with only 18 watts or so, is ear shatteringly loud in a residential environment. I’m not much of a guitar player, was a very good keyboard player a long time ago, but I like to noodle, and we’ve have some visitors over the years who can really play. That’s when it gets fun.
Here’s a glimpse of what things look like in Texas now:[url]http://thevinylpress.com/gone-to-texas/[/url]
regards,
bill hart