Recent content by Priller

The F1-isation of MotoGP will start this year. Big money tracks and big money dictatorships will get priority, tracks like PI and maybe even Mugello will go away because they don't have enough hospitality boxes. Bad news for WSBK, too, which I can't see lasting long in it's current guise unless...

Seems you're already aware, but just to be sure, it's a REALLY bad idea to mix different resistance cabs from the same amp, even one with dual outputs. The differential loading can burn bits out, and it'll sound awful to boot. I went through an SWR phase, as the gear got stupid cheap for a...

Now you're talking. Whack an Akra can on that and that smile would be permanent...

Inventory sale is up. Would pair nicely with the YBA-200 (many examples of which are also on sale), as long as the EQ is set appropriately. There's a Fender Rumble V2 350W combo on for $130 that's a screaming deal if it's in decent nick. Those cheapo Rumble combos sound way better than they...

That's a later model, I'm pretty sure. If you look at the Paul Smart LE, the bar height is about halfway down the tank, at about the height of the bump-out on the side. Or about 4-5" lower than these pics. The seat is also further back and the tank is longer, plus the pegs are higher. Stunning...

Looks like Pro 6 is auctioning off what's left from the Kipling store is anyone is interested: Bid Gallery | Toronto (Ontario, Canada) SELLER MANAGED Commercial Liquidation Online Auction - Kipling Avenue | Maxsold Some random parts bins, lots of work benches and tables, etc, but not a lot...

Not sure if you can get RevTV, but they carry most of the races. I set the PVR, but barely watched a minute once it became clear how the season would go. You don't the all the FP and QP stuff, but that is a lot less interesting anyway since they squeezed the sprint races into Saturday. As a...

There's uncomfortable and then there's torturous. A buddy of mine in BC loves the Sport Classic so much he now owns two of them. One is the original model, with the same clip-ons and long tank as the Paul Smart LE (less the dustbin fairing), one a newer version with the higher bars and lower...

Filler year, playing out the string on these 1000cc models. Everyone else will be pouring the development money into the 850cc bikes, so I expect more Ducati Cup than ever and possibly a record points haul for Marc. Would at least like to see Aprilia steal a win or two before they get swallowed...

The Paul Smart special was apparently all but unrideable, at least for anything beyond a 10-minute contort to the closest Buckys. MV and Triumph have done far better modern twists on the torpedo-faired era with the Superveloce and Speed Triple RR respectively. This one is a poorly-proportioned...

Lots of deals to be had on the used market these days in that segment as folks try to offload Covid follies. Anyone buying new is nuts, as the new prices haven't self-corrected as much as used from the crazy days of 2020-2022. What boggles my mind is the number of super-sized day boats out...

Definitely do what you can to listen to that one at volume first, preferably from at least 20' away. A buddy had that 1510 cab, and it sounded indistinct and muddy when driven by a big Ampeg tube amp (can't remember which one, not an SVT, had a graphic EQ on the front), but I didn't know if the...

For a big national chain, L&M could be far worse. Compare to Guitar Center in the US. I have a few friends who work there, now in management roles, and they have a policy of hiring musicians and giving time off for touring, and generally take decent care of their people (accounting for the low...

The Vancouver equivalent to Steve's, Rufus Guitar Store, just shut down. Tom Lee is apparently hanging on by a thread. Tough times to be selling luxury items bought with discretionary income...

The wife stamp of approval sure helps with the spontaneous buys. Went to the Citizen store in the Milton outlets a while back to look at the Tsuyosa and Zenshin models, and my wife was determined that I go home with an Alpina that she loved. If it was one and a half mm thinner, I probably would...