Bob Mould's Stratocaster Cuz Why Not

I guess he liked it.  Years ago, it was a new era, new guitar.  And now he has five or whatever.  Cool.

Slagging Eric Clapton Is Always Fun

Pissy insults, even from a hackneyed and shallow grade-Z douchenozzle-in-training, are always worthwhile when the target is the comically revered Eric Clapton.  Though, you gotta give Clapton credit for milking this shit for five fucking decades.

Santa And The Vintage Modified Jazzmaster

If you're around 12 or so and in need of your first full-size guitar this year sometime and Santa brings you one of these fuckers, you are pretty gods-damned stoked.  This thing, the Squier Vintage Modified Jazzmaster, is fucking sweet and at 225 bucks brand new is really fucking cheap.  Nice, though.  Real nice.  Sounds pretty good and feels really substantial.  Stupid bargain.  Everyone needs one.  If it said Fender on it, nobody would ever guess the price.  Amazing, really.

Slimy Bob's Guitar Ripoff

J Mascis is weird as fuck.  That tacky purple Jazzmaster is friggin' sweet, though--and not at all a fan of the looks of the current Squier white & gold thing.

Rickenbacker Bass Fisking

These videos threaten to break out into a full-on Mr. Plinkett shitfit at any moment but never quite get there.  It is some fine Rickenbacker fisking, though, from a solid Fender fan.  Rics get all the hate from all over, but damn, they often sound so good.  There are many valid points about all the problems in the Rickenbacker design and execution articulated by plenty of folks for many years, but in the right hands, the Rickenbacker bass sound is so amazingly perfect.  Of course, a mid-priced Ibanez SR bass sounds pretty fucking good too--and packs a real punch per dollar--if you don't want the same old Precision or Jazz bass that all the other kids have.  A decent Fender Jazz can be something special, too, and the Ric and Fender Jazz bass were supposedly direct competitors. 

All the Roger Glover fluffing is pretty fucking randomly hilarious in 2015.