New lens arrived and when put side by side with my previous go to for birding, a 70-300mm, looks like the "Don't talk to me or my son again" meme for optics.

I'm going to have a lot of fun taking this out to Rutland water in a couple of weeks!
#photography #newgearday #fujifilm

#NewGearDay
Habe meinem E-Gravelbike ein neues Schaltwerk gegönnt: Ein Shimano Ultegra RX (gegenüber dem alten Ultegra jetzt mit Clutch gegen Kettenschlagen).
War zufällig gerade im Angebot in genau der Ausführung die ich brauchte - Direct Mount. Glück muss man haben.
Habe beim Tausch entdeckt, dass ich ggf beim Bike putzen mehr auf die versteckten Ecken achten sollte.
Dafür wie verdreckt das alte Schaltwerk innen war, hat es echt gut funktioniert.
#Werkstattmomente #Biking #Equipment

Got this new toy in the mail yesterday, spent the whole day today (national holiday here in France) playing with it, and I have to admit I'm impressed!
(and as a former boutique amp maker, I have pretty high standards )

I've already captured 4 of my amps, and the results are quite convincing!

Definitely not the same feeling as standing in front of a "real" amp, but I could very well consider using it for recordings, rehearsals & gigs

New gear day. Well first hard trial of new gear.

Backpack: Osprey Atmos AG LT

Shoes: Vivobarefoot Magna Lite SG through their ReVivo program

The shoes are dialed in as I've been out running in them a bit. For the backpack it is good, even when I've yet to dial it in it is nice. Pack plus gear 20kg (2kg+18kg).

Today I finally obtained the amp I've wanted for ~22 years: a '65 #Fender Deluxe Reverb (reissue).

It's glorious!

Woo! All my custom string sets from #DRstrings finally came in. Along with the tapewounds from #LaBella. Maybe tonight I'll throw them on.

Also, bought a Greco GS940 #semihollow #shortscale #bass that I'm going to convert into a #fretless #cello. That'll arrive in a few weeks.

Another #electricBass will be on it's way soon. Details to follow.

Oh. I decided on a whim to buy a new used #Behringer graphicEQ and #DBX compressor+limiter+noise gate. I feel like I stole them they were so cheap but, I know they were sitting around for a long time.

Traded in a hard case that came w/ my #Ibanez bass.

It's certainly been a #NGD #newGearDay !

My Christmas present arrived today #Guitar #NewGearDay

oh hell yeah it's #NewGearDay

Big #newgearday in my studio today! Finally decided to stop doing everything with an SM58 or SM57 like a punk, and I dropped $500 on an SM7B and a boom arm. It sounds sooooo goood, I've gotta go re-record vocals on everything I'm currently working on!

Shoutout to the #RunningRoom folks in #yeg for helping me find these beauties that fit like a glove. excellent customer service & shoe selection.

Turns out the cushioning on my Saucony Grid Marauders was completely shot, which I realized when my new trail runners felt more fluffy than the road shoes so yeah! #newGearDay!

Building my first #eurorack, a System 100 clone. Look out world! #newgearday

Oooooo! My #Pearl #TopTuned #Djembe is being processed at the #UPS facility and will apparently be delivered today, not on Monday as I had originally thought. *Does another happy dance* #NewGearDay #Happy #Drums #Percussion

The delivery person rang yesterday and delivered this beauty.
Really looking forward to testing this out and brewing the first beers on it.
#homebrewing #craftbeer #brewzilla #newgearday

Picked up a Godin Seagull S8 EQ mandolin today. Nice little #mandolin. Pretty good resonance and intonation. Solid build. Doing some #recording with it tonight. #music #NewGearDay #NGD

#newgearday playin that egg type beat

Was gifted some new #guitar gear! An #MXR 305 Tremolo pedal, a #Saturnworks dual footswitch (for the #Boss RC-5), and the BAS-1 amp stand.

The MXR tremolo is super fun. I haven't quite worked out the envelope filter mode (I don't have a compressor, but I don't hear the speed changing) but will keep at it. The Saturnworks needs a TRS patch cable, which I don't have yet, so haven't been able to try that out yet. The RC-5 is great, but I feel like I need to take a class on it!

#NGD! I bought this new "Kmise" brand tenor guitar from ebay for an absurdly low price.

at 30" long with a 21.25" scale length it's a little closer to an over-sized baritone ukulele, but it is indeed slightly larger than Kmise's bari uke model, and it's got a pin bridge with steel strings vs the usual ukulele nylon.

I'm pretty sure the body is all mahogany laminate.

It's a really well-made little instrument, absurdly well-made for about $70 shipped with a very nice gig bag. I haven't checked with a tuner but the intonation is spot-on and the action is nice and low all the way up the neck.

It sounds like you would expect a small-bodied laminate guitar to sound; not very loud and not a lot of low-end, but that's fine. I'll record something with a good mic once I've gotten to know it a little better.

I tuned it to #plectrumbanjo CGBD and it will be a lot of fun to noodle around with. Since the scale is something like 5" shorter than a typical plectrum, the strings feel very taut; plus they're steel, which my fingers are not used to. I'll have to research lighter strings.