One Year No Gear 

Absolutely. It's wild how fast we adapt to the new normal once we get what we longed for and it's onto the next thing. I don't think this should be too hard but I may be feeling differently in a few months. Cheers!

Thanks so much and Happy New Year to you too!

Thanks buddy! I've got some content like that planned. Hope everything is moving along nicely for you these days with the business and personally! Maybe a catch up soon?

Thanks Jeff, Lots on the way!

That's awesome to hear! I'm super grateful to Keith for having me on that one. It was a blast. I don't think it'll be that hard really but it's also the first two weeks so we'll see haha. Honestly, I didn't learn the fretboard properly for way too long and even still I think I could be a bit faster. Check out this video on one system of how to do it. I found it really helpful. I never really liked the tests that ask you what note is at what fret because I like to have a guitar in my lap when doing it. His method is amazing and promotes small practice times on it regularly so don't do more than he suggests and get into whatever else you want to do once you're done. Trust me! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PJddQ6Q0UDo.html&ab_channel=MusicTheoryForGuitar

@@minimalistmusician thanks for the tip! I had begun to dive in to a Truefire course by Howard Morgan that was really helpful. I just need to put in the time with it... and not waste time watching gear videos on RU-vid. LOL. Gonna check out your link. I like the idea of small amounts of time more often. Makes sense.

That's amazing! Congrats. That is going to open up a whole bunch of new learning opportunities. Pumped for you.

Thanks Gab. Love to hear how you make out with it over the year.

That's awesome, and thanks, appreciate it a lot. I did used to work at Music City years ago but I can be very certain I never fixed your amp. It would have wound up more broken had I fixed it haha. Cheers and happy new year!

@@minimalistmusician I remember now. It was KO Amps (Kev) that fixed my rig. Cheers! :)

Hope you can make time to pick up the guitar more this year. Secretly I wish I was a bass player.. I think it's the most fun instrument out there.

Yeah. Not many places left around here for that these days.

Yeah I'be debated it for a few years and figured putting it out there was a good way to go for accountability. I certainly don't think you have to go this extreme to apply some of these ideas though. The whole thing is to just make sure music is really still the focus of it all. Hope you enjoy it in whatever capacity you chose to embrace it. Cheers

Nice! I just did a purge and am purging more. Feels so good eh?

@@minimalistmusician it really does. I came to the realisation that basically I have 3 basses, 2 acoustics and 4 electrics that I really play, and a couple of others that have sentimental attachment. So why did I have over 30 guitars? 🤣

That's awesome! Those pesky plugins are such an easy trap to fall into too! You can get them from the comfort of your own home, immediately and for a pretty easy price haha. I'd say you're doing well than most, including myself over the last few years. Sounds like you've got some real fine instruments too. I think as long as making music is at the forefront that's all that really matters. Happy New Year!

@@minimalistmusician From one side of North Bay to the other, Happy Minimalist New Year.

@@paulpedersen8623 Back atcha!

Nope! I'll be talking about gear I already own and use a lot still. It definitely can be a little bit tough I think and I'm sure I'll be tempted along the way!

​@@minimalistmusician That's a fantastic plan! If you're trolling for video topics at all, I'd be interested to know if you used any interfaces prior to the UA and if so, why you upgraded. Everyone that's serious loves those things and I can't say that I get it. I'm quite happy with my Focusrite 2i2 3rd gen. Then again I'm more of a casual musician than you are. I'd also be interested how much each of your acoustic guitars end up getting used for recording in the real world. I've taken an approach of buying one all-around acoustic (think "Taylor Grand Auditorium") and then expecting to change the tonality in post (mostly with Eq). It works much better with my wife's sense of how many instruments I SHOULD own. I see you're also within a hair's breath of monetization. That's amazing after

@@billfliesdrones4862 I had an Audient ID 14 prior to the UAD and it was fantastic. The focusrite stuff is absoluetly great too and I've used one on occasion. The big deal about the UAD is the zero latency monitoring with their plugins and the ability to either "commit to tape" or just monitor with the plugins. For me it's about getting it to sound as good as I can while playing. I play better when it sounds how I want it to. I also own a sphere modeling mic and the plugins work real nice with the UAD world and give me all kinds of options. The UAD preamp plugins actually bypass the physical pre in the unit and take their place so you get as close to the real thing as possible. I think you could get just as good of a sound in post having used your focusrite. I also love that I can have presets in the UAD. If I find a sound I love I just save it so I can recall it later. As far as the guitars, they're all set up differently. One is standard, one whole step down and one is in high strung so I have all kinds of options for recording. Yeah all guitars sound different for sure but like you say, you can do it in post pretty well. I love the idea of is the UAD stuff worth it for a video idea. Cheers!