John Curl's Blowtorch preamplifier part III

[mountainman bob]

Here’s a couple ‘real deal’ examples.....they were harder to find (with good sq) than I would have thought.

Enjoy!

YouTube

YouTube

These recordings still does the fiddle absolutely no justice, but at least you can get a better idea......it’s something to behold up close in person. Bobby Hicks was a local where I used to live and I got to see him play many times.

 

[tapestryofsound]

As someone who has studied and recorded a lot of bluegrass fiddle (basically the same style) I can tell you that 01 sounds the most realistic of those recordings. If you ever heard that style up close and personal it’d be easier to understand........it has many odd (compared to classical violin) things going on.

mountainmanbob,

As an observation, a lot of early recorded bluegrass fiddle music was played on fiddles purchased from the Sears-Roebuck mail order catalogue with their own very distinctive sound that could cut through anything in a dancehall.

tapestryofsound

 

[scottjoplin]

Anyone know of a fiddle rendition of this Coltrane classic? 😀 YouTube

 

[chris719]

Are you on goop or something? The link was clear.

I'm playing in the DIY audio engineering league, therefore I'm an amateur here, without any plan or intention to penetrate peoples home, other than hopefully by disseminating some knowledge and common sense, rather than bullshitting them with Quantum Purifiers, magic goop, audio grade cables, Shakti pebbles, CD green markers, myrtle block risers, and the kind. I'll leave the latter in your trustful hands, please don't expect from me anything but a good dose of kicks in a shadowy place, when the BS meter pegs on red.

The generality of belief in unsubstantiated claims

Sound familiar? 😀

 

[PMA]

The generality of belief in unsubstantiated claims

Sound familiar? 😀

Similar full pdf at Researchgate

(PDF) Examining the Relationship Between Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal Beliefs, and Pseudoscience Acceptance Among a University Population

 

[scottjoplin]

As I've got older I believe/trust people less and less, from talking with others this seems to be quite common, perhaps it's understandable that people want be believe all kinds of strange stuff, as a reaction and maybe to stop them losing faith entirely. YouTube

 

[PMA]

Interesting, but I probably would not mix it with a trust to the people. As I am getting older/old, I am less and less willing to believe in unsupported pseudoscientific "theories".

 

[billshurv]

As I've got older I believe/trust people less and less,

I have generally been untrusting from an early age. With age I have merely become a slightly better judge of character.

 

[chris719]

Interesting, but I probably would not mix it with a trust to the people. As I am getting older/old, I am less and less willing to believe in unsupported pseudoscientific "theories".

Yeah, my personal experience is that people become more skeptical with time/experience. Until cognitive decline starts, anyway. Senior citizens as a group are disproportionately vulnerable to scams of all kinds.

 

[vacuphile]

And, Pavel, some huge gaps in what we know for scientific facts are bugging the heck out of me. The main one being that the origin of species may be explained, but not the origin of life. Not by a long shot.

How where these countless intricate molecular machines formed, that together make a cell work? Even is there were a vector to produce such machines as a result of a random process, how could they ever self-assemble into the concert of life? I find it very uncomfortable that there is no real scientific debate that I am aware of on this issue. From all appearances, the basic building blocks of life must have been engineered.

 

[chris719]

I don’t worry about the origins of life anymore. My concerns are with Roko’s Basilisk. It’s vital that I assist in the ascension of our inevitable AI overlords. Wouldn’t want to be tortured for the rest of eternity or anything 😛 .

 

[PMA]

There's a lot to be discovered, and maybe even more will remain undiscovered. However, this fact should not, IMO, be the reason of adoration of nonsense, of pseudoscience, as we have been witnesses during the whole existence of the mankind.

 

[billshurv]

From all appearances, the basic building blocks of life must have been engineered.

Might I suggest you study the ATP cycle. Then come back and tell me life was engineered! Hint you couldn't come up with a more heath robinson setup if you tried. But it works.

 

[gpauk]

From all appearances, the basic building blocks of life must have been engineered.

It's engineers all the way down...

 

[vacuphile]

ATP cycle is exactly one of those examples.

 

[billshurv]

ATP cycle looks like a cludge that came about after lots of random failures.

 

[gpauk]

There's a word for that process... 🙂

 

[vacuphile]

Software engineering

 

[scottjoplin]

I have generally been untrusting from an early age. With age I have merely become a slightly better judge of character.

I had a sheltered upbringing, a good friend of mine from an entirely different background told me "I don't trust anyone, never have" but the context of our discussion and the way he said it was not at all negative. He is a much better judge of character than me.

 

[billshurv]

Just sampling shostakovich 5 in the BBC headphones mix from this years Proms. I have to say it's a better illusion than last years efforts which felt like you were looking down into the orchestra from above.