Worst bang for your buck...

[ArtieToo]

Normal, or High Bias? The PortaStudio needs High Bias.

[ehdwuld]

hmm I believe I will have to find that box of cassettes and look
but I believe they were purposely bought for my Portastudio

[Seashore]

I miss my Portastudio. It got drenched in the basement flood last February. They're so expensive now. The last meaningful project I used it on was recording a bunch of drum samples from a friend's kit to build a programming library. Best programmed drum sound I've gotten, there was some body to the hits that I didn't get from recording straight through an interface.

[Rex_Rocker]

For me, the Fender baked Maple Flat Oval neck. Not because it is not good, but because it's not what I expected.

I guess I wanted it to be a shreddy-feeling neck, but it's not. They do mention in the blurb "it's built for speed", but it's not all that thin. The fretboard is nice because it's not the typical Fender 9.5", but it's not all that flat either. The frets are OK. But the biggest thing I'm disappointed about is it's barely even baked, LOL. It looks more like vintage-tinted neck that's a little more brown than amber than an actual nice and dark caramel-looking piece of baked Maple. It's not all that stable either. It's not terrible, but it's definitely not better than my other guitars.

They do charge extra for the shreddy-wannabe attributes and the baked Maple. I should've just gone for a standard Modern C neck, honestly.

[beaubrummels]

Alesis ADAT. The technology was obsolete before you could get your second album out.

[Ascension]

Alesis ADAT. The technology was obsolete before you could get your second album out.

And also it's a glorified VHS. Has all the mechanical quarks with the rubber rollers and belts of a VHS consumer deck. I still have at least one and a BRC here somewhere.

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Cassettes have been making a comeback for years. There's a market for them. Drawbacks aside, they're a nice analog merch option with much lower outlay than vinyl production. I still have my old dual tape deck from the 90s and I've gotten a few recent tape releases that sound great through my system.

I still use mine almost every day.

[ArtieToo]

I miss my Portastudio. It got drenched in the basement flood last February. They're so expensive now. The last meaningful project I used it on was recording a bunch of drum samples from a friend's kit to build a programming library. Best programmed drum sound I've gotten, there was some body to the hits that I didn't get from recording straight through an interface.

I have the MKIII. But it sits in a closet because I also have the DP-004. Does the same job, but records to a MicroSD card, and dang near fits in your pocket.

[Supernautilus]

Four tracks are such a vibe. I can still remember me and my buddies using our Tascam back in the 90s. A 30 pack, some pizza, and a bag of smoke, and we were happy all night. We used to make the silliest music. It was awful, but we had so much fun. God I miss those days.

[AniML]

Not that I bought it or would consider it if I could, but this is getting insane

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/p/Acoustic-Guitar/Jimmy-Page-1964-SJ-200/Cherry-Tea

but there is also an even more expensive "Collector's Edition"

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/p/Acoustic-Guitar/Jimmy-Page-1964-SJ-200-Collectors-Edition/Cherry-Tea

$12,999, and $19,999 (seemingly only because Jimmy played it) respectively.. The Standard original model is $5700

[Supernautilus]

Not that I bought it or would consider it if I could, but this is getting insane

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/p/Acoustic-Guitar/Jimmy-Page-1964-SJ-200/Cherry-Tea

but there is also an even more expensive "Collector's Edition"

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/p/Acoustic-Guitar/Jimmy-Page-1964-SJ-200-Collectors-Edition/Cherry-Tea

$12,999, and $19,999 (seemingly only because Jimmy played it) respectively.. The Standard original model is $5700

I’ve often wondered if I would ever be persuaded to buy silly things like this if I was crazy rich. I mean, it’s easy to say “I would never” when I’m poor lol. But, they say that money changes people. Something to think about I guess.

[jeremy]

i mean, if i had lots of millions of dollas... i wouldnt buy that, but i might spend stupid money on a vintage strat or something

[Supernautilus]

For me, it would definitely be a trip to the custom shop, so I could get exactly the features I want. Vintage instruments are cool, but I personally value customization above all else.

[Mincer]

I know people with money like that that spend $20k on every single signature guitar that comes out, and they don't ever get played. No, I don't get it.