If you said, "Tom Petty, from the song The Waiting, 1981 (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), from the album Hard Promises," you get 20 bonus points. Partial credit for partial answers will be given.
Things have changed over the years. We used to buy almost everything in brick and mortar stores. At our home in Texas, ordering something from Amazon, with a "2-day delivery" was generally 3 to 5 days. It was about 15 years ago that I bought my first guitar online... well, to be accurate, it wasn't the first guitar I bought, just the first purchased online, without being able to see and play it in person. It turned out to be a good experience: the seller set the guitar up to my specifications, and it was about a week from paying for it to getting it in my hands. And I was quite happy with that.
"Did you buy another guitar, Jim?" No, but thanks for asking. Since moving to Phoenix, we have gotten spoiled with "next day delivery" from Amazon. And frequently, "same day delivery." It comes with living in the big city.
I have been researching a multi-effects guitar pedal. You may have seen the post where Mark lent me his latest pedal - I was very impressed with that one. The company that makes that one has quite a few variants of that. After pouring through on-line reviews, I decided on one that has the same features and effects, but has what I feel is a better layout (for me) with foot-switches. It is the Mooer 150 Max li. The "Max" designator is about the larger footprint, allowing for 8 foot-switches instead of 4. All the same amp sims and effects as the 150 Pro li (that Mark has). The "li" means it has a built-in lithium battery, so it doesn't have to be plugged in while using it (one less cord to run).
This model will allow me to make changes by using one foot-switch instead of having to step on two at a time to access some features...
Joan ordered it late last night. Delivery is supposed to be between 7:00 and 11:00am this morning. We could have gotten it between 4:00 and 7:00am, but didn't want the "someone is at your door" alert. We were up at 6:00 this morning, to get ready to head out for Sunday breakfast at Waffle House with Steph and Dan - a once a month or so occurrence, but I digress.
I'm anxious to try out this pedal. It won't replace my other pedal-board, which is set up for use with my acoustic guitars. This one will be for my electrics; and convenient to have over 200 amp sims and effects in one pedal.
Also coming in the same order is a set of earphones to be used for in-ear monitors. No, we don't play so loud that I have to use in-ears, since my Bose PA allows the band to "hear what the audience hears," but these will isolate the vocals so I can hear just the lead and harmony parts while playing. And should be good for using with my "local guys," who play a lot louder.
10:01am, and Amazon delivered the gear. Not too hard of a wait. ;-)
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I did spend about 3 hours working with this effects pedal today - there is a learning curve, but it is SO much faster to get things dialed in by using the software for the Mac rather than trying to change all those amp and effect options with just two dials. I'm thinking I just scratched the surface (set up 20 amp/effects channels, out of around 200) today. But, my brain is full. Today, I listened to all these options while wearing headphones - tomorrow, I'll be trying it out with a couple different amps.
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