Ruslan Gordeev

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I saw many very positive reviews of Curt Mangan strings and decided to give their 10-50 set a try. Installed them today and I’m pretty happy so far. Harsh and piercing high end went away, guitar sounds nice and smooth now. Bending string is a challedge, though. :)

→ 7:21 PM, Apr 11

ML Sound Lab is officially my new favorite IRs vendor. I just got myself a pack of absolutely awsome Mesa IRs.

→ 8:23 PM, Apr 9

Great Ceylon tea. The trick is to find just right amount of tea when brewing.

→ 10:18 PM, Mar 7

There is no such thing as too many ports.

→ 5:58 PM, Mar 4

2018 was an amazing year in the guitar department. There is another amp sim I came across several days ago and it’s absolutely amazing: PRS Supermodels.

Archon’s clean channel is my new favorite sound and it takes pedals really well. Great job, Waves!

→ 7:54 PM, Mar 3

I’m not a big fan of a sport band that comes with Apple Watch. I went through cheap options on Amazon but didn’t like the looks of most of them and I wasn’t sure if genuine leather was a real thing in 10 bucks bands. So I got this one from Southern Straps. Looks great.

→ 12:41 PM, Jan 6

Stocked up on tea.

→ 9:25 PM, Jan 4

It seems that Apple Watch is pretty useless for steps counting, giving me crazy numbers.

→ 4:09 PM, Jan 4

Tea Hunt

I've never been a big fan of green teas, always prefered black tea or a mix of black and green teas and rooibos. I usually drink Assam or Darjeeling which are great but lately I’ve been looking for something new and exciting. It suddenly hit me: what about Chinese black teas?! I decided to give it a try. I don't like Pu-Ehr for its fishy taste so I went with regular black teas.

I’ve tried three teas so far: Fujian Baroque, Keemun Concerto and Yunnan Jig. All three are great, but I like Yunnan Jig the best.

Will keep trying, that for sure!

→ 2:32 PM, Dec 28

I wonder if anyone at Google uses Google Play Music or Youtube Music. Both products are just crap.

→ 6:25 PM, Dec 17

Ok, I think I don’t need more pedals unless I buy a real 100w amp with 4x12 cabinet. :) Just kidding. It’s a digital era now, no more real amps. :)

→ 4:20 PM, Nov 30

Free cups from Nespresso.

→ 7:12 PM, Nov 14

Ok, I have migrated to the new computer and I’m happy. For now. :) There are a couple more things I will do next year, though. I want 64GB of RAM and a Thunderbold 3 audio interface. But that’s it, honestly. :)

→ 7:08 PM, Nov 12

2TB or not 2TB?
So, the question is what configuration would be the best for two 1TB SSD drives. I’m going to use these guys for two main purposes: (a) archives and (b) samples and music projects (a lot of wav/mp3 files). Since I need a backup for sure and I want it to be off site, I think I will go with the setup #2.
1. NO RAID + Time Machine backup.
2. RAID0 + BackBlaze backup.
3. RAID1 + BackBlaze backup.
→ 5:05 PM, Nov 12

A bronze sustain block for my Strat has arrived. The final upgrade piece

→ 6:12 PM, Nov 10

The wait time is over.

→ 6:35 PM, Nov 9

Yey!!!!

→ 8:58 AM, Nov 8

STL Tonality

Another awesome guitar amp plugin is out: STL Tonality. I thought my favorite amp would be the #3 which is based on the Marshall JMP amp. Turns out, clean tone that I get out of #5 (based on Fender amp) is my favorite so far.

Small sample on SoundCould.

→ 9:13 PM, Nov 7

Dear VMware, what an awesome and beautiful interface. sarcasm :)

→ 8:37 AM, Oct 31

Finally!!! The new Mac mini is going to be my next computer.

→ 8:03 PM, Oct 30

The weekend project went well :)

→ 3:05 PM, Oct 28

Franz app doesn’t allow me to paste any text into the input fields. WTF?!

→ 5:11 PM, Oct 23

→ 8:48 PM, Oct 21

A new toy has arrived. :)

→ 11:30 AM, Oct 11

Staying in tune.

→ 4:14 PM, Oct 9