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- Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:39 pm
- Forum: DIY BUILD YOUR OWN - Pedals
- Topic: True Tone CS7 repair
- Replies: 8
- Views: 633
Re: True Tone CS7 repair
I otherwise there's that bloke down south that saves busted pedals and stuff (it could also be a broken solder joint for that jack). I forget what he calls his bizzo though. Someone here will know who I mean. Might be this guy? https://www.fantailaudio.com/ That's the one. I have never dealt with h...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:37 pm
- Forum: DIY BUILD YOUR OWN - Pedals
- Topic: True Tone CS7 repair
- Replies: 8
- Views: 633
Re: True Tone CS7 repair
I had one of these. After a couple of years the outputs began intermittently dropping out too. Turned out to be grime in and corrosion of the leads they supply, plus the input jacks. A good clean out with contact cleaner sorted them out. Hopefully that's all that's up with your one, otherwise there'...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:25 am
- Forum: Guitars
- Topic: The Gibson Les Paul Model thread
- Replies: 262
- Views: 22660
Re: The Gibson Les Paul Model thread
I have had a fair few Les Paul guitars since the 1980s, including a custom shop one. The best one by far is my current one. A humble 1990s Studio model with an ebony fingerboard. Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge and Dimarzio 36th Anniversary PAF in the neck. I do not know why, but it just sou...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:06 am
- Forum: GAS
- Topic: Gear Quests!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1141
Re: Gear Quests!
Best gear quest I had was when I was 16 in 1986 and had been working construction for a few months. Trying a few dozen acoustic guitars. Yep, the story about the 1955 Gibson Southern Jumbo I have mentioned a few times -- and how I stupidly traded it in for a bunch of near worthless electric guitar s...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:50 pm
- Forum: Show us yer gear
- Topic: NGD time for a reveal
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1942
Re: NGD time for a reveal
It has the proper looking old school rosewood. Nice. Dark and a kind of gnarly grain. I do not like that pale brown looking rosewood so many guitars have these days. Kind of baby poop colour. The proper Brazilian stuff is endangered though. Rain forests and all that. Oh well. My favourite guitar to ...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: Tone and Style
- Topic: YouTube goodness
- Replies: 6660
- Views: 1540647
Re: YouTube goodness
Reinforcing my belief that speaker, preamp and then power section are the most influential elements of an amp. Also reinforcing how good that 100W Jensen Blackbird sounds. https://youtu.be/XV0HlT6Q8GM?si=d9yAa7VqNGO564_w Which makes sense to me as a speaker has its own EQ curve (frequency response)...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:11 am
- Forum: Tone and Style
- Topic: YouTube goodness
- Replies: 6660
- Views: 1540647
Re: YouTube goodness
This is one of my favourite lead guitar tones of all time. It just freaking rips. Rory was badass.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:03 am
- Forum: Studio, recording, tips and tricks
- Topic: Free DAW plugins
- Replies: 171
- Views: 136262
Re: Free DAW plugins
Softube are offering a free VCA compressor. It requires an account and iLok though, but that a lot easier than it used to be.
https://www.softube.com/vca-compressor
https://www.softube.com/vca-compressor
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: Guitars
- Topic: Guitar food groups and must try guitar sounds
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3415
Re: Guitar food groups and must try guitar sounds
Middle position on a Les Paul that has coil splits. Run the bridge pup as a humbucker for bite and the neck one split for clarity and fullness. Blend volume and tone controls to taste. Some cool tones can be had.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Amp Talk
- Topic: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
- Replies: 14
- Views: 732
Re: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
I bought a JJ 12AX7S because the short plate design is supposed to have very low microphonics and noise. Nope. The trusty old Shuguang 12AX7Bs in there are much less noisy, less microphonic, and sound nicer too. Still my favourite modern production ECC83 valve. Too bad the factory burned down. Supp...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:46 pm
- Forum: Bass Guitars
- Topic: My very own gibson shocker
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3887
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:35 pm
- Forum: Bass Guitars
- Topic: My very own gibson shocker
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3887
Re: My very own gibson shocker
I little bit of work by a suitably qualified pro and that thing would be playing a treat. It's gorgeous. P.S. Them breaking just comes with the territory. Mahogany territory. I've been lucky with Gibson since the '80s, but the one Les Paul I gave to my nephew broke the day he graduated school and pi...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: Guitars
- Topic: Large Headstocks on Strats
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1574
Re: Large Headstocks on Strats
PRS should do a big headstock '70s inspired Silver Sky
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:12 pm
- Forum: Amp Talk
- Topic: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
- Replies: 14
- Views: 732
Re: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
I bought a JJ 12AX7S because the short plate design is supposed to have very low microphonics and noise. Nope. The trusty old Shuguang 12AX7Bs in there are much less noisy, less microphonic, and sound nicer too. Still my favourite modern production ECC83 valve. Too bad the factory burned down. Suppo...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: Amp Talk
- Topic: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
- Replies: 14
- Views: 732
Re: My Marshall JMP 1987 clone. Sound clip. The Unchained Riff (of course).
You're speaking my language with that tone. Sounds great! Cheers. It's getting there. It's partly down to how the lad is playing the riff. He's got the thing we need to sound good. The thing some players just have and others like me have to work hard to get. Lucky him. I am thinking of ordering one...