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Went to the Nelson gig over the weekend to see John Butler Trio (also had Trinity Roots, Fly My Pretties, L.A.B) Just to say, aside from an iffy Hendrix/bluesy moment, John Butler Trio were brilliant. The live version of Oceans was excellent. A couple of banjo moments were killer. Worked the crowd w...

I'd just keep a look out for a second hand 1x12 to go with it, $499 would get you something way better than that Vox 12" cab! I was thinking that too. According to Vox, cab is designed to match the MV50 - but I'm not sure how much of that is just Vox's way of getting you to buy their gear and ...

Last year I bought the little Vox MV50 Clean with the Vox BC108 cabinet. Really happy. But because we never sit still, should I: a. Buy another BC108 and run them together which would result in the full 50Watts. And only $149 extra. But small speakers (8 inch) b. Buy the larger BC112 - 12 inch speak...

Maybe I should build a pedal that has both circuits in it...

I've never really had enough pedals to experiment with stacking. But recently I started doing some DIY ones. I first made a very simple single transistor distortion that is noisy and gritty and not that useable (think a ripped speaker cone :) ). Then I made a fuzz which is smooth and nice but wasn't...

Danger Mouse wrote:That battery charger amp is off the charts awesome!

Welcome

Seconded! All are very cool - but the battery charger is next level cool!

I read (somewhere...?) that a lot of distortion pedals (DS1, Rat et) sound best when in front of a slightly overdriven amp, and can be terrible in front of a really clean amp. And they recommended if using a really clean up to pair one up with a bit of an OD pedal. What are people's experience with ...

Dad had an acoustic which he hardly ever played - but he sounded great and I wanted a bit of that magic. I wanted lessons but wasn't allowed them until I worked through a beginner book of folk type songs myself - it started off with three string chords on the EBG strings only. After that I had lesso...

That story about how Kim Deal joined the prices was hilarious. Thanks for sharing the pics There were some cool anecdotes about some of the gear. Like white left handed strat in the Jimi Hendrix collection - apparently Jimi bought it for Stephen Stills so he could see what it was like to play 'wron...

jeremyb wrote:Nice, did you get a cleveland steamer while you were there?

I'm scared to ask....

sunburster wrote:I was born and raised in Cleveland and still visit my family there every year. The Rock Hall is great, I've been there a few times. Definitely a must-visit if you are in the city.

People were down on Cleveland before I went. But yeah man - it is cool!

In Cleveland for a conference and took a few pics. Some beautiful guitars (and other interesting bits and pieces). Pictures are difficult to get as no flash allowed...
Google Photos link here:
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jaxman16 wrote:Sounds awesome! Never heard of them, thanks for the recommendation.

Hopefully they get a few gigs and some airplay. Definitely a professional sound. The recorded over at Tom Shihad Larkin's studio.

Yeh that's about right: I took two guitars so he could give them a good looking over, and it ended up being $75 for setup, intonation, neck/truss rod adjustment (I think), and replacing the output jack on one of them. Didn't need new strings or any fretwork though. Definitely money well spent! (Plu...

jeremyb wrote:

Shimmer wrote:Just curious - what is the cost of a setup? <$100? More? I know it depends on what needs doing, but say for neck adjust/intonation etc?

Last one I had was restring, intonation, bit of fret levelling, and around $80 from memory

Sounds good - I should really get it done.