Forums have been slow, how about a 'In the mail' thread?

[Cdog]

SE Electronics SE X1 R Ribbon mic from Andertons.
First time buying off them, arrived in under a week and around half the price with shipping included.
Wanted to try a cheap ribbon, and this one had good reviews. Sounds great on a crunchy guitar paired up with a SM57, more fullness in the bottom end.

Nice. I've had great service fron Anderson's a couple times also. Great how they deduct the VAT

[Aquila Rossa]

Friedman IR-X. According to 'what's my duty' at NZ customs it should pass customs without any charges. I got sick of waiting for the two authorized NZ dealers to get around to bringing one in, so I imported direct from BAD myself.

I do not expect it to sound like a BE Deluxe, or any other 100 watt amp when running direct to DAW and my little 8" monitors. It has no power amp. No big power valves, big output transformer, no currents big enough to kill you, or big speakers in a big 4x12, so why would I even expect it to? I do expect to get some good preamp sounds thru DAW from it though.

Being outboard of DAW, it will handle being hit by hot pedals better than my Audient interface's DI. Currently I have to pad hot pedal levels down to not clip the interface's input and then set levels in DAW to boost amp sims -- it's a pain in the butt.

I have a Freyette PS-2A Power Station to use as a reactive load for my JMP 50 clone amp, but for practice and noodling I find myself playing amp sims thru DAW more than using the real thing. The amp is way more honest than any model or capture of one I have tried, but I do not like putting all that strain on the valves and components cranking it into the Power Station. I get nervous cranking the amp, so only do it for short runs. I have killed a few amps myself, plus I saw the Angus Rig Rundown and how many JMP amps he kills running them hard. The IR-X seems like a good middle ground to me. A valve preamp is much harder to kill, as is an IR.

https://friedmanamplification.com/shop/ ... dman-ir-x/

[jeremyb]

Friedman IR-X. According to 'what's my duty' at NZ customs it should pass customs without any charges. I got sick of waiting for the two authorized NZ dealers to get around to bringing one in, so I imported direct from BAD myself.

I do not expect it to sound like a BE Deluxe, or any other 100 watt amp when running direct to DAW and my little 8" monitors. It has no power amp. No big power valves, big output transformer, no currents big enough to kill you, or big speakers in a big 4x12, so why would I even expect it to? I do expect to get some good preamp sounds thru DAW from it though.

Being outboard of DAW, it will handle being hit by hot pedals better than my Audient interface's DI. Currently I have to pad hot pedal levels down to not clip the interface's input and then set levels in DAW to boost amp sims -- it's a pain in the butt.

I have a Freyette PS-2A Power Station to use as a reactive load for my JMP 50 clone amp, but for practice and noodling I find myself playing amp sims thru DAW more than using the real thing. The amp is way more honest than any model or capture of one I have tried, but I do not like putting all that strain on the valves and components cranking it into the Power Station. I get nervous cranking the amp, so only do it for short runs. I have killed a few amps myself, plus I saw the Angus Rig Rundown and how many JMP amps he kills running them hard. The IR-X seems like a good middle ground to me. A valve preamp is much harder to kill, as is an IR.

https://friedmanamplification.com/shop/ ... dman-ir-x/

This excites me very much, looking forward to a review!!

[jhyang549]

Picked this up today. Got a great deal for an Ibanez S521 - in great condition and the seller was really helpful and nice.

Came with an Ibanez case and a cable as well.

It is astonishingly light - 2.3 KG. It is so light that it has an slight issue with neck dive but I play sitting down with a strap so that doesn't matter to me.

Pickups are good and have a good variety of tones.

I spent a few hours cleaning and setting up the guitar. It's really comfortable to play. Very happy with this guitar.

[foal30]

I’ve got a couple of pedals on the way one of which I really don’t know how it’ll work out

Fingers crossed

[TmcB]

I’ve got a couple of pedals on the way one of which I really don’t know how it’ll work out

Fingers crossed

What they be?

[hamo]

I’ve got a couple of pedals on the way one of which I really don’t know how it’ll work out

Fingers crossed

What they be?

A finger is a prominent digit on the forelimbs of most tetrapod vertebrate animals, especially those with prehensile extremities (i.e. hands) such as humans.

[jeremyb]

I’ve got a couple of pedals on the way one of which I really don’t know how it’ll work out

Fingers crossed

What they be?

A finger is a prominent digit on the forelimbs of most tetrapod vertebrate animals, especially those with prehensile extremities (i.e. hands) such as humans.

Thanks for stepping in here when I was away Hamish, so glad to have you on the team!!

[TmcB]

And which one do I tell you to sit on and take a spin?

[foal30]

I’ve got a couple of pedals on the way one of which I really don’t know how it’ll work out

Fingers crossed

What they be?

Prunes and Custard

[hamo]

And which one do I tell you to sit on and take a spin?

I think you know the answer to that.

[AiRdAd]

IK Multimedia TONEX

[Bg]

Not in the mail, but picking up from Aucks next friday..... yay Kemper!
Flying in for a meeting next week, so no time to meet up with anyone.

Coming for the weekend the week after though, will post a thread, and hopefully we can do beersies! Mount Eden way!

[NippleWrestler]

One of these but lefty. It's a Westone. I'll always buy a lefty Westone.

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[clubhouse]

Chuffed...long time GAS target.

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