Recent content by famous beagle

You'll find that Sweetbeats is one in a million. He's incredibly knowledgeable and extremely generous with his time and willingness to help out - a true gem on this forum (and others, too!).

Sorry, I missed this post. I never did see the amp again. I imagine it was likely sold for drug money or something. What's crazy is that he even built a matching external cab for it because he said he was feeling so bad about it taking so long. At least, I think he built it. He showed me the...

This may be a stupid question, but, as a guitarist (predominantly) I've always wondered about it. So many 80s songs, for example, featured guitars and keys, and often times the guitars were just playing power chords (i.e., root and 5th only - no 3rd). When this is going on, what are the keys...

I'll preface this by saying this is not really my genre. I really don't like auto-tuned vocals (sick to death of them) and super clean/everything-on-the-grid production. But, obviously, a lot of people do like that, so .... I think it sounds really good overall. As it stands, I could see this...

In general, I'd say err on the side of less gain than you think. I hear people playing those 50s/early 60s songs with WAY too much gain, and it just doesn't have the same punch or impact.

Great story! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

I had a reissue for about 10 years. I liked it, but I've never played a vintage one, so I have no reference.

Nice! Hagstrom Swede, huh? 😉

I'm curious if every guitar player has this ... what I call the "holy sh*t" moment. Here's my story. I started playing guitar at 14 (1985 I think) on a borrowed Peavey T-15, which had a built-in, bare bones (solid state, obviously) amp in the case. (See pic. I don't own this anymore, but this...

Sounds as though you've done your research! 🙂 If I ever take the 163x out of the rack, I'll be sure to snap a shot of the board. Good luck!

Hi there. I'm really sorry, but unfortunately, I don't have those files anymore. That was 9 years ago and several computers since then. 😕

Hey y'all, I just finished all the guitars last night for one of two full songs that will appear at the end of a DIY Home Recording book and wanted to get opinions. The only thing that’s left on this is the vocals and then the mix. This one’s just an all-out, bare-bones rock tune (I was...

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing; it wouldn't sound as good to me if you played F there, because the melodic theme would be compromised. And that's what's driving the musical phrase at that point, IMO.

Hey Nola, I just checked out the song, and yeah, that note doesn't bother me at all. As you said, it's the major 7th of the Fmaj7 chord, so there's that. But even if you were just playing an F chord instead of Fmaj7, I doubt the note would bother me. It's very pretty, and it's a...

The 688 is absolutely not heavier than a 388 - not by a long shot. 388 = 82 lbs 688 = 38 lbs