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Can anyone help me find out how old my Yamaha NS10s are? As I recall, I bought them in the mid-1990s. Is there a list of serial numbers I can review? Thank you.

I'm looking at buying one of the other - anyone used both? How much better is the UR RT4, or is it just the Rupert Neve name recognition? Thank you all

I have my recording equipment from the early 2000s when my (non-musical) career took over and so I haven't done any playing or recording since then. Now I'm in the position of being able to get back to it, and I would appreciate some help in determining if it's going to do what I need it to do...

It has been suggested that i buy a Behringer XENYX 1204 Mixer - $130. Behringer used to be pretty low on the quality charts - is there something better for $200 or less? Thank you.

Yes it's one of my rigs. And it really works great for a whole host of stuff (but definitely not anything requiring some serious distortion). I didn't say it was the only great rig - but it surely is one of the great ones. I do have salt and pepper in my spice rack - and if you think of the...

Y'all are way too complicated. Great guitar > cord > great amplifier. E.g. 1964 Strat > cord > 1966 Vibrolux Reverb Add a touch of reverb to taste . . . Any questions?

Young man, those changes are referred to by us old 'uns as 'ice cream changes' and were the soundtrack to the conception of millions of baby boomers.

If you can find a Tokai 'strat' from the early '80s, buy it. They were great!

. . . and there's the rub. It's a simulator. However, based on your commitment to it, I shall take it for a spin next time i'm in a store. Watch this space . . . ;)

Happy ending . . . I found a copy of it - on a friend's iPod!!! How cool . . . (All those old ladies I helped across the street when I was a kid!)

A solid-state pre-amp is not going to give you a tube sound. Marshall-typs designs do drive the power tubes to get their sound. Fender-type amps (including Boogies) drive the pre-amp tubes to get their sound. If you don't have any pre-amp tubes, it's kinda hard to overdrive them. I'm not...

For rooms that big, you're going to be mic'ed up anyway - so raw watts isn't a factor. I would go with a small tube amp (e.g. Deluxe reverb or similar). Hope this helps.

That's a good idea - I'll give it a shot. Thanks

Blackface Fender amps: Deluxe Reverb - one 12" speaker, twenty-two watts. Pro Reverb - two 12" speakers, forty watts.

How much do you want to spend, and by playing live, how big a room are you going to be playing in?