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Yup, always been my rule of thumb...30W good valve amp and speaker(s) all you need for s decent sized pub for rock guitar. If you want very loud super cleans you will struggle. 50W valves +2by or 4 by 12 will do everything but Wembley. Mind YOU! There IS a range of transistor class D guitar...

That is silly! Five feet is barely over a meter, sure they don't mean 3.2 speed? Even so, not really a practical length. I suspect this is just another case of the b sucking lawyers covering the corporate arse..."We SAID it might not work on 2 m cable...FO!" The last sentence perpetuates a...

Thanks mate, I am actually asking for a guy over at SoS forum. Stewart's name has already been mentioned. No joy unfortunately. The mics are not expensive types ~£200 'Blues' and the fault could be a pretty easy fix. They work fine but they hum. The general opinion is a shield connection gone...

Does anyone know of such a service in the UK? Dave.

That is a solid state amplifier and will therefore equate to about 15, maybe only 10 watts from a good valve amp. Vox AC30s are extremely loud! Maybe if the 2X12 contains some really sensitive speakers such as the Celestion V30s it might cope but I doubt it. The main problem is that sstate amps...

That bearing assembly looks very like the bushings you get on track rod ends and anti-roll bars. The standard fix* is to replace the rubber with urethane which never degrades apparently. A small engineering shop should be able to turn you one up from stock rod. *I watch a LOT of Wheeler Dealer...

Rob, I cannot comment on digital systems, no edukashun. However, an analogue compressor only introduces distortion under 'dynamic ' conditions. If we take a FET comp' for example and we change the gate voltage from a static xV to yV the attenuation will change by some amount but that process...

I use normalize in Samplitude sometimes but if I have multiple tracks (to mix) and just one or two are too low I put up Sam's mixer, shove the fader up a few dB to taste then "save as" the result. "Save as" means the original recording is not changed so I can always go back, but then Sam Pro X...

I had 3 2496 cards in a desktop at one point serviced by an A&H ZED 10. They gave excellent results with a noise floor down around -98dBFS. They also had excellent drivers and I could work down to 64mS (at 44.1kHz) a figure only bettered by 'mid priced' USB interfaces in the last 5 years or so...

Thank you for that insight Folkcafe. I have read much about "USB" over the years and in particular its possible failings for audio use. AFAIKT the "rot stopped" when RME got involved with PFGAs and their own drivers (for PCs) They produced a multitrack AI that worked AS well on USB 2.0 as it did...

He's very "grand" isn't he? And for someone ignoring me he mentions me rather a lot! Dave.

There is a complimentary phrase used for guitar amps "takes pedals well". Can be a good thing but can also mean "lacks gain and versatility"! Dave.

Given the OP's proposed recording site I too would suggest a dynamic such as the SM58 but if he is set upon a capacitor there are two very interesting LDCs reviewed in the current issue of Sound on Sound magazine. The Rode NT1 Signature. For £159 you get an excellent mic plus a shock mount, pop...

Ok well I read it as a bit of both? I would like to say also that there are very few audio interfaces as yet that really need USB 3 bandwidth (some 'bus' powered jobs might need the extra 400mA DC but that is easily kludged) so for the most part we are only talking of extending USB 2.0. There...

Mr Rob A, can you pull through any more audio cables? If so you could try Star Quad? Much is made of SQs interference busting ability but it only really works for very close couplings. Like yours! Another possibility is CAT6 cable for audio pair. As I an sure you know this has individually...

Just a guess? A relay not dropping in or out? If Tascam do signal routing with FETS or transistors these often gave problems in all sorts of vintage gear. Odd because 'muting' transistors are not stressed and have FA to do really! Also, if transistor control a +ve or -ve supply might have gone...

You can say that again! Dave.

Indeed it should and most people, including my son, cope very well with much less powerful machine. That said, a "gamer" can I understand, have some 'bloatware' on it that keeps it busy when it should be working on your music! Do not worry though, just setup the 2i2 EXACTLY AS IT SAYS IN THE...

I do not want to start a cow and confuse the OP but in over ten years of infesting audio forums I have never heard anyone else slag off a Focusrite AI pre amp. Frites must have sold MORE 2i2s than almost every other brand of USB out there! Not a perfect AI by any means but as good as most. In...

Hi Marto, you have had a great deal of good advice so far but can I IMPLORE you not to cheap out on your choice of interface!! The budget devices are er, ok but for your particular application one quality is needed that they may not have, something called "Low Latency". Latency is the inevitable...