Recent content by DrewPeterson7

Yup, that one took almost 11db to volume match, which surprised me so much I triple-checked everything to make sure I didn't have a pad somewhere I was unaware of. Hey, that's awesome, and makes me feel WAY less like I'm going insane. 🤣 Broadly I agree - as I'd mentioned in the other thread...

Ah ok, so we're in pretty close agreement, then - I think pickup comparisons into a distorted amp are still useful simply because where a pickup is focused can change where an amp distorts, and I guess I just confused some of what you were saying on mic comparisons on a distorted signal, on...

Could also try a little bit (like, hot water level) heat - this is usually the easiest way to loosen a stuck bottle top, and it sort of counts on the very modest expansion of metal as it gets warmer.

tl;dr from the related thread - in the Warm Audio Mystery Box giveaway (more or less), I ordered one because of the dozen and a half eligible mics, there was only really one where I already owned a good quality take on the design, their C414 style, where I had a matched pair of SE4400a's. So...

Suffice to say, I have a LOT of thoughts here, haha. Certaoinly, starting with I've never heard anyne describe a pickup as "having crunch," and as for growl, I would interpret that as maybe referring to the way the midrange, probably low mids, interacts with the front end of a distorted preamp -...

We're speaking about pickup comparisons now right? And not C414 comparisons? I always try to do both clean and distorted, and I do them same guitar and same amp settings. As far as gain, I hear your concern... but I favor a pretty touch-sensitive amount of saturation anyway which may make it a...

I don't have access to a piano, alas... but I'll see what I can do. 👍 I'd hope that the two mics are consistent enough that they should be at least very close to equal volume, but I'll volume match in my DAW before doing anything with them. Normally I do singlecoil pickup comparisons, so I'll...

Yeah, you're absolutely right - it's really hard to do a good apples-to-apples comparison of something as position-sensitive as a cardioid condenser mic, but I suppose the best way to go at it would be to put them capsule to capsule, one upside down and the other right side up, and record the...

So, good news, bad news. The good news - I got my mystery box today, and it was NOT a Jr. series mic. Rather, it was a WA-14, their take on an AKG C-414, which is an excellent mic for a lot of things, but not the least of which acoustic guitars, which I record a fair amount of. The bad news -...

It looks like the promotion IS, indeed, over. But, as Rich pointed out, the sale of mics people didn't actually want should just be getting started, the secondary market should be cheap for a while. Busy week and I dind't know it had already drawn to an end, otherwise I'd have posted before...

Snagged one as an impulse buy, that just shipped today. Basically, for $250, they'll send you one of their mics, which most likely will be one of their $299 Jr series mics (which are still fairly well regarded, as good-for-the-money takes on classic mic designs), but there's an outside chance...

Forget pictures, sound clips!

Buddy of mine used to swear by these, and still thinks they hold up pretty well. I'm pretty much a guitar-into-amp guy so it, and almost all of his patches, were overkill for me, but there was a time where this was a cutting edge preamp, and we haven't gone THAT far from those days.

I'm a Strat guy from way back, so the sound and feel of a Gibson is all wrong to me, and I have no interest. But, anecdotally, I've heard after really bottoming out in the late 90s annd early 2000s, quality control has gotten a lot better these days and Gibsons coming out of the factory now are...

Private equity, but with a management team who also play, for whatever that's worth.