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I like my Collings D2H. I've had it about six years. It has the Waverly tuners( I think they're standard now) and it stays in tune real well. I had Carl McIntyre put in one of his transducer pickups in it when I bought it. It has a nice sound for live, but needs some level boost.

The question is 'How come?' What is there about the obviously low-cost mikes and electronics in the boom box that results in such (comparatively) decent recording? I've heard others say the same thing.

gibs, what the first web site you reference above? I can get to the page you've marked, but I can't navigate from there. I have a mid-60's Gibson Vanguard(GA77-RET) that I'd like to ask some questions about. Thanks! The GA-5 amp was a Skylark.

I'm new to multitrack recording. I've been using an SM58 with a low-end cassette 4-track. Lke almost everyone else, it seems, I'm unhappy with the quality of the acoustic guitar recording. The other day, I was cleaning out a box of old cassette tapes and I ran across a bunch of stuff I had...

I know I'm breaking the rules. My favorite was always a blackface Deluxe Reverb. I haven't played the vintage series re-issues and was curious to know how they stack up with originals

Schematics My copy of the Tube Amp Book(mine is Vol 3) shows a fairly crude schematic for a 'Les Paul Jr' on page 517 that fits the bill. The tubes are a 6V6(output), 5Y3(full-wave? rectifier) and 6SJ7(amplifier). It appears to be very similar to the GA-5, on page 504. This is also in my...

I have a friend with a Martin with factory(Fishman?) installed who uses the BOSS stompbox EQ/Preamp.

Thanks, Axehead This works pretty well for me. I'm a bad singer, and hate recording with earphones. I don't have studio monitors, just a home stereo system. I switched the wires on one speaker and set the receiver on mono. Then I set up the mike away from them and centered. I still got a...

I know that SM57's are supposed to be better for miking instruments and amps. I've also read that they are the same except for the ball. What happens if you just screw the ball off a 58 and use it like that?

Four '64 Martin O16-NY '64 Fender Duosonic '68 Guild Starfire II '96 Collings D2H

I own a rhyming dictionary, but find I use a thesaurus more. When I'm looking for that certain word, it seems to work better for me to follow the thought I'm on than to just go looking for a rhyme. Sometimes I find a word that is a bit more precise in the meaning I'm after. And a new word...

This is supposed to be a sonwriters' board and someone is giving John Denver credit(or blame) for writing "Country Roads'? Wasn't it written by Bill & Taffy Danoff?

Thanks. Sounds like you just shouldn't try recording on adjacent tracks. Apparently, with the 02 you have no control over the output level of the track(s) being recorded. And it appears that the output will be high if your trim is high. This doesn't make sense. I wish TASCAM had taken the...

I'm having problems with the earphone levels on a Porta 02 while recording. I recorded a drum track on track 4. When I tried to record acoustic guitar(miked) on track 3, I could barely hear the drums because the guitar was so loud. Then, when recording bass(from keyboard) on track 1, I could...

I've got the manual, and it doesn't mention it. There are four 1/4" inputs on the 02 - the left and right record inputs, the guitar input they added for the MKII version, and the headphone jack. I think this pedal just won't work with the 02. If someone doesn't tell me different, I'm...