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Hey hey So a guitar has come to me with some fairly big "dings", a victim of live show craziness. Poor old high E hehe (will replace the machine head or dismantle and attempt to bend it back (not that I hold much hope for that)) Nice hunk out of the fretboard As a side note the pots have...

Hey guys So I'm doing more and more setups on guitars. There's also several places that'll do the same in my area for roughly the same dollars. I want to stand out from the rest, and so, my question is: how do you go "the extra mile"? Is there something you do as part of your standard setup...

Hey guys Not wanting to send the "chipped my nut" thread completely off the rails, do any of you tech types have any tips for dealing with graphtec nuts? I've cut a few now and they seem to render my files almost useless. They seem to coat my files and they just slip over the surface rather...

My poor old $30 peavey addverb 2 is dying. The internal battery has leaked all over the board inside and it's not pretty. I've cleaned it/resoldered and given it a new battery but the damage is done and each day it gets worse. No great loss, but in a way I'll miss her. I need a cheapish...

So - I am the proud owner of a "new to me" Soundcraft 200b. It's a little 8 channel version... but it might just grow a couple of extra channels at some stage. It has 4 aux sends, which I want to use (at least) one for reverb/effects. But there is no aux returns as such. There IS, however, 8...

Hey guys - sorry for the noob question up front... I have an amp/preamp/"thing" I want to add a low cut switch to, right at the input. I believe it's pretty simple, using 2 caps of different values and a spst switch, but maybe I'm just missing something. Basically: I haven't calculated...

Anyone have a copy of the schematic for an Akai 1710 reel to reel? I'm pulling one apart for parts, and using the amp inside as a preamp/stereo/ipod dock/guitar amp. The mic preamp seems to be discreet transistors and the playback seems to be all tube but it's all point to point and a bit...

I just picked up a couple of Akai 1710l reel to reels. I bought them originally so I could strip out the tube amps, but it seems like they are both working to some degree so I'd like to have one working reel to reel for stereo recordings and strip the other down to just an amp/preamp. Each unit...

Hi guys I've got a funny old desk that I want add in a couple of channel outs. I think I know where to take them from - BUT I want the echo to still work for each out though (which makes things trickier maybe). Here's the whole schematic: Here's what I'm thinking: Question is; can I sneak...

Hi Guys I'm just wondering what determines the width of an EQ band. In my desk (an old live girl), my EQ is at 150hz, 2.2khz and 8khz, +/- 15db. Behold the schematic: If someone could talk me through this. I know the bigger value caps are for the bass side and the tiny ones are the treble...

So I'm cleaning up an old live desk to see if I can use it for anything. I've noticed quite a few 10uf tantalum caps inside... and the desk is at least 20 years old, if not 30. I'm going to swap out all the electrolytics as first priority. I also want to ditch all the tantalums due to their age...

So I have an old desk. It's a live desk, it's analogue, it's not transformer input or anything, just opamps, simple simple. It's from 1978-80, made by Jands in Australia. A pub rock desk. The thing is, it's a bit noisy. Everything works perfectly (well...). I know live desks will always be...

Hi guys Wanting to see if anyone knows where I can source a schematic for a Soundblaster Live card. I really like the Live card now I understand the DSP stuff (using the KX drivers obviously). Anyone who has a Live card, go get KX NOW and sit down somewhere quiet and learn how the DSP works...

Last night I was trying to get rid of the noise that my old CRT makes when I'm recording guitar parts. Not seriously "recording" by any means, just stacking up ideas etc, but the noise from the CRT is pretty annoying. Yes, I know, I still use a CRT. I tried moving my guitar away from it...