Recent content by Trotter

Lets say your sitting with your Les Paul in your lap like you're playing, you look down at the neck joint where the neck binding is above the body. Is the binding supposed to be in line with the body, or making a straight line with the body? The end of the neck near the neck pup on my guitar is...

Just want to get some tips from experienced performers. I played in a band for a long time, but I've never played solo. I was wondering how as a solo performer you engage with the audience. Do you make eye contact with people audience? Or, do you look a little above their heads? I remember...

I have a song on Youtube which I have already copyrighted. An internet friend of mine has asked permission to use my song in a video of her sketches. If I give her permission to use my song, is the ownership of my music at risk in any way? I am thinking about giving her permission to use it as...

Hi, I've put together a solo act and am having a hard time getting gigs. I've made a little promo package with a video, sent it out to local night spots, made flyers, advertised in a local entertainment publication, and have videos on YouTube. The show is made up of songs by Elvis Presley. So...

I've been wanting to play music again, but haven't been able to find other musicians. So I guess I'm going to try to do a solo thing using backing tracks. So to those of you that use backing tracks I have several questions. Does it matter what file type you burn to a CD? Any loss of quality...

I bought a 76 Ibanez Deluxe 59'er that needs a few parts. I'm looking for a truss rod cover. Any idea where I can get one? I haven't had much luck finding one. Thanks

I just bought a new Yamaha FG-433S. This is the second one I have bought. I sent the first one back because it appeared to have a flaw in the finish. The portion of neck binding which was over the top of the guitar didn’t match the binding on the rest of the neck. It is just a slight difference...

I have a few song ideas that I'm working on, and I am wondering if Acid drum loops, and Pod for guitar would need any EQ or compression? Seeing that the sounds are already recorded, or are presets; would I just add the parts to my mix without any EQ or tweaking? I will also be adding some...

Yamaha FG-160 action height question: I recently bought a 30 year old Yamaha FG-160. The tone is great on this guitar, but the action still seems a bit high. I've been trying to get the action lower on it, but the lowest I can get it is about +1/8" from the 12th fret to the bottom of E6, and...

I have an Applause AE28 guitar, which has a bad hum after sanding on the saddle. I am assuming that the problem is in the pickup because it sounded ok before I attempted to lower the action. Under the saddle there is a thin piece of copper looking metal which appears to have been soldered...

I have a modest computer home recording setup that I use when I have time. Someone asked me the other day what the cost to record a full length CD at a professional recording studio would be. I'm thinking it would be a good chunk of mula, maybe 10k or more, am I right? Anyone have a ballpark figure?

I have absolutely no experience with Midi and have some very basic questions about setting up Midi on my computer. Recently I discovered a program called Vsampler. This seems like a pretty cool program, maybe just what I need to add orchestration to my audio recordings. Ok, I have some questions...

I played in several bands many years ago. The older I got the more difficult it became to find people in my area that were serious about playing. Even though I'm considered ancient in the world of rock music, I still miss playing. I thought it would be interesting to find out how many guitarists...

I just got my "new"? Rode NTK today. Is the box supposed to wrapped in shrink wrap? Seems like I have been sent a returned mic. If this is the case, I feel like I am getting less than a new mic. Now I'm debating if I'm going to keep it. Any thoughts? :confused:

I have Acid 3.0 and have experimented with cutting parts of loops and then rearranging them without much success. When I change the pitch of the loop it starts to sound odd. Can this be done with acceptable results?? :)