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Meanwhile, at Greg's house...

So, what I'm hearing from both of you guys is "just buy more patchbays" :D And holy shit, Miro! 6 x 96 points? How do you keep track of them all? My ART doesn't really have room on the face for labels or anything. So I keep a printout of a spreadsheet on my desktop. Actually, maybe by...

I have a 48-point TRS patchbay that I use quite a bit in my studio. It's my very first patchbay, and I'm mainly just using it for easy access to inputs/outputs for my interface and rack gear. But I have a feeling that I'm not using it to its full potential. I'm following the convention of...

I've become a big fan of Warren Huart's web series Produce Like A Pro in the last couple of months. The name may be a little cheesy, but he's an industry veteran that actually takes the time to detail his techniques and attitudes for recording and mixing. He interviews other industry big-shots...

I did a dumb thing the other day while tracking with a friend. I was trying to rename a track, but when I typed the track name it turned out I wasn't typing in the track name's text box. So I basically just executed a bunch of random keyboard shortcut commands. I didn't think that any damage...

I'm starting to think that there is some sort of Twilight Zone electrical situation in my house. The latest piece of gear to be affected is my Avantone CV-12. It's been quite a soldier in my home studio for the last few years...dead quiet, great sounding mic for its price range. Tonight I sat...

This is the strap that I bought from Argentina. Braun is the brand, super nice guy selling these. Nice hand-made red leather with cool hardware on it. Smooth leather on both sides, nice width, a bit of rubber sandwiched inbetween the 2 layers of leather, nice hand-stitching. And I think that...

So, ummm...I think that I'm failing soldering 101. Thank goodness this isn't the innards of my Les Paul :D

I'm getting a little ahead of myself, but I'm going to teach myself how to solder in the coming weeks. Right now, I'm only capable of creating messy globs of solder and iffy connections. But I've been studying, and in the next week I'll be getting some practice. Assuming that I end up at...

I know, not very exciting news but I'm really stoked! I've been lusting after an Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor for a long time now, but they're so damn expensive for a single channel of compression. And total overkill for some no-name hobbyist in his basement. Regardless, I persevered with...

This one started as a Tone Thread submission, messing with my Jazzmaster and '68 DRRI. But I liked the riff and worked it into a song over the last couple of weeks. Finally sat down to finalize the structure and lyrics over the weekend. I made the mistake of making a few tweaks right before...

Hey thanks again fellas. I've been feeling crappy the last few days so I haven't felt like pulling my amp chassis out again. Finally got to it tonight. Swapped out the power tubes, just to see (since they were in there the last time it worked, and I've already tried swapping out the preamp...

I just read that Gibson is actually listening to the uproar over their 2015 price hike and silly features. For the 2016 production year, they're lowering prices by 20%-25% and getting rid of the zero nut, the robo-tuners, and the commemorative LP inlay. A new LP standard is still pretty...

Reluctantly selling off my DSL40C w/Creamback to finance my recent purchase of a JCM800. Have a look at my listing on Reverb.com or PM me here. More importantly, buy it! https://reverb.com/item/1008154-marshall-dsl40c-2014-w-celestion-creamback#description-tab

I tried to pull off the back, but that sucker is really on there. I removed all of the screws but it must be glued in place or something. I'm really curious about the speakers too. Good suggestion about peeking through the jack plate, I'll give that a try. Here she is in all her glory (sorry...

A new Guitar Center opened up in my neighborhood recently. I went there today to buy a couple of insert cables, and of course ended up perusing their other stock. I ran across an odd Marshall mini-stack that I'm curious about. It was labeled as a "vintage 1986" JCM800 2204S head, on top of a...

All right fellas, my new (to me) all-original vintage '65 Jazzmaster arrived yesterday. Unfortunately during transit it took a little knock to some of the solder joints inside so the electronics are a little fussy at the moment. We have an appointment with the doctor tomorrow. But in the...

This is one that I blurted out in an evening as a demo several months ago. I was going for a '60s vibe on this one, and hearing RAMI's '60s tune prompted me to dust this one off and retrack it. It gave me a chance to use one of my new SD2 vintage kits (Supraphonic snare on a Gretsch Round...

It's on its way, fellas: All-original '65 Jazzmaster. The seller was very accommodating with my questions and requests for pictures. Just enough dings in the finish to make me feel totally fine about playing the hell out of it and not worrying. I'm not hard on guitars since I don't gig or...

I've never been much of a vintage guitar buff in the past. But for some reason, I've been pining over a vintage '65 Jazzmaster for a long time now. I think it's Nels Cline's fault :) Something about the offset body style that I just love, I can't explain it. It must be that same attraction...