Search results

Anyone have any ideas why a music dealer in denver is selling a 38 and it's this cheap? Granted it's early in the auction, but they never start below $250 or so. Any thoughts? Thanks...

I do not know the seller and I am not in any way affilliated with him/her but I saw this and thought of you all. I'm not in a position to buy otherwise I'd take it myself...

Ok, so I've been curious about this for a while, so lets put it to the poll. All other things being equal (or as close as they can be) which would you chose based SOLELY on sonic qualities. So basically, I'm not concerned with features tape width or speed (though they are kind of rolled into...

I am drawing a blank at the moment on the effect that a Leslie speaker has on the sound . . . . anyway. There are a few pedals out there now that emulate this sound. If a leslie is not available or not feasible, would one of these pedals (the boss double pedal comes to mind) work well enough...

The nut on my acoustic fell off the other day. Since I'm deployed, glue is increadibly hard to come by. Would it hurt anything for me to set the nut back in place and just string it up without any glue? Thanks for any help. Nate

OK . . . drum roll please . ... . . My first analog recording ever is available for you all to critique, criticize, and trash at the following link . . . http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=ed1b35ff370cdc90c2b435915e8821d7e04e75f6e8ebb871 ok, jokes aside. I want to learn and to get better, so...

All, Untill recently I've been trying to survive by just know how to work gear. I'd like to know how gear works. I want to understand all of your posts about recapping and PCB's and all! So, do any of you know any books or websites that can help me get from basic/no knowledge to...

This is a favor request . . . Being new to recording (and not really able to audition a lot of gear) it's hard for me to fully understand the differences a mic pre can make. My guess is that I'm not the only one. Would anyone be willing to post some short clips of the same song/piece with...

I just had a thought and decided to ask you all what you thought. My Tascam 488mk2 has a pitch or speed wheel. Obviously this slows down or speeds up the tape. If i were to "peg" this over to the fast side when tracking would it noticably effect my signal/noise ratio? I don't want to burn out my...

I had an idea recently and thought I'd see if anyone has tried it. I thought about taping a naiant XQ mic to my acoustic guitar for recording. I think I may try it, but thought i'd see if any of you already have and if you have suggestions on placement. Maybe it's a bad idea, but I thought I'd...

Does anyone have anythoughts on the ART MPA Gold? Is it a good pre? I know there are a lot of people who are inimpressed with "budget" pres, but I don't have a ton of money and have heard good things about these. I'd like to get your opinions since you all tend to steer me the right way. SO I...

I'm actually posting this for a drummer friend of mine. He is looking for suggestions for a snare that would be more of an "investment" (one that will last a while and be of high value.) He wants some recomendations from a producers/engineers point of view. Sytalistically he wants to be flexible...

Ok, so I'm looking for a good classic rock/blues amp for recording. It MAY double as a small gig amp for church and some smaller clubs and things but the primary thing is for recording. I've compiled a list of (mostly) 5W amps and a few 15 watters. Let me know, thanks. Also, if you vote...

So I almost posted this in the guitar forum, but i thought you all might be more able to answer it. I love the sound of analog delay, but the problem is that I love my tap tempo. I'm wandering . . . .if an analog delay has a knob that can select different MS of delay, is there any reason this...

I've been looking into old fender amps and I came across the Vibro Champ. Do any of you have any experience with these? How is the tone? From what I can tell they have a footswitch jack for the vibrato/trem would a newer switch work in this jack? Thanks for your input.

I find myself getting hung up on whether or not a tube amp has an FX loop. I intend to use a delay, and maybe a drive, wah, and/or chorus nothing major. I'm looking for classic rock/blues tones. What do you all think? How important is an FX loop for recording? How important is it for gigging? I...

Forgive my lack of technical terms . . . . but . . . . On my 488mk2 the meter section has one for each channel, and a stereo master section. When the stereo master section hits 0 is that 0dBVU or 0dBFS? My goal is to create GOOD recordings, not necissarily LOUD recordings. I always hear "hit...

I just saw this on Ebay. One of you may be interested. I honestly have nothing to do with this guy, I'm just not in the market right now, but it doesn't sound like it should be too hard to fix. Could be a great score for someone...

I was thinking about something that Johnny Greenwood, of Radiohead, said once . . . . he said something about how he used to be really into faithfully reproducing the sounds in the room exactly on record, but then he realized that no matter what he did, it was all an illusion. He said that Thom...

I'm trying to understand the diffence as, it pertains to tone, between solid state and tube amps. I know most blues guitarists and a lot of "classic" rockers use tube, and a lot of metal guys use solid state. Is it impossible/hard to get warmth from solid state? Just trying to get my head around...