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I have been a member of this forum for a little over a year now and have spent many hours listening to all the great music y'all have posted here in the mp3 clinic. I have decided that it is about time I posted something. So on this date in three months time (15 Sept) I will post one of my...

As I get older it seems that more and more of the rock legends and innovators that I grew up with are leaving us. Now in my 60s I know this is only going to accelerate. Ray played the keyboard in a way that made one sit up and take notice. He gave the music that Robbie Krieger and Jim...

This for you viola bass owners. I am attempting to build my own viola bass. I have a couple of full size body templates cut out, the depth of the body and the scale length. What I don't know is if the face and the back of the body are flat or slightly arched. None of the music stores in my...

I just received the book "Using Your Portable Studio" by Peter McIan, through the mail. It only took four days from the time I ordered it till I received it. Anyway, I just spent maybe 15 minutes looking through it and already my knowledge base increased by at least 10 percent. I am looking...

I have a question about powered studio monitors. Correct me if I am wrong here but isn't a powered monitor a speaker cabinet with a set of speakers and an amplifier? How is that different than a speaker hooked to an amplifier? If everything on the external amplifier, in my case an integrated...

While reading through the "Why So Many Home Songs Suck" thread I came across the Defibrillator cove of "Lime in the Coconut" and it caused me to wonder where the fun in music has gone. By the way gecko zzed, great video, I loved it. I am so tired of all the hateful, sad, melancholy, and...

Okay, to begin with I know I am committing a sin by double posting, but the folks in the Digital Recording & Computers section either don't have any opinions or they just don't want to share them with an analog devotee. So here is the thread I posted in the Digital section. I am considering...

I am considering taking the plunge into digital recording for the first time. I am not going to give up my analog recording, I just want to broaden my horizons. I am looking at a Tascam DP-01FX. It is only about $100.00, it still has its original box, documentation, power supply and an...

Throughout my years of hanging around musicians I have noticed that guitar owners come in different types. What type are you? This includes all types of guitars. -There is the loyal collector. This is the person who collects one particular brand of guitars. -The general collector. This...

I am still pretty much a newbie here and this seems like a newbie question. Do posts in the "Cave" not count toward a persons post count? This evening I have added five or six posts in the cave and my post count did not change.

Hi All, Before I joined this Forum, I did not know there was a difference in r/r tapes. Since becoming a member I have read a lot of posts about Quantegy 456 tape and I think some other brand 631 etc. Just to be clear, I have an old Akai 1722w that I use for my mastering deck. I know it is...

I was just listening to that great album "Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, and Stephen Stills Super Session". It has been a long time since I have heard it. What recording techniques were used to capture that raw, powerful energy. I am just guessing that side one which was just one great jam...

I have read quite a number of posts and the only time I see Ovation guitars mentioned it is in one of my posts. I am the only Ovation lover in this whole forum? I bought my first Ovation in 1979 and still have it and could not imagine parting with it. They are great for recording as well as...

I write and record acoustic music but have not yet used my banjo in any of the mixes. FYI it is a Gibson Mastertone Tenor banjo. I was wondering if when recording a banjo that I would have some of the problems of miking a drum combined with the problems of miking an acoustic instrument. You...

I have been pondering the choice of a bass guitar for about eight months now and have pretty much made up my mind that I want a fretless bass. It seems to me that a lined fretless would mess me up after 45+ years of playing guitar and learning just how close to put my fingers to the frets. On...

This one should be easy folks. And this is something I really would like to know. I have talked to people in two different local music stores and got two different answers. On a fretless bass, which strings are best, flat wound or round wound and why?

First let me say thanks for your input guys. The biggest complaint that I have read about the Epi is that it is neck heavy. I don't remember my Black Jack being neck heavy but that was quite a long time ago. That really isn't an issue for me anyway as I won't be playing it on stage. More...

All you bass players out there I could use some advice. I am a guitar player (45+ years) but in the late 1960s early 70's I also played bass. I had a Black Jack violin shaped bass which I traded to some guy for a Honda Super 90. While I did have a lot of fun with that little bike, I wish I...

Right now I own three guitars and there are at least three more on my wish list. Ovation Anniversary Model 1157-7, purchased new in 1979 Ovation UKII, purchase used in 1986. Ovation Classic, purchased new in 1987. On my wish list is: Adams 12 string Gretsch White Falcon Epiphone Viola Bass

Hello all, This is nothing important really, but I just won a bid on Ebay for the first time and it was for the Tascam RC-30P Remote Foots Switch. I should have gotten it when I first purchased my 244 back in 84/85. This will make recording just a little easier. Cheers