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Having played a Yamaha Pacifica for the last couple of months I went back to my trusty old Tele yesterday. It is the most comfortable guitar to play and sounds awesome too. They really are fantastic guitars, almost time for a new one. Post your comments in praise of Leo Fenders wonderful creation.

I was wondering if someone could explian what the story is with PAs. I need something for practicing at home, just for D.I.ing a bass and for vocals. What's the deal with Passive vs Active Speakers? I'm assuming passive require a stand-alone amplifier? Right now I'm looking at active sets like...

I was going through some blank CDs this evening - most of them without boxes or labels - and found my first ever recording. I don't think I've ever posted it here before and for good reason! I guess I was 17/18 at the time and I recorded it with a friend of mine - it was the closest I ever got...

Is Alan from PMI Audio still around? Have a problem with a studio projects mic.

Any tips? I have a coupel of LDCs, SDCs and standard dynamics...but nothing purpose built to clip onto a saxaphones' horn. What's the best way to approach this? I'm thinking that the sheer volume will overload any microphone very easily...was thinking of suspending a dynamic over the horn?

Hey guys, heres the deal: I've set up two mono tracks to record my acoustic and have used an X Y micing pattern. Will probably pan one right, one left - nothing new here. Now, I wanna overdub a rhythm part - different pick, slightly different micing pattern, but again, two mono tracks. Should...

Hey all, I'll probably be asking a few questions about this as the days go by. I can actually afford new tubes for my TSL 601 which I bought second hand about 6-8 months ago. I'm not exactly sure how old the amp was when I bought it, but I know I should probably have changed the tubes as soon as...

I need some advice on how I should set a compressor for a punchy arpeggio. Any thoughts? I have a Boss CS3 if anyone's feeling specific.

I got one today, was looking for a cowbell. It's fun!

I've a new guitar that I can't play till Christmas day. Looks purty. Anybody else get gear for christmas?

Can you buy a skin for the front of the kick drum by itself? And do they have a specific name because I can't find 'em on www.thomann.de. Yeah, you guessed it, wanna do a decal on one for a band.

I find myself playing through a solid state more than my valve amp. And preferring it in a way. It does some nice clean with a good dose of power behind it, a kind of british drive that the valve amp just doesn't do. What's wrong with me?

Hey guys, if you're not too busy maybe you could help me out. Go to this site www.thomann.de and select Irish as your nationality (for import duty purposes). Pick out a guitar for less than 350 euro (just over 500 bucks) I have two telecasters at the moment, so I'm warming to something with...

I'm gonna be updating this every few days when I come across a particular sound I like, or a sound that I feel emulates a 'classic' tone. I know we all have different amps, different effects and different guitars but I think it could provide a quasi-valuable resource. Basically I'm gonna...

Does anybody use the clean channel on this amp? Going from a 'hybrid' state AVT - which had pretty great cleans - I'm not sure I've a use for the clean channel. While it sounds great tone-wise, the overall volume output seems lacking when compared to the drive channels. I have tried boosting...

Hey guys! I've had a good idea (during a boring essay i'm doing). I like the MP3 mixing clinic. It's the best sub-forum going. The people here are cool and you always come away knowing more than you started. I wanna have a bit of fun, but on a grand scale. I've tried a couple of collabs in the...

I wanted to record something with my dad, he's big into Creedence so we went for ''Have You Ever Seen The Rain''. There are a couple of problems that I can see right off the bat; I replaced the strings on my guitar about ten minutes before I tracked the rhythm so they seem a bit synthetic to...

My single coils buzz when I face a particular direction. If I face in the direction of the black arrows, I'm okay but if I move slightly there's a shit load of background noise.

I've spent the last half hour getting my pedal chain just right and I've only realised my TSL 601 has no headphone output. This is bent. :mad:

Guys how exactly does the nut come off the neck on an electric? I'm not gonna try it but was wodnering how it's done.