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Well said Kevmusic and thanks for the examples.

I just tried one of the new Taylor 500 series acoustic cutaway guitars. As an acoustic instrument it was reasonable (the usual Taylor sound--bright and clean and a little quiet on the bottom end) but plug it in and whoa! Absolutely stunning--it knocked everything else in the store flat on its...

Well the other thing is a nylon string guitar with piezo's is going to sound a little plinky no matter what you do--it's the nature of the beast--it doesn't have the power, attack and sustain of steel strings. That's neither good nor bad, just different. I suspect a combination of some reverb...

What about Larivee guitars?

What style do you play or want to play? Do you have a sound in mind? My suggestion would be to go to a music store and try some different effects if you want to experiment. Caution--most bass effects are really unnecessary and once you've played with the gimmick a little you'll never use it...

I'd just say the chorus in your unit is noisy. Lots of effect units have a variety of good, so-so and crappy effects--not all of them will be that great and some will hiss as you've noticed. You probably don't notice it through the effects loop because the different input level from the amp's...

It seems to me you would want to try to isolate the problem before purchasing solutions that may not address it. To begin with I agree the vocalist needs to be closer to the mic. If there is clipping with the mic 24" away then the problem will not be solved by a compressor. I would think since...

Really good question. One trick I use is to experiment with different tunings--that can open up a whole new sound and introduce chords that you might not be able to identify but sound great.

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I have to agree, cassettes are really unreliable and I've recently got rid of a reasonably expensive cassette deck which I used just for quick and dirty rough mixes, rehearsal tracks, etc. If you still want to stay with tape, a stereo VCR will do a much better job and you can get them cheap. It...

NS-10s eh...the crappiest popular monitors ever made...

That was actually Cockburn himself on the album (Stealing Fire).

How could I forget--Bruce Cockburn on his more distorted stuff like "Tie me at the crossroads" or "Blueberry hill." His cleaner playing is toney and sweet, but when he uses heavy distortion it's clear he has no idea what it's supposed to sound like. It's what classic Fender distortion (crappy)...

How about Robert Cray...a decent player if not brilliant, but his tone sounds like a cheap toy guitar plugged into a solid state practice amp. Plink plinky plink...

Pleezed t' meet ya brother, er, uncle!

I have it from a reliable source that the guy was zapped by one of those "Incredible Voyage" devices. He was shrunk down to microscopic level and then injected into her jugular vein. As he toured her circulatory system, she happened to turn on her boom box and play some rap. He got so pumped by...

Hey this is one cool toon. Best I've heard on this board in a long time. Original sound, no wannabe notes here. I've found that using a good bass preamp makes a huge difference. Much more eq available to tame those boomy frequencies in your instrument than on most mixing boards. I record my...

Just found this little gem! http://www.store.yahoo.com/fostex/servicemanuals.html

I just bought an MSR-16 on Ebay, manual included. If you can't find one, let me know and I'll copy it for you.

Thanks. You both helped knock sense into my head. I just spent my kids' college money and pick up a Tascam MSR-16 on Ebay. It's on the way as we speak. Woohoo.