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The American Series Telecaster is a top-notch guitar. They're somewhat "modernized" -- individual bridge saddles, and such -- but they're slightly more versatile than the reissues. (No offense, Outlaws! :) ) If that's too pricey for you, then look at the Standard Series (a.k.a. "MIM", or...

One generally accepted best sounding signal chain goes like this: guitar -> distortion -> preamp -> modulation -> time-based -> power amp The volume pedal can go anywhere, but the later in the chain, the less noise you'll have when the pedal is turned down. Here's how I'd lay out those...

Well, I tried it direct into the power amp, and it did the same thing. Also tried it with a much heavier-duty power supply. Still did it. Okay, I guess it goes back. That's really too bad, because I got GC to ship one in from another store at the $119 price. They were really very friendly...

Nope. I tested with brand-new, high quality cables (both mic and TRS line). Assuming you mean induced into the mic cables, I think I can rule that out. If I turn off the phantom power, the hum goes away. That, I don't know. I'll try that at home tonight -- running it straight into the...

Nope, it's all balanced (outputs, inputs, and cabling). And if it were a ground loop or cabling issue between the preamp and the sound card, I don't think it would it occur only with the phantom on on both channels. Any other ideas? D

My recently purchased DMP3 has an issue that I thought I'd bring here for discussion before I start the hassle of returning it for service. If both channels are providing phantom power, there is a distinct 60 Hz hum (along with pronounced 120 Hz and 240 Hz harmonics). Here are the list of...

Yeah, that's why I've relegated it to the snare bottom. That way I can ruthlessly highpass it at 500 Hz and keep it low in the mix. (I've done this before. :) ) Ehh, yes and no. I've done a very similar setup with a slightly different set of mics (e602 kick, 57 snare, ECM800 snare bottom...

I'm preparing to do some drum tracking for the first time since significantly reworking my rig, and I'd appreciate some advice regarding which preamp I should use with each track. The tracks I plan to record are: Kick, Sennheiser e602 Snare top, SM57 Snare bottom, ECM8000 Overheads: 603s...

Don't buy from 8th St. until you've talked to Shreve -- they had a pretty smokin' deal on the matched stereo pair for $159 a few weeks back.

Is anyone out there using ASIO direct monitoring (aka "zero latency monitoring") with a Delta 1010 card? Things have been working fine for me until last night, when I tried to enable a third pair of inputs for direct monitoring. Once I did that, I started getting horrible noise out of every...

tjohnson, the best bet at this level (and even for a lot of pros) is the Radio Shack analog SPL meter. It's on sale for $25 right now: http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=33%2D2050 It's sold out of their online store, but it should be in stock in your local...

I just bought a TA-1600 to go with my NS-10M's. It suits them just perfectly. There are no audible problems with it that I can find, and I've had it up pretty damn loud. Since my usual monitoring level is 85 dB, I expect to have no problems whatsoever. The cooling fins barely even get warm...

Followup In case anyone was wondering how this turned out, here's what I did. I bought the following equipment: Hafler TA-1600 ($160 at MF) Middle Atlantic 16-space rack ($100 at MF) Lexicon MPX100 ($102 shipped via eBay) Blank rack panels ($10) M-Audio DMP3 ($119 at GC) The money I saved...

FYI, this is still available as of today -- I just placed my order a little bit ago. These should go nicely with my new Seagull Anniversary cedar that will be arriving later this week. And with the DMP3 I'll be picking up from GC tomorrow. :)

FYI, here are some tips about this: 1. Radio Shack has a linked inventory system. That means you can call one store and they will tell you who else in the area has them in stock. 2. They will allow you to purchase them over the phone for later pickup. I just did this and picked up three of...

Even better: I just picked up an MPX100 on eBay for $95 + $7 shipping. The only discernable difference is that the S/PDIF output on the 100 is 20 bit, while the 110 is 24 bit. I don't care about that. Not even a little bit. :) I'm also postponing the DMP3 purchase for the moment, until the...

Okay, thanks! Deafen

I haven't been able to find any physical dimensions for the M-Audio DMP3 preamp (not even on their website....weird). I'll be buying a DMP3 shortly, and what I want to know is this: Is the DMP3 short enough (vertically) to fit on a 1U rack shelf, or do I need to get a 2U shelf instead? Thanks...

Okay, cool. Thanks for the feedback! I think that I'm going to skip the VTB-1 and instead get the Lexicon MPX110. That way I can use the A/D converters in the Lexicon to track 10 channels at once through my Delta 1010 (like I'm ever going to do that, right :) ). Chris, I've built my own...

My band has broken up, and we're going to sell the PA that I've been using to power my home studio. The board is an EV PSX2000, which has decent preamps and a 500 W/ch power amp built in. So without the PA head, I have to replace some stuff. I already have an Alesis Studio 12R to handle...