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This subject is not a simple one. There are those who have good voices. Having a good voice - which means mainly a pleasing and effective sound - is analogous to having a good instrument. And, like the quality of an instrument, it is a result of the physical construction and materials - and...

The Blue Marvel speakers that come in those amps are pretty good. Swapping out speakers to find a sound in your head can get frustrating.

I had one for a couple of years and sold it to buy a G&L ASAT, whose neck was too narrow for my fat fingers. Shoulda kept the Tele. Worst thing about it was some single-coil 60-cycle buzz, but I'm too lazy to do stuff like install shielding or shop for new pickups. Great value for the $. And...

Yeah, the C1 does have a little "fizz" on it, more suited to a baritone or bass voice IMO. In addition to Scrubs's list of dynamics, I'll add: Beyerdynamic M260, M500 Sennheiser MD421, MD441 Neumann KMS105

I'll agree with most on the Antares product. It is fun, in that you can specify distance from source, polar pattern, etc.. But, after playing with it for a while, I feel that it's basically a distraction which can pull your attention away from the basic, important things of recording. I doubt...

Made in Mexico. And they're very nice guitars.

Two 8-ohm speakers can not be wired in combination to yield 8 ohms. Period.

I have an M88 "Classic" - numbered, comes in the cherrywood box, matte chrome finish, blah blah - and a TG. I'm not able to discern a difference in sound between the two.

The defacto valuing authority these days is eBay. Search completed auctions, and the market value will be somewhere in that range. Playing value is a different thing.

If your recording worked well before, keep the mics positioned the same. Turn down the gain.

I'm not talking about USB vs. FireWire - I'm talking about USB vs. IDE! The original poster never used the word "FireWire."

It should work fine for archival - but not to record onto. I use one myself.

There's a lot of bass work starting with Revolver which is pretty sophisticated musically, if not so much technique-wise! The early Beatles song "All My Loving" is a good one to learn because it's a classic walking line. Not challenging, but you can learn a lot from it.

That's easy? Not for a beginner, if you want to play it like Sir Paul. Yeah, the chords themselves aren't too tough, but it involves some fast multi-string picking.

I use a Beyer M160 for our reed man (clarinet, saxophones, and flute) when we play live. It works great. For live tenor sax, the Sennheiser MD421 is kind of a standard.

The answer depends on the situation. If it is loud music, the answer is generally yes. The condensor will simply pick up too much of what you don't want and feed back more, and any improvement in sound quality is harder to hear. If softer music, or in broadcast situations, condensors can be...

It seems to me that if you want that "classic P-bass sound," you would use the stock pickups. It works for me, but then I've only ever played MIAs...

I've had nice results with an AEA R84. I would not try to use two mics.

This just goes to show how subjective our perceptions are. When I think of rockabilly, it's all about attack! Back in the day when rockabilly was new (and no one called it rockabilly), there were all kinds of cats playing all kinds of music on all kinds of guitars.

I can't tell you which speaker to buy, as I don't know the sound you have in your head. But... I have a Delta Blues, which I believe is pretty much the same amp. It wants a 16 ohm speaker. Yes, it will work with an 8 ohm speaker, but it won't be significantly louder, and you run the risk of...