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Thanks for confirming that my definition of "vintage" is NOT the same as everyone else's. Even if it was, vintage still would not mean desireable.

A cool thing about using a 5 way switch with dual humbuckers is you can wire two of the positions to opperate like a coil tap. For example, position 1- single coil neck pup, position 2- humbucker neck pup, position 3- both humbuckers, position 4-humbucker bridge pup, position 5- single coil...

Good solder joints are (imo) the most critical part of any electronic mod, even super hot pups will sound weak if you don't make good conections.

I've recorded bands "all at once" on several occasions and noticed the typical "bleed" issues that many people complain about actually enhance the drums, often making them sound bigger or fuller. I guess this is kind of like using room mics to capture the room ambience with the drums.

If using a dynamic mic for vocals a pop screen is almost all ways a good idea, helps a lot with "P" and "S" sounds a lot and helps to remind singers not to "eat" the mic. For micing amps or cloce micing drums there is no need for a pop screen. There is no rule that says you ever have to use a...

If this helps, I like your songs. Don't panic because you aren't getting repeat hits on MySpace, many of the people there are kids who want to hear something more "beat driven." I will agree that you could improve on both the arraingement and the mix but I do hear the potential for a couple of...

I say try it and see if it works. If it does tell the rest of us about it, if it doesn't warn us so we wont try it. Who knows, you might come up with an inovation that can help a lot of people. Since you can get it for free all you stand to loose is the time you spend experimenting.

If you have a question... Ask it. If you have an answer... Post it as a reply. We are all learning from one another so share your knowledge and experiences. If someone asks for opinions, give yours. Don't worry about ranking or rep points, I've read some pretty good comments and replys...

Most of us are more used to listening to stereo speakers (most of the time anyway) so listening to studio monitors will be likely to sound bad untill you get used to what you are listening for, note I said listening for instead of listening to. Headphones act similar to stereo speakers in that...

I've got more guitars and amps than some small music stores, I like variety. If i was to ever have to choose I'd keep 1 or 2 good guitars and all the amps. Good amps bring out the best of any guitar. A good set up will make almost any guitar play well but a good amp will make almost any...

The kids finally took action on their own!!! They got tired of his crappy vocals and bad attitude and told him where to stuff his wireless mic (I was proud of them for finally standing up and letting him know how he was causing more harm than good for their music.) I just hope they will take...

A good drummer, on good drums, in a good room, recorded well.... You wont need triggers.

Have you checked the playback settings in your computer, sounds like you may have something muted. right click (or double click) the speaker icon on your taskbar, click open volume control, click options, choose properties. Make sure you have the options you want active for both recording and...

A good thing about recording a "all at once" recording is that you can go back and add extra tracks if something is weak (extra vocals for example) then mix the extra tracks in with the original. I've done this quite a few times and usually have pretty good results. A couple of things to...

I recently put a JBL in a blues jr. and it made a world of difference in the sound. The little guy sounds like a Fender now.

Like a lot of musicians, I learned to play by ear. I don't see anything wrong with this approach but it does put some restrictions on ones playing. After years of fumbling and stumbling along I decided I wanted to know why some things work and some don't, that is when I began to study theory...

Normal bias tape will work. The only problem is it degrades rapidly if you reuse it. For basic recording and light bouncing it will work fine. By degrading i mean it gets pretty noisy if you use the same tape more than a few times. High bias tape is a little better, chrome tape (CrO2) is...

If your amp has more than one speaker, try micing each speaker. This can make a lot of difference even with a 2X10 or 2X12 cab, makes a huge difference with a 4X12 cab.

You sound kind of like me 40 years ago. I never got rich or famous but I did have one hell of a good time and still do. Play music for fun and the love of the art, if you achieve success thats icing on the cake. I never had the luxury of formal lessons, what I did was play with anyone who...

Ever file aliminum with a regular file and notice how quickly the file becomes clogged with aliminum residue? Maybe graphite does something similar. I don't know. Maybe Light will come along shortly. I'd be willing to bet he has run into this at some point and has the correct answer.