If your acoustics suck, then I would work on taming your recording environment. But it can be done pretty inexpensively with rigid fiberglass like OC703/OC705 or mineral wool panels, depending on the size.
I had the 424 MKIII before I bought a 488MKII. I can't remember for sure, but I think those higher end cassette models had programmable punch in-out times you could set on the digital counter, which is a really nice feature for what you are doing and may be able to achieve the effect you want...
+1. I HATE ultra low action. I bend strings quite a bit as part of my playing style and don't like them to slip out from under my fingertips.
And to the GI, I totally dig the off-white Gibson color on a LP Custom or an SG. Great choice imo!
I love the older Joemeek preamps/recording channels and have a small collection. I don't have an SM7b, but I know from reading that they are gain hungry. I use a ribbon mic and even the little VC3s have no shortage of gain for it. The VC1 and VC2 even more so. The older JM pres are...
At one point when I started playing in a few metal bands, I almost got mine modded. I'm really glad I didn't. If I need over-the-top, I just crank the pre and stick a tubescreamer in front of it.
I'm using part of this in my sig. :laughings: Accidentally funny, confident, and true all in one succinct statement. :)
I agree about the price=fun part, too. Sometimes it's fun to slum.
The Gibson mini humbuckers sound pretty cool. I played an '80-'81 something Deluxe eleven years ago when I was shopping for my LP. Sucks about the Gibson QC or mishandling by AMS, whichever caused the damage. Hopefully the replacement is flawless.
Yep, NOS only. Mine is the Maxon reissue from 10 years ago with the now-discontinued 3205 and I have no need or desire to mod it. Nice little analog delay.
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I think the original AD9 units still go for a decent price. They used the Panasonic 3205 chip for delay, same as in my Maxon AD80 reissue (which besides the name is not really similar to the original AD80). The AD80 used MN3005 iirc.