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Actually, there's a difference between set necks and neck-through-body design. In a set neck guitar, the neck is a separate component which is permanently glued to the body, but the neck itself stops at the body. In neck-through-body guitars, the wood that the neck is carved from continues as...

Jim, What settings have you found to be good for an acoustic guitar on your POD unit? My experience so far with the POD for acoustic is that is sounds okay just playing live through headphones, but seems to lose a lot when recording and I don't care much for the tone on playback. What have you...

I'm ashamed to list all the guitars I've owned in the last several years but no longer own (two Paul Reed Smiths, a '62 reissue Stratocaster, a '78 Les Paul, a Jimmy Page signature model Les Paul, among others)...I usually have to trade or sell whenever I get new ones. Wish I'd been able to keep...

Head cleaner is an alcohol-based cleaner specifically made for the heads themselves and other components in the tape path EXCEPT the pinch roller. The rubber cleaner is some really nasty-smelling stuff, probably more of a solvent, that is designed for cleaning the pinch roller only. The only...

Everything I've ever read on this subject (and it's all been the same in numerous different sources) says to NEVER use the cassette-type tape head cleaners. Many of these clean the head by way of a little felt pad that rotates or moves over the heads, and this is essentially just like rubbing...

Have you tried turning off the dolby and seeing how it sounds? My experience with dolby is it always makes playback sound muffled and takes away most of the high end...I never use it for playback.

I've gotta ask a question here...so, we buy monitor speakers so we can get a true representation of our music without the enhancements that regular stereo speakers provide, right? During mixdown we set volume levels and EQ settings so the mix sounds good through these ridiculously expensive...

Man, I know exactly what you mean! I'm finding this is happening to me all the time. For example, a song that I originally wrote on the acoustic to be played on the acoustic, after I lay down the drums & a guide guitar track and then lay down the bass track, mutates into a song played entirely...

I struggled with this myself not too long ago...I was really torn between upgrading from 4-track analog to 8-track analog, or just going digital and getting it over with. I ultimately decided to stay analog and bought a new TASCAM 488. They are still available although I think you're right that...

Can anyone recommend a relatively inexpensive outboard reverb unit? I'm just looking for something to give my overall mixes (but especially bass and drum tracks) more life. I've never used any outboard effects gear before so I don't know much about it.

Can anyone give me any insight into using outboard gear, specifically a reverb unit. I've never used any outboard gear before and would like to get a reverb unit to give more life to my drum machine and bass tracks, and the overall mixes in general. Can anyone recommend any relatively...

Trust me...you'll never duplicate David Gilmour's sound. I used to subscribe to Guitar Shop magazine, and they had an article a year ago or so concerning Gilmour's rig, and his signal chain is unbelievable. He's sending his signal through about 20 various rack units, stomp boxes, and different...

Dude, this worked perfectly. In fact, when I did this the unit even flashed the word "cleaning" continually across the meter display screen...cool! So this was engineered into the unit but they don't even mention it in the user manual. Thanks for the tip! Wonder if there's any other features...

Anyone familiar with the relative merits of those little cassette-type head demagnetizers vs. the electronic wand-type units? The guys at our local pro audio place said they'll both do just as good a job...but I'm skeptical. Anyone used both, or know anything about this?

Anyone want to recommend one over the other? I don't record live drums or vocals...I only need it for miking guitar amps (a Peavey Classic 30 tube amp and a Fender Princeton Chorus solid state). I'm recording with a Tascam 488 MKII 8-track machine.

dstraight...for whatever it's worth, I've experienced the same problem you're describing here with my 414 when I've used TDK tapes. I've never experienced the problem with Maxell XLII tapes, which are now my tape of choice for recording. I also recommend 30-minute tapes if you can find them (and...

The problem is that without a cassette in the unit, nothing happens when you press PLAY and the pinch roller doesn't engage. The "transport protection lever" needs to be pressed, but the illustration doesn't show what or where that lever is. I can't get the unit to engage without a cassette in...

Hope one of you 488 MKII owners can help me with this...in the user manual under the pinch roller cleaning section, it says, "Push up the transport protection lever as illustrated. Press the PLAY key to engage the pinch roller and capstan shaft, while holding the protection lever up." Only...

audioforgery...AMS (American Musical Supply) catalog carries the Tascam punch-in footswitch. Their price is $31.95 and SKU# is TAS RC30P. If you don't get their catalog, you can order over the web. Their website is: www.americanmusical.com Good luck!

If you can, try out the Zoom RhythmTrak 234...I'm real pleased with mine, it has a great selection of drums, percussion, and bass. It's especially good if you're not looking to spend a bunch of money...$280 from Musician's Friend or AMS catalogs.