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I found a sorce of trouble with snare wires is the blue cable that Puresound ships with their product. It forces the wires off the head, causing both slow response/poor sensitivity and long decay. I use grosgrain ribbon now, which is great and also cheap.

That's the part I found funny. This is the band who's vocalist has meowed out the most asinine lyrics of any popular "serious" song I can remember. "Meooooooooooooooow, your sex is on fire." When I finally realized what he was saying, I was flabberghasted. I wouldn't let that crap go at a...

If it's the old Impy, with the garage floor finish on the inside (Zolacoat), it's a solid utilitarian drum. Stewart used to use them.

The graph is more hilarious that that. If you don't play the instrument, it gets rated exactly the same in perpetuity. If you use the goofy product regularly, it steadily improves. If you use it for one week only, it immediately and drastically improves, and then declines. So, apparently...

Yup, 2007s are birch 3007s, both well received. I don't think it's a phenomenal price. Also, what Peaveys do you have? The weird kettle-looking ones have a small but rabid fanbase, you might want to find a motivated buyer, or learn the ins and outs and keep them.

No. It's the ability to run an effect post-gain. A tremolo won't sound right in a loop, and a delay or chorus will sound different in either position, particularly if you get any of your drive from your preamp section.

You start finding babies.

I've heard of running EMG's in 18v, which is supposed to result in a more dynamic output, similar to running a distortion pedal in 18v. These guys might have misunderstood the modification.

Maybe. I'm not up-to-date on any of the two-channel jobbies, although I may pick up a Zoom H4n for quick-and-dirty work. You'd just need to transfer the tracks to a computer or something, then line them up in your software. Just hit a couple of stick clicks in the beginning, and drag the...

Oh yeah. Studio. Rehearse the hell out of your two best songs, book a full day, go in there and get it done. Ask around at the music stores and/or live shows for recommendations, check out the work the studios do, pick one. $250 isn't half of the budget required to make a shoddy demo, and it'll...

Funny, I don't think I have a great answer for that. Maybe the larger moving mass is less susceptible to overload? The character imparted is more important than accuracy? Sound guys feel like a girly man putting a tniy pecil mic on a kick drum?

It's entirely possible the Edirol's mic is overloading, I can't find published SPL handling specs though. If you're using a hand-held recorder for self-analysis and fun, I'd hesitate to tell you to buy stuff. If the Edirol will record with it's internal mics, and the external mic simultaneously...

Yamaha Pacifica, Peavey Predator or Reactor. Rondo's stuff, Agile and SX are good, as is the Xaviere/Guitarfetish stuff.

Somebody punched you in the nose?

Did you mean four? That's probably the most recommended by Martin. It makes no statement anywhere near "more wraps the better," and, in fact, recommends keeping wraps to a minimum. Which, for those of us not overly proficient in English, is the exact opposite of "the more wraps the better."

I'd go with a Fender or Fenderesque amp in the 30-40 watt range. You'll have plenty of headroom for the jazzier stuff, and if you turn up for the rock and blues, you'll have plenty of bite. If you want more dirt, quieter, looking into the Vox Custom Classics, they get rude a little earier, but...

Utterly false. I have a Martin manual at home, it advocates 2-3 wraps, with the first half-turn the opposite of the normal direction, catching the tag end as it reverses (ie the "locking wrap"). Guitar tuners work exactly like an adjustable wrench. Think of the cheesiest adjustable wrench...

Just pull down the fader on the track you're tracking. It won't affect the recording, just the monitor level.

To the best of my knowledge, a small diapraghm mic has a smaller moving mass, and will be more accurate as a result. Large diapragms impart more character. This is, of course, relative, considering body design, tubes, transformers, underware, whatever. Anyway, small vrs large diaphragm has no...

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