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Stewart Macdonald carries Jazz bass bodies, both finished and unfinished. www.stewmac.com

There's a movie called "Cross-Roads" in which Ralph Macchio plays a kid who is studying classical guitar and suddenly decides to learn the blues. At the end of the movie, he ends up in a guitar-duel for his soul with the Devil's guitar prodigy, who is played by Steve Vai. Vai's character and...

I have had a Studio for years. It is wonderfully constructed, and it plays great, as well as any other Les Paul I have played. Your inclination to change the stock pickups is, to my ears, a wise one. The "490 Alnico" stock pickups in most of the current generation of Les Pauls, including the...

If you have the gumption and ability to build one yourself, that's definitely the way to go. If not, Dells are convenient if you don't want to do anything except install your sound card and recording software; however, you can get a lot more for your money from other companies that will...

Chessrock, It is sticky as hell. I should have warned you that when you install your foam with that stuff, don't plan on playing your guitar for a while, as the glue that gets on your fingers (which doesn't come off with soap and water) will keep sticking the strings to your fingertips. I was...

Sorry if this is a duplicate post, but my last one didn't seem to go through. It sure sounds like your DMA buffer size is way too low. I know your last post says you have already played with the buffer settings, but you might try radically increasing the DMA buffer size and see if it makes any...

I tried the velcro option, and I picked up some velcro that comes with a sticky adhesive on the back. No good. It just doesn't stick enough, and everything kept falling down. So I went to a foam & fabric store and they recommended a spray can of some "special" foam adhesive they sell for 2 or...

Before I picked up my Delta 1010, I asked the tech support people at M-Audio for their recommendations on processors and motherboards. They sent me an e-mail which identified specific brands and models of motherboards that had been tested and found compatible with the 1010. Unfortunately, I...

1. Was it easy to install your soundcard? Yes. 2. What did you have to do to install it? Stick it in the PCI slot, screw in one screw, and replace cover on case. 3. Did you have any problems? Yes. Only because M-Audio's driver installation instructions for Windows 2000 Professional aren't...

Barefoot, Orca gave me a great deal on the system because it was "used." It was still pricey, but I had saved a long time for something like this. I'm glad I did. Now I have to save for another long time to get an amp and pre-amp that can drive them. Running these beasts with my po' boy Sony...

First, I apologize to everyone for posting my last message twice. My browser was pretending that I had not yet hit the "Submit Reply" button. Second, barefoot, no this is not the New York Noisemaker. It is a bit beyond that. It was something they called the "Paloma." It uses an R-3, a PHL...

LT, Nice web site and nice system. Barefoot, When I saw your posts that motivated me to try my DIY speakers as monitors, I also noticed one of your posts discussing a "dream monitor" system you wanted to built based upon the Raven R-3. I use a pair of speakers based upon the R-3 to run my...

LT, Nice web site and nice system. Barefoot, When I saw your posts that motivated me to try my DIY speakers as monitors, I also noticed one of your posts discussing a "dream monitor" system you wanted to built based upon the Raven R-3. I use a pair of speakers based upon the R-3 to run my...

I've been shopping for a set of monitors for the past couple months and thought I'd share my experience. I wanted to keep the cost under $1k. I auditioned everything I could find in that range. I even got to look at some Mackie 824s for that price, as the Mars store in my area is liquidating...

Fender Hot Rod DeVille. I spent two years testing every amp I could find, and nothing else came close to what I wanted. I've had my Hot Rod DeVille four years now, and amps are the only equipment that I never feel any desire to shop for. The sound may not be everyone's ideal, but it's perfect...

Being new to the forum, I will defer to those with greater seniority. But for what it's worth, I was always taught that RMS means "Root Mean Square." It refers to the process of taking a series of numbers, squaring them all, calcuating their average (i.e., mean), and then taking the square...