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In general, I'd say err on the side of less gain than you think. I hear people playing those 50s/early 60s songs with WAY too much gain, and it just doesn't have the same punch or impact.

Great story! Thanks for sharing! ?

I had a reissue for about 10 years. I liked it, but I've never played a vintage one, so I have no reference.

Nice! Hagstrom Swede, huh? ?

I'm curious if every guitar player has this ... what I call the "holy sh*t" moment. Here's my story. I started playing guitar at 14 (1985 I think) on a borrowed Peavey T-15, which had a built-in, bare bones (solid state, obviously) amp in the case. (See pic. I don't own this anymore, but this...

Sounds as though you've done your research! ? If I ever take the 163x out of the rack, I'll be sure to snap a shot of the board. Good luck!

Hi there. I'm really sorry, but unfortunately, I don't have those files anymore. That was 9 years ago and several computers since then. ?

Hey y'all, I just finished all the guitars last night for one of two full songs that will appear at the end of a DIY Home Recording book and wanted to get opinions. The only thing that’s left on this is the vocals and then the mix. This one’s just an all-out, bare-bones rock tune (I was...

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing; it wouldn't sound as good to me if you played F there, because the melodic theme would be compromised. And that's what's driving the musical phrase at that point, IMO.

Hey Nola, I just checked out the song, and yeah, that note doesn't bother me at all. As you said, it's the major 7th of the Fmaj7 chord, so there's that. But even if you were just playing an F chord instead of Fmaj7, I doubt the note would bother me. It's very pretty, and it's a...

The 688 is absolutely not heavier than a 388 - not by a long shot. 388 = 82 lbs 688 = 38 lbs

Thanks for the clarification. I was wondering about that - the fact that different types of jacks may be used on guitars than other pieces of equipment - but the guitar jack was the only thing I had lying around at the time (without having to open something up).

Thanks for the tip. I've tried the "number of clicks" thing before, and it doesn't seem terribly reliable to me. When testing the idea, I plugged TRS cables into known (properly working) balanced 1/4" jacks, and sometimes the two "clicks" are easily discernible, and other times pretty much only...

Thanks for the response. I'm a little confused still. First of all, not to be picky, but when you said this: Did you mean to say "are one piece of metal?" (I'm not trying to be difficult, but I just want to understand.) If so, I don't know what you mean. They're separated by a band, right...

I have a few older units in my rack and can't find info in the manuals about whether or not the 1/4" connections are balanced or unbalanced. I was hoping I could find an easy way to tell without having to open them up (I'd have to take them out of the rack), and I saw this on a forum...

Curious if anyone has any insight on this. I've gotten into synths a good bit over the past 10 years (guitar is my main instrument), and I've been curious about the typical workflow that bands used in the 80s for a song with a prominent synth track, whether it's a bass line, arpeggios, etc...

Haha ... I had missed the date until baleutes asked how it was. Then I looked back and saw 1999. Holy crap; I think that's gotta be the oldest thread revive I've ever seen!

I don't really have any mixing nits. It sounds pretty nice to me. Great job overall. The only criticism I have is just more of a philosophical one, I guess - that being that it sounds so much like the original. In other words, it doesn't really distinguish itself from the original and bring...

And now I see in the first post you mention it was a friend's song. SMH. Sorry about that! ?

Oh ... I didn't know this was a cover; I thought it was an original. If that's the case, disregard my comments about the melody. Sorry about that!