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What are you using for a DAW?

There's a great book called MIDI for the Professional. I bought it for a class way back in the 1990s. I've used it as a reference ever since. I'm sure it can be had for a few dollars used.

For years, I have used Fender pure nickel strings. Dynamax or 150 or whatever they called them. I was at Gibson last year and switched to their Historic strings, which I like. Not a huge D'Addario fan, but they're fine. I just don't like stainless steel. I do use Ernie Ball on a Mosrite because...

They have been for a long time. Chet Atkins had signature Gretsch strings. Les Paul, Joe Perry, and Ace Frehley have all had Gibson strings over the years.

I liked the 11 more than my old AxeFX. YMMV

I would get the Champ serviced.

I think the machine makes sense (kind of) in a production environment. I know Gibson pleks everything now. I've gotten three guitars from them in the last year and they've been good to go. Of course, the guitars I've gotten from them before the Plek were always good, too. Today I think people...

Are you sure you need 8-10 mics on your drums? What kind of room are you recording in? Arturia interfaces fly under the radar but are great and come with excellent software. Any of the prosumer types of interfaces will have preamps that work and sound clean. I don't think there will be a big...

Not surprising. I bought a DDA console with a lot of history behind it for $100 at a municipal auction. I was the only bidder and it would have been trashed if I didn't pick it up. There's tons of gear out there for the picking through unorthodox channels.

A few years ago, I found this MX-5050 mkiii 8-track for about $50. It blew fuses, and I brought it to be serviced, which took a long time due to parts and other things. Anyway, I went to pick it up today, and it's all aligned, calibrated, and biased. I also had some mods to the electronics done...

What kind of DAT machine are you using? I remember seeing a lot of people using different converters on DAT machines, the AD-500 being popular. Someday we will get that ADAT (with the black and silver models) and SV-3700 plug-ins to go with the Studer and Ampex plugs :P

I remember mixing my four-track machine with a hi-fi stereo Panasonic VHS machine in the early 1990s. There were some magazine articles about doing this at the time. These days, something like a DV-3700 is probably $50. I would instead do that than VCR but YMMV.

Yeah, I remember these being pricey for an entry-level reverb back in the day. I think they were $500+. I had this, the LXP-5, and MRC for a while but sold it after getting a killer deal on my LARC system. Normally I wouldn't have been interested in this, but the condition and price made it a...

Today, I picked up this brand new Lexicon LXP-1. It's never been taken out of the box. The power supply is almost fused to the styrofoam. I didn't need it because I have a LARC but for $40 I had to buy it!

Sometimes. Greg Mackie designed them with the pots filled with goo to make them turn more smoothly. In my experience, they would loosen up if you turned them a bit but many of the ones I tried were still smooth.

I think everyone's first was a Tapco! The early Mackie gear in the 1990s was pretty epic at the time. Just think of how many records were made with an eight-bus bus and ADAT/DA-88!

In college (Berklee), I was a dual major - MP&E and Music Synthesis (now something like Music Technology). The LM3204 was in the better labs (L1, L2, etc.), and it sounded fine, and by that, I mean it didn't sound like anything. IIRC, these were made in the USA, and at the time, Mackie was a...

mine usually is as well! yours looks great

I agree with Scott. The Box is the way to go!

I mean that in a good way! It's fun seeing all that great gear I remember from that period!