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- 2 Oct 2014 11:48 am
- Forum: Recording
- Topic: Best & Easiest Digital Recorder?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 18152
Hey, Tim, we've all had guitars that were better suited as firewood but usually not Fenders! :) :lol: ...The Fender's are mostly safe despite their proximity, but I gotta tell ya... there have been some frustrating days trying to improve my lap steel chops where it's been a close call! As for that ...
- 1 Oct 2014 12:39 pm
- Forum: Recording
- Topic: Best & Easiest Digital Recorder?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 18152
Hi Steven, Since I switched to the Mac (about 3 years ago) I've been using Presonus' Studio One software along with a Steinberg MR816 Firewire interface. The latter has 8 channels of balanced analog I/O and an additional 8 channels accessible via ADAT lightpipe. Making use of the extra digital I/O r...
- 25 Sep 2014 6:28 am
- Forum: Recording
- Topic: Best & Easiest Digital Recorder?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 18152
Yeah -- she's a keeper Alan, but there's a definite threshold for drum tolerance... I've stuck my toe out across that line before and limped back, never to cross it again! :) If I'm totally honest with myself, I'd probably get a lot more accomplished with a setup closer to yours... I often get way t...
- 24 Sep 2014 1:43 pm
- Forum: Recording
- Topic: Best & Easiest Digital Recorder?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 18152
- 18 Sep 2014 6:50 am
- Forum: Recording
- Topic: Question about "nudge" feature in Studio One?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2520
Hey Rick -- I've only ever used the nudge feature to incrementally shift an audio event forwards or backwards in the playback timeline. I've never come across a way to nudge an event from one track to the next (though clearly the manual says it can be done.) I'll take a looksee later tonight when I ...
- 17 Sep 2014 10:10 am
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: What are the best EL-84 & preamp tubes?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2376
- 16 Sep 2014 11:37 am
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: Melobar Lap Steel...on it's way
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2870
The body unbolts very easily and you can build your own to your own shape and design, as flashy as you want, and still be able to change back to the original if you ever wanted to sell it. Hmmmmmm... Melobar is already bought and paid for... Add $7,500 for the African Lion full body mount taxidermy...
- 16 Sep 2014 7:11 am
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: "Supro" inspired single coils for a 6-string lap?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3907
- 15 Sep 2014 1:11 pm
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: "Supro" inspired single coils for a 6-string lap?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3907
Thanks guys. I just realized that Lollar is an actual string-through replacement pickup; would probably require customized brackets/shims/bodywork on the lap steel, which I'm not prepared to do at this point... I'll check out those BG pickups Stephen, and many thanks for your feedback Roman -- seems...
- 15 Sep 2014 10:29 am
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: "Supro" inspired single coils for a 6-string lap?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3907
"Supro" inspired single coils for a 6-string lap?
I'm considering replacing the bridge/humbucker pickup in my Duesenberg with a single coil. I've never really gotten on with humbuckers as a guitar player, and while I see the appeal of that sort of tone on a lap steel, the Supro vibe applies better to what i'm doing, on my rig... Single coils would ...
- 15 Sep 2014 7:11 am
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: Melobar Lap Steel...on it's way
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2870
Very cool! I think these are a great way to integrate lap into a live performance -- being a guitar player primarily I'm used to bouncing around and have a hard time sitting still. I really dig the look of that one, nicely understated... does it have the foam body? There were some questionable aesth...
- 11 Sep 2014 10:56 am
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: Question about replacing Electrolytic Caps
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7848
I have MANY old Marshalls, including original plexis. Filter cans get changed only when absolutely necessary. Agreed! At one point I had two blackface Fender Princeton (non-reverb) amps -- a '64 and '65. I used them a lot for recording, so I was pretty familiar with the nuances of how they sounded....
- 11 Sep 2014 8:32 am
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: Getting rock/blues sound out of GBDGBD
- Replies: 29
- Views: 14153
- 11 Sep 2014 8:11 am
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: Getting rock/blues sound out of GBDGBD
- Replies: 29
- Views: 14153
Not to derail a great thread entirely... but can anyone share additional artists/performances worth checking out for some tasty blues inspired lapsteel? Especially with mixed lead/rhythm playing as in the Al Perkins clip -- I wasn't familiar with his work but greatly enjoyed it. Much of what I've co...
- 10 Sep 2014 7:38 am
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: Ronnie Wood Steel Guitar Fan!!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11086
- 10 Sep 2014 5:46 am
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: Ronnie Wood Steel Guitar Fan!!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11086
- 9 Sep 2014 6:38 am
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: Duesenberg Multibender Problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4200
Is Martin sending some sort of fabricated spacer? I have a Fairytale, which allegedly has a redesigned multibender setup -- not sure wherein lies the difference. With the stock 2nd/3rd string configuration it's been pretty rock solid, but I suppose I have the higher tensioned 3rd string butting up a...
- 2 Sep 2014 11:26 am
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: New Duesenberg Fairtytale owner...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3554
Thanks for the kind words regarding the new axe folks, and for the usage hints Will! I've been playing a lot since I got it -- my guitars have been sitting sullenly in the corner ever since! Tried a bunch of setups and techniques to work the multibender into my playing, and I think I finally have so...
- 22 Aug 2014 7:51 am
- Forum: Recording
- Topic: Tracking with EQ, I changed my mind !
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10552
- 21 Aug 2014 8:39 pm
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: New Duesenberg Fairtytale owner...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3554
- 21 Aug 2014 9:47 am
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: measuring pickup output
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5694
Yeah -- to be honest I've only actually noticed it one time, with a strat. Being in rock bands I would always crank my pickups really high for no good reason other than I assumed: more louder is more better? I had bad taste in tone then... With this particular guitar, I noticed there was a point whe...
- 21 Aug 2014 8:56 am
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: measuring pickup output
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5694
- 21 Aug 2014 6:44 am
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: Dobro great Rob Ickes on lap steel
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1888
- 20 Aug 2014 10:45 am
- Forum: Steel Without Pedals
- Topic: New Duesenberg Fairtytale owner...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3554
New Duesenberg Fairtytale owner...
Well, almost -- arrives via FedEx tomorrow. I got a great deal on a lightly used one, and couldn't help but to pull the trigger. A guitar player of 25 years, I found myself picking up an old, borrowed Supro lap more and more over the past few months... almost to the point of obsession. So I bit the ...
- 20 Aug 2014 8:42 am
- Forum: Recording
- Topic: Cakewalk product experience
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2843
Unfortunately I don't have any experience with Sonar... but I too started with cassette-based four-tracks. I was always into recording, and followed the typical trajectory of the time -- moved from a cassette four track into reel-to-reels, then ADATs, then outboard hard disk units and eventually lan...