Wow! Master Slim, that clarinet/steel pairing is one I never heard before, and in that context, I think the tones match well. I'm a little weird in that I like steel tones that DO change, rather than finding the One Almighty Godzilla Tone that crushes everything in it's path... clarinet, hmmmm....
Regarding the tone/volume interaction, perhaps the finest 79c tools I ever invented are some little 2-or-3 inch wires with the small size alligator clips soldered on each end. You always run into these instructions
"...if the tonal combination sounds strangled, even French, change the RED wire to the grommet and the BLUE wire to the second little pokey thing..."
Sometimes I think I can read schematics, but stuff can go so weird so fast just having a pile of these little insty-wires to try
all the different connections is faster than rabbit-holing into that whole
Captain Buzzy sez:
THINK LIKE AN ELECTRON!
"Keep yer gun in the holster til ya know who your shooting, Podner"...
There's this bizarre "vintage" antique-y thing about old solder - if you have an old guitar that doesn't work, the busted "original solder" gobs MAY be worth more than if you, like,
FIX IT so the damn thing works... to, like, play music? So
of course there are now
criminals
who specialize in making deceitful old-LOOKING solder gobs.
(it's only worth $100,000 or $80,000 or so on a 1959 Les Paul... give or take $25,000 or $37,500 dollars or so....)
Zoot alors!
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