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PRNDL
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Joined: Jan 11, 2006
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Re: Sound Over-Kill?

It usually takes some expertise and experimentation to get the sound right in a small club (or a big club, for that matter, but you know all about tha...

16 years ago
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Re: Using DI Ground Lift to Eliminate Buzz

I'm not an expert, but I believe the DI unit uses a transformer to couple and isolate the signals. Lifting the ground lets each unit ground itself. It...

16 years ago
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Re: Break In Periods?

Some speakers sometimes have break-in periods for the cone to stretch, but tube amps usually don't, although the tubes can might mellow out with time....

16 years ago
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Re: Showmanship...?

I'm just watching my fretboard & not interacting with the crowd. The exercise would be to learn your guitar parts so well that they are second nat...

16 years ago
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Re: seriously considering line 6 pod but...

In general, multi-effect pedals are great for what you describe - getting different tones quickly and easily, especially for cover bands.The weakness ...

16 years ago
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Re: Excessive hiss from tube amp - need to replace tubes?

First up is to distinguish hiss from hum. Hiss is often due to bad tubes, usually from the first preamp tube, especially in high gain amps, such as th...

16 years ago
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Re: Guitar Cabinet Project

>> already know to use good quality birch. Most use select soft pine for cabinets and grade BC plywood for the baffle boards.These days it's dif...

16 years ago
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Re: Rack System Help Needed

The central issue is that most processors, like your G-Force, don't have a built-in bypass switch, which is common in effects pedals.The easiest way i...

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Re: Music Man amplifier

If this is a tube amp, most likely the electrolytics are failing and need to be replaced (it's called a "cap job"). Old Alnicos are highly desirable s...

16 years ago
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Re: Vintage Tube Amp Questions

Sorry about all the misleading info ... sometimes I get "amp dyslexia" and confuse numbers.Hyperborea is correct - you can use a standard tweed head c...

16 years ago
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Re: Vintage Tube Amp Questions

It's a standard tweed chassis.For two speakers, you can have someone build a 2x10 tweed cabinet, or you could add an external speaker cabinet. To matc...

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Re: Vintage Tube Amp Questions

So I'd just plug a mini patch cord into say, the channel one mic input and the channel two instrument input (Where would the output from my guitar go)...

16 years ago
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Re: Vintage Tube Amp Questions

I fixed a Gibson GA-50T last Friday! It's a cool amp. The microphone input does have more gain that the instrument inputs in the Tremolo version, so i...

16 years ago
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Re: chuga chuga growl.....

Listening is the best way to chose a tube guitar amp, so you're on the right track.Speaker selection is one of the easiest ways to improve tone. For b...

16 years ago
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Re: Vox Amp Quesiton (Wrong Section ?)

Each has their unique characteristics and can be used for different things.The Line 6 offers a lot of versatility and easy recording via USB. You coul...

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