Slouching Raymond
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Good move. Gives you another saound colour.
I have a wooden Buffet E13, and a plastic Buffet B12.
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I have a wooden Buffet E13, and a plastic Buffet B12.
TalismanRich
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Ah.... springtime in Augusta. It's time for The Masters.
It turns out that the new Sony TV that I bought has a browser app, and I'm able to watch the live stream from the Masters. I was originally going to just feed the computer to the TV, but I don't need to worry about that.
Since we're getting rain, and I'm not able to play this morning, this works out perfectly.
It turns out that the new Sony TV that I bought has a browser app, and I'm able to watch the live stream from the Masters. I was originally going to just feed the computer to the TV, but I don't need to worry about that.
Since we're getting rain, and I'm not able to play this morning, this works out perfectly.
spantini
COO of me, inc.
Meanwhile, back at the peppers . . .
Has anyone tried the new top dog Pepper-X ? I've been looking for a source for whole peppers, but all I've found are seeds and sauces. I've been making "teas" with Thai and Chiltepin peppers, then using those to make rice or pasta - really adds zing to them. I'd like to take it up a few notches with the Pepper-X.
Has anyone tried the new top dog Pepper-X ? I've been looking for a source for whole peppers, but all I've found are seeds and sauces. I've been making "teas" with Thai and Chiltepin peppers, then using those to make rice or pasta - really adds zing to them. I'd like to take it up a few notches with the Pepper-X.
LazerBeakShiek
Rad Racing Team
Whats up with the Ali and Temu guitars? People ever buy these? I m curious about the Rick's 12er's..at 90% off ? Hmmm. No.
rob aylestone
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I've got one! A couple of years back I was doing a show with the Searchers (UK 60s band) and took it along as they feature 12 string Rickenbackers in their 'sound' - John McNally - their guitarist had a go. It sounded almost the same, but was harder to play as the string spacing was narrower and the thick and thin strings on mine are cut the wrong way around. Still sounds good though.
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spantini
COO of me, inc.
That's terrible. Almost wouldn't have noticed that at all. I checked out the Harley Benton model and it's reversed as your guitar. The real Rick is opposite - thick/thin. Does it feel weird as you strum? Is the nut so specific for the string setup that a new one would be required to flip them around?
rob aylestone
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Yep - as soon as John mentioned the reversal I tried to swap but the grooves are cut to match the string diameter - so a new nut would be needed. I'd never spotted it was looking down, supposed to be thick then thin! I have an old acoustic 12 string and the neck is quite wide and pressing strings down is quite hard but the electric is much easier to play. The other thing is the 'R' on the tail piece - it's also wrong. I'll do a video on it if people are interested. It stays in tune, sounds quite nice and plays fine - it's quite pretty too being the red colour.
LazerBeakShiek
Rad Racing Team
Compress x2 if you wanna be BIG!!!
TalismanRich
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Its Ky Derby time.
In my hometown, we have a little horse race that occurs in a couple of weeks. It's the 150dth running. There's a party that kicked off today, starting with an air show, drone show and ends with a 30 minute fireworks show that uses two barges in the river and a half mile long bridge. They call it Thunder Over Louisville.
In my hometown, we have a little horse race that occurs in a couple of weeks. It's the 150dth running. There's a party that kicked off today, starting with an air show, drone show and ends with a 30 minute fireworks show that uses two barges in the river and a half mile long bridge. They call it Thunder Over Louisville.
Sky Blue Lou
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It's like the Indy 500. There are only so many traditional events left. Enjoy 'em while we still have 'em.
TalismanRich
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Yeah, Lou!
I love the 500 as well. My first was in '73. I went every year for about 10 years, and I still watch every one. I'm heading down to Barber Motorsports Park next weekend for the Indy car race there.
I love the 500 as well. My first was in '73. I went every year for about 10 years, and I still watch every one. I'm heading down to Barber Motorsports Park next weekend for the Indy car race there.
Sky Blue Lou
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The 500 is on my bucket list. Been watching it since it was on tape delay Sunday evening broadcast. Jim McKay and Jackie Stewart. I've been to St. Pete the last two years - have some relatives nearby - and I used to go to Loudon when they ran here. It's right down the road from me. As I enter retirement I am looking at some road trip possibilities. I'll be watching Barber. Wave.
Sky Blue Lou
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It's funny about sports and being a fan. The one's I played as a kid I really don't like watching. Basketball, baseball, soccer. The ones I didn't play - American football and hockey - are the ones I am most interested in watching. Still team sports though. I've always been more interested in singular competitions; motor racing, skiing, golf and tennis. Mano a mano Baby, that's for me.
spantini
COO of me, inc.
A bit of a ramble, but it's what I've been up to.
Well. . I've been chasing a sound for my bass. I've got a nice Jazz bass with good sound, but I wanted more. . more. . umph. I scooped up the Ampeg SVT Suite when it was on massive sale last year. That's some good sounding plugin there. And then as I was researching bass sounds a couple weeks ago, I tripped across the Ampeg SCR-DI pedal - it's a preamp and DI box. After listening to it in YouTube reviews, I got to thinking this is a hot little box that sounds great. This box doesn't get all murky when you get into the low end - it stays clean.
So I became enchanted by this unit, until I saw the price - around $300 if you get the power adapter with it (runs on a single 9V or the adapter). Now, I could get Ampeg's preamp pedal without the DI for quite a bit less, but the DI was one feature I wanted for possible gigs. So. . no go there.
After getting the bug to buy this thing, I've let it rumble around in my head for the past couple weeks so I could calm down and make a reasonable decision. Then I said to myself, "Self. Doesn't that plugin you bought have that same sound? " And I'm like, "Well, DUH !" So I'm now thinking it's mainly the preamp in the pedal that's giving it that extra umph, but is that preamp already in one or all three of the SVT models in the plugin? So I head on over to Ampeg's site.
Ampeg makes no mention of preamps in their SVT plugins. However, hopping on over to Plugin-Alliance, they say their Ampeg SVT-VR plugin has a preamp. So now I'm thinking if that one has it they all must have it - right? Riiiight (very funny album by Bill Cosby).
The Ampeg SVT Suite doesn't have an SVT-VR by name. But. . P-A's SVT-VR looks exactly like Ampeg's SVT Suite Heritage 50th Anniversary SVT - exactly. This convinces me they are the same and if that one has the preamp they all must have it, or they wouldn't have that Ampeg sound. Right? Right.
Now if all the Ampeg plugins in the SVT Suite have that preamp, what the heck do I wanna go and layout $300 for their pedal for? I've already got that sound I want in the plugins. Well, that's ok for recording here at home, but what if I want to gig? HA! Back to square one. I'd need that pedal to replace an amp/cab for the sound I want.
Oh well. That's for another day.
Well. . I've been chasing a sound for my bass. I've got a nice Jazz bass with good sound, but I wanted more. . more. . umph. I scooped up the Ampeg SVT Suite when it was on massive sale last year. That's some good sounding plugin there. And then as I was researching bass sounds a couple weeks ago, I tripped across the Ampeg SCR-DI pedal - it's a preamp and DI box. After listening to it in YouTube reviews, I got to thinking this is a hot little box that sounds great. This box doesn't get all murky when you get into the low end - it stays clean.
So I became enchanted by this unit, until I saw the price - around $300 if you get the power adapter with it (runs on a single 9V or the adapter). Now, I could get Ampeg's preamp pedal without the DI for quite a bit less, but the DI was one feature I wanted for possible gigs. So. . no go there.
After getting the bug to buy this thing, I've let it rumble around in my head for the past couple weeks so I could calm down and make a reasonable decision. Then I said to myself, "Self. Doesn't that plugin you bought have that same sound? " And I'm like, "Well, DUH !" So I'm now thinking it's mainly the preamp in the pedal that's giving it that extra umph, but is that preamp already in one or all three of the SVT models in the plugin? So I head on over to Ampeg's site.
Ampeg makes no mention of preamps in their SVT plugins. However, hopping on over to Plugin-Alliance, they say their Ampeg SVT-VR plugin has a preamp. So now I'm thinking if that one has it they all must have it - right? Riiiight (very funny album by Bill Cosby).
The Ampeg SVT Suite doesn't have an SVT-VR by name. But. . P-A's SVT-VR looks exactly like Ampeg's SVT Suite Heritage 50th Anniversary SVT - exactly. This convinces me they are the same and if that one has the preamp they all must have it, or they wouldn't have that Ampeg sound. Right? Right.
Now if all the Ampeg plugins in the SVT Suite have that preamp, what the heck do I wanna go and layout $300 for their pedal for? I've already got that sound I want in the plugins. Well, that's ok for recording here at home, but what if I want to gig? HA! Back to square one. I'd need that pedal to replace an amp/cab for the sound I want.
Oh well. That's for another day.
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Sky Blue Lou
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So use a laptop as a pedal and go straight to PA.
spantini
COO of me, inc.
Can do. Like the old days before interfaces, DAWs and plugins - I gave up my SVT stack for a single rack unit (Roland GP-8) and plugged that into the board. Not the same Ampeg sound, but I didn't really need it to be at that point. Here we go again, only with a modern setup, eh.
Sky Blue Lou
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Disclaimer - I was never all that good.
I stopped chasing great tone through great signal chain for gigs very shortly after I started gigging. The upper level tube amps stay home. The drunks in the local bars don't know any better anyway. I did everything with a first series Vox Vavetronix. 32 available presets -I think I used 10 or so and a Crybaby and talkbox -good to go and who's gonna know? I had stage monitors for my guitar for me and the band but the main sound went through the PA.