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My christmas present to myself: Thomann were doing a decent price on the original (non expanded, I don't need the extra bits) version, so I thought why not! I've never used a decent orchestral library before, and holy poo poo am I impressed so far. Bit of a learning curve on the thing though mind.
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# ? Jan 3, 2007 09:30 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 18:39 |
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Just bought this a couple days ago, and I love it.
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# ? Jan 3, 2007 14:10 |
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Won this from an auction today, no idea when it'll be here but hopefully next week. I just needed a nice little amp for little money while still giving me a nice sound From what I read on the internet, this one should be fine. It'll go nice with my Ibanez Artcore also ordered a steel bottleneck cause i've been wanting to play with one for a while now
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# ? Jan 3, 2007 23:27 |
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I just picked up this cool little gadget: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8e2b/ It's a keychain strobe tuner/flashlight/bottle opener. Exactly what I've always wanted to carry around in my pocket.
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# ? Jan 4, 2007 02:55 |
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drat, since when did Epiphone start filling their LP bodies with lead?
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# ? Jan 4, 2007 02:55 |
Going in the bridge position soon, into my new Edwards.
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# ? Jan 4, 2007 04:04 |
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Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Trident Tomorrow this shall be mine!
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# ? Jan 4, 2007 04:22 |
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Deering Goodtime banjo. $219! Now I gotta just learn how to frail like Dock Boggs.
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# ? Jan 4, 2007 05:05 |
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behringer djx900
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# ? Jan 4, 2007 06:06 |
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DougyTheWheel posted:Is that a loving Contra tattoo? Yeah, it is.
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# ? Jan 4, 2007 22:02 |
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Upgraded from my first amp, a Behringer V-Tone GMX212 Combo amp to this badboy: Vox AD100VTH Head + Vox V412K Cabinet. The cabinet may weigh 80 lbs, and I may break my back carrying it around, but I'd much rather hurt myself carrying this around than that Behringer. Sitting in the living room with my guitar taken on my lovely cameraphone:
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# ? Jan 5, 2007 04:16 |
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Alman posted:Upgraded from my first amp, a Behringer V-Tone GMX212 Combo amp I own the AD15VT, and I have to say that Vox's modeling amps are the only ones I'd find myself using. They really do sound amazing.
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# ? Jan 5, 2007 04:59 |
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Spilrod posted:behringer djx900 lol is that a bong stem or something on that book?
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# ? Jan 5, 2007 05:20 |
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�ptimysticism posted:drat, since when did Epiphone start filling their LP bodies with lead? Huh?
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# ? Jan 5, 2007 19:26 |
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FlossMan posted:I own the AD15VT, and I have to say that Vox's modeling amps are the only ones I'd find myself using. They really do sound amazing. I spent hours researching the best deal and nearly bought an all-tube Fender Deville, but after looking into Vox a bit, I found that halfstack for a reasonable price and jumped right on. I've only heard good things about Vox and for $700 I wasn't about to pass up probably the best rig for my needs within my budget. Being an owner of a Vox modeling amp, are there any little tips you have for finding cool tones, etc?
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# ? Jan 5, 2007 19:29 |
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Alman posted:Being an owner of a Vox modeling amp, are there any little tips you have for finding cool tones, etc? Leave the master volume knob wide open and control the level with the wattage knob on the back. It sounds a bit brighter & more open this way. Use the volume & gain knobs to control distortion (more gain & less volume for dirty, opposite for clean). Spend some time with each of the models, not just the ones that are based on your favorite amps. All I cared about at first were the AC30 & Fender models, but the UK '80s and Boutique Dirty have really grown on me.
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# ? Jan 5, 2007 20:26 |
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Alman posted:Upgraded from my first amp, a Behringer V-Tone GMX212 Combo amp Christ, Behringer doesn't pull any punches, do they? That thing's a drat close doppelganger (visuals-wise) of the Roland JC-120.
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# ? Jan 5, 2007 21:58 |
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My Hagstrom Swede (reissue). It's all mahogany with a set neck, basically a Les Paul copy. I like it, but it's my first guitar with volume knobs for each pickup, and I've discovered that I don't like that setup. Sure it's fun to turn one pickup off and then use the toggle switch like a killswitch kind of thing, but I'd rather just have the convenience of a master volume all the time. I bought that a few months ago. For Christmas I got a Boss DS-1, which is pretty good considering it only costs $40. I'm thinking about one of these next:
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# ? Jan 5, 2007 23:24 |
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RSPsych0 posted:Huh?
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# ? Jan 6, 2007 00:30 |
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Uncle Caveman posted:Turn off the built-in noise reduction - it sounds terrible. The manual tells you how in the effects section. Thanks for the advice I've been messing around with the wattage knob as volume control a little bit and liking the results. I've found that the best model for clean is the Tweed 4x10 with a hint of reverb. I'm starting to figure it out, but at first the controls are a bit confusing - for example, when I have the model on UK 80's or US Higain (Fender, if I'm not mistaken), the preset is distorted. Can I make that clean, or would I just have to turn the gain down as much as possible while cranking the channel volume? torb main fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Jan 6, 2007 |
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They don't come right out an say what the models are based on (except the AC30 & AC15, of course), but my guess is: Boutique Clean - Dumble Overdrive Special (clean channel) Black 2x12 - Fender Twin Tweed 4x10 - Fender Bassman UK '70s - Marshall 1987 or Hiwatt UK '80s - Marshall JCM UK Modern - Another Marshall? Numetal - Mesa? US Higain - Soldano? Matchless? Boutique OD - Dumble Overdrive Special (OD channel) When you switch amp models (either from manual mode or a patch stored in CH1/CH2), the other controls should behave accordingly. Say you have CH1 set to Black 2x12 with the volume & gain cranked (a Twin doesn't really distort, it just gets louder) and bass/mid/treb set to 12 o'clock - switching the amp model to UK '80s or Numetal will create an explosion of crunch, since the amp sees both vol & gain set way up. The only controls that don't get stored in a preset are the master volume and wattage knob.
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# ? Jan 6, 2007 02:53 |
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Pod XT Live + Variax 600 =
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# ? Jan 6, 2007 04:33 |
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Walter posted:Christ, Behringer doesn't pull any punches, do they? That thing's a drat close doppelganger (visuals-wise) of the Roland JC-120.
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# ? Jan 6, 2007 05:13 |
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Arthur posted:My christmas present to myself: Please write more about this! I've been thinking about buying a orchestra virtual instrument for a while and I really want to know how everything sounds, especially the brass and strings.
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# ? Jan 6, 2007 06:13 |
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�ptimysticism posted:It looked like the weight of it was deforming your spine in that picture... The bad posture was my attempt at rocking out. It is a heavier guitar than I'm used to, but it isn't that bad.
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# ? Jan 6, 2007 17:42 |
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A 4x18" sub for our smaller room. Driven with JBL 2240H, tuned at 50 Hz. God I hate 22mm MDF. luminalflux fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Jan 6, 2007 |
# ? Jan 6, 2007 19:22 |
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RSPsych0 posted:The bad posture was my attempt at rocking out. It is a heavier guitar than I'm used to, but it isn't that bad.
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# ? Jan 6, 2007 21:24 |
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I sold the rest of mine because I will never play them. (Mine is in trans blue burst.)
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# ? Jan 6, 2007 21:56 |
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poxin posted:
ohhhhhh parker fly ... i loooove the clean sounds you can get from them with the piezo system. that sucker must have cost a pretty penny
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# ? Jan 6, 2007 23:41 |
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On page 5 I posted the black Ibanez RG Series guitar seen on top in the picture below. Well today I was browsing at another store and saw the guitar on the bottom of the picture. It only cost 50 bucks more, so I bought it and returned the Ibanez. The ESP is sooo much nicer.
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# ? Jan 7, 2007 05:22 |
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hell yes (squier vintage modified 70's jazz bass)
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# ? Jan 7, 2007 06:43 |
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Epiphone G310. Couldn't ask for more in a first guitar.
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# ? Jan 7, 2007 09:57 |
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No instrument, but I really need one or two of these babies It's a Jaspers 3-tier keyboard "A"-stand.
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# ? Jan 7, 2007 10:57 |
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how the hell many keyboards do you have?!
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# ? Jan 7, 2007 19:24 |
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Keyboards, not that much. Rack synthesizers, on the other hand... This one's going to carry the Yamaha AN1x, Roland XP-30 and Alesis Ion. They're now set up on a desk which is cool but awfully bulky and it robs me of precious space. Anyway, the second one's probably just going to be a 2-tier one, and it'll carry the Roland Juno-60 (of which there is no rack version) and the Roland JX8P (there's a rack version that has 2 of 'm but it's expensive and it doesn't look as cool). They're going to be put in separate rooms; the 2-tier one is for my "primitive" room without computer or plugins - which is in an awfully small room but it's pretty nostalgic. The 3-tier one will be put in the "main" studio. It's the first step towards redesigning the furniture - right now it's a huge row of desks and I plan on making some kind of custom Omnirax-like thingy with bays for the racksynths left and right and in the center of it the mixer, controller and dual screens. Not only will everything get in proper reach, it's also much cleaner as a setup - no cables dangling over several tables, etc.
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# ? Jan 7, 2007 21:49 |
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I got this a couple of months ago, but it does qualify as one of my two most recent gear purchases: It's a Gibson GA-5 "Skylark" amp from sometime between 1957-1961. It's a very simple class A 5-watt amp whose circuitry is almost identical to the late fifties tweed Champs. It's amazingly loud when used for harmonica. It's also the best sounding amp I've ever played harmonica through. I think it even beats out the couple of mid-sixties blackface Fender Champs that I've played through before.
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# ? Jan 8, 2007 08:09 |
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Learning double bass on these, Tama HP200.
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# ? Jan 8, 2007 08:29 |
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Crosspost from the drum setup thread, since I just got these: 2006 Sonor Delite in Champagne Sparkle. Played by Thomas Lang during a North American clinic tour. I got a nice deal, too, since nobody had bought them after so long. Amazing drums. Sonor has yet to dissapoint me.
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# ? Jan 8, 2007 21:16 |
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I'm lazy, but I just got a DD-20 Gigadelay. 23 seconds of looping feedback textures never sounded so AWESOME or sprawling.
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# ? Jan 9, 2007 02:58 |
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Noise Machine posted:I'm lazy, but I just got a DD-20 Gigadelay. I want one of these sooooo bad. How much was it?
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