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Brick Card posted:There's a lot of marketing muscle behind those headphones. They're not worth what you're paying. Unless you want super ridiculously heavy bass, don't get those. Much better and cheaper ones out there. That was my initial assumption about them. I'm not in the market for headphones or anything, but I like to keep up-to-date with new equipment, regardless. Sucks because I have a lot of respect for Dr. Dre as an artist/producer. And now he had to go and do loving product placement :\
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Is he trying to sell them as production headphone monitors? I thought the intended target audience for those headphones would like having that massively heavy bass. I got the impression they were either for DJing or personal listening, when (I imagine) having a flat EQ curve isn't a must.
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Fun fact (I used to work for a headphone manufacturer) headphones cost between $0.67 and $1.35 (for the fancy ones with lots of injection molded plastic) to produce (+ $10,000-$15,000 tooling costs). That's for a run of 30,000 units. Prices drop by roughly half when you jump to 100,000 units. No joke. I interfaced directly with the manufactures, saw the invoices and the checks, helped design the packaging, etc. Regardless of your marketing budget, every unit sold (@$40/ea) is about 400% profit. With the exception of the $250+ models, there is only about a dollar difference in materials in the $15 and $50 models. q.e.d. be extremely wary of any brand (i.e. "skull candy", etc) that hasn't been around for at least 15 years and has a reputation to protect. The buy-in for the headphone industry is only about $30,000 (contact me if you're interested...) so there's quite a bit of profit to be made in headphones if you have any sort of existing marketing vehicle.
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Daisy Rock Stardust Elite Isis http://i.imgur.com/vXON3.jpg (linked because huge) Haven't played one before, but I've seen them in person and I like a lot. I can get a used one shipped to me through a local guitar center, or I can spend the same amount on a new one at this site: http://www.instrumentalsavings.com/ Anyone ever purchased through them? I can return the used one if I don't like it. But why not get the new one if the site is trustworthy?
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Apr 19, 2011 06:17
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 New Epiphone Custom shop limited edition Korina Firebird (phew) I picked up at Daddy's last week. Really stoked on how it plays.
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Apr 19, 2011 19:37
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Firebird, hm? How's it feel? Regular, not reverse?
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Great White Hope! posted:
Oh wow. My dad got a ECS Wilshire reissue that he's been letting me borrow, and I'm kind of in love with Epiphone now. Always really liked the look of Firebirds.
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Apr 19, 2011 19:52
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This came in last week. I haven't had time to take pictures, nor play it other than tune and test run. I'll post up more in the next few weeks, but for now, just a teaser.
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Apr 19, 2011 20:19
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On the SkullCandy note, they're actually sort of popular amongst snowboarders & skiiers due to their pretty nice warranties. They're meh quality, though.
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Apr 21, 2011 11:01
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 Bone nut blank.  Mandolin bridge. Fixing up an old POS mandolin with a few problems. Discovered that the bone nut blank smells just like cum when it's being carved.
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Warcabbit posted:Firebird, hm? How's it feel? Regular, not reverse? It's a reverse body, I think thats the only way Epiphone makes them, but it feels pretty good. It's a little top heavy but it's not that bad if you rest your forearm on the top of the body and keep the guitar pointed up. The neck is surprisingly nice. much thinner than the squire affinity telecaster I've been playing.
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Great White Hope! posted:It's a reverse body, I think thats the only way Epiphone makes them, but it feels pretty good. It's a little top heavy but it's not that bad if you rest your forearm on the top of the body and keep the guitar pointed up. The neck is surprisingly nice. much thinner than the squire affinity telecaster I've been playing. Is the strap button on the upper bout? If you put it in the neck heel the balance issue should go away.
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A really really lucky kajiji find... Farfisa Compact Duo. One of the classic combo organs. A few key/filter combinations don't work but it still sounds incredible. Another cool detail is that a bunch of random lights have been installed across the top... very futuristic. And now I will be eternally tormented over whether it would be worth the risk to gig with this. Sorry for the cell pic, don't have a real camera.
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Whoa! Can you post a sound clip of it or recommend a song that uses it?
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rt4 posted:Whoa! Can you post a sound clip of it or recommend a song that uses it? Apparently Syd Barrett-era Floyd made use of the Compact Duo, but I'm not really a Floyd fan so I couldn't recommend any particular songs. I mainly bought it to get the Steve Neive/Elvis Costello and Ray Manzarek/The Doors sounds, and it gets a very similar tone. The Farfisa Brand is very, very well renowned though and has been used by Talking Heads, Phillip Glass, Sun Ra, John Paul Jones and the Black Keys among others. Here's a vid of some guy(not me) butchering baba o'rielly on one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDxp18Q_hgY
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Hanzo Steel posted:A really really lucky kajiji find... Farfisa Compact Duo. rt4 posted:Whoa! Can you post a sound clip of it or recommend a song that uses it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRdMvFvz4vo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhYLz63csS0 (Farfisa Compact)
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I was very fortunate again and found my SBV a trebly bud to chill out with! SGV-300! Really should not have spent the money but...whatever, I had to spend the money. I fuckin' love the SG/SB series reissues! The shape seems to be very polarizing but personally I dig it! A lot!  No sparkle finish on this one, I'm not sure if the metalflake is limited to the basses or what. Scale length is 24.75" Standard neck - neck/bridge - bridge selector switch, and the controls from front to back are volume/tone/AND -- there's something special about the bridge pickup. It's not a humbucker, it's actually two individual single coils. I'm not sure what you call this type of pot, but it basically has 3 points it rests at -- all the way clockwise and the bridgemost pickup is soloed. At the middle point, both single coils are blended for SUPER HUMBUCKIN' ACTION. On the other end, the middle pickup is soloed. So you can also blend them between those points if you want. The pickups are not high output, let's say they're more towards the medium - mid rare side. Basically, it sounds exactly like you'd think a surf guitar would. Check out the weirdo bridge!  It allows for bending up or down. I love the way it feels! Very smooth, but you can't do the metalz divebombing with it. More fluid than a strat-type by far. The arm is in a great position for vibrato strumming. It's a surfin', shoegazin' machine!  From the few forum posts I've read about these, some people seem to have tuning issues with the trem, and I'm guessing it's because you can only use two springs. I dunno, mine seems fine...depends on the combination of string gauge/springs/claw...um, length. I'll have to slap some 11s on it and see how that goes. Of course I just got it, but right now I'm very happy with this geetar!  FRIENDS 4 LYFE also i know my yard sucks Sarah Cenia fucked around with this message at 07:02 on Apr 23, 2011 |
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None of my pictures turned out, but I picked up a Reverend Jetstream the other day. Mine has white pickups and a Wilkinson tremolo however.
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Trans Ferdinand posted:Cool, I recently bought a Farfisa Compact off of eBay. What did you pay for yours? 450 bucks, Canadian. Apparently, the guy I bought it from was a collector of combo organs, but he accidentally blew his amp and needed to sell something to get a new one, so I think I got a pretty good deal, considering I see Farfisa's going for a bit under 1000 bucks on ebay and this seems to be one of the better quality ones.
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Achtane posted:Sextar This is the prettiest thing I want one so bad. I can't find them anywhere on musicians friend or guitar center, do they not make them anymore or something? I really want to go to a store and play around with one for a few hours. edit: 
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Traffic Reporter posted:This is the prettiest thing I want one so bad. I can't find them anywhere on musicians friend or guitar center, do they not make them anymore or something?
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They occasionally turn up on Ishibashi. If you're intent enough on owning one that it's worth ordering from Japan, that's one option.
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Finally upgraded from our guitarist's old Fender 100W solid state amp to Marshall MH450 and MBC410. I can get a really warm and moderately rough tone out of these. Still have to twiddle with the knobs a bit to be able to cut clearer through the mix. Inspired by one other bassist at the same gig I played, I bought a Whirlwind Orange Box Phaser. The effect is more subtle than the MXR's it's based on but that's just a plus in my opinion since it doesn't drown the actual notes you're playing into Starship Enterprise like swhoops. 
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Ferrous Wheel posted:They occasionally turn up on Ishibashi. If you're intent enough on owning one that it's worth ordering from Japan, that's one option. I like the idea of owning one, but I really just wanted to go to guitar center and pretend I have the means to buy a new guitar 
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Schatten posted:This came in last week. I haven't had time to take pictures, nor play it other than tune and test run. I'll post up more in the next few weeks, but for now, just a teaser. Zebrawood is the ultimate erection factory for me. Please post the rest, so I can get so jealous that I want to kill myself.
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I'm going to buy this for £30 or cheaper: and turn it into THIS:  Blog entry for reference. Basically a low budget DIY MIDI foot-switch! I hope it works well.. Would love to get the black Korg Nanokey, get some Jenga blocks, cut them to the right size, spray paint them pink and then throw them on there  Mainstage will never be the same again..
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Mandocello! The shop I'm buying this from is out of stock of this particular model so I have to wait. 
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rio posted:^^^ yessir it is
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Roctor posted:Mandocello!   And I'm guessing from the photo you bought it from The Mandolin Store in Wickenburg? Good choice. Dennis Vance is a great guy to buy from, and their in-store set-ups are second to none.
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AstroZamboni posted:
I'm buying it from that very store! http://www.themandolinstore.com/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=93 I found their site looking for straps for my mandolin and thought they were cool, and then realized they were only an hour and a half drive from me (phx). When they get their next one in I'm going to drive up to play it before I buy, but I'd be fooling myself if I thought there was any way that I wasn't going to get it. Good practice, though, play before you buy. You in AZ?
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In 1983 I saw Purple Rain. Prince had a microphone that I'd never seen before and I thought to myself, yes, one day, I will own that microphone. Because, seriously, microphones can't be THAT loving expensive right? $500? Are you making GBS threads me? Luckily, I snagged this fucker off of ebay for $300. But seriously - who the hell spends that much on mics? An idiot? I'll let you know after my next gig.
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Roctor posted:I'm buying it from that very store! Used to be in AZ. Moved to Colorado Springs last year. I drool over the custom Weber mandolins that are exclusive to The Mandolin Store.
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magnificent7 posted:In 1983 I saw Purple Rain. Prince had a microphone that I'd never seen before and I thought to myself, yes, one day, I will own that microphone. Because, seriously, microphones can't be THAT loving expensive right? That's pretty cheap for a something that lets you time-travel, though. 
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Narwhale posted:That's pretty cheap for a something that lets you time-travel, though.
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Picked up this beauty second hand! Feel a little bit like I don't deserve it because I'm still such a novice, but it's so much nicer to play than the Stagg Strat I was using. It's an Adam Black Libra LSR apparently, though I can't find much information about this model online. Bonus practice/headphone amplifier I'm making because I'm a big nerd and I couldn't resist a chance to play with electronics. Schematics from here. 
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 '90s Ampeg Jet II Reissue (J-12R). Picked it up on Craigslist for $200. Sounds amazing... when it works.  The guy I bought it off of said it had "intermittent popping", and when I went to his house and played it for about half an hour, it indeed had some very mild popping or scratching. It almost sounded like a loose input jack or something. So I bought it and it sat unused for two days, before I turned it on and tried to play today. Within 30 seconds to a minute, it begins crackling and scratching incessantly. Whether you're playing or not, whether anything's plugged in or not.  A quick google search shows that this is a known issue with these amps, but every single person seems to have solved it differently. So I've got some new tubes on the way, and hopefully that will take care of it.
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Brettbot posted:A quick google search shows that this is a known issue with these amps, but every single person seems to have solved it differently. So I've got some new tubes on the way, and hopefully that will take care of it. If you can, try it on a different wall socket, or perhaps in a different room. I've had equipment be THAT bitchy about getting a clean current.
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Brettbot posted:
It's probably the jack. Does the crackling go away or change if you jam the plug in and out a few times? If so go get the jack replaced at a repair shop.
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