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Does anyone have any recommendations for low profile cables that can work with a boss ns-2? I'm using the send/return and input/output jacks, and my low profile cables won't fit the jacks because they're too close together. Right now that one pedal takes up nearly 1/3 more space than any of my others because of the size of the jacks on the cables I have.  I bought a Walrus Audio Slö so I'm trying to make room for it since it won't likely replace my regular reverb pedal. 
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:Does anyone have any recommendations for low profile cables that can work with a boss ns-2? I'm using the send/return and input/output jacks, and my low profile cables won't fit the jacks because they're too close together. Right now that one pedal takes up nearly 1/3 more space than any of my others because of the size of the jacks on the cables I have. Look into the ebs flat patch cables. I switched to them and they work well and save space.
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May 8, 2019 21:21
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Krustic posted:Look into the ebs flat patch cables. I switched to them and they work well and save space. There we go. Thanks!
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May 8, 2019 21:25
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George L cables are also super low profile, very flexible, and easy to put together.
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May 8, 2019 21:41
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LampkinsMateSteve posted:
Quoting myself from several weeks ago. No new photo as it looks the same, but the guts have been worked on extensively. While I was happy enough with this inexpensive, Chinese-made guitar, I took it to my local guy for a set-up and to discuss some upgrades. I decided that this was a good candidate for seeing just what you can get with aftermarket parts at the hands of a real craftsman. I committed to close the original price in parts and labour (labour is expensive in Northern Europe) and came away with a bone nut, ABM bridge, new switch and jack (switchcraft), and 50s-style rewiring for the harness for new pots (CTS super) and caps (orange drop) and knobs. Kept the original P90 pickups, but he adjusted the voicing a bit. He really knows his stuff and is a bit of a cork-sniffer when it comes to tone. I asked him to sand down the back of the neck to take it from high-gloss to more of a matte finish. And naturally, he did an awesome fret dress and general setup. Super happy with how it all came out. Obviously I only tell my wife how much the guitar originally cost.  (I still came in under budget for what I had originally planned for a new guitar)
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May 10, 2019 21:43
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After 21 years of putting it off, I finally got new frets put in my '77 p-bass. The fretboard is newly topped too, though it's still the original neck. No fret wear, no buzz, great action, plays like a dream. I'm so glad I finally sprung for this. Van Dis posted:Spring cleaning this year includes revitalizing all my instruments. It's been years since I've played so I dug out all my gear to see what I want to keep and what I want to get rid of. Here's my list of tasks:
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May 11, 2019 23:15
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ASenileAnimal posted:grabbed this dirt cheap strat knockoff on reverb for a ridiculously low price because i really liked the color. im not expecting much but i hope its at least as good as the strangely good for the price rondomusic guitar i got years ago update: got the guitar today and have been playing it for like 7 hours. its absolutely fantastic and my hands are killing me. if you want a cheap strat and see one of these pop up on reverb i cant recommend it enough. i tried to google the brand and cant find much on it but from what i could gather its a late 90s knockoff
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May 12, 2019 03:40
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Got this guy about 2 weeks ago: A Warwick Triumph Lite - My first experience with double bass and my first intonating instrument (aside from maybe a slide whistle a friend gave me once). Intonating up and down the fingerboard seems to come much more naturally than I thought it might - I think not having frets is causing me to use my ears a lot more vs just memorizing patterns on a fretboard. My plucking fingers do get snagged every now and then though. Also in the picture is a relatively cheap bow I bought on amazon. Using that is not coming so naturally - I think partially because it's a bit tricky to keep the instrument balanced while bowing, but it can be made to sound pretty crazy going through an effects system. Pretty good sound, definitely comes in hotter than some of my bass guitars. Came with a gig bag so I might be taking it to a jam session with my band some time soon along with a bass guitar as a backup in case it's a total disaster. I'm also not sure what kind of strings I need - I always like to keep a spare set for my guitars. This has piezo pickups, so I should be able to use any acoustic strings that fit, right? Colonel Taint fucked around with this message at 00:02 on May 16, 2019 |
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May 15, 2019 23:57
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Looks like I know how I'm spending my Friday night. This has some kickass sounds if you like trancey stuff. 
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May 18, 2019 00:12
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Philthy posted:Looks like I know how I'm spending my Friday night. oh poo poo I was thinking about picking one of these up, how weird can you get with it? Before it starts just sounding like sound fx I mean
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May 18, 2019 14:51
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gbs but from 2004 posted:oh poo poo I was thinking about picking one of these up, how weird can you get with it? Before it starts just sounding like sound fx I mean I've been working through the manual a bit. The options are overwhelming right now. It's my first "real" hardware synth. I've been creating my own patches and with the superwave osc and the analogue resonance cranked you can get this upper harmonic distortion / feedback going. I haven't heard anything like that on all my soft synths. I think in time you will hear some really messed up sounds coming from it. I'm not 100% knowledgeable on all the synths but it feels like a merge of west coast and east coast in one synth. The software allows you to save presets out and back in. If someone makes 256 patches, they can save them all out and share them if they want. The keyboard I didn't really care about one way or another going into it mostly because I love fully weighted hammer action, and I'm used to synth keys also. These are touch and I find myself barely touching them to trigger and you can go SO fast. Like you can wiggle all your fingers at light speed and it'll keep up with them. You can make it sound like a computer going bonkers if you twiddle all your fingers fast enough. The keys all have this slight hard texture, but it feels like velvet even though it's not. It's very comfortable! I would like to see a larger full size controller that utilizes this, it's really cool and let you just play so fast. Edit: I got some acid sound out of it also. Philthy fucked around with this message at 18:36 on May 18, 2019 |
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May 18, 2019 18:12
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The oscillator is Mutable Instrument's The the core of the Freak should be super good.
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May 18, 2019 21:59
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re: Microfreak Here's the first thing I made with it after unboxing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvxsdjiRiqs Echoing the love for the capacitive touch keyboard, it feels really responsive and tactile in a unique way. The poly pressure is ultra responsive but it takes a bit to adjust your playing technique from using velocity to increasing the surface area your finger contacts with the key to modulate things. The keys are really small though, if you have big hands like me. I was worried the Lyra-8 and Microfreak might interfere with each other but there weren't any issues. The sequencer / arp is awesome. The modulation lanes are great, and pattern mode for the arp is killer. Random pattern every time I press the keys that I can instantly and seamlessly turn into one of two sequences? awesome. Spice and dice mode are quirky and honestly not very useful. I hope they patch them more. I have a Mutable Instruments Plaits too and I have to say while the implementations of their osc modes sound fine, and its nice to have some of them paraphonic, they are implemented in a pretty clumsy way. There are a few instances of bipolar controls mapped to the endless rotary osc knobs with no easy or intuitive way to find or reset to the center point other than listening. I also find the sensitivity on the osc parameters to be really low, I have to turn the knobs for ages to reach the maximum value by hand and there are no scaling or acceleration options. It also seems like a dumb choice to leave the third osc parameter off the mod matrix, you pretty much always end up assigning it. Also, the manual is written by a french person who keeps mentioning "Hoketus". In English the musical technique is called hocket.
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May 18, 2019 21:59
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I traded in my now unused baritone ukelele and a Lindo travel guitar for this lovely beast: It's a GEWA Pure electro-acoustic classical, and she sounds loving lovely.
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May 23, 2019 13:26
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I have acquired a Strat: I wanted an HSS and Sweetwater was sold out of Classic Vibes so I got a Contemporary instead. It's nice. The middle pickup sounds exactly like what I want from a Strat.
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May 27, 2019 13:33
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We can't stop here! This is bass country! Essentially a guitar amp but works beautifully with bass. B120 was made for the bass but for all intents and purposes it's the same thing. This thing sounds incredible and is extremely versatile, I love it. I had the same amp on loan before, so I'm stoked to have my own now. Second pic with my cab because why not: 
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May 28, 2019 21:32
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I ordered a cheap rear end Ibanez bass for home recording use.  
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:I ordered a cheap rear end Ibanez bass for home recording use. love that color combo!
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May 29, 2019 17:36
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It's purty for sure.
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May 29, 2019 17:43
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Missed opportunity to get it in pink. I almost bought one a while ago but don't realistically have room for it 
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May 29, 2019 19:11
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Afro posted:Missed opportunity to get it in pink. I almost bought one a while ago but don't realistically have room for it Shiiiiiit. I didn't realize it came in pink. I got this one off of reverb for a song though, so I'm not too worked up about it.
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May 29, 2019 19:13
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Surf green and tortoiseshell ftw
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May 30, 2019 02:58
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Surf green and tortoiseshell ftw I believe that's mint. Source: I bought a similar bass for my brother
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May 30, 2019 14:37
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That bass would be a great piece of decor when not in use, I love it.
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Afro posted:Missed opportunity to get it in pink. I almost bought one a while ago but don't realistically have room for it
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Just got this Beta Bass pre amp, can't wait to try it out in the studio, and then I leave for tour in a couple weeks. I'm gonna pair it with a massive power amp, and do a legit bi-amp setup. I'll post some videos soon.
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May 31, 2019 18:31
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Got a $100 gift cert to my favorite music shop for my birthday so expect something here soon 
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May 31, 2019 20:17
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Picked up a Presonus FaderPort about 2 weeks ago and I love this thing; I don't know how I lived so long without motorized sliders. I wish I could have rationalized getting the 8-channel board, but with limited space and a limited budget, I'm really drat happy with this purchase. Switching between channels is super simple. And writing automation is so much easier with this thing. Here's a great video review that covers what it's capable of pretty comprehensively: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzjXO25Ete8
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 Finally got a rig that matches my t-40. Found it on fb marketplace for 100 bucks. I couldn't pass it up. Series 400 head with 2x15 black widows. Something fun to play dirty while I wait for my Mesa Boogie subway head to come in.
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Jun 4, 2019 02:01
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I love that bass. I had a t60 in the 90s. I wish I still had it.
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Sweaty IT Nerd posted:I love that bass. I had a t60 in the 90s. I wish I still had it. I'm a big fan of peavey gear. My t-40 is probably my favorite bass that I own.
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A Smoke Break posted:
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that is loving sweeeeeeet.
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A Smoke Break posted:
Is that the amp that the death from above 1979 guy plays?
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gbs but from 2004 posted:Is that the amp that the death from above 1979 guy plays? Looks related, but I think the DFA guy uses a Peavey Super Festival F800.
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A Smoke Break posted:
I love everything about this.
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Jun 4, 2019 07:40
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plester1 posted:Looks related, but I think the DFA guy uses a Peavey Super Festival F800. Nice. Looks chunky and grungy as gently caress, love it
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gbs but from 2004 posted:Nice. Looks chunky and grungy as gently caress, love it It's the super festival 800 that he plays, and the price went from about 50-100 bucks for the head to nearly a grand now for one because of that fact. Big game pedals makes a preamp that replicates the circuit used in that amp and it's loving noiceeeeee. But yeah this thing is dirty as hell and weighs a loving ton. Tonal monster too.
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A Smoke Break posted:. Big game pedals makes a preamp that replicates the circuit used in that amp and it's loving noiceeeeee. This is very interesting to me, do you know the name of the pedal?
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I got my big, dumb, not pink bass today. It’s pretty good for not being pink. 
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