Guitar Nerds Anonymous

So... Thoughts? I'm looking at you, @rickster... ;P

n.b. A few (most) of these are way out of my budget now I've spunked most of my cash on that Les Paul...

Cheers Rick. Yeah they have butchered it a bit to be fair but hey, the music is supposed to serve the film not the other way round.

Plugged my Fishman Loudbox Mini in for the first time last weekend. Had a Saturday to myself so set up a mic stand and SM57 in the living room facing out of the patio doors (which have a panoramic view of Catford. Oh yes.) and did a "gig to no-one" for a good couple of hours.

It was good to practice singing though a mic again and learn how to balance the volume between the guitar and vocals. The amp itself sounds great. Plenty loud and remarkably feedback resistant. Reverb is nice if a bit OTT at anything over than marginal settings. Chorus (WHY?!?!) is horrible. Overall, very happy with it. Looking forward to getting out and gigging again.

^^Weber make a Mini-Mass don't they?

EDIT: this is the simplified 100w version that seems to get a lot of love.

http://www.mojotone.com/Marketplace/Weber-MASS-Lite-100W#.VmVhPLiyOko

Yeah, but I think that's only 50W... It looks the best bet at the moment... It is all a bit academic tho', still no bloody cab...

How's the fam? :)

I had a Weber Mass when they looked like this:
http://img.audiofanzine.com/image.php?lang=en&identifier=id&size=normal&module=product&product_id=22633

Did the job but I think a lot of 'cranked amp' tone is in the speakers working hard and moving air.

Heh. First things first.

Great mate! Bee was three months yesterday and she loves it when I sit in front of her and sing and play. Big gummy grins. She's the best.

I have a great book of children's songs for her.

but as the melodies are all in standard notation I'm having to re-visit long forgotten sight-reading angst on the ones I don't know. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. xx

I got the Dano out of storage at the weekend. Let me know when you want to grab it.

Oh you're a legend Niall, cheers man. Will drop you a line.

@>>>>>> Attenuators? Alas, I have no idea. Have always felt them to be suspect and/or incorrect. Loud amp, weeny amp. Job done, no?

I've been miking up the old Champ for some gigs and it sounds ace... needs workable monitors and a decent guy or gal on the desk though...

Fun article including insights into early tape echo. You may have to subscribe (free) to read the whole thing.

http://tapeop.com/interviews/110/deke-dickerson/

Nice cardy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efl1TIC9Qys

fiddling with a thing...

https://soundcloud.com/elvers/off-yr-face-inst

Nice tone.

I've always read good things about hot plate.

In love...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yfQN8-tVlQ

Anyone want a nice Tokai Love Rock or Peerless Songbird let me know.

£350 each

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Songbird

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Both guitars immaculate.

Is it too late to pass that Songbird on to @BRM? 😋

Nice tone.

Ta. It's just Tele and http://www.softube.com/index.php?id=var

Was going to replace it with a real amp but I like the rough version just fine. The Slapback is http://www.waves.com/plugins/kramer-master-tape#eddie-kramer-on-the-kramer-master-tape

^^Man that songbird is sweet. Unfortunately my PRS statement just arrived and it's MEASLY.

Read my lips. No new axes.

I'm going to move 4 of my guitars on if anyone wants to make me an offer.

First off is a cherry red Epiphone SG copy - 310, which is the bolt-on neck. This was purchased in 1993. It has one original pickup and one Schaller Golden 50. I haven't taken it out of storage in years so no idea if it still produces sound. It did when I parked it.

Then there is a Columbus Series 2 black LP copy. This is a knackered old beast of a Japanese knock-off, which has a bolt-on neck, a lovely tone, but a very high action. Maybe it can be brought back up to scratch or it could make a superb slide guitar. The killer feature is the Max Frecknell handwound humbucking pickups, with split wiring for either coil taps or phase switches. or both. Worth it for those alone. Not sure of age as it was second-hand when I bought it in 1988. Series 2 means it's post-lawsuit. This also worked when I put it in storage. No idea if it still does.

I've also got a Cherry red Line6 Variax 500 to sell. This is the first Variax, made before they put '500' on it. It's a decent guitar and the modelled sounds are great. The digital output (basically a Neutrik cat-5) was dodgy so I replaced it with a new one, but I'm not convince that solved the problem (the trouble is the digital input in my Pod XT live is also on the fritz). Analog output is was fine when I stored it. Sold with footswitch and a power supply if I can find it. I bought an S/H Variax 700 so this is surplus to requirements. This has a gigbag.

Finally a Crafter FA-820-EQ round-back electro-accoustic. Nothing wrong with this one, just that it's surplus to requirements. It has onboard electronics and EQ. I bought this new in 1996. I have a Hohner gigbag that will fit it.

They are the 3 on the left and the 2nd on the right in this pic:

Love the coffee table

I may have accidentally bought an AC15 today (an AC15C1 to be precise)... Guy's dropping it off on me later today... AU$300, pretty pleased... *fingers crossed*

It's great... 😏

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