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Continuing to obsess over minutiae while the world burns, or because of the world burning, I am having a change of heart. I suspect the Tech 21 will be ooookaaay in some departments but it likely comes with baked-in not-so-goods such as fiddly knobs, shit distortion and a useless tuner, and I'd probably miss my reverb/delay/trem no end.
So: current rig weighs 4.4kg, but changing the stupidly hefty ply board to slatted pine might save 400g. Swapping the PP2+ for a Harley Benton PSU gets 500g back, dumping the basically unused overdrive saves 200g, losing the JD10 for say a Joyo American Sound gets maybe 350g. So 4.4kg becomes 3kg at the cost of £100 or so ... whereas a used Fly Rig plus a new HB PSU but retaining my trem and tuner would possibly sound worse, cost probably £250-300 or maybe more, and though smaller, it would still weigh 2.2kg.
Tl:dr maybe just, y'know, lighten some components.
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Has anybody got/tried a Tech 21 Fly Rig of any sort?
I always DI my Tele for the duo I'm in, and the combination of my home-made six-pedal board (trem, reverb, delay, tuner, OD, boost) with hefty Voodoo Lab power brick plus a Session JD10 preamp on top of aaaall the cables is really starting to get to my back (I'm public transport only for gigs).
I reckon a Fly Rig 5 with its onboard Blonde-style Sansamp section plus an outboard trem and some dirt could save me nearly 4lb. But I don't know if it does Fender amp-sounding cleans that are really luvverly enough.
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Nigel@cyclists in Southwark is probably organising it as we speak. Via his new lufguss FB page...
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Vic Flick, British session guitarist, 87
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tixvOoblKvA
(didn't want to post that ruddy Bond theme)
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Sounds really nice!
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Totally chimes. I did an interview years ago with Chuck Prophet and asked him lots about songwriting and at one point he said "sometimes you gotta throw the best part away". I didn't get it at the time but now as I struggle with the over-complex over-thinking crosswordy fucking bin fire of most of my own sad-ass writing attempts I really do. My current intent is to try to keep things simple and to stop rejecting any lyrical or melodic idea as soon as I spot the influence (and there always is one). This has resulted just this week in half a song that I actually like but cannot for the life of me generate words for a middle 8 or a third verse. Also, it sounds like Nick Lowe.
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My nephew has an M120, it's a nice little guitar.
I never much liked 80/20 brass, they seemed a bit brash and went off fast. I found 85/15 generally a bit warmer. Phosphor bronze is a love/hate thing... I really only like them when they're near-dead, I'm so weary of that lush overtoney new PB sound, I want something a bit more front-porch.
Consider entering the vortex of online opinion on nickel/Monel strings for acoustics. Long life, balanced sound, warm when broken in, woody, natural, slightly old-timey. Notorious for often sounding like total shit for up to two weeks and then coming good for absolutely ages. Not for everyone, but on the right, often small and/or mahogany guitar, they can be ace. Available from Newtone (nickel or monel), Martin ("Retro", monel) and D'Addario ("Nickel Bronze", actually nickel-coated phosphor bronze, my faves so far).
Otherwise there are tons of long-life/coated PB strings, I don't have much experience with any of them, though I hear the D'Add XS are up there soundwise.
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That was me, glad it worked out!
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Just paid full whack for my final pair of durable cotton trousers. Worth it.
I nearly started a Weight Weenies x Guit Nerds thread specially.
Were you thinking of the Origin Effects Deluxe 61? 'Cos I was... £385 mind...
Trying to find micro FX that sound good can get expensive fast as well. A Mooer Trelicopter might be good. MXR Carbon Copy Mini too. But it really begins to go all a bit £££.