Recent content by Michael Pearce

With regard to line or mic level, the DI and the mixer board need to be in agreement. If you're outputting at line level, and it's too hot for the mixer board, then the mixer board must be expecting a mic level input. Change one of them so they match. If both options are available at both...

It has been no trouble at all, so far. It's like playing a 5-string, but with the ease of fingering that I'm accustomed to on a 4-string. It has seemed very natural and intuitive. It probably helps that I've never been a heavy user of the G string. Really the only thing that forced me to...

Hey, I did it! Thanks to everyone for posting their guidance. I've never found a 5-string bass I liked that had a narrow enough neck for my short fingers but a wide enough string spacing for my, uh, clumsy fingers. This seemed like a much better solution. The bass is a Schecter Stiletto...

I have a Briefcase Ultimate, but I haven't purchased batteries for it, and I haven't attempted to run it on DC power. I like it well enough, but subjectively speaking, it doesn't seem anywhere near as loud as a 160W amp should. That was fine for the acoustic jams I took it to. And you're...

I don't know why there aren't more small amps that accept DC power. There's nothing about an amplifier that necessitates AC power accept that they are built with AC power supplies. If you were electronically inclined, you could modify/customize an amplifier to bypass the AC power circuit and...

There is a product called Blue Shower (made by a company called Techspray) which is specifically made for cleaning electronics. Disconnect the pedal from power, open up the housing, and spray the circuit board and everything liberally, shake it off, then let it dry. It's good stuff, although a...

I'm going to disagree with a lot of the answers here. Generally speaking, a condenser microphone is going to produce a much more detailed, accurate recording, and it is going to reach more fully into the whole vocal spectrum. There are some really great dynamic mics, and there are some awful...

I believe the word "sensitivity" as applied to loudspeakers is inherited from its meaning as applied to microphones (speakers and dynamic microphones are essentially the same thing used in opposite directions). A word that might make more sense for the concept is "efficiency". A speaker can be...

I've been playing electric bass for a little while now, and I have a growing urge to acquire and learn how to play a double bass. However, every time I go into a store to look at one, I'm always turned off by what I perceive as very low quality finish and workmanship. I'm talking about uneven...

It's blue-green :) This photo was taken outdoors and has a slightly bluish cast (proper white balance is a little subjective in this case). The lights on a TV studio are likely to have a slightly yellowish cast. Even accounting for differences in light and camera white balance, it is a color...

My mother has a piano that is well over a hundred years old, made before concert pitch was standardized at 440 Hz. The last guy who tuned it explained that it shouldn't be tuned to 440 (the increased tension of a couple hundred strings would warp the frame). So it is tuned to 437 Hz. If I...

So what exactly are the practical differences between the ESP and the LTD versions?

Hey! How do I get a number? I'm the proud new owner of a Briefcase Ultimate (BG-200). It's a keeper, for sure!

I wouldn't say you caved. Problems don't fix themselves. You communicated, and you gave it a definite time frame. Now you'll see whether they can work it out. If this is the only problem with the situation, and it can be resolved, then you've got a good thing.

"post-" does not have to mean "after the end of", it can also mean "after the establishment of", as is the case with post-modern art.