Recent content by MrSidecar

It's very tempting- the 51 is by far my favourite and the one I have (find it in one of my older posts if you care) is misbehaving a little in terms of neck twist 'n warp. How is your neck holding up? I see that Luca obviously builds both neck and body himself, that's probably a good thing? Best...

Old hat, this thread, but- I have tried both the Cali76 and the Pedal76 (and the Diamond and others I don't remember), and the Pedal76 is the first compressor that in my hands doesn't sound awful- until this one I always ended up taking it out of the path after a short while. Now, that...

I’ll be the first to admit this :-) no offense taken. It is indeed. However - could be interesting to hear about my initial question- any all tube players amongst those who think the cali76 is indispensable? Just curious. Best Sidecar

Does anyone of you who totally dig this pedal play into an all-tube amp? Well I do. Plus, I'm basically a no-pedals guy. The Chet Baker of pedals ("It takes a very good pedal to be better than no pedal at all"). I'll only use a drive pedal because fiddling with gain and master to achieve more...

Got mine today. I played it rather briefly in rehearsal. Normally as I said I achieve drive by cranking the input gain on my Orange AD200B up to about 3 o’clock. With the dcx it was a piece of cake to dial in a setting that sounds virtually identical (!) and feels exactly like playing...

I tried it in the shop today. it’s the dog’s bollocks. I’m normally a no pedals player and when I want drive, I crank gain on the amp. That always is a fiddly fiddly thing that only works for whole songs obviously. And now I’ll have to play where I can’t take my amp and thus, I need a drive...

Super late answer here- only because somebody liked my response and I got a notification :-) It might very well be true, as the controls influence each other big time on Fender stacks. And that varies considerably from amp to amp I have noticed. Example, I used to play a Fender Bassman TV combo...

I've been doing that for a looong time now. That is, 1-2-3-4 on D, Eb, E, and F from D(on G-string) onwards. The F# is a 4th finger with a little stretch/pivot-kinda thing. I've never had an issue with that, even though I've got short fingers. No intonation issues either. The only negative...

While this approach certainly seems interesting to me - a non-chemist - I still think that to really properly revive rosin, one would have to do extensive research and determine WHAT substances exactly evaporate in the process of the rosin drying out. There's a realistic chance that this even...

To be brutally honest, I tried this on my 50%-cake-went-bad. It was my first time microwaving rosin, very likely my last. I did it out of sheer curiosity as I felt the cake was dead already, and I wanted to see what would happen. Also, a student at the music school didn't turn up and I had 30...

This is the moment where I say „thank you for my peace of mind“ and respectfully leave the discussion of subjects way over my head to folks who know what they are on about :-) I’ve got what I needed, and really, thanks all. best Sidecar

Dude So great you’re saying this! Amp is on the way to you already. I put a copy of „Duke Nukem Forever“ in the box. best Sidecar

You are aware of the fact that I asked about an all-tube amp that “very likely” doesn’t qualify as a monolithic chip type amplifier, aren’t you? best Sidecar

Thank you very much- I was totally unaware that such a protection circuit even exists in my amplifier. Out of curiosity and a willingness to accumulate all sorts of info- what would have happened if not for the protection circuit? What part(s) of the amp actually get)s) fried without a speaker...

In a bit of a panic, I’m calling @agedhorse ! last rehearsal, I as usual hooked my Orange AD200B amp to the cab provided by the room, a Hartke xl with a rather unusual connector panel in that it’s recessed. Not sure why. The cable had been in the cab before I loaded my amp onto it so I just...