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I was at my local friendly Music Go Round poking around with a little money burning a hole in my pocket to see what I could find. I was actually looking for an acoustic tenor guitar or a bouzouki (they had one last time I was in there), but neither were available. Then I saw this decent looking...

I picked up an old headstock/neck from @james condino a few years ago and finally decided exactly how I want to use it. I saw a picture of something like this at a local club and decided to make one that was a little more portable. So far I like it because it holds a few business cards, there’s...

Title says it all. I'm modifying my in-ear/FOH setup and I've got a 1U space that I'm trying to multipurpose a little. 1/4 of the space for a Golden Age microphone preamp, 1/2 of the space for my in-ear mixer. That leaves me 1/4 of the space to squeeze in a tuner. It's not an absolute necessity...

The title says it all. I just took a look at my contact list for subs. I've got 30 or so subs on my list and most of us throw each other gigs. I've only met 16 of 30 in person. They're all great players and been solid subs over the years. It's never been a concern for me. I've met a few a...

Maybe me? This thing is awesome!!! A friend of mine stopped by the house last night and left his three string jazz bass so I could check it out. It's fascinating and I'm completely enamored with this strange little bass. It has an EAD, but no G. The E string has a hipshot drop D tuner on it...

Up for sale is my old Karl Höfner plywood bass. Prefer a local sale in the Fort Worth/Dallas area. This is a great bass that has served me well for many years. Was a solid performer as a gigging bass that I relegated to backup status when I got my Tyrolean. It's been sitting in the music room...

This is the time of year that gigs seem to slow down a little for us and we've been talking about doing some streaming. The place I've seen it most (where it's somewhat lucrative) is on TikTok. Instead of just sitting around doing nothing, we could set up the mixer with some decent lighting and...

Been wanting to get a drum kit at the house for a while now. I don't play drums, but I have musicians roll through the house frequently so I try to have things available just in case. I've got a few bass guitars, a fiddle, mandolin, guitars, 88 key MIDI controller, Tenor sax, Alto sax, all sorts...

I'm interested to know more about input impedance opinions, especially those using a dual piezo-type setup. I'm working on a free, open-source, preamp project centered around the Yamahiko, some of you might have seen prototype pics I've posted before with various configurations. I'm hoping to...

Subbed with a Big Band at their studio today and they said they already had an amp in the studio. I wasn’t super concerned, but I did have some trepidation… so I brought my doubler preamp that I made because it sounds great and it was a doubling gig. I was so thrilled to roll in and see this...

I know bashing drummers for sport is a thing here... but I've gotta say this, when you find a great drummer it's an amazing thing. I've played with some terrible drummers, and I've played with some amazing drummers. However I feel really fortunate because the one I play with most frequently is...

In my trio, if we are working on booking a gig... we all know to book it right away when one of us uses the term "real folding money". e.g. Hey guys, I've got a line on a gig and they pay real folding money. Our general definition of that usually means good pay, some nice amenities included...

I almost titled this thread after a real conversation that happened at a gig last night... "I found my dress in the rafters, but I think my bra is onstage... has anyone see a blue bra up there?" Here in the DFW area I really don't recall a lot of Fat Tuesday gigs happening in the past. Most of...

Ever since I paired the Yamahiko with the ToneDexter (and without sometimes)... I've sort of neglected the Remic Green 5400. It's really a shame because it's an excellent microphone, but most places I play are really too loud for it (maybe). Last night I played a Big Band dance gig, so I was...

One of my hobbies is pedal building. The first or second circuit I learned to make was the Zvex SHO. It’s a dead simple circuit with 8 or so parts. I learned to etch home brewed PCBs with it and it was how I learned to use Eagle and KiCAD. So I have more than a few of those PCBs laying around. I...

Title says it all. I was randomly cruising craigslist the other day and saw this cool tweed box. It's designed for guitar players, probably those using smaller tube amps that want to elevate the amp and have something to carry all their stuff in. Well it was for sale super cheap so I bought...

I've wanted a low power tube amp for a while now... and I've always wanted to build a tube amp. So I found the AX84 project and the Firefly in the never-ending Sushi Box thread. The amp is built and I played it for about a week now. I really really really like it in the context it was built...

So much to unpack here but I’ll keep it short. I was doing a hired gun gig tonight for a country trio. I never do country gigs, but the pay was really great and it was old school country and they really wanted a double bass player. For the money they were offering I felt that I could easily...

Anyone using NFC tags/tokens for band media or PR? If so how are you using them? Are you just linking to a band website, Soundcloud, Venmo, Facebook, or YouTube? Or possibly even download links to albums or EP’s? These things have gotten cheap enough that it might be a reasonable solution to...

I popped the knob to bypass the preamp. It still sounded amazing and I finished the gig with it. Really wasn’t that big of a deal for me. That is all. ————————————— For those wanting more… I was expecting this to happen sooner or later. I’ve been playing a bunch lately and kept forgetting to...

Really had no idea where to put this one... so I thought I'd start here. I want to make a small(ish) preamp with a passive DI attached. Mainly because I like to tinker, build effect pedals, and just see if I can make something work. I don't want a pedal, because my application cases won't...

Is there a difference in how your tone sounds at home (bedroom tone) vs. when you play live? I thought I would record both and compare. I've never done that before. I actually thought my stage tone would be brighter that it actually was when I listened back to back (at least in the context of...

Had a great brunch gig this morning in a high rise. Beautiful venue and the unique experience of having my ears pop on the ride to the 40th floor in the freight elevator. That's a first on a gig. Since it was one of those gigs where we figured we'd be told to turn down at least once... I...

One of the bands I play in is a strictly reading gig. We usually have 3 rehearsals and filter through about 40-50 charts to see what we want to play on that particular gig. Sometimes I'll get to play through a chart once, sometimes we might not get to it in rehearsal but decide to play it and...

There are several places I play where the clientele doesn't always have cash... but they frequently ask if we have a Venmo. I have a screenshot of our QR code on my phone and share it with them... but one band I subbed with actually printed out little handbills with their band info and Venmo QR...

I seem to go through these phases where I build a moderately sized pedalboard, then decide I want to downsize because I don't want to lug around another huge box of something... but then I miss all the effects that I removed to make space. So I thought, maybe I can make one of those hinged lid...

Building a new pedalboard, so I thought it would be a good time to play around with different effects in different orders to see if my taste have changed since I set it up last. Didn’t change too much. Just moved the spark over to the clean/ wavy side of things to give me a little better...

Didn't pull up anything with a search, and Band Management seemed the most likely place to ask. So I'm doing some future planning for a Big Band. Currently the band leader stores all of our charts at his house. However he's getting up there in the years and his health isn't what it used to be...

It’s probably not normal. It started off innocently enough… keep the original pedal boxes so when I sell it later I can get top dollar for having everything together. One problem. I never sell the stuff. I either keep it on my board(s) or in the original box in the closet. Now that closet is...

Um... wow. That’s about all I can say about this thing. What a beast (albeit a very clean and well mannered beast). Didn’t expect it to be that much larger than the Doubler.

Well I tried the search function, but it involved some of the most ubiquitous and generic terms ever so I had pages of results and after about 6 pages of despair I thought I’d just ask. I’m in the process of adding a Remic Green to my setup and after listening to every video out there it...

Thought I would share. Just received my new (to me) SLB-200. Played around with it a little yesterday and the results are favorable. Initially it sounded a little off, but I realized I needed to spend a little time twisting some knobs because the signal from this bass is different from my old...

Refinishing a Warmoth Precision swamp ash body with Danish Oil and clear coat for a natural look. Pairing this with an older Maple neck that has aged quite nicely. I have a black pickguard, but I’m thinking about something different. Pearl, tortoise, Brass, etc... If you’ve got a Precision with...

Would love any advice on this one. My Jazz Band is doing a joint clinic/concert with a small local high school in the area next month. I love the concept and think it’s a great idea. Most of the band is made up of some fairly heavy hitters and most are music majors with teaching experience...

I ran a search to see if there was any talk about this, but didn’t find anything. I picked up an Ear Box about 5 weeks ago and I’ve only used it a few times. I don’t play many noisy gigs on the upright, but I do play quite a few of them with the electric bass. Each time it was an amazing...

Ive been talking to Jay about one of his amps and I’ve been thinking about an effective preamp to pair with it. A search here showed two potential options, Empress ParaEq and the EDB2. I reached out to one member who said the EDB -2 didn’t provide enough to really drive the Ganz amp. Has...

Hello all, I tried a few searches about running a mic (balanced) into a standard bass amp (unbalanced). Only one thread had a suggestion... and that was to use a small mixer. Probably not a terrible idea as it's potentially an easy way to get phantom power to a mic preamp, but is that the only...