Next time tell the haggler to put up or get lost.... Cause it's probably another ass hat.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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Sold my Ray34CA locally and sold another pedal on Reverb today. I'm on a streak, at last. Posted a bunch of old recording accessories up on Reverb today too, patch cables still in the packaging, a patchbay, we'll see if it moves at all. It's crazy how much stuff I have in storage that I forgot I even own, miles of cables from when I actually had analog rack recording gear.
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Nothing beats that feeling of when a new tune comes together.
I just bought a $79 (+$40 shipping) peavey 4x12 from GC so I can have a cab for the Peavey musician. Those peavey musicians sound great on guitar. Our guitarist's tube head is getting a check up so he has been using the Peavey and it sounds rad. Now I just need to finished the guitar kit I started last year.
I just need a matching Peavey Bass 400 and a matching cab for the complete home jam set. lol
I have that same Gone Squatchin hat! lol
I just bought a $79 (+$40 shipping) peavey 4x12 from GC so I can have a cab for the Peavey musician. Those peavey musicians sound great on guitar. Our guitarist's tube head is getting a check up so he has been using the Peavey and it sounds rad. Now I just need to finished the guitar kit I started last year.
I just need a matching Peavey Bass 400 and a matching cab for the complete home jam set. lolI have that same Gone Squatchin hat! lol
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At 65 and still has some piss and vinegar to get in a fight.
At 65 and still has some piss and vinegar to get in a fight.
Someday, when i upgrade from SS to tube...
Just got word one of the last pieces of Peavey Henge is done. Sending final payment for my Hex Cabs Phase Wizard tomorrow. Now just one more amp and the 3 pin din extender to be done.
Nothing beats that feeling of when a new tune comes together.
I just bought a $79 (+$40 shipping) peavey 4x12 from GC so I can have a cab for the Peavey musician. Those peavey musicians sound great on guitar. Our guitarist's tube head is getting a check up so he has been using the Peavey and it sounds rad. Now I just need to finished the guitar kit I started last year.
I have that same Gone Squatchin hat! lol
Which model Musician is it? I see one with sliders, a bass one(maybe they are all bass, I have no clue), etc.
i tired th JohnK version and was not very impressed at all. it is more of a dark sounding OD. it was way too farty for me.
anyone that claims vinyl sounds better because it is analog an has better dynamics is full of shvt. That may be true for vinyl pressed 20 or more years ago, but anything in the last 20 years not analog. To have true analog sound the original source material has to be recorded on tape. Hardly anyone records on tape anymore. It is too expensive, to difficult and not enough people have the skills to do it properly. Pretty much all music today is recorded on some form of computer and digitized. The pressing plant gets the tracks on CD or uncompressed audio files. They then take the digital audio run it through their DAC and convert it to analog and press the vinyl. The only difference between CD an vinyl is who does the convrsion from digital. with vinyl it is the pressing plant, with CD it is your CD player. Any differences in sound have nothing to do with the medium itself. Instead the mastering on vinyl is different (or shoud be) than the CD version. typically the bass and treble are rolled off and the overall volume is lowered. Then there are the other factors in the chain, like your cartridge, tonearm and phono preamp. each piece will affect the sound and none of these are in your CD chain. even reissues of classic albums are no longer analog. it is very rare that a label will give anyone access to the master tapes. most major label libraries have been digitized anyone wanting the rights to reissue an album will get a CD and not the tape.
I tend to agree.
If the audio ever enters a digital format the analog wave after that will be stepped and to some degree the frequency response and transients are altered.
I think everyone should still print the SPARS code on releases so the consumer knows exactly what they are getting.
Digital could be a lot better than it is now.
Here is an interesting short film on the short comings of digital audio:
Some more observations on the new DiMarzios.
Played a bit last night getting the volumes equaled out between the two.
These pickups seem to have a much larger sweet spot for string height than the EMGs I had before.
The J pickup really came to life once I got it close enough to the strings. Much more complex mids and lows.
Also think that Dual Sound flat out blows. No reason ever to take the J pickup out of series.
One thing I didn't anticipate was the change to the flatwound 'clank' sound. Its different and I'm not sure if it's the Tonestyler or the pickups but it's much more mellow than with the EMGs. Always figured that was more focused in the upper midrange. I guess it's up there in treble land that these pickups don't emphasize.
When I get back in there to check the issue with the volume pot I'll probably remove the push/pull volume pot.
The only thing I have left to do is buy two sets of the same strings. One for these new pickups and one for my Hondo II Pro.
Its the only way I know to try the old Dimarzio p pickup against the new.
As of now it's hard to say which is better, the new P is gnarly but that could be string choice and confirmation bias.
That global series mode is really really really great. Can't say enough good things about that.
Played a bit last night getting the volumes equaled out between the two.
These pickups seem to have a much larger sweet spot for string height than the EMGs I had before.
The J pickup really came to life once I got it close enough to the strings. Much more complex mids and lows.
Also think that Dual Sound flat out blows. No reason ever to take the J pickup out of series.
One thing I didn't anticipate was the change to the flatwound 'clank' sound. Its different and I'm not sure if it's the Tonestyler or the pickups but it's much more mellow than with the EMGs. Always figured that was more focused in the upper midrange. I guess it's up there in treble land that these pickups don't emphasize.
When I get back in there to check the issue with the volume pot I'll probably remove the push/pull volume pot.
The only thing I have left to do is buy two sets of the same strings. One for these new pickups and one for my Hondo II Pro.
Its the only way I know to try the old Dimarzio p pickup against the new.
As of now it's hard to say which is better, the new P is gnarly but that could be string choice and confirmation bias.
That global series mode is really really really great. Can't say enough good things about that.
Tried out the new chinese mini pedals last night. Got what I paid for.
The flanger sounds pretty good, but glitches the hell out if you put the depth above two thirds. It's interesting. Also - popping when you engage the pedal, which causes me to be angry. On to the pile it goes.
The other one is a distortion pedal that I was thinking/hoping was a Rat clone - it has a bass boost setting, which is actually just a mid scoop. The tone knob seems to add midrange, which helps with the scoop that's supposed to be a bass boost. Interesting, messed up, but it sounds harsh on most settings. Might be cool for some specific guitar tones, but no good for bass. On to the pile it goes.
Oh well, lesson learned.
The flanger sounds pretty good, but glitches the hell out if you put the depth above two thirds. It's interesting. Also - popping when you engage the pedal, which causes me to be angry. On to the pile it goes.
The other one is a distortion pedal that I was thinking/hoping was a Rat clone - it has a bass boost setting, which is actually just a mid scoop. The tone knob seems to add midrange, which helps with the scoop that's supposed to be a bass boost. Interesting, messed up, but it sounds harsh on most settings. Might be cool for some specific guitar tones, but no good for bass. On to the pile it goes.
Oh well, lesson learned.
Yep.
It is interesting you mention that because on their website they refer to it in a couple of different ways. They refer to it as series/parallel and they also refer to it as series/single.
In my case I went with series/parallel cause i hate single coil noise.
Seems silly to me to have a branding like "Dual-Sound" and have it refer to a couple of different things.
Is this stellartone? I read there site but it's kinda clunky and doesn't refer to wjat any of the positions on the tonestylers are except to say it's capacitors like a varitone.
Dual-sound sounds like a way to refer to Ric-o-sound safely. I guess parallel is technically dual sound but it's confusing to refer to something obvious by a new name...
Single coils sound better to me so I have to just live with that noise. This is mostly referring to guitar and bass vi experience. Bass I don't really care either way.
Taking advantage of my networking/business skills to possibly work a deal on a new amp. Don't want to get too ahead of myself, though. I'll tell you guys all about it if/when it happens. We'll see.
Stellartone Tonstylers are just a small and convenient package of a rotary switch with a selection of capacitors. Without a separate tone potentiometer each setting is like the tone rolled all the way off only with different capacitor values. Which means you have a selection of deep treble cuts at different frequencies, each one with a slight bump before the cut.
This bump is a resonance peak formed by the impedance of your pickup.
Is that better or more unclear?
