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#334,265
Ringhammer said:
I put a set of pickups from a blue sparkle 64 into my VP. Yes, darker/bassier tone but less definition.
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This was what the guy at Epi told me in an email. They tweaked a little and one thing sounded better and another less so (for some). Said it was a tradeoff. Adjust something and it affects more than one thing.
As I've mentioned before in a big room in a live setting my VPs have never sounded thin. At home? Yes. Not particularly good at all really. Just my experience. Live in a mix, plenty big and punchy.
 
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dagrev said:
This was what the guy at Epi told me in an email. They tweaked a little and one thing sounded better and another less so (for some). Said it was a tradeoff. Adjust something and it affects more than one thing.
As I've mentioned before in a big room in a live setting my VPs have never sounded thin. At home? Yes. Not particularly good at all really. Just my experience. Live in a mix, plenty big and punchy.
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Since I have already replaced the tuners on my white Epi VP, I figure putting in some good pickups and new pots is in order. The 916 Bicentennial’s will come with a 4 conductor shielded wire so I should be able to wire them however I want. I mainly intend on wiring them as they (916) direct, but I like the idea of trying to wire them exactly as you guys have shown in your original examples. I hope they send a clear diagram of how exactly the 4 conductor wire is connected.
 
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dagrev said:
This was what the guy at Epi told me in an email. They tweaked a little and one thing sounded better and another less so (for some). Said it was a tradeoff. Adjust something and it affects more than one thing.
As I've mentioned before in a big room in a live setting my VPs have never sounded thin. At home? Yes. Not particularly good at all really. Just my experience. Live in a mix, plenty big and punchy.
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True enough - usually never the same at home & live. At our rehearsal space - everything stays the same week to week but some nights everything sounds better than other nights. Molecules in the air...
 
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Gaolee said:
That is why I use a Shure wireless. It was expensive, but it seems to have no effect on the sound, lag is minimal enough that I don't hear it, and it hasn't missed a beat in getting on toward ten years now. It may be more than ten years. I don't remember the last time I used a cable.
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The Line6 stuff is very transparent with lots of dynamic range. I can't hear a difference between using my G30 and a cable on recordings. Plus it's effectively a buffer at the end of a 1ft cable.
I'm so used to the freedom, using a cord on stage is a distraction.
 
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Ringhammer said:
Since I have already replaced the tuners on my white Epi VP, I figure putting in some good pickups and new pots is in order. The 916 Bicentennial’s will come with a 4 conductor shielded wire so I should be able to wire them however I want. I mainly intend on wiring them as they (916) direct, but I like the idea of trying to wire them exactly as you guys have shown in your original examples. I hope they send a clear diagram of how exactly the 4 conductor wire is connected.
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I do hope your 916 sidewinders have more bottom than my 916 Thunderbird pups. Fortunately what I play through is naturally big. But my "thin" VP 760s are beefier and have more output than the 916s.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
thx D, back over a week ago, gotta say at how impressed I was at how the local authorities handled it.....cool as a cucumber, clearly it happens often...been in quakes before but always on the ground, trippy on a 24th floor...
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That high up the I imagine sway may have easily been a 1 ft if not close to 2 and 24 st high, in addition to the ground was doing.
 
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dagrev said:
That high up the I imagine sway may have easily been a 1 ft if not close to 2 and 24 st high, in addition to the ground was doing.
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When I lived in Chicago, I would take out-of-town guests to the top of the ex-Sears Tower now Willis Tower "Sky-deck", at night. Always a trip visually as the surrounding area is so flat - looked like a circuit board. It normally moves when you are up there so best not to be prone to 'sea-sickness'. Good thing they don't get tremors there...

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Engle said:
The Line6 stuff is very transparent with lots of dynamic range. I can't hear a difference between using my G30 and a cable on recordings. Plus it's effectively a buffer at the end of a 1ft cable.
I'm so used to the freedom, using a cord on stage is a distraction.
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The other things I like about the Shure are how indestructible it is and that it doubles as a tuner. The receiver lives on the board all the time. Both receiver and transmitters are in heavy duty metal cases. They have taken a beating with no effect on function.
 
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