Gasalcoholics anonymous? whoever said this was a help group?

[crochambeau]

Preeeeeetty sure I am not butting heads with Satan on this one (if so, sorry/BRING IT).



I hauled home an Otari MX5050 MKIII-4 half inch four track in currently inoperable condition today.
Appears some control logic is latched, the capstan isn't spinning up (I'm hoping this is tied to the logic issue), some gummy lubrication, sounds of struggle on the take up motor (hoping it's a maladjusted brake), and a complete lack of rubber on the pinch roller.

[MaxMaps]

I didn't think I was a Gibson soy boy but I am....

REALLY enjoying the super rad SG this year - its easily become one of my top instruments I have purchased. I have been toying around with the idea of trading my SE Dunnable in for something else - problem is that I am all over the joint.

Was eyeballing a Guthrie Grovan Charvel and a then one of those American series Jacksons and then I saw the new Adam Jones Les Paul.

Am I a 40's Gibson boomer? I really though I wanted a floyd rose system again but now I dont even know

[coldbrightsunlight]

I took the Gibson pill a couple of years ago and have no regrets Adam Jones one seems like too much money to get just a Les Paul for when at that price point there's so many options but it does look very cool, I would imagine they're nice guitars

[Blackened Soul]

I didn't think I was a Gibson soy boy but I am....

REALLY enjoying the super rad SG this year - its easily become one of my top instruments I have purchased. I have been toying around with the idea of trading my SE Dunnable in for something else - problem is that I am all over the joint.

Was eyeballing a Guthrie Grovan Charvel and a then one of those American series Jacksons and then I saw the new Adam Jones Les Paul.

Am I a 40's Gibson boomer? I really though I wanted a floyd rose system again but now I dont even know

https://reverb.com/item/62138995-gibson ... -shop-demo


https://reverb.com/item/54004223-2010-e ... d-rose-emg


https://reverb.com/p/epiphone-les-paul- ... 5sQAvD_BwE

Or....

https://reverb.com/item/920613-frx-trem ... AEQAvD_BwE

[MaxMaps]

I took the Gibson pill a couple of years ago and have no regrets Adam Jones one seems like too much money to get just a Les Paul for when at that price point there's so many options but it does look very cool, I would imagine they're nice guitars

I would agree with the price point - but it just looks fartin cool with the silver burst: like I said I am flush with GAS and paralsis from so many options. I think I am destined to own a LP of some kind.

Or....

https://reverb.com/item/920613-frx-trem ... AEQAvD_BwE

Super cool LP's Blackend! - they remind me of Gary Holt's signature which is all sorts of RAD ( minus the red pick ups)

I know from going down the you tube hole that it seems like every LP ( espically from Gibson) has its own character and one never is like the other.

Also that surface mount trem system looks promising too.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I took the Gibson pill a couple of years ago and have no regrets Adam Jones one seems like too much money to get just a Les Paul for when at that price point there's so many options but it does look very cool, I would imagine they're nice guitars

I would agree with the price point - but it just looks fartin cool with the silver burst: like I said I am flush with GAS and paralsis from so many options. I think I am destined to own a LP of some kind.

Oh it looks cool, no denying. And my LP is sometimes my favourite guitar! Never thought I'd love a LP so much but it is just so much fun to play.

[Blackened Soul]

Super cool LP's Blackend! - they remind me of Gary Holt's signature which is all sorts of RAD ( minus the red pick ups)

I know from going down the you tube hole that it seems like every LP ( espically from Gibson) has its own character and one never is like the other.

Also that surface mount trem system looks promising too.

my band n@meless did a mini saloon tour out on the peninsula (washington st) with a few metal bands years ago and 2 of the bands had the holt sig and they where pretty cool for 2 very different sounds.. the red pickups seemed to make them happy as they go well with putting a Rainier Beer R sticker on the guitar

Les Paul’s..yes.. your are correct.. but it depends on what you want out of one.. years ago my guitarist must have tried 20 of the damned things complaining they were all too bright and wouldn’t get a nice jangle sound.. she ended up getting a The Heritage one used, man that was a nice guitar… I currently own 2 a epi goth and a kit jr from precision guitar kits.. what I’ve found is if you are more into sgs, explorers, firebirds and vees go for one without a maple top cap, like a jr, special, some customs or the goth models.. if you want the bright punch and bite go for the maple top.. unless you find one that defies what I just said

[friendship]

what have i done.. I started thinking about how to get drumming, and obviously a real kit is out because neighbors, cost and space.
digital kit? no, space and money.
drum pads?.. yes.

One of those drum pads with 6-8 large pads you can hit with sticks look amazing to me.
Anyone got experience with these? I'm currently checking out the alesis samplepad and similar alternatives.

this is an entirely new rabbit hole for me, parallel to the currently ongoing rack quest. wish me well.

I wanna learn the drums too. I figure I'll get a regular pad and sticks to focus on the fundamentals, but would like to eventually get some kinda MIDI pad thing.

Does anyone have recommendations for Youtube drum lessons?

[coupleonapkins]

I have gone down this rarebit hole a few times, though the only one I ever will plunge for is the Nord 3P, which makes less sounds like actual drums than what most other pads could do (it's also pretty expensive, but is hovering around the $600 range at the moment).

Why the Nord? Mostly the sounds, which, again, are not like real drums (but, to me, extremely tasty), but also for the economy of the space it takes up. Also, I can't feasibly imagine one of those supremely more expensive digital full-on drum kits, which is a big no-no in terms of space and size (big supporting actor nod: the Roland V-Drums).

Also, the 3P can be controlled via MIDI, since it's basically like having 6 independent synths inside of one kit, with your Slippikats or Digikoots or whathaveyou (or even your :::BIG YAWN::: DAW/puter). This was primarily why I was interested in the the 3P at all, but I don't have the lifesource/time to learn an Elektron product (could be swayed by a Squarp Pyramid, but the bills just keep piling up here), especially since the 3P, rightly so, includes a pair of sticks for what it was designed for: THWWWWACKIN those pads.

I should probably sell a pile of pedals soon for lots of reasons (ILFMASSIVECOCAINESEIZURE/when wheel my Dr. Sci Ring Mod return from vaporware?), but moreso so I can finally snag one, once & for all, and so I can stop making posts like this to keep convincing myself that I, truly, need to slap those pads

Also, a foot pedal & a stand is probably in your future, if you decide to choose this particular path (as well as the new total of around $1000)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8GJYg7bw_g

Does anyone have recommendations for Youtube drum lessons?

I do not, but I suggest embracing the best $12 Hal Leonard DVD I've ever eggsperienced for yourself, if you have the capabilities, ways & means 2 du sew:

[D.o.S.]

This time a couple years ago I had a really great hands-on echo setup going with the Kniv and the DD-500 as a bootleg dry/wet interactive delay setup - my alternative to splashing out the big money for the Zen delay or messing with a mixing board.

Since the 500 is now sitting on a board, I've been using a PS-2 instead. I love the PS-2 for hand manipulated, tabletop stuff... but it's absolutely not doing the job for me when it comes to dry/wet riding the feedback knob for echo, echo, echo, echo echo (&c.) delay.

The Misty Cave isn't great for this either -- plus I desperately want to use the Misty Cave and the PS-2 for other things on the tabletop board, since they've got great character for altering the tone of things, just not this specific thing.

For any dry-wet blendy types, do we think the Sunny Day Delay is a good candidate for this? I could get another 500, but that seems excessive.

Goes without saying I'm le pedge for the future because of ILFSS and the general cost of living, but recommendations welcome.

[Dowi]

This time a couple years ago I had a really great hands-on echo setup going with the Kniv and the DD-500 as a bootleg dry/wet interactive delay setup - my alternative to splashing out the big money for the Zen delay or messing with a mixing board.

Since the 500 is now sitting on a board, I've been using a PS-2 instead. I love the PS-2 for hand manipulated, tabletop stuff... but it's absolutely not doing the job for me when it comes to dry/wet riding the feedback knob for echo, echo, echo, echo echo (&c.) delay.

The Misty Cave isn't great for this either -- plus I desperately want to use the Misty Cave and the PS-2 for other things on the tabletop board, since they've got great character for altering the tone of things, just not this specific thing.

For any dry-wet blendy types, do we think the Sunny Day Delay is a good candidate for this? I could get another 500, but that seems excessive.

Goes without saying I'm le pedge for the future because of ILFSS and the general cost of living, but recommendations welcome.

I'd wait for the SDD, but considering its small size, if you want to manipulate it it's gonna be quite busy knob-wise, mybe i'd go for tomething with bigger knobs? Pladask Taken is the first thing that comes to mind, iirc has a wet/dry mix knob, and keeping it on the verge of feedback was one of my favorite things to do with it, it sounds really good. Red Panda raster 2 might be too much, it has a dry-wet knob tho.
I was about to say rubberneck but it has only a dry / wet selector, not a knob for merging the two, and same goes with the Echo Dream 2.

[Paul_C]

An old friend and bandmate died recently and his kids are selling off his ridiculous amount of gear.

I wasn't going to buy anything but then decided I'd like something to remember him by and settled on this (not actual guitar as it's too gloomy to take pics today).



It's an RG2570MZ CAB (Caribbean Blue Lagoon) and it's very nice

[univalve]

Think i'm going to order the new Boss slicer.

[Dowi]

This time a couple years ago I had a really great hands-on echo setup going with the Kniv and the DD-500 as a bootleg dry/wet interactive delay setup - my alternative to splashing out the big money for the Zen delay or messing with a mixing board.

Since the 500 is now sitting on a board, I've been using a PS-2 instead. I love the PS-2 for hand manipulated, tabletop stuff... but it's absolutely not doing the job for me when it comes to dry/wet riding the feedback knob for echo, echo, echo, echo echo (&c.) delay.

The Misty Cave isn't great for this either -- plus I desperately want to use the Misty Cave and the PS-2 for other things on the tabletop board, since they've got great character for altering the tone of things, just not this specific thing.

For any dry-wet blendy types, do we think the Sunny Day Delay is a good candidate for this? I could get another 500, but that seems excessive.

Goes without saying I'm le pedge for the future because of ILFSS and the general cost of living, but recommendations welcome.

I'd wait for the SDD, but considering its small size, if you want to manipulate it it's gonna be quite busy knob-wise, mybe i'd go for tomething with bigger knobs? Pladask Taken is the first thing that comes to mind, iirc has a wet/dry mix knob, and keeping it on the verge of feedback was one of my favorite things to do with it, it sounds really good. Red Panda raster 2 might be too much, it has a dry-wet knob tho.
I was about to say rubberneck but it has only a dry / wet selector, not a knob for merging the two, and same goes with the Echo Dream 2.

I re read your question and realized that my answer doesn't help at all cause you were using the KNIV for dry-wet and feedback managing.

[D.o.S.]

This time a couple years ago I had a really great hands-on echo setup going with the Kniv and the DD-500 as a bootleg dry/wet interactive delay setup - my alternative to splashing out the big money for the Zen delay or messing with a mixing board.

Since the 500 is now sitting on a board, I've been using a PS-2 instead. I love the PS-2 for hand manipulated, tabletop stuff... but it's absolutely not doing the job for me when it comes to dry/wet riding the feedback knob for echo, echo, echo, echo echo (&c.) delay.

The Misty Cave isn't great for this either -- plus I desperately want to use the Misty Cave and the PS-2 for other things on the tabletop board, since they've got great character for altering the tone of things, just not this specific thing.

For any dry-wet blendy types, do we think the Sunny Day Delay is a good candidate for this? I could get another 500, but that seems excessive.

Goes without saying I'm le pedge for the future because of ILFSS and the general cost of living, but recommendations welcome.

I'd wait for the SDD, but considering its small size, if you want to manipulate it it's gonna be quite busy knob-wise, mybe i'd go for tomething with bigger knobs? Pladask Taken is the first thing that comes to mind, iirc has a wet/dry mix knob, and keeping it on the verge of feedback was one of my favorite things to do with it, it sounds really good. Red Panda raster 2 might be too much, it has a dry-wet knob tho.
I was about to say rubberneck but it has only a dry / wet selector, not a knob for merging the two, and same goes with the Echo Dream 2.

I re read your question and realized that my answer doesn't help at all cause you were using the KNIV for dry-wet and feedback managing.

Appreicate the answer anyway! Yeah part of the reason I went with the Kniv is that a lot of delays don't have a lot of separate wet/dry volumes (RIP SEA) which is preferable for me than having to rely on a mix knob.