Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
My amp's fine with mine.
Any particular baritone? Really love my Squier
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Any particular baritone? Really love my Squier
maomao
普費斯
It's a Gretsch that has caught my eye:
I don't buy most guitars that catch my eye though. I just obsessed over them for a few weeks and then remember I'm poor. I could actually afford this without too much fuss in a month or two.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I got to run my newish Trace Elliott bass amp (works great for fiddle, too) at proper "in anger" levels at last Saturday's gig - it's really come into its own, not bad for such a tiny unit.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Looks lovely.
danski
"vibey"
Gone.Got one of these going if anyone wants it. Free, like. Just cover the postage.
Happy Tree
maagilises metsas
The original sound is right at the very start, just 4 notes. The looper adds octaves, messes with the timing and you make it spacey with a reverb.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Currently jonesing for one of these; the Squier Sonic range is fab for the price (this is 160)
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I’m going to make an offer. Free delivery!
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I visited Abbey Road and went into some of their 'reverb rooms'. The plate reverb was just a big room with a couple of large flat metal plates down the middle. . . the signal went into a speaker in the room, then another microphone in the room would pick the reverberated sound up. . . you couldn't mix it, there was only one channel. Reverb or no reverb.
The above pic must be of a more modern desk than the ones I was looking at.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
“Reverb” in this case is a second hand gear auction site. Like eBay for music gear.
The desk for sale is not a plate reverb system. It’s the Abbey Road console from the late 60s.
AverageJoe
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Recording console used by Beatles on Abbey Road album up for sale
A Hertfordshire father and son have been able to restore the console used on the Beatles' last album.
www.bbc.co.uk
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Doh. OK it is the sort of console that I was looking at then.
AverageJoe
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Talking of mixing desk recoveries, has anyone watched the Dave Grohl one when they bought the mixing desk from Sound City and made a film about it? It's really good.
en.m.wikipedia.org
Have a little clip
Sound City (film) - Wikipedia
Have a little clip
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I don't know the 1975, but I guess they are a full theatrical orchestra with every instrument fully mic'd up and the whole world's life depending on recording it all 100% correctly, just in case north Korea invade.
There are so many things that he goes on about that are barely used/useful that I just wouldn't even consider bothering with. . . But I guess that's why he's got that job. Couple of really nice ideas too though. I have to assume I just don't know anywhere near enough about what is needed in shows like this (even though he does explain a bit) because it really does sound a bit like overkill, and not the easiest set up to bring to every venue.
editor
hiraethified
No they don't have a big orchestra but they do have loads of samples, instruments, timecoded stuff and a big stage set which I guess would involve loads of extra input. Still can't work out how they end up with over a 100 though!
They're a great live band, mind:
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Well I was joking about the orchestra obviously. . . . But triggering loads of samples live, yeah I guess that will take a few channels and maybe loads channels for different guitar amps, busses, returns (even a small time nobody like me uses six channels for one guitar signal) . . And that guy isn't even dealing with the monitor mixes.
. . . But I can't help thinking this would all be easier on a computer with a relatively simple mixer . . .
Actually the more I think about it, that's probably what they have got, I think it just looks waaaay more complicated than it is. Pro tools connected to a desk with certain strips he can control. Hes obviously flipping some strips for different songs /parts with the shortcuts and macros he was talking about. The outboard is actually probably not that exsessive, I guess it all adds up.
As I said before though, I can't pretend to know whats needed in stuations like these.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Meh. There will always be stupidly expensive versions of simple products for people who like spending money for the sake of it. You can buy a fender strat for 600 quid or 6,000 quid. Both will sound equally shit, because they're strats.
I love my no-name chinese distortion pedal. I got it the same place I got nearly all my pedals, someone left it behind at the venue I used to run and never bothered to come back to collect it.
