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Post by Ned Ward on Apr 11, 2024 14:57:24 GMT -6
Hi - thinning out the herd so these must go. - Custom Vibrolux Reverb $849 - - comes with cover and new Footswitch. This is local pickup only, but will drive 25 miles from Redondo Beach, CA 90278 to meet you.
- Yamaha SPX90 - SOLD - minty! Cleanest one I've seen. Prefer local pickup but I have a 22 x 18 x 12 box for this, estimate 11 lbs for shipping.
- MXR M148 Micro Chorus - $62 - will ship
- J Rockett Majestic Overdrive - $95 - will ship
I'm having trouble posting pics of all the items, but multiple hi-res pics on my store here: reverb.com/shop/monkeyboystudiosThanks!
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Post by Ned Ward on Apr 2, 2024 8:31:03 GMT -6
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Post by Ned Ward on Mar 21, 2024 20:44:19 GMT -6
Here's the Iridium with the Disaster Area Designs Micro Pro, letting me step through 7 presets (can be 200, but don't need that many Iridium presets. I just added the Mosky Spring Reverb - $30 and now I have a decent spring reverb for the Iridium. So hooked up the MIDI cable to the Iridium, fired up the editor, and quickly zeroed out the Room level on the patches. Took 3 min and set. I've found running delay and reverb after the Iridium helps; may do the same with chorus, even though on my regular amps I don't do 4 cable. Wish that the cab sim was defeatable by patch, so that if I needed to run through FX return on an amp I could. Current plan is printing out and laminating the instructions and taping to the top of the Templeboard...
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Post by Ned Ward on Mar 21, 2024 18:43:16 GMT -6
Heritage also has a 500 series rack that has ADAT in/out and even without modules works as an ADAT Interface. Then add the Heritage modules (or others) as you need or can afford them. That's my plan eventually, but right now fine with one money channel and the rest through a Scarlett 18i20 3rd gen
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Post by Ned Ward on Mar 18, 2024 9:32:21 GMT -6
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Post by Ned Ward on Mar 18, 2024 9:30:17 GMT -6
I have the FLEX orbital polisher I use on my car. You'll want to use potentially a cutting compound, then a finishing compound and then a wax. Adam's Polishes has several smaller polishers that would let you get in all the areas. You can check with them if your finish is safe with their products, but if it's a poly finish, yes. Not sure on nitro.
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Post by Ned Ward on Mar 16, 2024 12:39:43 GMT -6
If you have a Strymon Iridium, you owe it to go to Strymon's site and download the Nixie Beta editor. Allows you to save hundreds of patches to your Iridium and then recall vs. being stuck with a favorite and the manual settings.
I bought a Disaster Area Designs Micro Controller that talks to the Iridium through the 1/4" expression jack, and now I can scroll through 8 different presets from clean to dirt to plexi drive.
the new Nixie editor also works with their other pedals, and you no longer have to use the Roland USB cable. I have the CME Wireless MIDI on my mobius, and it works fine across the room.
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Post by Ned Ward on Mar 16, 2024 12:36:01 GMT -6
Thanks for the thoughts - 3/4 may be the easiest to go with and just make a face frame for the front using pocket screws on the back. The Delisle switcher is what got me thinking on this as it lets you send any amp to any cab/Captor or multiples. None of my amps have effects loops, so beyond having the pedals there in the front, no other patch bay needed. Always have been an effects through the input guy. That being said, having built a fly rig around a Strymon Iridium, definitely favoring delay and possibly chorus AFTER the Iridium, especially on gain patches.
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Post by Ned Ward on Mar 13, 2024 12:06:37 GMT -6
I made mine. I used some steel tubing and angles and welded up supports for wooden shelves. The frame was then bolted to the wall. This is an older pic, I now have 5 amps on the wall. Thanks - would love if you have time to snap a newer pic. Also making me think I need to leave another 2RU for a slide out tray for pedals; right now they're "displayed" on a bookcase in an IKEA bookshelf wall mount. would be better to have them within reach to try/swap out.
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Post by Ned Ward on Mar 12, 2024 14:55:05 GMT -6
I love the amp/cab organizer I made, but realize that what I really need is to have my amp heads next to me and the cabs on the other side for recording. Would be looking to buy/build something that could hold: - Princeton combo
- Dr. Z MAZ 18 Jr.
- Fender Tremolux
- Hilgen Basso Grande
- Space for an additional head (4 flavors ain't enough)
- Space for a Captor X
- Rack space for a DeLisle amp selector, Eleven Rack)
What have people bought or built? If I were building, thinking of just using 1x12" hardwood and then doing a face frame, or veneer birch ply, but hard for me to rip 8' at home cleanly on plywood. thanks!
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Post by Ned Ward on Mar 6, 2024 17:44:02 GMT -6
You're welcome! If you ever see a Bandmaster combo in the wild with orange warehouse speakers, that's mine - it was stolen from my Public storage locker in 2019.
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Post by Ned Ward on Mar 6, 2024 11:59:53 GMT -6
_ I bought mine from JD Newell as well and he's really good. This is his cabinet to convert a 65 Bandmaster into a 2x12 combo. Mather cabs was the other option, but he passed away last year. If you want super period correct and/or tone ring cabs, here's your guy: www.beaverbottoms.com/INDEX.HTM
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Post by Ned Ward on Feb 15, 2024 9:47:09 GMT -6
Strymon Iridium for a travel pedal board. with different IRs sounds great; have a DMC Micro Pro on order and with the new Nixie editor, will be great to have multiple amp sounds on tap. If you have one and don't like the punch setting, try swapping in a 1x12 Deluxe Reverb IR - for me it made the difference. Before that, bought a Tru-Fi Colordriver - this guy nails the old fuzz/overdrives, but added a volume knob which the old Colorboosts didn't have. For my Dr. Z amp it's all the pedal I need - and it's metal flake green! Attachments:
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Post by Ned Ward on Jan 5, 2024 18:53:54 GMT -6
I really love the Two Notes Torpedo Captor X. I use it with my Dr. Z MAZ 18, Princeton Reverb, Princeton and Tremolux, and the flexibility of having different IRs and room sound (or not) really works. I have a living room turned into a music room, so I can't play loud. With the Princeton on 2 though, I can capture that clean Princeton sound with a e906 and sounds great in the mix. YMMV. The iso cab route is great, but given you're looking to capture different ground, multiple speaker IRs come in handy.
Speaking of speakers, if your Princeton needs a new 10", I can't recommend enough the Kendrick Black Frame. Amazing, sounds sweet and breaks up nicely at higher volumes.
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Post by Ned Ward on Nov 3, 2023 18:48:22 GMT -6
Dunlop Tortex .73 - the yellow ones. We had a order for our band and min order quantity is 750, so I'm good for a while...
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Post by Ned Ward on Oct 30, 2023 19:10:35 GMT -6
Slant is cool, but also then you've got to build the whole desk. My 3 RU x 3 wide rack sits on an IKEA table - easy. If I were doing a slanted rack, would need to commit and combine the rack and tabletop.
For the shorter spaces, Penn-Elcomm makes a 1RU that has brush-fibers in it that's perfect for wrangling cables and keeping things neat. Or add Funklogic panels so that if you have people in the control room who need to turn knobs, you can have them use the "producer's master channel..." Or make your own. Demo labels give you indie cred...
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Post by Ned Ward on Aug 19, 2023 11:40:04 GMT -6
Automation...
Even on Reverb and eBay when I print the label, the site says the product is shipped. Same with other sellers like Sweetwater. It's annoying, but it's not malicious, and the system doesn't know when UPS is picking up the day's packages...
But agree it can be annoying
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Post by Ned Ward on Jun 25, 2023 20:01:16 GMT -6
I'm a home studio guy, but after getting a Captor X and having multiple amps and cabs I wanted an easy way to label and organize them to know which 1/4" speaker cable was which... For those of you with bigger studios with lots of inputs, CAT-5 lines, it can help. These print on any printer, come with templates, and have a clear wrap that protects the writing. www.amazon.com/Mr-Label-Self-Laminating-Around-Cable-Labels/dp/B07CNNVD51 - $26 for multiple colors, 32 labels to a sheet. I'll definitely have extras if someone wants.
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Post by Ned Ward on Jun 19, 2023 10:10:57 GMT -6
I have an IKEA wood table desk with 4 tubular legs. It's worked with 100+ lbs of rack + gear for 10 years.
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Post by Ned Ward on Jun 3, 2023 18:01:54 GMT -6
SNIP I just sent my MAZ Jr/18 back to Dr. Z for the MK II upgrade - for the price it's definitely worth it. Mine's a 2010. I really just do that! I just got it back and WOW! Tone stack much more useable, reverb tighter (different tank) and PPIMV change much better. Worth the upgrade! also now have switchable reverb.
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Post by Ned Ward on May 20, 2023 11:18:41 GMT -6
I have a small collection of vintage amps and access to a -63 ac30. Though they are all great I actually end up mostly using my late 60’s Hiwatt dr103 thru purple back fanes. It works in so many contexts and serves as a great platform for pedals. So that would probably be my desert island amp. Now THAT's an amp, but only if you have the studio or farm to use it... are you using an attenuator, or just a really well acoustic treated studio?
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Post by Ned Ward on May 1, 2023 9:05:14 GMT -6
So what’s everyone using to split the signal into multiple amps when trying to get fatter tones Two different ways: Radial BigShot ABY - Fender for verses, Dr. Z for chorus, both for solos or to route to different amps. Has an iso transformer and a ground lift. Temple Audio SUM MOD 2 - this is a module for their pedalboards that takes a stereo input and if you plug two amps in, stereo. Plug in only one amp and it automatically sums to mono without collapsing. I use E906's on both amps.
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Post by Ned Ward on May 1, 2023 9:02:18 GMT -6
The hardest thing about reading threads like this is I have almost all the amps mentioned and use them every week on people's records. Some get used almost daily. The most overlooked part of any conversation about amps is the speakers and cabinets. We all have personal favorites but there is not denying the tonal footprint of alnico speakers with guitar amps. Favorite here is the Tone Tubby 12" Chicago blues . . . but the Celestion Alnico Blue Ruby and Gold 12" speakers are also strong contenders. A combination of one blue and one gold is magical. I'll still take a VOX AC30 2x12 cab with a pair of Chicago blues over anything for any music style. And the Dr. Z Maz Jr/18 is the most versatile single channel tube amp I own or have ever used. Mine is sloe to 20 years old but the new ones are out of this world amazing! I just sent my MAZ Jr/18 back to Dr. Z for the MK II upgrade - for the price it's definitely worth it. Mine's a 2010.
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Post by Ned Ward on May 1, 2023 9:00:51 GMT -6
My "mutt" Princeton Reverb is a 1980 pull boost (gasp) that's been gone over with a Deluxe output transformer, Kendrick Black Frame 10" speaker, and recently freshened up by Fazio Electric (she's the best in LA). Amp was $450 20 years ago, and my '74 Princeton was $250 on eBay... The Princeton has a Weber C10Q that sounds nice with the lower volume, and I had a male-female speaker cable made to run the Princeton speaker as an extension cab, but also will plug it into my Tremolux cab loaded with Weber AlNiCo 10s. Greg - your RI Vibrochamp already has a 1/4" speaker out - definitely fun to try on larger cabs, and you don't have to swap out the old RCA for a 1/4" jack like on the originals (total worthwhile swap FWIW). Is it possible to run a combo as an extension cab without disconnecting the amp? Didn’t think that was ok. Would love to do that if it is possible You can run an extension cab as the main speaker instead of the internal 1x10, or on amps with the ext speaker jack you can plug in both. I also run my Princetons into my Captor X for silent recording.
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Post by Ned Ward on Apr 29, 2023 11:47:44 GMT -6
My "mutt" Princeton Reverb is a 1980 pull boost (gasp) that's been gone over with a Deluxe output transformer, Kendrick Black Frame 10" speaker, and recently freshened up by Fazio Electric (she's the best in LA). Amp was $450 20 years ago, and my '74 Princeton was $250 on eBay... The Princeton has a Weber C10Q that sounds nice with the lower volume, and I had a male-female speaker cable made to run the Princeton speaker as an extension cab, but also will plug it into my Tremolux cab loaded with Weber AlNiCo 10s.
Greg - your RI Vibrochamp already has a 1/4" speaker out - definitely fun to try on larger cabs, and you don't have to swap out the old RCA for a 1/4" jack like on the originals (total worthwhile swap FWIW).
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