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Post by Johnkenn on Nov 25, 2015 22:14:17 GMT -6
Take this with tongue firmly in cheek...I realize there are more important things lol. But which two pieces are you most thankful for?
I'd say my Martin D-28 Authentic and the KM84
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Post by tasteliketape on Nov 25, 2015 22:29:56 GMT -6
My Musicman bass that belong to Carl Radle Eric Clapton 's bass player
my inward connections tl-1 comp early vac rac from electric lady studio bought from Michael Brauer
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Post by Martin John Butler on Nov 25, 2015 22:35:26 GMT -6
My new Blackspade UM-17B mic, and my vintage Gibson ES-335. Honorable mentions to my Avantone Abbey's and my Warm Audio EQP-1A.
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Post by wiz on Nov 25, 2015 22:35:35 GMT -6
Km84 u87
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Post by ericn on Nov 25, 2015 22:35:49 GMT -6
The Quested 308's and my 5 Sony c535ps ! Well that's really 7!
There is nothing like a true full range monitor and 3 ways give you great low end, I do like the Lowend by Volt, plus it cleans up the mid range by taking the long excursion and uhber fast movements of the highs so the mid can do the mids!
The Sony, Always liked these, they add a bit of compression and one was the favorite ( beat the KM84) in Mike Jaspers big Tapeop Survey!
I mean it was one of theses 5!
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Post by mdmitch2 on Nov 25, 2015 23:00:13 GMT -6
Friends who loaned me some incredible mics ... heiserman u47 and km84 pair.
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Post by tonycamphd on Nov 26, 2015 1:16:26 GMT -6
my 1972 jazz bass, my 1993 taylor, and my self designed and built drum kit, i know that's 3  |
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Post by unit7 on Nov 26, 2015 1:51:36 GMT -6
Isn't this when some smart *ss should say 'It's my ears'.   For me it's my Harrison desk. When I'm alone in the studio I'm talking to it like a person. It's a good thing, right?.. Then, despite some yummy outboard, when stepping back and look at what I'm really thankful for it must be the DAW and all the possibilities that comes with it. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2015 2:51:47 GMT -6
I'm currently thankful for my Tonebuss and when it gets here my RJR Compressor but realistically I need my antelope Zen and Kemper more than those two but I'm back to buying gear again.
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Post by stratboy on Nov 26, 2015 7:41:45 GMT -6
My original 4x10 tweed Bassman, my 1968 Gibson J-50, and RGO. I know that's three, and a total suckup to boot, but I mean it. I check in every day, and I always learn something useful, or Lmfao, which is just as useful!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2015 8:53:19 GMT -6
The MD441 and the trusty boring old flat and revealing Klein&Hummel O98 nearfielders.
The 441 turns out to be one of the best purchases i ever made, because we can track spontaneaously in every location, regardless of bad acoustics, we don't even need headphones. It's hypercardiodid and i tracked the last voice directly by giving the singer the mic as handmic and let her sing comfortably sitting and singing to the floor track played back from the monitors. Sounds great. less bleed from monitors than from many phones with LDC.
Can be thrown on everything and sounds really good.
The K&Hs are the pre-pre-decessors of the O300, 3-way nearfielder with great directivity index, designed for use in mobile broadcast studios, control rooms, laying sideways, standing upright and even removable wall mounted in difficult locations. If the music is good it sounds OK. If it has flaws, you WILL hear it, if it's excellent, it sounds, ehm, good. :-D
Useful, useful, useful...
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Post by swurveman on Nov 26, 2015 9:52:05 GMT -6
My Fender American Jazz bass and my hardware UA LA2A. Two pieces of gear that I never second guess their value.
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Post by WKG on Nov 26, 2015 10:01:30 GMT -6
Tough to choose but today it's my Parker Mojo Fly and Daking FET III.
My ash strat is always up there though... and my MD441 too...  |
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Post by jcoutu1 on Nov 26, 2015 10:21:39 GMT -6
I'm thankful for my Thermionic Culture and Tonelux gear.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Post by jimwilliams on Nov 26, 2015 10:30:40 GMT -6
My hands and my brain. The rest is window dressing.
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Post by henge on Nov 26, 2015 11:26:31 GMT -6
My Smith CR5G and my Eq2NV/Me1NV combo...oh yeah...
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Post by ragan on Nov 26, 2015 11:29:17 GMT -6
The MD441 and the trusty boring old flat and revealing Klein&Hummel O98 nearfielders. The 441 turns out to be one of the best purchases i ever made, because we can track spontaneaously in every location, regardless of bad acoustics, we don't even need headphones. It's hypercardiodid and i tracked the last voice directly by giving the singer the mic as handmic and let her sing comfortably sitting and singing to the floor track played back from the monitors. Sounds great. less bleed from monitors than from many phones with LDC. Can be thrown on everything and sounds really good. The K&Hs are the pre-pre-decessors of the O300, 3-way nearfielder with great directivity index, designed for use in mobile broadcast studios, control rooms, laying sideways, standing upright and even removable wall mounted in difficult locations. If the music is good it sounds OK. If it has flaws, you WILL hear it, if it's excellent, it sounds, ehm, good. :-D Useful, useful, useful... Great choices. I recently sold my 441 but man what a great mic. I will pick up another at some point. |
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Post by ragan on Nov 26, 2015 12:01:06 GMT -6
Two pieces. That's a tough one.
I'm definitely thankful though. I absolutely love my little rig and room. 16 year old Ragan (with his trusty and beloved Tascam 424 and EV457) is totally jealous of 36 year old Ragan : )
I think the first piece has to be my Gibson Songwriter Deluxe. After a long search I found the acoustic guitar that feels like home to me. I play it constantly and hate putting it down. Which ends up meaning I write a lot of music. It genuinely makes me a more happy person.
It's 10 or 15 years old, though I just got it this year. I like it better than the current ones, though I like those too.
It's just Got this woody, balanced midrange and a little wider neck than a D-28 (which was my runner up and which I also dig). Definitely sounds like a Gibson. Dry, woody, grassy. It's just pretty much exactly what I want when I pick up and acoustic guitar. (Just typing this out means I'm gonna have to pick it up and get strumming ASAP)
Second piece for me is my Apollo. I just recently got the BF but I felt the same way about the SF which I used daily since they came out. The Apollo is just such an awesomely thought out piece. I first got drawn to it after doing some session work in analog studios. I couldn't believe how much better the monitoring sounded. All my previous time in large studios was always with the band I fronted and it was before I was really paying attention to such things. But after years of home recording, going back in to a couple nice studios for some session stuff, I was blown away by the monitoring. And after a lot of talking with engineers and digging around I found that what I was missing in my home studio was the immediacy of no latency. After mucking about with splitting signals and monitoring off my little Mackie 1604, which was a pain in the ass workflow wise, I jumped on the Apollo. First chord I strummed there it was, the IMMEDIACY. I find it absolutely crucial for me and I'll never go back to DAW monitoring (unless something fundamentally changes with buffering and all that). Anyway, combine that with the fact that the Apollo sounds great (the BF really is a significant step up from the SF but I still loved my SF) and the fact that you can put processing on in your monitoring and it just makes for a recording experience that I find inspiring. Yes, I use my Heritage DMA73 and Burl B2 for almost everything (WA12's get used a lot too) but if I didn't have them, I'd be just fine. The Apollo really is my hub and you could do a helluva lot with just it.
So if I had to pick two pieces, that would be the two I think.
Happy Thanksgiving, ya'll.
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Post by Johnkenn on Nov 26, 2015 13:10:12 GMT -6
Thankful for all the designers and manufacturers we have here! I would tag them but I'm scared I might leave someone out.
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Post by rocinante on Nov 26, 2015 16:35:27 GMT -6
Do guitars count? I would let it all burn before ever taking away my guitar and I would own nothing if I didn't own a guitar. I suppose ghe guitars are my studio centerpiece cause I doubt I'd be involved in anything related to a studio if it wasn't for the guitar.
So removing guitars from the equation; I can honestly say I'm most grateful for my dual neve 1290's via Martin Adrianesse's pcbs and my u87. A close runner up is the wa76, followed by the helios then my various diy mics. As finicky as the 1290s can be they are simply my favorite pres. Heritage is a close second in the preamp department though.
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Post by matt on Nov 26, 2015 20:46:27 GMT -6
Two Notes Studio
SSL Sigma
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Post by bluenoise on Nov 27, 2015 8:00:09 GMT -6
For me, it is ribbon mics and vp28.
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Post by Randge on Nov 27, 2015 8:06:51 GMT -6
My Scheerhorn L-body reso and RTZ preamps. That is my main acoustic sound.
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Post by noah shain on Nov 27, 2015 12:47:36 GMT -6
I'm thankful for my JCF Latte and my Overstayer MAS
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Post by Martin John Butler on Nov 27, 2015 13:05:48 GMT -6
The thread is about 'which pieces of gear..", and Jim answered "my brain", I guess that makes him a Gearhead !
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