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Post by dandeurloo on Aug 4, 2016 10:54:49 GMT -6
Congrats! I love mine. Works for everything. It is just such a solid sound. Yeah I'm eager to take it for a spin. The Eq 2NV is flat out amazing as well. GR = bye bye tax returns. haha |
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Post by ericn on Aug 4, 2016 11:21:18 GMT -6
Yeah I'm eager to take it for a spin. The Eq 2NV is flat out amazing as well. GR = bye bye tax returns. haha I thought rhat was the translation of Zod DI! 😀 |
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Post by Ward on Aug 4, 2016 11:33:51 GMT -6
I just bought a second Comp-3a, a second Great River Harrison 32c, a second CL 7720 with the ZenPro mods (thanks RicFoxx!), an Orban 622b and the cleanest vintage 441 I've ever seen. Ha! I do the same thing. Since the plexiglass mount broke on my old 441, I use a Blackfire mic clip for it also. |
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Post by ragan on Aug 4, 2016 11:44:19 GMT -6
I just bought a second Comp-3a, a second Great River Harrison 32c, a second CL 7720 with the ZenPro mods (thanks RicFoxx!), an Orban 622b and the cleanest vintage 441 I've ever seen. Ha! I do the same thing. Since the plexiglass mount broke on my old 441, I use a Blackfire mic clip for it also. Yeah those old clips are terrible. This is actually the newer Sennheiser clip made for the 441. It's great. I bought one for the other 441 I had too. |
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Post by wagz on Aug 6, 2016 18:09:40 GMT -6
Well, I haven't recorded in quite a long while... So, most of my newest additions are guitar gear. After going through D. Allen Echoes and Johnny Blades, Lollar P-90's, and a set of Custom-Ordered Vintage Vibe PAF humbuckers in P-90 mounts (I literally bought these HP-90's like a week ago), the best gear that I have recently acquired would have to be my Zexcoil Signature Set of pickups and a white Tusq XL nut for my strat. Those Zexcoils are the quietest pickups that I have found. Nice tone, too. Now, I need to sell all of these other sets of pickups... With all of the tweaking that I have done to my strat over the years, this eleven dollar Teflon infused Tusq XL nut has been the best upgrade. Now, I can actually aggressively use my tremolo and be in tune. If only I would have had this like fifteen years ago.
Also, someone recently gave me a Fender Mustang III amp. It's an alright amp. I've been trying to get this mahogany Fender Modern Player Thinline Deluxe Telecaster to play nice with the Mustang or ANY amp. Upgrading pickups didn't help. Looks like I need to sell it, too...
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Post by Guitar on Aug 6, 2016 19:50:35 GMT -6
My new guitar has a GraphTech nut, and I have to say, it's pretty amazing. The tuning is just so smooth and easy and stable.
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Post by sean on Aug 7, 2016 10:38:46 GMT -6
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Post by Guitar on Aug 7, 2016 12:00:56 GMT -6
There she blows! Alas, the les paul custom tone has been achieved on my shoestring budget, a sound I've been searching for. This guitar needed very little work. I would recommend the Agile line to anyone lacking money enough for Gibsons. The most amazing part is the neck and fretwork, super playable. I'll probably still be looking for future Gibsons this is an enthusiastic place-holder as long as that takes. I had some nice parts lying around so I added Burstbucker 1 and 2 pickups, Switchcraft toggle switch and output jack, tonepros bridge, and monday I'm going to throw some paper in oil tone caps in there. Guitar is only 8 lbs 13 oz. Solid mahogany construction with spalted maple veneer on top and ebony fretboard with real mother of pearl inlays! Grover tuners and Graph-Tech nut come stock. Pickups weren't bad but I'm a Gibson man. Toggle switch was the only weak spot. Switchcraft or bust for me, gotta have that solid toggle. Super precise luthiery, everything is clean and tight. Really just begs to be played.  |
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Post by Martin John Butler on Aug 8, 2016 7:45:59 GMT -6
the Les Paul Studios are the unexpected bargain in the Les Paul family. I've had students with them, they're really Les Pauls, play and sound great, just cherry pick a good one. The only important difference is there's no binding on the neck. Some people prefer that anyway.
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Post by Guitar on Aug 8, 2016 9:44:07 GMT -6
the Les Paul Studios are the unexpected bargain in the Les Paul family. I've had students with them, they're really Les Pauls, play and sound great, just cherry pick a good one. The only important difference is there's no binding on the neck. Some people prefer that anyway. Yup the 2016 Les Paul Studio Faded is exactly what I'm looking at. I like the Faded Brown one. Might snag one from Guitar Center when they have one of their big sales. |
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Post by ragan on Aug 8, 2016 10:06:31 GMT -6
I've got one of the Mahogany Studios from around 2007. They changed the finish a little bit and started calling them the "Faded" I think. At any rate, it's a tank. That's the guitar I took on the road and gigged with all over the place. Very solid.
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Post by c0rtland on Aug 12, 2016 11:35:11 GMT -6
Pulled the trigger on a pair of retro 176's. Can't freakin wait.
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Post by ragan on Aug 12, 2016 11:41:47 GMT -6
Been really digging the Great River MP-2NV. It's very similar to the Heritage DMA-73 but with a slightly different vibe, mostly in the high mids/highs.
That family of sound always just sounds 'correct' to my ear, so I love having several channels of it.
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 13, 2016 19:51:14 GMT -6
Been really digging the Great River MP-2NV. It's very similar to the Heritage DMA-73 but with a slightly different vibe, mostly in the high mids/highs. That family of sound always just sounds 'correct' to my ear, so I love having several channels of it. How is it different in the upper mids? |
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Post by joey808 on Aug 13, 2016 20:26:17 GMT -6
Lynx Hilo, awesome converter!
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Post by ragan on Aug 13, 2016 20:52:39 GMT -6
Been really digging the Great River MP-2NV. It's very similar to the Heritage DMA-73 but with a slightly different vibe, mostly in the high mids/highs. That family of sound always just sounds 'correct' to my ear, so I love having several channels of it. How is it different in the upper mids? I've only done a proper blind AB on vox, but the GR is a little softer/less aggressive in the upper mids and top end. It has a very similar sonic footprint, but just a titch clearer, if that makes any sense. I'll get a better handle on it once I have a more varied experience with the GR, but that's how it strikes me thus far. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 13, 2016 20:54:55 GMT -6
Sounds like I would like the GR...
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Post by ragan on Aug 13, 2016 21:15:37 GMT -6
Sounds like I would like the GR... I can't really imagine anyone not liking the GR. Maybe the best 'all-arounder' preamp I've used. It sounds like a cleanish Neve. Just solid and 'right' sounding. |
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Post by ericn on Aug 13, 2016 22:09:43 GMT -6
Sounds like I would like the GR... You John Kenbedy have never owned a GR? Amazing!😀 |
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Post by ragan on Aug 14, 2016 0:26:43 GMT -6
Sounds like I would like the GR... You John Kenbedy have never owned a GR? Amazing!😀 I know. It's a modern classic. I would think John has bought, sold, bought, sold, bought and sold about 6 of them. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 14, 2016 6:50:46 GMT -6
I know...weird, huh?
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 14, 2016 17:28:39 GMT -6
I should pick one up. Seems like I see them for cheap all the time. If you guys see a cheap one, let me know.
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Post by dandeurloo on Aug 14, 2016 17:34:09 GMT -6
Are you looking for the half rack or the 500 series version? The eq is amazing and could be something you would want down the road. So, maybe you should be looking for the half rack version. Great River gear floors me. It honestly really does.
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Post by ericn on Aug 14, 2016 17:50:49 GMT -6
Are you looking for the half rack or the 500 series version? The eq is amazing and could be something you would want down the road. So, maybe you should be looking for the half rack version. Great River gear floors me. It honestly really does. That and the fact the 500 series is 2 spaces! |
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Post by indiehouse on Aug 14, 2016 18:46:26 GMT -6
Are you looking for the half rack or the 500 series version? The eq is amazing and could be something you would want down the road. So, maybe you should be looking for the half rack version. Great River gear floors me. It honestly really does. Dan, are you using the GR pre in conjunction with the EQ? I think you can insert the eq before the output of the pre, right? |
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