Hi all. I had a computer crash a few months ago, and lost a lot of data. One thing I lost was a particular version of a Vadim Taranov's Mark III vst. It's the old version that had a broken GUI, only showing two knobs. He has since updated the vst to fix this, but it doesn't sound the same!!
If...
I've spent the last year with another guy in the UK figuring out how to turn a Mark III into a Mark IIC+. They're already very similar in design and mostly differ in component values. This is a mod that Mike B from Mesa will do for a fee, but sending a big heavy amp to California and back isn't...
Just about finished this. Built a shell for my Mark III 60W, although it'll soon be housing a simul IIIc+/++. It's a little imperfect because it was done with hand tools and I'm a total carpentry novice, but I think it came out great. Because I knew it would always look a little rough I thought...
Without using tonematching. It's fucking hard. I usually go for a very different kind of tone.
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This thing is great! It's a Jackson Stars soloist with two EMG 81s, what looks like a real floyd (it just says 'floyd rose' on it rather than the Schaller branded ones most JS guitars have) and "striped ebony". Also pictured is my new Higher Power longsleeve that arrived around the same time...
What it says on the tin. I want to get some practice in while I have some free time. PM me your stuff and I'll mix it for free. Two songs max and I prefer not just getting DIs and MIDI, it would be cool to get some tones and sounds someone else made and mix that, and I'm not editing stuff, just...
Recorded, mixed and mastered in about 9 days. Guitars are reamped through an unboosted 6505+ and a Framus Dragon 4x12. Did everything but the cymbals in my bedroom. I was going for something quite raw and natural sounding while still sounding heavy. Totally different approach to producing...
I've been looking for a first-version Ultra 60 or 120 for ages and it seems they're just rare as hens teeth, especially here. Fortunately for me they're basically the Rockmaster preamp in head form, and there are enough of them around to grab one. I need to find a 6L6 tube power amp and build...
As far as I can tell, winding a pickup is winding a pickup, and the materials/components used don't differ much between brands. I don't understand why guitar companies don't design their own great sounding pickups and put them on all their guitars. It would increase sales of cheaper instruments...
So I'm doing a quick demo mix for a crossover-y band I'm in, and we're going for a vibey kind of feeling with what we had at our disposal. We quad tracked on Marshall JCM/Mesa Mark III sims, used double tracking and effects on the vocals but the coolest thing we did was run the masters through a...
I bought a Jazz Bass new, but the strings sit over the neck like this:
I can easily return the instrument but I honestly don't know if this suggests a defect or poor craftsmanship. I've tried to compensate with saddle placement but it only mitigates the issue slightly. I've referenced online...