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Lokair

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  • Birthday 06/01/1972

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    Electronic Technician/Engineer
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    In life we cannot chose what we are, but What are we but the sum of our choices.
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    Braeburn PA

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  1. Saw this news and then found this vid, KDH is a pretty realistic about guitar news, and he says it better than I could. Lok
  2. Winston, that is definitely part of it, the Wife noticed everyday we were there that pollen covered our car, yellow dust on everything. Yeah my general tone for Metal and my general tone for Rock are not the same, and always require some tweaking of settings but this was over the top annoying to hear. I guess you could say I like to have base line of acceptable before I mess it up with playing. I plug my Modeler into my small PA same channel same settings and while we were gone i just left everything plugged in and turned off. My hearing test at work came back with a definite shift in my mid range frequency's I will retest next month with the Practitioner again, He said allergies and travel more than likely are to blame, the good thing is that I tested somewhat better in the highs than i did last year. Its good to be friends with the bass player/Practitioner at my job, he just Ok'ed the test with no BS. Thanks all for the support, these things sometimes bother me as I turned 50 last year and had tinnitus that was getting worse till the Dr found my ears had compacted wax build up, once cleaned out it cleared up within a month. Lok
  3. SurferGirl "I had a problem with everything sounding fuzzy after I had my concussion. I couldn't play or surf for about 10 days and then it took several days for things to get to normal. " I feel Bad giving this thumbs up, but glad it all worked out.
  4. I may buy one of those from DHgate, and put my Tumnus mini in it for fun. I have read that the Klon guy really hates whats become of his pedal with super high prices. Lok
  5. Kuru, I am also having the problem with a solid-state modeler GT-1000, and the JP2C has a spax7 in number one and two spots already (that's whole other discussion as to why), but I agree tubes are always a non-constant constant. I have already fixed my crunch tone on the Real amp, I started with some generic settings that I have written down, then adjusted to taste, then did compare with written notes from what I had to what did to get back to happy. differences were brought the treble down from 3 o'clock to 1:30ish, dropped the mids from 11ish to 10ish bass is still at 9:15ish, the 5 band dropped the 2200 and 6600 slightly as well and upped the 60 and 240 slightly left the 700 roughly where it started at. The presence and gain were dialed back into almost the exact same place they were as well, gain at 1 and pres pulled at 1:30ish. Volume is adjusted to taste based on need, which will then dictate more slight adjustments over all but it sounds good for where its at now. Caevan I think your onto something traveling from Pittsburgh area to ocean city MD the mountains on the way down my ears were not popping normally and everything is in bloom now to. Watch some time this summer everything will sound too bright and I will have to revert back to my older settings. oh the joys of tone. Lok
  6. Ok, Built my tone into my GT-1000 based on my Mesa JP2C with no effects, started around thanksgiving and finally happy around the new years. Go away on vacation April 16th no guitar no music, other than listening to some thru earbuds. Come Back April 21st and plug back into my set up and found my tone is like fuzzy, lost definition, sort of peaky in the higher Mids. Makes me rethink the GT-1000, never took down my JP2C set up just covered it with a moving blanket, uncover it plug in and my tone from it is a little fuzzy and mids are peaky top end is slightly cut, both easy fixes. I still think both sound slightly fuzzy , , check my ears (with samsung hearing test((which an ear doctor said is very good)))with a set of high end headphones and my noise cancelling ear buds my hearing is very good for being 50 years old. Going to work this week and seeing the hearing test guys and gonna have them do a complete hearing test and compare to the last few years. But everything else sounds good, my buddies tone is spot on Les Paul thru a small marshall type amp, even checked my down tuned guitars they sound fuzzy, my acoustics sound fine, my acoustic simulator sounds fine my clean tone on both set ups sound good, but my crunch and lead tones are just slightly off, too the point that I dont enjoy playing, so today I am redoing my set ups starting with the real amp then gonna redo the modeler as per what the amp sound like(gonna back up all files first so i can compare at the end of it all). My question anyone else ever have this happen to them , go away for a while then return to find your unsatisfied with your own tone? It making me question the whole Matrix? Lok
  7. My experience is a little different. Used to have major head aches and seizures , got CBD's and other Holisitc's as kid in my late teens to early 20s , I am 50 now, some of that stuff made me sick, like worse than the problem so I dropped off using them. Fast forward to the 2004, very bad time head aches and some of my worst seizures. Dr. get me back to CBD's and cuts out all soda's and other dietary cuts, adjusts my sleep habits. CBD's and weed in general made me way better, still use both mostly recreational with the weed, like once a month, but if I have certain type head ache I know what to do. One thing I don't like is the CBD stores in PA are just ridiculously trying to get me to buy different stuff and such, like CBD hair products or CBD liniments for pre and post workouts(two different types and radically expensive). So now I have a Private account with a distributor from out of state, and they ship to me, no ads or crazy lady trying to sell me stuff I don't need. Do your research its your health and money. Get second opinion from Drs not associated with each other too. Lok
  8. Newest Metal from Vintersea, The death growls not her best but over all they are becoming more and more proggy.
  9. The light gauge thing has been what kept me playing Acoustic , tried a Frank Gambale Cort with 10 14 18(unwound) 30 39 47. I have tried the PRS acoustics SE's and wow they are great. Quality is very high and tone for days. Lok
  10. Just a joking type question , where do people in Hawaii go on Vacation? Lok
  11. I have my Les strat with EMG humbucker in the bridge and EMG single coils(not active) in the middle and neck S/S/81 set , I built this with an alder body the first time, then to finish the guitar with a no trem, using a Tune-O-Matic bridge I used a Poplar body blank, I never noticed any tonal disenable difference. Tone woods are for the most part for electrics is subtle if you add in an active pickup you'll never really hear the diffence IMO. This guitar has also had a JB bridge and fender middle and neck single coils once again never really noticed much of difference, now a difference that I did notice was a cheap TOM vs a good one(top end is better with a nash ville vs a Dean import bridge). Lok
  12. The tube amp companies are selling before what is perceived as the true tube amp end. There will always be market for them smaller by generation but high prices due to parts availability and the rise of modelers and captures. Marshalls built by Marshall are not really anything special. I played a JCM 800 built from a kit that blew my mind away two years ago, last time a true Marshall did that was never(not to say it could not be done, I just never played one my self). Small Tube amp companies will be around for a long while. Just my 2Cents worth Lok
  13. I checked them out and meh(i saw some news of this a couple of weeks ago when Jen was out talking about how she was dropped by Evanescence with out being told) , nothing to get excited about, Like a second rate Lacuna Coil. the dance beat metal is done better by alot more, Lord of the Lost , the aforementioned Lacuna Coil, and Jinjer has that same type of feel. When you label something as super group, it's usually a big fail. Lok
  14. I love those old GM A bodies. I estimate that his old one will go for around $100K, and if it hits right $125K unless Guitar Center or the Hard Rock buys it then someone will drive the price to $200K easy My 1970 GTO has the motor torn apart as I rebuild it, Probably done later this year. Just something about them that looks good and they go Fast. Below is a picture of My GTO I had made into a Poster, this is the effected picture. Mike
  15. For me when I play I have tone in my head(along with many voices) that usually guides me to it as close as possible. Everyday I make some sort of adjustment weather its how I hit the string or maybe where I roll the tone knob, even how hard I press my fingers into the string. The quest for tone is lifetime spent playing and accepting that its as close as you can get to the tone in your head at that moment. Lok
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