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    New basses from Vox

    in Low Down Lowdown

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    My Steinberger Synapse guitar has two strap buttons also. Indeed, the guitar stands up when you lean it against the wall....hooray! But also it sits better when you're using the lower (high string side) button, which wasn't what I thought would work before I tried it. So it does add function where you never really figured you'd need it. I'm a fan.

     

    Surprised they went with such a short scale. I'd have used 32".

    Logo and Stickers

    in Low Down Lowdown

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    Ha, so.....I went to a Christmas party at our new favorite bar in Savannah...Moon River. We are part of the "Quality Assurance" program. It sounds like a heavy responsibility, but we're up to the challenge as it provides $4 22oz beers ($3 at happy hour) and a bunch of perks/free nachos and dinner on your birthday, and an open bar at said yearly Christmas party. I was chatting up the guy next to me, talked music. He said, "Wait, what? You're 'THE' Dr. K?" It appears that in high school they nicknamed their favorite fortified wine "Kessler's" as "Dr. K", and he had texted his old gang of delinquents a pic of my sticker the previous day.

     

    So stickers work.

    Gallien Krueger 800rb repair advice

    in Low Down Lowdown

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    If practicality is the goal, then I'm totally in the Not Worth Fixing lobby. Sombitch kinda heavy. Amps don't need to be that heavy anymore, and they're not as expensive as they used to be. I'd still take a half hour and do a little once-over. Is the fuse blown? Loose wires or blackened parts on the inside?

     

    If there are sentimental reasons for the amp, then clearly you should have it fixed. And I'm sad to hear of your loss.

    Sound Town Gear

    in Guitar Forum

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    a Chinese clone .

     

    That makes sense with the stilted description on their web site-- some translations are just a little off, like stating how much power the cab can "handle" even though it's a self-powered unit.

    So not Carvin risen from the ashes. But I'd still love to find out which parent company. Like how Sammick makes (or at least used to...) guitars for all sorts of other companies.

     

    Not gonna pull the trigger on it until a track record appears, as I don't need another boat anchor; but that Fish-Stick clone would fill a niche for me.

    Sound Town Gear

    in Guitar Forum

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    Ladies and Gentlemen;

     

    I tripped over this company "Sound Town" while looking for Bose/Fish-stick type gear.

    Price is right, but there is very little data on this company on this here internet thing.... so I'm skeptical.

    Any left coasters have any experience with them?

    Here's the Fish-stick copy that looks interesting: https://www.soundtown.com/collections/pa-speakers/products/carpo-v5pws

    They have a ton of other stuff on their site so I'm thinking it must be some other gear re-badged as Sound Town. Maybe Carvin rising from the ashes?

     

    Cheers,

    Paul K

    XLR to 1/4" Line level

    in Craig Anderton's Sound, Studio, and Stage

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    Ladies and Gentlemen;

     

    My TC Helicon units (VoiceSolo and Harmony G/XT) have only XLR outputs, but appear to be line level. My Carvin AC300 combo amp has XLR inputs, but has a weird intermittent white noise thing that is not gig friendly. The defect, which can't be fixed by Carvin anymore, is apparently in the effects engine which can't be turned off. So I'm bypassing it and the pre-amp by going directly into the Carvin's power amp section via the effects loop input, which is 1/4 inch. The signal should be hot enough as I've done it before with other boxes that have both 1/4" and headphone outputs. Do I need some impedance matcher thing to do this or will a simple Female XLR to male 1/4" cord do the trick? The cord run will be short enough that I'm not concerned with noise from an unbalanced run.

     

    Cheers,

    Paul K

    Logo and Stickers

    in Low Down Lowdown

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    Ladies and Gentlemen;

    I've got me a logo, and a thousand stickers are on their way.

    How cool is that?!?

    Dr%20K%20Sticker%20Picture.webp

    Cheers,

    Paul K

     

    PS evidently I need to do something else to make the pic show up. It's here if'n you want to see it: www.drkmusician.com

    Amp Stands

    in Low Down Lowdown

    Posted

    I've not played on any resonant floors that I can remember, or at least not often enough to locate the source of the boom. I'd just put your speaker on a chair and have at it.

    I have had issues with resonant rooms, once with a guitar player with flatwound strings using the neck pickup with his amp's bass control on +5; bastard blamed me for being too loud.

    So is it the floor or the room or both? Speaker in the corner will help with room resonances, so get there before the drummer does and claim that real estate.

    Amp Stands

    in Low Down Lowdown

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    I don't use an amp stand as it's one more thing to schlep from the car. My "Dr K" kick drum shell speaker retains the original kick drum legs, so it tilts back 20 degrees or so. I have a plastic PA cab that I loaded with a 12" delta-lite, and that sits in front of me as a monitor when there is full PA support, or behind me on it's side when I don't have PA support but need more than the single 15" in the "Dr. K".

    Let's restir the pot re: Myths

    in Low Down Lowdown

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    Real bassists don't use a pick.

     

    And in a related note, if you do use a pick then a tighter string spacing is way cool. I have a couple 4 strings that I rebooted as 5 strings with Schaller roller bridges set to narrow as they'll go. Work very well with a pick (though i seldom pick up a pick).

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