Paul K

So you're saying that we don't get to blow anything up?

Magic Cables. Especially those power cables that Victor hawked for a little while.

Thanks.

So for amps like the Elf....Has anybody tried using something like it as power for a small front end PA with passive speakers? I'm thinking my solo act. Powered speakers require power cables and mic cables, and then the master volume is out of reach. I don't need the 7 band EQ and on board FX on my powered mixer. And for bass gigs I could lighten up just as well. Is the output of these babies flat if EQ is set flat, or are they boosted/tweaked for bass use?

Success! Congratulations, baby!

So back in the late 70's, my guitar teacher (serious cat: musical director for TOny Orlando, Cher, Lou Rawls, and actually fired Jaco from the the Lou Rawls band for not playing what was in the book) took a Gibson 335 and sprayed it full of foam so it wouldn't feed back on stage. I'll bet he'd have rather shelled out the $8 at the time (adjusted negatively for inflation, of course) for that somesuch piece of rubber.

So only once have I gotten paid for a cancelled gig. Before I moved south (hooray for me!) I did eye exams at a bunch of upstate NY prisons. That gig required overnights due to windshield time. I had booked a solo gig for a Wednesday night after the day job. The proprietor sent me an e-mail canceling the gig because it was due to get a little chilly on the St Laurence River (late July...scheduled to go down to 60F...so normal for that area) but I didn't get the e-mail because I went straight to the gig after my day job. I set up, played the gig, got paid. I didn't find out about the "cancelation" till I went to a different bar whose kitchen was still open. So I was unable to ever book that gig again.

I just bought a new 8 string ukulele. Here's what it sounds like.

OK, so. I was diggin' on Darly Dragon's left hand on this tune. Just smokin', baby. He stole some stuff from Stevie Wonder, no doubt. Here's my version. Guitar and vocals, no overdubs, recorded straight to stereo two track. Sometimes I record something and it seems good and then I listen back the next day and....not so. But this take stands up. Sedaka is back!

Thanks, baby! Looks like he's a tube guy. I'll find out if he does the class D amp also.

Greetings Myles; I've a Carvin AG-300 amp that has an intermittent and loud as hell white noise that comes and goes. It's level is controlled by the master volume, not affected by the channel preamp volumes, so I assume it's in the power amp section. Re-boot the amp, and it's gone until it comes back again. Carvin has gone tits-up and doesn't repair this amp anymore. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one with this situation, and expect it will be outside of my normal DIY comfort zone...but who knows? I can remove the electronics plate from the cabinet for easy mailing. Got a repair guy/gal in mind or other ideas on how to proceed? Worst case scenario is that I find the specs for the crossover in the passive version of that cab and swap those bits in. Shame that the crossover is built into the plate--I had hoped it would be as easy as soldering up an input jack. Best, Paul K

So here's my spouse singing harmonies on the chorus. Fun, fun, fun. She's been bit by the music bug real bad. I love it when a plan comes together.

Very good name for a record. Not for a band, but great for a record.

Some studio fun with a couple wonderful cats. I cut loose more at the 4 min mark vamp.

Ferrari Dinosaur

So...For both of you that are left on this forum: This one has bass in it. I saw a thing on Hulu that had a segment on Phil Specter and like that "wall of sound" stuff, and I've been wanting to cover a Prince tune that nobody else does. So, this is a two-for-one.

This came out good. One pass, two aborted takes, no punches. I wish the harmony pedal was about -5dB, but it was a live pedal switch and the vocal take is probably not repeatable. https://soundcloud.com/paul-kempkes/lets-stay-together-1-13-17

Rizzo: I'd see that band. If you come upstate, I'd come out. Lemme know if you need contact data for Ithaca. Two new ones for my solo act.

Hot Jupiter

Irish Wristwatch

Not My Panda

Gobbler Kill

The Superdelagates

So the last post on this thread was last year. So I fixed that. Last song of a two hour set, still some gas in the tank.

Sweet gig last night in a busy weekend. The original drummer from our Alt.Rock Originals outfit came home to visit. He's doing the drum thing full time (or trying to) in Nashville. I posted a video of him sometime back playing along to Breckers' "Some Skunk Funk"....that guy. We haven't played these tunes in about 6 years, yet he nailed every tune in the book. Smack!. These tunes have a lot of tempo and feel changes-- chorus and verse and bridge often have much contrast to them. And every single ending was spot-on tight. Everything was easy. I knew what he was doing, he knew what I was doing. Just magical. It's good to play with a pro on occasion........And yes, we played to another empty house, so some things never change.