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  1. Can someone please recommend a power supply for the HX3 3.5 that is durable and doesn't have a pitifully short cord? I have gone through 2 so far, not only the one shipped with it but a 2nd, expensive one by sweetfootpedals.com designed expressly for the HX3. Would prefer to hear about one that someone has used for a while, thanks..

     

    Did the one that originally come with yours had a model # of LJH-186 with a 1amp rating? The one I have hasn't given any problems yet.

  2. I wind up arguing with myself, trying to pick three, but I'm going to start out repeating myself by putting forward an unlikely choice - Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders. Sure, she gets credit as a songwriter and bandleader - hell, she IS the band, everyone else died, or came and went, and maybe re-joined - but I'd say 40+ years of rock-steady Rhythm Guitar deserves more notice than she's really gotten as a Musician.

     

    Carlos Alomar - A lot of the truly weird and original sounds you hear on Bowie's albums came from the guy standing beside Adrian Belew, or Reeves Gabrels, or whoever seemed to be at the center of things at the time.

     

    Ollie Halsall - For anyone looking at that name and scratching your head, that's why I put him here. You probably heard him with The Rutles, and didn't know it. Listen to the solo in "Didn't Feel Lonely 'Til I Thought Of You," and just nod in appreciation.

     

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    Never heard of Ollie Halsali or Kevin Ayers but it makes you wonder why not? That solo he does has gotten me curious because there is slide work right along with it. To hold the slide while doing regular finger solos is very tricky, trust me,,...:)

     

  3. Heaven only knows I should NOT be jumping into this-it's Halloween party weekend in these parts, I have a ton of stuff to do.

    But I can't resist-no time to post videos, sorry.

     

    #1 John Tropea. Check out his work on Deodato's epic 'Also Sprach Zarathustra'.

     

    #2 James Vincent-in fact, screw it-I'm posting a video. Keep in mind how long ago this was:

     

    #3 Johnny Marr-longtime critical favorite but, way under the public radar. The closest he came to

    commercial success was with the band Suede.

     

    +1 Jan Akkerman

     

    +1 on John Tropea - also one of my favorite albums

  4. Unfortunately no DAW with is unit, no access to a PC :cry:

    Do you mean that you don't have access to a PC or there is no access to a PC with he JV-1080? I can't remember what I did when I had mine, but I think you can perform a MIDI bulk dump of all user data. You just need a MIDI interface for your PC and a free program like MIDI-OX. Probably worth checking out.

     

    I see now what you mean - There is a "Bulk Dump" command that I was not aware of ,...hmmmm

    I'll check into it, thanks!

  5. Regardless of the correct answer (I for one wouldn't try changing the battery while the unit is on), for Pete's sake, back up your patches. It's pretty easy of you have a DAW. If not, surely you know someone who does. If you don't back them up, at some point, you WILL be sorry! Murphy's Law & all that....

     

    Unfortunately no DAW with is unit, no access to a PC :cry:

  6. I'd say you're at fault too for not asking are there any rehearsals involved and telling them if so I don't have the time. Both sides would of been able to make informed decision right from the start.

     

    Absolutely %100 with this - especially when you're a pro or semi-pro - a gig without at least one practice is unheard of - there's too many variables in assuming that what you play is what the band is playing - 'note for note' is not a prerequisite that is the norm these days.

  7. Hope there are some experts out there that has some experience with the internal battery - I have so many custom pre-sets in the user setting

    that if the battery dies, I'll be really screwed. I'm not sure how long this battery has been in there or how long it will last. I'm thinking about

    putting a fresh one in.

     

    Question I have is - to prevent the the USR section going back to default, is it ok to replace the battery while the unit is on?

     

    Also, checking the manual , there is no mention of what battery P/N is used? Anyone know?

  8. I'm so happy to have grown up in that era , also ;) Question is though is how much of that era of music carries over to the next gen?

     

    It's interesting to note that with time , relativity is not a function of age anymore - meaning that in the 60's , songs from the 30's and 40's and 50's were considered so out-dated - yet they were barely about 25-30 years old and rarely were played on the popular radio stations. . Comparing to today where songs from the 60's , 70's , 80's still get much air time. Maybe a few exceptions were the Sinatra/Martin/Crosby crooners (though they continued to make records in the 60's and 70's).

     

    FWIW, mediums like Youtube are helping to keep the old classics alive, a good thing.

     

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    There's also another ideaâand I will quote from Mr. John Lennon to start us off: "Free your mind instead."

     

    C'mon. Gear is a means to an end. It exists for you to manifest your creative ideas in a tangible form. It's not the ENGINE of your imagination and productivity.

     

    So true - too much is caught up on tone , precision and technique, and not enough on melody and flow - does this make for an argument that with this mentality , the creativity in song making is lacking? I don't know but in the 60's and 70's , the focus was more on creativity and less on gear and tone. Having listened to a wide range of music - from Elvis to Beatles to John McLaughlin , the music is what drew me in, not so much the tone.

     

    Until I heard "Live at the Fillmore East". then all bets were off, LOL - but using CRANKED Marshalls helped :)

     

  10. Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce fought like cats and dogs, and they hated each other with a passion, maybe that was the reason they did some amazing music, They got more out of 3 instruments than any other band in their day. Of course he was considered an a-hole by some folks, however I did not have to deal with him personally. I did watch a Netflix on him a bunch of months ago, and I could see how he would be called an a-hole, and I would not have liked to work with someone like that, but he sure added a bunch to Creams power, and for that I can admire his contribution to the late 60's musical excellence.

     

    The short lived "Blind Faith" group may have had something to do with Baker and it's 'cup-a-coffee' moment in music history. I read where Clapton was not very keen on him being part of the project and may have some thing to with the break up though it's just a guess on my part because I don't recall EC ever admitting to that being the case.

  11. One particular music 'Documentary' , if you want to call it that, "Bandstand Days", 1 hr length - after about 15 minutes, just turn it off. Basically all the focus was on the dancers - and rehashing their interviews ad-nauseam - no clips on the actual performers. It drew me in thinking that we'd get view some great footage, NOT.

     

    Another : "Lynyrd Skynyrd: Rock Case Studies" - True Skynyrd fans, stay away - total nonsense , nothing informative.

  12. Having been involved with computers since the mid 70's , it's just amazing to me how much this technology has evolved that, I just get a kick out using one

    that would have been the size of about 5 refrigerators back at that time. Have gone thru so many versions and upgrades but it's still a bit nerve racking to

    see an update taking place - with Windows I haven't a clue what is going down the pipe.

  13. I'm a member of Amazon prime so on occasion I click on some Docs and take about 5 minutes to know whether or not I can tolerate it for the eve. Most, I just click off and remove - one I'm viewing at the moment though - a Beatles doc "Love Me Do" , is pretty cool - but it is an exception - I agree with the OP , for the most part it's just a bunch of drivel.
  14. the Kate McKinnon character...

     

     

    As to your "wacky alternative fan theory," I think a plot line that would have required a bit less suspension of disbelief than a world-wide power outage that selectively nukes memory would have been his entering into a parallel universe.

     

    If in the end of the movie , it had shown that he was in an comatose state dreaming this all up, that would've been very cool and would have made the plot very alluring.

     

    The movie "The Sixth Sense" with Bruce Willis comes to mind , not exactly , but it made the whole plot seam so real.

  15. Being a producer for a group to assist in creativity is something that is lacking in today's music, imo. It takes a good ear and the ability to know when to say 'stop, that's a take!'.

     

    George Martin, Tod Rundgren, Tom Dowd, etc, they all had a special gift - not sure if was just a lot of trial and error but they had that 'something'.

     

    Listening to you're work , it really isn't that bad - Getting a second opinion to make alterations or adjustments to a mix is always a good thing.

  16. I"ve never been a fan of the arts as a competition sport. Haven"t watched since Jethro Tull won for Heavy Metal.

     

    Great point. I've always been skeptical of those magazine "Rolling Stone's top 100 rock albums of all times. Especially when they're ranked. So subjective.

     

    Same with Top 100 songs of all time - I used to listen those radio shows that aired them - 99% of the time No.1 would be 'Stairway to Heaven" every freakin year.....

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