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I'm a huge 'Ryche fan and I've found the core tone relatively consistent from Ep to Promised Land. The changes are more studio mix than in the bands live sound. Although there is a change in the bass sounds that start changing at Mindcrime with the addition of the defined Spector bass sound...

Protools and Kontakt. I have a large instrument library cobbled together from many different sources. I seem to use it as much for running drum samples from my e-kit as I do any of the other controllers. I originally was using Sonar and dimension, but switched to protools because my...

I would love to see a technique breakdown on crackle finishing. I sprayed guitars, drums, but mainly cars during the eighties. I remember at that time the crackles were done with a color coat followed by an intermiterary clear then a special crackle layer and finally Black or whatever the final...

If its a single cut you need why not a ESP EC series. Since your changing the nature of the led Paul from the traditional...7string then a Floyd etc. I'm not against modding a Gibson, but resale will be horrible. I'm sure you've already considered the implications. Best of luck finding or...

1st time I saw Yngwie was opening for Dio in '85 on the last in line tour. Since I had only been playing for over a year it was a big impression. Last 5-6 albums have ranged from meh to awful, especially when he sings. Lots of conjecture about the bad mix's from his home studio being caused by...

Skipped seeing them when they were in Seattle due to excessive ticket pricing. For the same money I saw Yngwie, Nightwish and a Blind Guardian. When ticket prices are more for DT than seeing Trans Siberian I feel a tad used. I'm only comparing production size not musical validity.

Take a look at this page. http://www.vintagekramer.com/parts7.htm gives some comparison pix.

I've been running multiple pre amps...mp1, jmp1, Triaxis etc with the same Mesa 20/20 Poweramp for ten years or so. My Axe fx ll doesn't feel any different than any of the other pre's. The Fractal just has more fine controls to zero in on enhancing what feel I want predominate. I have not used...

I havnt sold on EBay in ages, but do they have a way of adding a conditional check box on checkout? On other websites when the conditions of sale can be misunderstood a check here to confirm box always works well. I have no problem believing people are stupid, inept, confused or simply foolish.

As others have said, once Cliff was gone they needed a father figure to get everyone moving in the same direction. So for good or bad Bob Rock filled that need. Personally I still feel sad listening to Metallica. They became something far different than they were when I knew them. Worst...

I switched from Sonar to Pro Tools about 2 years ago. I've spent more time tracking down hardware and software incompatibility issues than recording sometimes. I'm not saying Protools is bad, but it can be unforgiving at times. I moved so I would have the same Daw as the people I was...

I've got a Mesa F 50head that I've never bonded with. It was the first head I bought after staying with rack pre amps for a decade prior. So are there any mods for this amp range intended to get closer to any of the mark series? I know I should just sell it and get over it, but I hate selling...

Sorry to be the dissenting opinion. But, Ya got some basic hard rock thing happening there. The gear is unimportant. Punk is about the feel and the lyrics and energy of good punk just isn't quite there. Perhaps I'm jus old and the Punk I listen to regularly is not the yardstick of comparison any...

The Logo is pretty awful. It looks like random fridge magnets dropped on the ground. Im surprised the S isn't backwards to make it seem like a cute 4 year olds fathersday card. Now that my snarkyness is fulfilled. When trying to sell cross culturally Logos really need to be focus grouped. I...

It seems that the only thing missing in your own builds is a bit of an experienced hand in the setups. Perhaps you should send one if your builds to a good luthier and see how much or little that 10/10th of perfection really makes against your own work. It sounds like your fret work is just...

My first guitar was a Kramer Focus 3000, circa 83-84. It was my main guitar up to 92-3, when I went and started getting Ibanez's. Sat in it's case until 2004, when I scalloped the neck in a fit of Yngwie nostalgia. It has now been the brunt of many pickup experiment's but none have made it as...