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by dave watkins
Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:00 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Enough is enough
Replies: 90
Views: 20079

stanley jordan kind of blows my mind, i got to see him live once, it was just him solo too, so nothing there was nothing to hide behind. sure he's insanely technically proficient, but the man plays with a hell of a lot of feeling too. but back to autotune! i am guilty of using it, but before i get c...
by dave watkins
Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:59 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: guitar body percussian ?
Replies: 2
Views: 1272

i regularly use my guitars as drums during my live shows (when i get a chance to play live shows) they all have spruce tops, i have a babicz identity series jumbo with rosewood sides that is my main gigging guitar. and it works quite well for this, it has an ibeam in it so it actually amplifies the ...
by dave watkins
Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:28 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: "Alternate uses" of gear - how do you use stuff?
Replies: 32
Views: 9039

not an insanely alternate use, but just the same... i found an old speaker cabinet from a califone record player in my practice/project studio space. it's rated at 4 ohms and 10 watts i think. and decided it was the perfect candidate to plug a vale junior into, and indeed it is amazing. so for anyon...
by dave watkins
Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:55 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Purely scientific request for Tape Op guitar collection phot
Replies: 208
Views: 102004

after lurking the tape op boards for about a year, i figured it was time to join up and share. so as my second official post ever, a bit of a teaser: http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh233/dredg440/l_d2e87c5fd0bf586ac6a010de86c6bf67.jpg acoustics: top: Watkins 0001 bottom: Larrivee D O3E electrics...
by dave watkins
Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:18 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Reverend Guitars?
Replies: 18
Views: 6824

speaking of metro sound, i bought my reverend there. i've got a charger 290 that i bought about a year ago. the current charger bodies are solid korina, but mine has a "tone chambered" mahogany body with a spruce top, which lends a very nice acoustic quality to it. i think the bass contour knob is q...