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Been through the gamut of delays, too many to mention. Still own a lot of them, but mostly I get bored and move on. (I keep a SD Vapor Trail for analog cuz I haven't found better.) Just (finally) got a Boss RE-20 and it is the most fun I've had with a delay in decades - it seems to be the one that i...

Not here to dissect the Shins themselves but the sound of the the album itself - particularly the fact that its WAY TOO LOUD. Its totally distorted!!! Maybe I have a bad copy (not sure how that could happen) but my guess is its mastered too loud. I thought I noticed this a while back, but I was only...

Most guitar players like the loud amps and feel that it needs to be loud to be good. I agree that when you turn up the gas on an amp it can open up and sound great but I generally get better results from a small amp. Jason There still is something to the loud thing. I find that my guitar is much mo...

Remember that apparent volume doubling happens in 10x wattage increments. a 5w amp is only 1/2 the volume of a 50w amp, not 1/10th the volume. Thank you for saying this. Its amazing how many people either don't remember high school physics or never took it. Decibels are logarithmic in nature, so th...

Thanks for the advice guys! I'm going to replace the wiring/caps/resistors, clean out the pots and then see where that gets me. I'm really hoping that's going to cure it since, like I said, I don't want to go modding it too much - its quite an interesting guitar and I've only ever seen one other lik...

Maybe I should be seeking out an electric guitar forum, but people seem in general friendlier here so... I have a 1966 Yamaha SG3 guitar ( http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guitar/eg/database/sg/01/sg-3.html ) that I want to start playing more of. I'd call it a well built Jap-Jazzmaster. Problem is th...

See: Swervedriver's Last Train to Satansville. As the animated George Harrison once said, "Eh, its been done."

I don't think my Bassman pairs well with a really small cab. I've had mine for over 10 years and the best pairing I've ever had with it is a 2x12" closed back cab with Celestion G12M70s. I don't know if they make that speaker anymore, but over the years I blew out both of them (with different amp he...

EH DMM - hands down.

I know its a little off topic, but I saw the Joggers (www.thejoggers.com) two nights ago and they played a spot on version of Long Distance Runaround (including the Fish). Absolutely amazing... you should see them if you can, they are on tour right now. Fantastic band, ridiculously amazing cover. If...

but dang, i could kill anyone with a sax the moment i see him/her. dont even have to play it. Ummm... that's a pretty silly thing to say! I mean, dissing the whole instrument regardless of the player... Tommy McCook is a great saxer. In that same vein (and back on the original topic), anything that...

Somebody famous and knowledgeable once said something about how the sound of the snare drum is the most identifiable thing in a recording. It, more than anything else, DEFINES the sound of a song. Its true, think about how many songs (or bands) you can identify just by hearing a drum hit, or roll, o...

You have lost all objectivity, so hand the project over to someone else that you trust. HAve them do the mix and just sit in the background making "level adjustments". When this person thinks its done, its done. Mixing yourself the material that you yourself recorded (and probablly wrote) sucks. The...

The process of discerning a sound by the human ear depends *mostly* on the attack of the sound. For instance, the human ear "knows" the sound of a trumpet by its attack, so if you cut off the front end of the note's envelope and just play its sustain, many listeners won't be able to tell the differe...

I just got the record the other day and, while I don't think its complete shit, I do think that its incredibly lackluster for a band that somehow cobbled together a complete Joy Division ripoff into a debut album that I found quite enjoyable and downright good*. I was actually doubtful that they cou...