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Yesterday I bought Eventide Precision Time Align plugin, $29.99 marked down from 99.99. Makes aligning the phase in recorded tracks simple, fast and accurate. Haven't used it yet but a looks like a great "janitorial" plugin. I also dropped by the local Value Village thrift store and bought a complet...

Scream, cry, laugh if you want. It's all good. My current favorite amp to record with is a Peavey Vypyr VIP 1. I swapped in a new baffle with a Scorpion 10" speaker and it is glory. I can get all the tones at any volume I may need. It mics up beautifully. Once I understood that "Post Gain" meant "Si...

Izotope RX9 - it is more like having a janitor than a dancer but it will clean up the mess. Eventide Physion - this separates the transient from the tone and allows them to be addressed individually and or mixed back together. Very well laid out, the many presets are great starting points and you ca...

Yep, I've got a large stone pick in the tub somewhere too, it's sort of a "movable fret unless you go with the neck pickup and play in the area in between the neck pickup and the bridge. Live I use a 2mm Gator pick, a heavy pick gives me more range of dynamics, from very soft to really loud.I pop ha...

I've found a small tub full of guitar picks of all shapes and sizes with a wide selection of extra-thin, thin, medium, medium heavy, heavy and extra heavy comes in handy time and time again. Get something with a snap on lid - food storage works well. Keep the lid snapped on, it prevents disaster tim...

This was recorded on a Tascam 4 track cassette recorder: https://metapop.com/opossum-apocalypse/tracks/hula-boy/171612 It's from the late 80's or thereabouts. There were 3 of us. We used 2 tracks to record in stereo from a 6 channel Tapco mixer. 2 guitars, bass and Drumulator. We recorded lead and b...

Blue Robbie. One huge, smooth, shiny knob.