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Gosh darn - I've been so busy and discombobulated that I missed this topic! Go here: http://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/bossDD20/bossDD20.html and you can read my rant on what I believe to be the best footstomp delay (for loooonnnngggg sounscape stuff, particularly) in the history of the known uni...

Absolutely do not refret it yourself. I've been doing fretwork on and off for about 15 years, and before I do a single decent guitar, I "warm up" with a junker or two. That's because sometimes months go by between the refrets I do (mostly my own guitars). Also, keep in mind that you'll want to do th...

Rick as a one-sound bass? Hmmmm.....
Paul McCartney
Chris Squire
Lemmy
Like a Martin D-18 is a one-sound acoustic.

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Anyone who has even a mild interest in ring mods absolutely MUST MUST MUST check out the one that lurks within the Boss GT series of multi-effect pedals. I've been using the GT-3 for three years or so and the only ring mod with superior tone and a wider range of effect is the Mooger Fooger. (IMHO, o...

I've played with this idea in my head, but never took the time to actually set up the patch. If a sound is moving around like a kid on a merry-go-round (traveling colckwise) and you're the parent standing at the fence, it's gonna go 1) LOUD AND DRY, panned center, when the sound is right in front of...

This is the coolest thing I've seen since I saw them Univox amps the first time, back in the early 70s. Does the cab have a closed back? That will help with the bottom end. I'd definitely reload with a couple of hefty bass-friendly speakers. Beyond that, you're talking taste. The cab could be a ligh...

Nobody's mentioned Sanford Sharpies, which most CD sites say are the way to go. These days, Sanford is making those Sharpies in all kinds of rainbow colors. Buy a couple packs in broad- and fine-tip sizes, and have a ball scribbling on your discs. A much more dangerous approach (and one I've been us...

I made one a few years ago using an old speaker, an oil change funnel, and a legth of hose. Put the speaker into the big end of the funnel, fit the hose onto the small end of the funnel and secure it with a band clam and put the other end in your mouth. ...and did it work? well? will I get as many ...

Somebody who lived through it please explain. Money. More people owned FM radios, more 60s teens became young adults, concerts got WAY bigger. Tours became more organized. Artists with borderline edge-music status made conscious decisions to either become more mainstream and sell more records (can ...

Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
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I usually think of "smeared" as applying to some interaction of the mids and highs, in either a positive or negative way. (I know, most people use the term negatively.) Good smear: "Days Go By" by Dirty Vegas. Pleasantly foggy focus to the mix. Good smear: Polk A-10 speakers. They make the mid-to-lo...

Here's a trick that's not quite reamping but applies to the "snare next to a speaker" idea. I usually work alone, using a drum machine for drum tracks. I recently did a track that was supposed to sound almost-like-but-not- exactly -like "Taxman" (Revolver). There's lots of snare rattle generated by ...

Danelectro French Toast. Does the octavia thing, does the germanium fuzzface thing. Think Foxx Tone Machine, Adrian Belew in 1983 playing Elephant Talk and Sharkey's Day, even Jimi 'scusin' hisself while he kisses this guy. And only $49 list. Go ahead and pay $200-300 for some boo-teek box. That lea...

I have a set of those big green Koss headphones, got 'em for $5 at a yard sale. The current model is Pro 4AAT, but these are old (probably Pro4AA) and revive fond memories of of my first sound-on-sound experiences and listening to Forever Changes and Revolver . You know the deal. So in the process o...

The late great Johnny Thunders once told me in strict confidentiality that the greatest handclaps he ever got on a record were done with a bunch of guys slapping 2 x 4s together (that's framing lumber for you metric types). I just got done recording an instructional book/CD whic has some tracks with...