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M-Tron Pro has the guitar tape they used on Bungalow Bill. I thought that was George Harrison for the longest time, with a heaping helping of cognitive dissonance.

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Yep, I agree, the Apex ones are pretty ugly - I have one of their 205s (the smaller version which gets better reviews, actually), and it's quite good. The mount on those is super cheesy. I just like ribbons, though, especially for digital recording -- they seem to take EQ well, and don't have that s...

I still have my TOMB ribbons. They sound great. I use them for drums, acoustic guitars, vocals, upright piano, mandolin, electric guitars, pretty much everything. I'm actually thinking about getting a couple of the Apex versions too.

Thanks for the responses! I'm a one-room recorder so mic placement is pretty much a trial-and-error thing, but I'll mess around with it and see what different orientations sound like.

Just a quick question for the experts here. I have been using a small condenser omni mic as a drum overhead. I have the mic pointed down at the kit, but never really thought about why I positioned it that way. Does where it's pointed make any difference at all if it's an omni mic?

Germanium transistors are apparently more sensitive to temperature changes too -- the silicon fuzzes are more stable in that regard, which might be another reason why they got adopted in addition to their better availability. I have both, and both are good -- my Germanium fuzz (MJM Brit Bender) seem...

I think silicon is definitely the way to go for that type of fuzz. You might try John Lyons at Basic Audio -- there are some good youtube demos of his pedals. I bought a WEM Pep Rush version from him this spring and it's been great for the kinds of sounds you're describing. One thing about fuzz is t...

Ha! I'll see your Louis CK and raise you a Michael Richards.

Hi Justin, I read you over at SonicState all the time. Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I plead guilty to having a double-standard of sorts when it comes to profanity. I read the Paul Leary article when it first came out, and remember wincing at the time. Of course his repeated use of the word was ...

Hi Justin, I read you over at SonicState all the time. Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I plead guilty to having a double-standard of sorts when it comes to profanity. I read the Paul Leary article when it first came out, and remember wincing at the time. Of course his repeated use of the word was ...

After some thought, here's a simple editorial protocol that might help (sorry if this double-posts, I'm not sure why it's happening): Profanity is like harmonic distortion. It has its uses. Slurs, racial slurs, ethnic slurs, cultural slurs, however, are like digital clipping. The signal has crossed ...

Thanks for your post, Mike, First point: I find it impossible to imagine anyone's grandma who wouldn't absolutely fucking love Dave Grohl. I just can't. Second point: I don't have a problem with profanity. Third point: Editing and censorship are not the same thing. Don't conflate them. Editing is th...

Thanks for your post, Mike, First point: I find it impossible to imagine anyone's grandma who wouldn't absolutely fucking love Dave Grohl. I just can't. Second point: I don't have a problem with profanity. Third point: Editing and censorship are not the same thing. Don't conflate them. Editing is th...

Dear Larry and the rest of the editorial staff, I am grateful for the fellow tape-oppers who chose to write in and express their dismay at the use of the "R" word in a recent issue, which is referred to in the Letters section of the most recent issue (95). Their sense of consideration speaks to ever...