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Thanx millions capnreverb! Cool beans. Here's the story so far... (BTW,. I just edited the links to the pix.) Here's a pic of the basic MXL R44 package: http://s774.photobucket.com/albums/yy27/DouglasBaldwin/?action=view¤t=MXLR44package.jpg Note the nice molded plastic carrying case, shock mou...

I got the MXL R44 yesterday. Took some pix, but 'scuse me for my dumbness...I can't figure out how to post pix on here! Hep me!

I pulled the trigger on this mic just a few hours after I started this thread. It's supposed to arrive Tuesday or Wednesday (Aug. 11/12). I will take some pix of the ribbon as soon as possible, and also test it asap, and let y'all know what I think. So glad to see Mr. Joly, Shiny Box, ubertar, and t...

Anybody try one of these yet? For $100 at Musician's Friend, this beckons like a Snickers bar in the checkout line at Stop'n'Shop.

Cuppla things. One, I think ggoat!!! sounds like an infomercial because he is genuinely amazed at his simple solution to a vexing problem, and infomercials TRY to sound like amazing solutions to vexing problems. Two, Nu Finish offers several products in orange bottles. It would be nice to know exact...

Thanx for the comments, guys. Y'know, I ALMOST got involved with the "Stupid Stuff You Did in High School" project, 'cuz Jeff Wheeler, the composer of "Postmortal Postman," was in high school when he wrote it, and we were in a band together (humbly named "Wisdom") at the time and, yes, I was in high...

I'd love to get some feedback on a couple of songs I've recorded - actually the same song recorded twice, on virtually the same gear. Here's the gear poop: Vocals, guitars and violin recorded with MXL 990 and 991 microphones. Good guitars (Yamaha, Hamer), all made overseas. Nice tube amps. Top shelf...

My son, God bless him, never had a problem with settling down or mellowing out. But the musical connection between a musical parent and their child is a special thing no matter what. For us, it was Donovan and the Beatles. One day I was singing "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" and Taylor asked, "What's ...

I was thinking, if notes correspond to certain frequencies, and frequencies are represented by Hz, which are ostensibly cycles-per-second (a rhythm, if you will [though a very fast one]), and if you chopped that rhythm down in half a bunch of times until the rhythm is something that sounds like a b...

IMO playing to a click as a drummer is a different experience than any other instrument. When you play guitar to the click, because of the click's timbre, you can still hear it, even when you're spot on. However, when playing drums, if you're perfectly on, the click COMPLETELY disappears. This can ...

Here's a treasure trove of tips for practicing with a metronome: http://www.korg.com/service/prosessions.asp These are THE PLAYERS showing you just how they work out. Can you say John Scofield? Jake Cinninger? Bela Fleck? Joe Satriani? etc... Anybody who says they "don't need" a metronome or "can't ...

Whoever invents a device or mod that turns a Twin Reverb into an AC-30 for cheap could retire by this weekend. Groove Tubes Substi-Tube 928-PR adapter for EL-84/Class A conversion http://www.groovetubes.com/SUBSTI-TUBE_928-PR_Quartet_Power_Reducer_Class_A_converter_P1955.cfm THD ?Yellow Jacket? tub...

Greetings Stoneman. On that specific track ("Chase the Moon"), you could have practiced the following: * Set a metronome to about 60-72. * Play the opening chords as double-dotted half notes followed by an eighth rest. * Focus on creating a true rest by relaxing your fingers, not by moving them. * I...

Hmmm.... a gas-masked Chinese wife to feed me opiated squid. Fast 'n' bulbous! Tight also.

Buy a buncha French Toasts. To paraphrase Jay Leno in that snack chip commercial, "We'll make more." Tonally, response-wise, French Toast is phenomonal. The word is that the French Toast is almost (if not exactly) identical to the Foxx Tone Machine, as the guy who revived the Danelectro pedal line w...