Latest gear you've acquired.....

kslight · Post by **kslight** » Fri Mar 01, 2013 4:25 pm

Picked up a Nord Modular Classic Keyboard to replace my Nord G2 Engine.

agershon · Post by **agershon** » Fri Mar 01, 2013 4:28 pm

vvv wrote:That 166a is much better than some would have you believe.

It is a bit different sounding from the 160XT, somehow a little cleaner and not as "round", if that makes sense.

Also, you can stack the channels.

I like it on bass, guitars acoustic and amps, and on vocs for a change.

Yea this model was recommended to me as a bit of a sleeper. It's also a mod candidate, so there's that. Also in the running were the 163x, VLA, Ashly, etc.

Planning to use it on drum OH's and acoustic guitar mainly.

A.David.MacKinnon · Post by **A.David.MacKinnon** » Fri Mar 01, 2013 5:09 pm

50's or 60's Ramerez Rondella classical guitar. Ramerez bought these from other Spanish manufacturers, rebranded and sold them as student guitars. Still, it's a hand made guitar with a solid cedar top and solid mahogany back and sides and it sounds incredible.
On the downside, the bridge is lifting and someone uses 3 wood screws to repair it, the back is separated from the sides in a few spots, it's been refinished with a goopy, drippy coat of lacquer or varnish, and someone painted the rosewood fretboard black.
Even after all that abuse it still shines. Besides, it only cost $100. I love an underdog.

ott0bot · Post by **ott0bot** » Fri Mar 01, 2013 5:39 pm

I just got my Joly-modded mc012's serviced by oktavamod. now they are pretty closed to matched. love it.

also, I got a Sonoma Wireworks Guitarjack 2 for mobile recording with an iPhone. it sounds pretty good. only 24 bit 48k mobile unit out there. I don't love the software gain control, but it's a well built, solid piece of steel. the latency for overdubs isn't great, but it still gets the job done.

T-rex · Post by **T-rex** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:38 pm

Picked up Gretsch Catalina Club jazz set and some K Constantinople rides.

Man, the catalina are an insane deal for the money. For a little bop set to mess around on they are perfect. The K's sound amazing. I played and listened to a bunch of Istanbul and Bosphorus cymbals but to me the constantinoples just had the prefect combination of ping, wash and trashyness. Which sucks cause they cost quite a bit more, but that was the sound I wanted. After I finish this next album I am mixing I may record myself playing (poorly) and.post it up.

kslight · Post by **kslight** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 3:18 pm

T-rex wrote:Picked up Gretsch Catalina Club jazz set and some K Constantinople rides.

Man, the catalina are an insane deal for the money. For a little bop set to mess around on they are perfect. The K's sound amazing. I played and listened to a bunch of Istanbul and Bosphorus cymbals but to me the constantinoples just had the prefect combination of ping, wash and trashyness. Which sucks cause they cost quite a bit more, but that was the sound I wanted. After I finish this next album I am mixing I may record myself playing (poorly) and.post it up.

I love the sound of Gretsch sets. My drummer endorses them and has a couple nice maple kits and a catalina. Even the catalina sounds great.

T-rex · Post by **T-rex** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:18 pm

Yeah, I really wanted a USA custom set, but I play so little jazz I couldn't justify that and the cymbals. And those catalina's do sound damn good.

T-rex · Post by **T-rex** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:45 pm

I do love Gretsch, even though I have a big ass set off?DW for my main kit now. I had a Broadkaster bop kit in the nineties when I was playing a lot of jazz and a round badge set of Toms for rock until just a few years ago. They sounded amazing, but were a bitch to get and keep in tune due to their age and condition. I'm still blown away by how good these sound for the money.

I know I am late to the catalina party, but here's a clip of one of my favorite drummers (Morphine) playing them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE_MEj6k1js

And a shot of the set:

T-rex · Post by **T-rex** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:45 pm

double post

Nick Sevilla · Post by **Nick Sevilla** » Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:31 pm

Tremolo pedal, and really versatile too.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/s ... shape_shi/

For 65 bucks, you can't go wrong.

T-rex · Post by **T-rex** » Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:57 pm

Nick Sevilla wrote:Tremolo pedal, and really versatile too.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/s ... shape_shi/

For 65 bucks, you can't go wrong.

I love tremolo. I would put tremolo on every track if people would let me. Luckily they don't.

kslight · Post by **kslight** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:19 pm

Traded a few broken analog keyboards from my workbench for a custom Goodsell 2x12 oversized cab with Celestion V30s+cash. Sounds uncanny great.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:29 pm

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:25 am

I have been buying a shit-ton of new and used gear in order to put together a touring rig. Some may go away after SXSW and some is going to stay around for a west coast tour in July.

? Sansamp Para Driver (in case there is no amp for me).
? JHS Superbolt overdrive pedal (oh my gawd I love this pedal! Supro in a little box. Glorious drive that sounds and behaves EXACTLY like an amp).
? JHS ABY pedal.
? Lehle Parallel L FX loop/mixer pedal (a gawdsend! Replaces an actual mixer and fits on my pedalboard!).
? Roland JV-1010 with Keyboards of the '60s and '70s expansion board (for live use on tour(s) w/ an Oxygen 8 or whatever instead of lugging around my beloved vintage SCI SixTrak, Roland Juno 106, or a laptop running NI's B4 II).
? Roland JV-1080 with Keyboards of the '60s and '70s, Hip Hop, and Drums & Bass expansion boards + a 2-space rack (Bought this for the same reasons as the JV-1010, but I like the smaller footprint. Probably going to sell all of the cards and keep the rack and JV-1080, but may just keep the rack and make a little scratch).
? Gator 61-note TSA hardshell keyboard case w/rollers (because packing all of your shit for SXSW should mean having a safe place to fit it all that will also fit your Roland Juno 106 upon your return).

Gregg Juke · Post by **Gregg Juke** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:29 am

Hey Rex,

What kind of hand-hammered cymbals are you sporting there? They look shiny and nice... fairly dark-sounding, are they??

GJ

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