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  Topic: Dumble style amps
ajm

Replies: 9
Views: 829

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 12 Mar 2024 8:39 am   Subject: Dumble style amps
"That's mainly for metal Isn't it Jeff? Very high gain tube amp."

Some Dumble amps supposedly have high gain capability.....IF you set them that way.
However, while I'm sure that there a ...
  Topic: Tuning Down One Whole Tone On Six String Electric
ajm

Replies: 16
Views: 3246

PostForum Section: Music   Posted: 6 Mar 2024 11:35 am   Subject: Tuning Down One Whole Tone On Six String Electric
If you go and Google some of the string manufacturers, some of them post string tensions for various gauges.

If you take a set of gauges that you normally use, you might be able to chart out a set ...
  Topic: Earplugs Advice?
ajm

Replies: 7
Views: 804

PostForum Section: Music   Posted: 1 Mar 2024 8:40 am   Subject: Earplugs Advice?
Fred Treece said:
"Use the plugs when you play in a loud band. Adjust your eq to where it needs to be for you to hear it right. When you play in a quieter band, go without plugs and adjust your ...
  Topic: Looking For A Good Distortion Pedal
ajm

Replies: 10
Views: 879

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 1 Mar 2024 8:34 am   Subject: Looking For A Good Distortion Pedal
A note about the Hermida pedals:

The prices of the real Hermida pedals have gone through the roof in the past couple of years.

As an alternative, I believe that Lovepedal and Warm Audio are clon ...
  Topic: Boss FX -a new catastrophe!
ajm

Replies: 18
Views: 1137

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 24 Feb 2024 10:29 am   Subject: Boss FX -a new catastrophe!
A lot of readers chimed in with suggestions to help out.

I assume that you've also moved things around and made a lot of changes trying to troubleshoot the problem.

So what is the final order of ...
  Topic: Setting power tube bias on Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb
ajm

Replies: 19
Views: 1638

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 11 Feb 2024 11:42 am   Subject: Setting power tube bias on Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb
Ken Fox: I may be missing something here.
You wrote:
"Max plate dissipation recommended for 415 VDC plate voltage is 23.5 ma."

Did you mean to say max plate CURRENT?
  Topic: amp hiss
ajm

Replies: 11
Views: 1659

PostForum Section: Recording   Posted: 9 Feb 2024 8:24 am   Subject: amp hiss
Tim: I don't recall seeing the question asked.

Do you have a recording that shows what and how much we're talking about?

It could be with backing tracks or not, it doesn't matter.
  Topic: amp hiss
ajm

Replies: 11
Views: 1659

PostForum Section: Recording   Posted: 2 Feb 2024 1:07 pm   Subject: amp hiss
To be honest, I'm not sure that "amp hiss" is really the problem.
It could actually be one of several things.

- Noise picked up from single coil pickups (notice I didn't call it "hu ...
  Topic: "Buzzing"
ajm

Replies: 6
Views: 763

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 30 Jan 2024 1:12 pm   Subject: "Buzzing"
Since no one asked:
Guitar
Guitar
Bass
Steel

Are any of these players using humbucking pickups?
If so, do they also have the problem?
  Topic: Wet dry Wet Rig
ajm

Replies: 12
Views: 1634

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 2 Jan 2024 10:19 am   Subject: Wet dry Wet Rig
To embellish upon the link that Rick Bernauer provided.......

Open message to YT creators (not Rick) that make LLLLOOOOONNNNNGGGG videos.
Here's a term that seems to be foreign to some of you: TIM ...
  Topic: Seat Foam
ajm

Replies: 24
Views: 3034

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 20 Dec 2023 12:29 pm   Subject: Seat Foam
Jon: Sorry for trying to help.
  Topic: Question About Heavier Cable For Quilter Amps
ajm

Replies: 18
Views: 3275

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 19 Dec 2023 10:12 am   Subject: Question About Heavier Cable For Quilter Amps
Stop.

Just to be clear, are you asking about:
a) Instrument cables, or
b) Speaker cables?

Reading your initial post/question more than once, I'm not sure.
  Topic: Seat Foam
ajm

Replies: 24
Views: 3034

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 19 Dec 2023 10:07 am   Subject: Seat Foam
I seem to recall that there was thread/topic post on this not too long ago.

Have you searched the forum topic titles for "foam"?
  Topic: Bread's "Guitar Man"
ajm

Replies: 15
Views: 7596

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 19 Dec 2023 10:04 am   Subject: Bread's "Guitar Man"
B.B. Brown wrote: "........but then that song is NOT country."

It was on top 40 pop radio when it was released.

But now? Compared to what is considered "country" now?
It's a ...
  Topic: Marcus King name-checks Buddy Emmons (edited)
ajm

Replies: 8
Views: 4051

PostForum Section: Music   Posted: 8 Dec 2023 10:00 am   Subject: Marcus King name-checks Buddy Emmons (edited)
Humble Pie?
Buddy Emmons?
  Topic: Peavey Special 130
ajm

Replies: 6
Views: 954

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 29 Nov 2023 7:46 am   Subject: Peavey Special 130
These have been discussed here before.
Special 130, Bandit, Studio Pro 40/50.

Zac Childs and Rhett Shull have done Youtube videos on them in the past.

Good sounding amps.
  Topic: So, what does a PEI Junior rotary effect sound like, you ask
ajm

Replies: 4
Views: 892

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 29 Nov 2023 7:43 am   Subject: So, what does a PEI Junior rotary effect sound like, you ask
A brief search on the internet turns up almost nothing on this device.

Do you still have it?
Has anyone ever looked at it?

Even without a schematic, it's 50 year old technology.
It can't be th ...
  Topic: Marcus King name-checks Buddy Emmons (edited)
ajm

Replies: 8
Views: 4051

PostForum Section: Music   Posted: 28 Nov 2023 8:17 am   Subject: Marcus King name-checks Buddy Emmons (edited)
So at what point in the video does Marcus actually mention Buddy Emmons?
  Topic: Oddball Compactron tube/compatability question
ajm

Replies: 9
Views: 4228

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 7 Nov 2023 7:07 am   Subject: Oddball Compactron tube/compatability question
To add to/clarify something that Dave Mudgett said:

I believe the "Super Champ" that he referred to is the late 80's Fender Super Champ designed by Paul Rivera.
I have one and it does us ...
  Topic: Overdrive/Distortion Pedal
ajm

Replies: 17
Views: 4816

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 7 Nov 2023 6:57 am   Subject: Overdrive/Distortion Pedal
Richard: Don't get hung up on this true bypass versus buffered bypass versus whatever thing.

There is more to be considered when it comes to effects and putting together an effects chain/pedalboard ...
  Topic: TC Electronic Combo Deluxe 65 Pedal
ajm

Replies: 21
Views: 14359

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 3 Nov 2023 8:16 am   Subject: TC Electronic Combo Deluxe 65 Pedal
I'm late to this discussion and jumping in with a comment.

A couple more Fender type emulators/simulators to check out:
Joyo American Sound
Caline American Sound (both of these are very inexpensi ...
  Topic: Paulownia wood
ajm

Replies: 11
Views: 4873

PostForum Section: Music   Posted: 24 Oct 2023 7:45 am   Subject: Paulownia wood
Just some random comments/thoughts.......

A company called Guitar Mill was the first I ever heard of this wood.
There was a review of one of their T-styles in Guitar Player magazine several years ...
  Topic: Sudden extra hum in a single coil pickup. *update*
ajm

Replies: 17
Views: 2604

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 12 Sep 2023 6:23 am   Subject: Sudden extra hum in a single coil pickup. *update*
I have had personal experience with both the E66 and the 10-1 in a single neck Carter.
The E66 definitely sounds brighter.
FWIW, I stuck with the 10-1.

However, if anyone actually knows.......... ...
  Topic: Pickups
ajm

Replies: 6
Views: 1747

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 26 Aug 2023 7:58 am   Subject: Pickups
Barry: You didn't say, and no one asked.

What pickup do you have in there now?

and.....

What are you looking to change in terms of tone, noise, etc?
  Topic: Realistic dobro simulator pedals?
ajm

Replies: 23
Views: 2989

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 19 Aug 2023 10:20 am   Subject: Realistic dobro simulator pedals?
John McDuffie: I bought a used beat up GE-7 several years ago.
Yep, it was noisy when the sliders were set to extreme settings (like the dobros).

I changed 3 op amps in it and it improved noticeab ...
 
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