Happy with Your sound?

[Kevin Hatton]

Actually, I'm happy with Smiley's sound also.
Its one of the best Sho-Bud sounds that I've heard. Maximum retro Sho-Bud tone.

[Dave Grafe]

<SMALL>I have noticed that the more I practice intonation and picking, the better my gear sounds!</SMALL>

As long as I KEEP practicing I keep loving the sound of it.

My gear? '78 ShoBud Pro I (all original) > Audio Arts 4100 4-band Parametric (-11db @ 1.6 oct. @ 180Hz / -16db @ 1.6 oct. @ 420Hz / +12 @ 1,8 oct. @ 2.4KHz / +12 @ .65 oct. @ 6KHz > Audio Arts 1200 Compressor/Limiter (4:1 or so and just touching the peaks) > Roland SDE2500 Delay (308ms) > Yamaha REV7 (stock "Strings" patch w/100ms predelay) > Crown D150 > 2 x JBL D130F in separate boxes. Sometimes I use two-way speakers and bypass the 6KHz boost due to the improved highs. These settings are where I start from and tweek to suit the room, etc.

Of course for a fly date I'm likely to order up a local NV400 and deal with it - like I said, as long as I keep practicing.....

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<font size="2"><img align=right src="http://www.pdxaudio.com/dgsept03.jpg" width="114 height="114">Dave Grafe - email: dg@pdxaudio.com
Production
Pickin', etc.

1978 ShoBud Pro I E9, 1960 Les Paul (SG) Deluxe, 1963 Precision Bass, 1954 Gibson LGO, 1897 Washburn Hawaiian Steel Conversion</font>


<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[Edited to keep up with everything I changed again]</p></FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Dave Grafe on 07 January 2005 at 06:40 PM.]</p></FONT>

[Brian Henry]

Billy, I like that "The more I practice the luckier I get!"