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TheHipCola wrote:not to get too off-topic, but Ken can you elaborate on what you mean by "changing the tube?"... I'm assuming you mean open up the box and put a different, more desireable tube in? I'm totally new to the tubular world, so forgive my lack of understanding.

Thanks!

Yes. That is exactly what I mean. Replace the stock chinese tube with a NOS Mullard or something. In the ART Tube MP this is really easy to do, just unscrew the body, pull out the tube and insert a new one.

For tubes, I suggest Lord Valve, http://www.nebsnow.com/LordValve.

I don't know how this works on your unit, but I assume you can open it up without too much trouble.

Ken

THC (funny I just noticed that) you might also try the tube store. It's not only a good place to find tubes, but there's a lot of helpful information about what they do, why, how they should be used, etc.

When I say desk, I mean a peice of furniture upon which you set things. Generally constructed of wood and/or metalic components.

Omnirax stuff is pricey, Raxxis looks dinky, but kk audio looks just right.

Something with enough deskspace to fit my Motif, a decent amount of rackspaces, and sturdy enough to hold my monster monitors.

Oh, and I've uh... got a cello now.

Don't ask how I got it

Could you spare us any fuck-off enormous pictures of it, Sober? I mean, sheesh, you don't need a copy of photoshop to resize ... :p

The Sober Irishman wrote:When I say desk, I mean a peice of furniture upon which you set things. Generally constructed of wood and/or metalic components. Omnirax stuff is pricey, Raxxis looks dinky, but kk audio looks just right.

A plank of wood and some bricks. Cheap or free 'n' cheerful.

i was wondering when someone was going to call sober out on his nevada sized gear shots.

i'm glad it was the threadbobby himself!

as for worksurfaces, i do in fact use a very nice solid wood door on 2 trestles i got from Ikea about 15 years ago. works like a charm.

I have a kickass orange plastic desk. It heats up when the sun's on it.

The Sober Irishman wrote:Oh, and I've uh... got a cello now.

Don't ask how I got it

Selling yourself on the mean streets of Texas? Or is it something really boring like, "My mommy got it for me"?

The new house had a room in the basement with a full 3 foot deep u-shape of plywood tables in it that is holding up all of my shit quite nicely.

So today I bought a KC550.

It's as heavy as my keyboard, but it has wheels.

It is... loud.

You should have bought one of these instead you big picture having, non-theiving guy you.

Damn! How much disposable income do you have anyway?

100 watts? Please.

I've seen those before, and while it is kinda cool, I wasn't blown away. This is more for pure volume and overall tone balance. When I want stereo, I'll just get another, which I've seen done.

Both are actually 180 watts. On the Motion Sound, 100 watts powers the two 8" Eminence speakers, while the other 80 watts powers the two Ferro cooled 3.5 in. horns. I'm sure what you'll probably find out about the Roland is that you have a 100 watts or maybe 120 driving that 15" speaker and the remainder driving the horn.

I didn't mean to offend you if I did. My thought was that a 15" speaker might be better suited to a bass amp while the 8" would be a good keyboard range. Heck I'm no keyboardist but I know one that has a different model Motion Sound, and it sounds pretty good to me.

I've also heard the 12' version of that Roland and it sounds very good, so I'm guessing the 15" sounds great. Congrat's on the purchase Chief! But again, how much disposable income do you have? I got some used stuff you might be interested in.

Currently, I have no rent to speak of. Therefore, most of my income is disposable.

Post what you got.

Bought a Korg MS2000 last week and a Shure SM91 kick mic this week. Too much good stuff.

Any tips on using the Korg would be mighty appreciated.

Ken

The Sober Irishman wrote:Currently, I have no rent to speak of. Therefore, most of my income is disposable.

Man do I envy you.

The Sober Irishman wrote:Post what you got.

Christ the entire inventory? I'll start with the guitar stuff and add the rest as this goes along.

Guitars - Electric

Fender "Roadhouse" Strat: Tobacco Sunburst, Tortoise shell pickguard, Tex-ass Special pickups. My main axe, it simply kicks ass. The maple neck on this thing is simply not to be believed. Pretty dark in feature for a maple neck and very figured. This guitar plays like rubbing yourself on velvet.

Fender '50's re-issue Telecaster: White Opaque finish, cool because you can see the woodgrain. I'm not so sure about the pickups on this one except to say the bridge pickup is some sort of really overwound deal with exceptionally fat wire. Another oddly dark maple neck, not as niclely grained as the Strat, but pretty none the less. Sounds great, plays even better.

Fender (Squire) Strat: White Hendrix finish. Before you go all "WTF" on me let me just say this: This was the first year Fender put out the Squire brand, so it's made in Japan not Korea and there is a very distinct playing and build difference. Second, the headstock is the old style large size, like pre CBS stuff, so it looks very cool. Third, I replaced the pickups with EMG's (very popular at the time so that should show the age of the guitar) and lastly, it was signed by Stephen Stills after I jammed with him...so it's a keeper regardless of what anyone has to say.

Fender Precision Bass: White finish, standard pickups and bridge. Studio standard stuff. Enough said.

Gibson ES 335: Vintage 1976, but the only one I've ever seen like it. Dot neck, trapezieo bridge, and a split coil switch on the lower horn that makes the humbuckers simulate a single coil sound. This option actually gives the guitar six distinct different sounds. I had this guitar stolen from me once, and I got it back. I can't say how. She hasn't left my side since. This is without a doubt, the best guitar I have ever owned.

DanElectro (Reissue): Lipstick pickups and that cheap ass lexan (or whatever form of plastic) body. Looks crazy, sounds crazy on the bridge pickup anyway. Plays better than what I paid for it anyhow, which wasn't much.

PRS Santana: Deep Navy Blue opaque finish, dual humbucker pickups. The solid body Les Paul I want without the cost. It's totally stock, which would explain my disappointment in the overall sound, but the playabillity, especially with those fat frets is very good.

Un-named Hollow Body: My first guitar. 2 odd single coils on a shit wood body, plastic type covering, wierd ass Bigsby type whammy bar having $19 guitar. I got it down from $25.

There's others in various states of disarray that don't need mentioning now because they're more collector stuff than playing stuff. What I listed before is stuff I currently play.

In the next installments I'll go into acoustics, amps, and finally effects. From there I can go into the recording hardware and such, just let me know when I've lost your interest.

nevada sized narratives have replaced the pics?

wow Dan-O...with all that gear, why aren't you fighting more often?

jack wrote:nevada sized narratives have replaced the pics?

Sorry Jack, I'll keep it shorter next time.

TheHipCola wrote:wow Dan-O...with all that gear, why aren't you fighting more often?

Ah, the million dollar question. Time is the biggest reason, or poor management of it maybe. A wife whose schedule doesn't always match mine, 3 children, 2 dogs, and 2 ferrets that all deserve equal shares of my attention, a job that requires me to work more hours than I get paid for and a band that rehearses and plays out fairly regularly and what's left over doesn't seem to be enough to get a song done in a week a lot of times.

Being dimwitted and having a decade old computer didn't help either, but that's been rectified so there's hope.

Dan-O from Five-O wrote:

jack wrote:nevada sized narratives have replaced the pics?

Sorry Jack, I'll keep it shorter next time.

i'm just giving you grief. gab away. i'm a gear whore myself.

Dan-O from Five-O wrote: Being dimwitted and having a decade old computer didn't help either, but that's been rectified so there's hope.

how'd you rectify the dimwittedness?
-bill

HeuristicsInc wrote:

Dan-O from Five-O wrote: Being dimwitted and having a decade old computer didn't help either, but that's been rectified so there's hope.

how'd you rectify the dimwittedness?
-bill

I got married and had kids who are more technology savvy than myself.