The reverse effect in my Pod Go sounds great - I use it live on a few songs for a psychedelic vibe. String bends in particular sound really good. Personally, I like the slightly chaotic quality it brings to a solo.

I have the original eBow and a newer one and the cool Sustainiac Model C. You feel your guitar vibrating like it’s alive! I investigated the Fernandez system but it didn’t work well on a retrofit and the built in ones were too expensive. Funnily enough, I have four Fernandes guitars with sustainer c ...

I still use one. The tracking is great and some sounds work especially well following string bends. I wish there was a version that could be fitted inside the guitar as I think it’s an ugly box and the push switch system to toggle through settings is terrible so best left alone… for studio use it wor ...

For live use with my band I've settled on the Boss RC300... which has its foibles but is mostly stable and covers most basic looping functions. But when playing solo guitar looping shows, running the (now defunct) Mobius looper software inside MainStage controlled from a FCB1010 foot controller ...

FWIW I have both the Headrush FR112 and the Alto TX310. The headrush does sound better - but it weighs a bloody ton and the convenience of the Alto often makes it preferable - it’s still loud enough for on stage monitoring and my modeller obviously sounds the same for the audience through the main P ...

I use Pod Go as my live rig and Guitar Rig 7 for the studio. For what I do, Guitar Rig 7 is hands down the best option. I know many players like the sound of the line 6 cabs, and they may well sound very authentic, but really the choice between line 6 and Guitar Rig comes down to practical needs and ...

My personal view is that AI will destroy pretty much all creative work within the next five years. Music will be entirely generated by AI. It will be cheaper and easy to mass market and people will not be able to tell the difference between AI produced content and music made by humans. I suspect ...

My personal view is that AI will destroy pretty much all creative work within the next five years. Music will be entirely generated by AI. It will be cheaper and easy to mass market and people will not be able to tell the difference between AI produced content and music made by humans. The same is ...

There was definitely a Digitech that offered 4 independent FX with their own I/O. I inherited one from my brother but the flight case with it isn't easily accessible so I can't give more detail. Andy :beamup: The Digitec Quad. I have one in my rack though it's a long time since I used it. Has a ...

How are you setting the loop length you want? I have patches where I have prerecorded loops on loop one - this sets the tempo and number of bars. Subsequent patches can then be set to record a number of bar lengths relative to this first loop. are you using prerecorded loops or starting on the fly ...

In my original post I had the same thought - that mis-spaced frets are extremely unlikely to be the issue on a modern mass-produced instrument. Also, without some kind of digital gauge I think I'm unlikely to be able to check the positions with the accuracy required - it's obviously fractions of ...

Many thanks for the detailed suggestions - much appreciated 👍🏻 Holding down the first and 12th fret the neck relief I would guess is around 1/2 a millimetre. But I think the nut height is possibly just a little on the high side, so I may try a slight lowering. I initially raised the action to get rid ...

Almost everything about a fretted stringed instrument is a compromise and improving one aspect will almost certainly have knock-on effects on others (like the relationships between tension/compliance and tone). It's down each player to decide what compromises work for them and what don't. The OP ...

Martin - thanks for the suggestion of the gauge. Another toy to buy... BigRedX - this makes sense. The whole instrument is a very different feel to most of my other guitars, and the strings do indeed feel very loose compared with the feel of my other instruments. I've just fitted 11 gauge strings ...

It’s an odd design! I might try the plastic tubing idea as to get the guitar intonated it needs to be kept rocked back toward the trem. Not sure what gauge the current strings are by the feel very light - I bought the guitar as I fancied something that would be good for hard strumming so have o ...

Many thanks for the suggestions - I haven’t fitted new strings so that’s probably a sensible first step - not sure what gauge they are but they feel a little light. …am surprised the scale length is 24 - the neck actually feels longer (and wider) than most of my other guitars. Buying guitars blind on ...

So after a bottle of red I clicked on a link to buy a new Squier Jaguar from a box shifter store. The way you do. It was immediately obvious it had tuning issues. The bridge design is new to me - the bridge can easily be rocked back and forth on the mounting pins. I assume this is by design, but it ...

I think even when you have a choice of using ADR it is at least partially a stylistic choice. I personally hate the ADR aesthetic and in the TV series and films I’ve made even when I tried it I ended up preferring the natural quality of poorly recorded sound. But as I say, that is primarily an a ...

My secret brand tip is to try a Crafter. I have six of their acoustics and all play exceptionally well. The last two I bought were 70 quid each on eBay. One is an immaculate OM style all solid hardwoods that sounds exceptional IMO.

SecretSam wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 7:09 pm A pedant writes:

Don't say 'supersede' when you mean 'surpass'. But well done for not spelling it 'supercede'.

Correct. A failing of a hastily drafted reply.

On another note, lovely as the guitar looks, I could never list after one without neck binding.

His name is Ben Crowe, and I think it fair to assume his skills as a luthier supersede his skills as a salesman.

Difficult call... I fully understand all the technologies involved... Sadly, all that video demonstrates is that presenter doesn't understand and is ill equipped to demonstrate. Pathetically superficial..... and I hate to be the one saying that. Now, if only there was a similar video of Bob ...

Two acoustic guitars shipped just in bubble wrap with DPD in last couple of months - all good.

This has got me thinking about ways to improve my recorded sound. I use NI Guitar Rig and occasionally want a more ‘real’ and grungy sound. I have a Fender Blues Delux and a few different mics - has anyone here played around with using a modeller in combination with a real amp for recording purposes? ...