I just went through this and decided to go with personus e5 as I got several recommendations, I haven't received them yet as thomann shipping etc, but I have high hopes.

can't recommend the zoom highly enough, saved my life on tour several times.

Also just make sure you arent putting too much on your wall socket, don't have an extension in to an extension on a three way wall plug.

Not quite true. You can reset a neck by removing it and refitting it. But there is also the option of removing the back of the guitar, adjusting the neck/body angle, and then refitting the back. OK, so you have to refit the binding and then refinish. But it shows there's more than one way to skin ...

MOF wrote:

The pastie tax was very quickly U-turned.

I read that as Paiste tax and was wondering when cymbals started having their own tax.

Years gone past I have bought guitars from EU CHina and USA and paid the 4% import duty NOW they want an extra 20% VAT on top !!! This includes second hand and no matter whether its complete or in pieces as this was one way round the import duty. I can understand the logic BUT its a killer cos its ...

You have to have separate guitars if you are not doing just basic one or two different string adjustments. I love experimenting with tuning and in the weird alt rock world it almost becomes a go to. For the band I play in we have used about 20 different tunings for all the songs we have ever ...

I wouldn't worry about the bad habits so much as if you are enthusiastic about learning enough then by the time you start teaching yourself things then you immediately start to develop bad habits as you are more enthusiastic about the instrument than anything else. everyone develops bad habits and ...

Unfortunately for classical is that the only "adjustment" on a neck is a neck reset.

If you are a confident ebay user then I would just buy some reccomendations used and if they arent working for you then just sell it and get a different one especially at the moment when it isnt the easiest to audition gear. I love the AT4033 as mentioned above and on the rare occasion I use an LDC ...

Good advice, all - thank you. I like this guitar, so it's off to a luthier. good choice, dont mess with things you arent 100% confident doing and in my experience with acoustics its either going to be the neck needs an adjustment or the bridge has become worn and will have to be recut or a new one ...

Is a book the best approach for a modern six year old? (obviously only you and him are the only ones that know) as most six year olds I encounter respond better to screens and you have downloadable books etc, but maybe lessons on zoom or basic instructional videos are the way to go. I just remember ...

In this day and age I'd not worry about watts and get whatever you want 50-100 watts and then get a loadbox / IR solution so many good options out there, Universal Audio OX, Suhr Reactive Load IR, Two Notes do a few, Boss entered the game recently. I have a 120 watt Peavey I can crank that up ...

I started when tape was on its way out and it was adat unless you were in a "fancy" studio. ADAT's are painfully slow if you are using more than one machine - they can take ages to sync up. While I had a couple of them when I was running a commercial studio, much of our work remained on analogue ...

Im more annoyed* you received your order you placed after brexit as I'm still waiting for my mid december one that has been shipped. going to have to chase that up. *this wont be the case soon I'm sorry - I wasn't trying to rub your face in it, honest. If it's helpful, I placed the order on 3rd Jan ...

I use an HD24 if Im not in a studio that has a machine. I love the things and dont think ill give up on them as long as they still manufacture tape Is this the Alesis HD24? I’m not sure what you’re saying here. yep the ALesis I use that when I don't work in a studio that still has a tape machine or ...

Im more annoyed* you received your order you placed after brexit as I'm still waiting for my mid december one that has been shipped. going to have to chase that up.

*this wont be the case soon

Ehhhhh, just wait for behringer to make one :headbang: :bouncy: :roll: :clap: :headbang: That will never happen, too complex, fiddly, for Behringer, all that mechanical stuff, plus, they go wrong, warranties etc. I thought going wrong was Behringers specialty 10 years ago. as a tape person I wish ...

This has just surpassed the guitarist in an old band of mine being hauled off by Spanish customs officials for carrying a bomb on an aeroplane pedal story. it was a boss tu-2

Sam Spoons wrote:'Fluctuations in voltage surely?' but yes, I totally get that.

What I meant, just had a few beers so couldnt access my full vocabulary.

sorry if i wasnt clear, itsnothing to do with the isolation its more that the fluctuations of power in cheaper supplies are the harming aspect.

Ive had to repair a fair few high end pedals analogman, Fulltone, old ehx stuff and the like that have just been fried by cheap power supplies

as someone new to computer music would sending a signal out of your interface and through a distortion or any other effect then back in work fine or would i come up with issues. obviously im not talking about a clean boost, but im yet to find a clean boost i have tried a lot and they always impart ...

This is not something to buy cheaply unless you get a second hand bargain. I've seen so many people blow pedals by using the cheap maplin style psus. you need isolated and im not sure that anyone would want the noise from cheaper supplies. voodoo labs are always the best and the bbe supa charger can ...