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This is probably more indicative of our live sound, same gal doing the filming. I never looked better than I do in this video ;)

Y'know, it occurs to me I don't play clean much, it was hard to find another song - haha



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Quote from: Harley Hexxe on April 17, 2024, 04:52:49 PM
If that was recorded with the camera mic, then I need to find a camera like that!

That sounds awesome.

+1  :thumb-up:

If that was recorded with the camera mic, then I need to find a camera like that!

That sounds awesome.

They do, and I slide them into the back of my Jeep sometimes, which is carpeted. My pedalboard has a lost a couple feet that way too, until I got some of those low profile feets.

That guy walking around the band during the whole song was our sound man, Brian. He's responsible for the great mix. We always used in-ear-monitors in that band, so it always sounded good in our heads regardless of what the FOH sounded like.

Pretty sure that video was recorded with a DSLR camera on a pole (we had a regular 'fan' come to a LOT of shows with that, gave us great ammo for getting more gigs).

I cannot play without a wristband, something about the feel of my sweaty arm on the top of the guitar. Once I started wearing one, I was hooked.

That Vee is an Epiphone '58 reissue Korina. I am very tempted to get another Epiphone Vee this year....why? They are coming out with a Purple Metallic! (and a blue metallic, and I think a red one too). They'll only be available through AMS and they are on my radar  :banana:

You have to be careful not to drag those rubber feet though, they get torn up pretty easily.

Richard.

First let me say this so there is no confusion, the effects in the GP-10 are typical Boss pedal effects quality. I wouldn't waste time doing A/B comparisons with my rack gear because it's not even close. Think of comparing a Boss pedal like the CE-2 with the chorus in your MP-2. Are they close? Not even in a thunderstorm.

This does do some modelled guitar sounds with certain synth combinations as I mentioned earlier, and these guitar tones actually get in the way of the overall sound when I have my actual guitar tone mixed in, or split to a separate amp. I'll need to edit that out. The reason being is because with the modelled guitar tones it's set to one sound, one pickup, one voice.  Switching pickups on my guitar does not change the sound of the modelled guitar. I suppose in a limited number of situations that might be a good thing, but for the most part, it gets in the way. These guitar sounds only come into play when I have the 13-pin din cable connected.

I would need to use the 13-pin cable if I wanted to do alternate tunings, or simulated capo tunings and then the guitar works like a normal guitar, meaning it isn't modelled, just processed. Listening to it by itself, I can hear a bit of a difference from the original guitar tone, but in a live mix, I think that would be hidden a bit more.

Speaking of a journey, last night I was trying a couple more guitars in the GP-10. I tried the seafoam green one in it, and it definitely comes through with it's own personality. That one is a perfect guitar if you want to cop SRV or Eric Johnson tones. Definitely a Texas Blues guitar, so that didn't last too long. Then I picked out my 1983 '57 RI Strat and took that for a ride, and I think I'm the one who went on a ride instead...right back down to the early eighties again and this time I was having a blast playing I Want A New Drug, and Working For a Living by Huey Lewis and the News. I was in the "Crunch 2" preset with the boost and chorus w/delay effect added and I was nailing those tones to the wall! That was so much fun because I haven't played those songs since 1986. I think both of my 1983 Fender guitars might be the best ones out of all of them. The crunch tone was definitely there, but with a lot of clarity and articulation. This tells me that there a lot of possibilities with this pedal to get some really useful live tones. It has good clean tones, and it has good crunch and distortion tones, so that's a start.

  As we both said, I may not be able to get away from the hybrid rig concept to get good articulation between the guitar and synth tones. That could happen with a very small rack that has an extra power amp and one of my Rane SM-26 mixers in it. Send two feeds to the guitar cabs and two feeds to the synth cabs with level and panning control for each. Oh well...there went the fly rig idea  :facepalm:

Dante,

Yes, I did notice the cabs on the wall and wondered if those were yours, I wasn't sure.

It did sound good though, certainly a good mix  :thumb-up:

So I've come up with an idea (I expect it's not new  :dunno: ), that instead of trying to cover the speakers with a grille of some sort to protect them.  I was contemplating making (or getting made) a cover so they are protected in transport.  So while pondering that idea, I though, what if I can find a travel suitcase (cloth version with 2 wheels, not 4) that it fits in?  The one I have is just a bit small, I need 670 x 470 x 310 inside the case.  So it seems this idea may work out as there are plenty bigger than mine.  And if I can fit the MXC, Exp pedal etc. in the front zip pouches  .  If I have a cover made, I still have to carry it (and it's on the heavy side (like all good speakers should be).  But, if I can fit it in a wheely case with a handle...  Anyway my ex has a case almost the right size and she wants a new one with the 4 wheels.  I'm hoping it works out (it's 450 wide but soft sided and I need 470 wide) apart from that it will fit fine.  Work in progress LoL.

Holey crap batman, these speakers just get better and better as they settle in.  At first, the MP-2 clean sounds were just melting me, so good.  Initially bridge PU dirty wasn't quite floating my boat as much. But they have come on like a storm .  Just fished a rehearsal with the rig and all the sounds were just amazing. And I haven't changed the patches at all. So B200s set on 1 o'clock. Vol pedal ~1/2 (which is the MP-2 main out vol), well we are in my lounge room.  The great thng about that is my neighbours ask me to tun it up, go figure (Wayne's world, party time..). 

So now I'm seriously contemplating changing out all the Celestions in my ADA Slant Split Stacks for the Lorantz 75 w 12"s (https://www.lorantz.com.au/loudspeaker-products/loud-speakers/12-inch-guitar/ac304u75-mi-12-inch-guitar/).  So I have the 100w variant (https://www.lorantz.com.au/loudspeaker-products/loud-speakers/12-inch-guitar/ac304u100-mi-12-inch-guitar/), while I don't know the shipping cost to OS (e.g. US) at $207 and $216 AUD ($133 USD and $139 USD respectively) is not outrageous.  And these are the best guitar speakers I've ever used.  So if you want something a bit special, that sounds "way better (IMHO)" than the competition, order a pair and try them out.  I can categorically say/report, you won't be disappointed.