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Post by b4nj0 on Jul 18, 2019 6:10:27 GMT -5
Web bots ensure some degree of legacy.
As (I think ...) SG has noted previously- it's a shame that John Aitchley blocked the snooping squiddies?
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Post by b4nj0 on Jul 16, 2019 15:48:23 GMT -5
It's a shame to think that as a result of someone's altruistic intentions an unknown number of web bots didn't have to put up with invasive advertising but there you have it...
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Post by b4nj0 on Jun 20, 2019 12:25:27 GMT -5
Thanks indeed. I once did the same for another Proboards forum only to discover that admin had to apply it and it never happened. That was the end of those dollars!
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Post by b4nj0 on May 29, 2019 5:24:01 GMT -5
Hi Guys, In a rare bit of housekeeping, I found these squirreled away on an USB connected 2Tb disk drive attached to my PC. I quickly scanned through the thread and they don't appear to show up therein. They are posted in the interests of collating whatever from wherever. I have edited this post to remove the first five images since I now believe that they came from another website, the name of which escapes me. As usual, the permanence of these images are dependent upon the vagaries of the hosting facility, fixed disk reliability and ultimately- mortality... e&oe...
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Post by b4nj0 on May 13, 2019 2:32:49 GMT -5
Not sure whether I count as an old guy but I am in my seventh decade... When I first read the questions, there was only a few I could answer, and in addition, I couldn't get all of the multi-part questions. Perhaps it was indeed too hard but there's nothing wrong with that. Since it isn't "right' to use search engines, I gave it the swerve. That doesn't mean the effort wasn't appreciated though, and I enjoy these things when not forced to do them such as in the ubiquitous "pub quiz"...
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Post by b4nj0 on May 11, 2019 8:43:59 GMT -5
I have measured my 1950s Tele bridge pickup. It's 6.6K. If there is any ageing effect I wouldn't like to guess but I imagine it'd go higher than when fresh wound? Doesn't help Newey much. It's obvious to many, but does clarify that if you judge pickups only by resistance, there's quite some disparity. e&oe...
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Post by b4nj0 on May 9, 2019 1:53:56 GMT -5
GM Newey.
It's only one man's opinion and you may not thank me but I'm pitching for a Joe Barden pickup here.
So far as the Fender pickups goes, according to Nacho's bible there isn't any difference. I have a 1955 bridge pup in a home assembled Esquire dating back to the late 1970s. Some hapless fool swapped it out for a DiMarzio back in the day and I was the right-place, right-time beneficiary. It's a good pickup but no holy grail. Again according to Nacho, on my pickup the only tangible difference I can establish is the diameter of the pole pieces which vary by a couple of thou'. This implies that mine is probably from a lap steel but I may have misinterpreted The Blackguard book?
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Post by b4nj0 on Apr 23, 2019 7:02:25 GMT -5
Well since it's St. George's Day over here, I'll wish The Forum all the best of success in the future and acknowledgement to Newey, SG, Cyn1 and JohnH for past assistance rendered, although there are in addition too many other deserving folks to list. High 5s All.
'jo.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jul 26, 2018 18:08:03 GMT -5
I get along fine with my little Microcube too, although as noticed they can flap a bit on bass notes (not as bad as a Yamaha AA5 though). It's no surprise that the Microcube sounds good through a large(r) cabinet to me- try plugging a Smokey Amp into a 2x12 and prepare to be amazed. What does surprise me is how a tiny 9v PP3 manages to shift those large voice coils and move the air. It's akin to a bee seeming to defy logic when it gets airborne.
Another unexpected thing with the Microcube is that being a digital amp, it continues to work with dry cells that will barely illuminate an LED, and only the increasing bass note distortion gives you a hint. I have never used a wall wart with mine, the battery life is so good it's not worth the trouble.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jun 2, 2018 15:55:49 GMT -5
Hey Ash, what are these? Forgive me if I've missed it, but I've read your post through three times. With the stated microphony and the slim profile, then this could be a solution to amplifying a resonator without splashing out for an NRP Hotplate? You can't beat the price either! Not many pick ups are as slim as that, certainly not at four bucks a throw.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jun 2, 2018 15:19:16 GMT -5
Well pleased to hear that you're back in the saddle C1. Kudos to GD for flagging up your absence too, although I'm sure it would have been noticed sooner or later...
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Post by b4nj0 on Jun 2, 2018 15:15:42 GMT -5
If you use an LM700 series audio output transformer for the inductor (as many eBay Varitone sellers do) you could use the centre tap to do this and would then only need the one inductor.
I like your thinking; although you can hit the same resonant frequency with different combos of L and C, the "Q" of the circuit would change (at least in theory) and it would be interesting to discover how significant that change would present itself at the ears.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jun 2, 2018 15:08:35 GMT -5
I'm a Yamaha fan boy. I have a 1978 SG2000 (and you can keep your Lesters thanks). I also have an SA2000 from 1982 and I cannot imagine that any 335 (or SA2000"s") would play or sound any sweeter.
Add to that two second series G100-112 combo amps, an all solid LS400vt Japanese hand made acoustic and an all-solid CG200 classical. Those second series G100 amps are indeed deserving of recognition. They were one of the first mos-fet amps. As an exercise, I have set up an Ibby TS808 re-issue Tube screamer through the clean channel and adjusted the distortion channel such that there's no discernable difference at all when you kick the switch, yet there are those that say the distortion channel sucks on those amps? Pffft.
I also have a Pacifica 904 and I've yet to find any S-type that plays anywhere near as well with its Warmoth compound radius neck. If it has any fault it's that it morphs over towards Gibson feel rather that the "S-type" it's clearly based upon.
I have a Digi-Stomp which is an extremely capable and surprisingly good sounding multi effects- speaker and amp simulator. It gathers dust here but that's mostly a reflection on having too much gear.
I have three AA-5 amps which are absolute dogs, so it follows that there may well be more stinkers in the Yamaha stable, but based upon my Pacifica 904, I cannot agree about Pacificas in a generalised way like that. If that's what was meant of course?
Ampeg is a tremendously respected brand. Didn't they pip Leo to the post for integrating reverb into an amp? I hope Yamaha do justice to the marque rather than just buying it to mothball and shut down competition.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jun 2, 2018 14:41:27 GMT -5
"Stainless-Steel" is a broad term. You can get what I call stainless iron which exhibits ferrous (as in magnetic) qualities all the way to "aircraft grade" (sic) Stainless-Steel like 316 (and the like) which is not magnetic.
I once loaned a pair of "Gilbow" 14" right cutting "tin snips" to a work colleague who proceeded to cut some Stainless-Steel strangle hold banding to length. He turned them into something akin to dressmakers's pinking shears. I had to return them to the makers to be re-ground at the correct 80° angle. That taught me a lesson I'll never forget. First never to lend out hand tools to idiots and secondly to find ways to work with Stainless-Steel that respects your tools. There were those I worked with that didn't care because at the end of the day it's just a tool, but everyone knew what Stainless-Steel meant. Monel was even worse.
I have two Warmoth necks- one "Strat" type and one "Tele" type, both with Stainless-Steel frets and I love them, but the "Strat" type I paid to have set up because the quarter-sawn neck didn't respond very well (as in not at all) to truss rod tweaks. I didn't tell the "luthier" that it had Stainless-Steel frets... I have fret end nippers that I would not want to use on Stainless-Steel frets without establishing the degree of chromium in the mix. Large scale drilling of Stainless-Steel resulted in more drill bit sharpening. Does anyone do that these days?
The foregoing is based on personal experience rather than science. Rather like plunging one's hands into the open wounds. It should not be taken as my version of gospel.
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Post by b4nj0 on May 8, 2018 4:35:44 GMT -5
Nice! Lively sound for home recording. Appealing and catchy material. Good guitar and bass sounds. Easy on the cymbals. All works for me.
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Post by b4nj0 on Mar 19, 2018 6:23:12 GMT -5
Love it, except for (eg) a dynamic microphone connected to a phantom powered system. There you'd have a coupling cap to block the DC so no DC continuity, but for your wonderful electric guitar KISS tech. solution it holds fast.
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Post by b4nj0 on Mar 19, 2018 6:08:45 GMT -5
The parallel value is always lower than the lowest resistor value too, but I guess that's implicit in the reciprocal calculation.
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Post by b4nj0 on Mar 19, 2018 5:32:26 GMT -5
Yamaha's "Sound Reinforcement Handbook" is my bible, and good value too if you don't splash out on the first eBay hit.
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Post by b4nj0 on Mar 6, 2018 18:50:48 GMT -5
As a follow up to my last post, after a long wait, I purchased a "SlideRig" (original full sized job, now discontinued in favour of the latest more pedal board friendly size version.) I can confirm that if the closing licks on Little Feat's "Roll 'Em Easy" on Dixie Chicken float your boat, then the SlideRig will induce a grin that will crack your face from ear to ear. I have absolutely no connection with Origin Effects etc, and offer apologies if this falls foul of any rule about linking outside The Forum.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 25, 2018 11:34:18 GMT -5
"Stoney End" by Laura Nyro, but I'm gonna have to go for Babs' cut. No peakin' at 1:58...
"Nothing Ever Happens" by Del Amitri.
"Rainy Days and Mondays" as performed by Richard and Karen Carpenter.
How did that girl sing like an angel while beating at skins?
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 23, 2018 4:33:23 GMT -5
Well yes, sort of- in so far as the Firebird has an angled switch, but you are correct. My research seems to reveal that the only difference is the relative way the tags at the end of the plates are assembled in the switch, at least with the open variants. But that doesn't contribute towards the noise problem. If and when the OP manages to exclude the preciously stated environmental variables, then we may progress a little further.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 22, 2018 11:31:13 GMT -5
Is everyone here comfortable with the wiring to the switch as shown on that SD diagram ? On my Firebird, the output to the TS socket is taken from the other side of the switch from the two pickup signal leads. On the aforementioned diagram posted, the output is taken from the lug in between the two leads from the pickups, and the middle connector sends the signal on to the jack socket.
I know that there is some variation in these switches, and also that "open" types differ from "block" types. At the end of the day, ringing out the contacts is always my first task.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 22, 2018 4:58:42 GMT -5
I live with noise like that all the time- screened cavities or otherwise! If "Best Beloved" is not in, then off go all the lamp dimmer switches. I had a similar (although maybe unrelated) "issue" with an AKG wireless guitar link. I read somewhere that the AKG cables were of poor quality so I bought a third party one from Amazoff. The goons had wired the mini XLR incorrectly and rather than fix it, I returned it for a refund. Then I made a lead up with Klotz cable and Neutrik connectors- Fixed.
Poor quality cable (insufficient braided screening) should be looked at to eliminate it. Good connectors for reliability. As well as general noise pick up (no pun) my original AKG cable was noisy when it brushed on clothes, not any more.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 20, 2018 14:10:43 GMT -5
The thing that puzzles me is that you can "like" your own posts. I frequently do this on another forum where they have a Breast Cancer charity thread. I "like" my own previous day's (collapsed) post to copy the external link for the new one. I don't think Proboards thought that one through properly?
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 20, 2018 12:56:52 GMT -5
reTrEaD is spot-on, I do occasionally forget to "unlike" my temporarily "liked" posts. Anyway, if this is to be a new feature, I will as promised "cease and desist".
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 20, 2018 9:03:22 GMT -5
This was the only forum I read that did not have the facility enabled and yes, you are correct it was only recently changed. I thought I recalled this being discussed several years ago in the context of Karma points? The "like" facility arrived with one of the Proboards "upgrades" but I concluded that the "powers that be" derided it as being too much like Facepage?
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 20, 2018 4:20:44 GMT -5
Hmmm. 'Fess up time; on my "smart" 'phone, the Android app collapses threads before my eyes before I can read them. Not always- but at least 60-odd % of the time. I can select the option to view in a browser, but I found a quick and dirty work around was to "like" a post (and frequently to have to "unlike" it again). It happens that once engrossed in the thread I forget to "unlike" the post.
Other Proboards forums have had the "like" facility available for several years and no one takes it that seriously, but if'n y'all are gonna place some kudos on such a tally then there goes my kludge fix. No biggie, but it may help to explain the occasional "like" that I've committed that didn't seem to make any sense?
Proboards have no intention of fixing the app (that I paid for) because they want to load advertisements via bandwidth paid for by me.
Their alternative is "Tapatalk" and that just hacks me off by placing ads to look like legit posts, so it's a no-no here at Hippie Towers. After a short while you get fed up with accidentally tapping on adverts.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 1, 2018 4:16:36 GMT -5
Agreed. I lost four family and friends within the last two weeks of 2017. Things can indeed only get better. Onwards and upwards says I.
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Post by b4nj0 on Dec 20, 2017 9:09:48 GMT -5
Assuming as SG has noted that they are the correct values for low impedance pick ups, one of those pots- the one marked "V" has a capacitor attached. Another switched pot has a capacitor attached. This implies two tone controls and kind of suggests to me that if those components came from the same guitar as the EMGs then one additional pot is missing? Strange that the "V" pot has a capacitor attached to a lug and not the chassis. I think this may be just a handful of likely-looking components thrown in with the EMGs for good measure?
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Post by b4nj0 on Dec 20, 2017 2:57:56 GMT -5
Ah the warm familiarity of memories! Well done for the genre JFP jnr & Co. (+1 for the SGV too).
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