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So I'm gonna actually do something I don't do all that often. Upload things. I've got a bunch of songs that I'm more than likely not going to finish, either because I lost interest or just never got around to finishing them. Two out of this bunch I do plan on finishing at some point, but Cubase is throwing a shit fit on my desktop right now and although I have it installed on my laptop as well, most of the VSTs/Amp sims I use aren't and I don't feel like installing all of them, in hopes I can just get it to work on my desktop.
I've got a few acoustic pieces I also want to record, one of which I started experimenting with mic placement already before Cubase borked. I actually have several pieces I'd like to get recorded and it'd be nice to get some acoustic stuff on here, as I've never showcased any, probably because I don't think I've even actually done a lot of acoustic originals up until about 2 months ago. Been playing a lot of acoustic lately actually, it's weird. But good. It's more than likely due to the fact that my head is in the shop, and they don't really know what it's doing.
Oh ya, I should probably mention that I bought a head. It's a 1971 Traynor YSR-1 and it is bad ass. It's just too bad it's doing weirdness. I took it in once before right after I bought it. Turns out the previous owner(s) had seemingly gone onto google and typed in mods to do to it and fucked up a lot of stuff that didn't need fucking with. So I had my tech bring it back to stock, with the exception of the master volume mod, (the only mod done correctly) and the "Marshall mod" to the first channel. Gives it a bit more bite. Well after it sat unused and not hooked up after a band jam, oh ya, I'm starting a band, I'll mention that too, it started to do it's current weirdness. Basically, when I bridge the first and second channels and turn either volume above 2, it makes an awful high pitched filter sweep-esque noise you can dial in by changing the volume and the reverb conked out on it. At first, if I played really hard and suddenly, the reverb would cause the amp to make a huge buzzing BBZZZZRRRTTTT noise, but then it just stopped working all together. It's been in this shop this second time since the second weekend of October, so I'm kinda getting antsy about it, but my tech isn't charging me, so that's good at least.
I've also got two other little projects going on, one for well over a year, the other somewhat more recently. Basically I'm building another guitar, just waiting for it to be painted. I tried doing it myself but I am inept with paint, unless it's like little doodles, but I couldn't produce the technique/look I was going for, so I'm having a friend of a friend try out. I bought the body months and months before I went travelling, so it's been almost two years since I started things. It's a Kramer Baretta with the banana headstock, Floyd Rose and will be painted to look like snow leopard fur, hence why I can't achieve the realism I'm after.
The other project is I'm retrofitting a set of old organ pedals with a MIDI controller keyboard to make a Moog Taurus-like contraption, but it's MIDI so I can do whatever I want with it. Just finishing that up, probably start building the contact switches for it tomorrow, then solder it up in the next few days. If I actually get my lazy ass to work on it, it might be done in the not so distant future.
TL;DR
So yes, in short; songs a coming (tomorrow, I'm too tired right now), I have a new amp, (bitchin', but broken), and I'm starting a band, (slowly, but surely), buildin' stuff, (taking forever).
Yup.
So I'm gonna actually do something I don't do all that often. Upload things. I've got a bunch of songs that I'm more than likely not going to finish, either because I lost interest or just never got around to finishing them. Two out of this bunch I do plan on finishing at some point, but Cubase is throwing a shit fit on my desktop right now and although I have it installed on my laptop as well, most of the VSTs/Amp sims I use aren't and I don't feel like installing all of them, in hopes I can just get it to work on my desktop.
I've got a few acoustic pieces I also want to record, one of which I started experimenting with mic placement already before Cubase borked. I actually have several pieces I'd like to get recorded and it'd be nice to get some acoustic stuff on here, as I've never showcased any, probably because I don't think I've even actually done a lot of acoustic originals up until about 2 months ago. Been playing a lot of acoustic lately actually, it's weird. But good. It's more than likely due to the fact that my head is in the shop, and they don't really know what it's doing.
Oh ya, I should probably mention that I bought a head. It's a 1971 Traynor YSR-1 and it is bad ass. It's just too bad it's doing weirdness. I took it in once before right after I bought it. Turns out the previous owner(s) had seemingly gone onto google and typed in mods to do to it and fucked up a lot of stuff that didn't need fucking with. So I had my tech bring it back to stock, with the exception of the master volume mod, (the only mod done correctly) and the "Marshall mod" to the first channel. Gives it a bit more bite. Well after it sat unused and not hooked up after a band jam, oh ya, I'm starting a band, I'll mention that too, it started to do it's current weirdness. Basically, when I bridge the first and second channels and turn either volume above 2, it makes an awful high pitched filter sweep-esque noise you can dial in by changing the volume and the reverb conked out on it. At first, if I played really hard and suddenly, the reverb would cause the amp to make a huge buzzing BBZZZZRRRTTTT noise, but then it just stopped working all together. It's been in this shop this second time since the second weekend of October, so I'm kinda getting antsy about it, but my tech isn't charging me, so that's good at least.
I've also got two other little projects going on, one for well over a year, the other somewhat more recently. Basically I'm building another guitar, just waiting for it to be painted. I tried doing it myself but I am inept with paint, unless it's like little doodles, but I couldn't produce the technique/look I was going for, so I'm having a friend of a friend try out. I bought the body months and months before I went travelling, so it's been almost two years since I started things. It's a Kramer Baretta with the banana headstock, Floyd Rose and will be painted to look like snow leopard fur, hence why I can't achieve the realism I'm after.
The other project is I'm retrofitting a set of old organ pedals with a MIDI controller keyboard to make a Moog Taurus-like contraption, but it's MIDI so I can do whatever I want with it. Just finishing that up, probably start building the contact switches for it tomorrow, then solder it up in the next few days. If I actually get my lazy ass to work on it, it might be done in the not so distant future.
TL;DR
So yes, in short; songs a coming (tomorrow, I'm too tired right now), I have a new amp, (bitchin', but broken), and I'm starting a band, (slowly, but surely), buildin' stuff, (taking forever).
Yup.
Apparently it's a ghost in the machine type thing, where he'll think he's located the trouble spot, but then it'll spring back up. It only ever does it if I've got the two channels bridged. Separately they work fine, even when dialing the other up to 10, where it will usually bleed into the other channel. The reverb is probably an easy fixed, and probably already fixed, it's just this crossover whine it does. Maybe your bro has some thought on it.
There's also a cab on craigslist I was eyeing up that has a single vintage 15" JBL K130, but I haven't been able to find too much about them. It's $200 though, so I may buy it just cause haha. Here it is http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/v.....051603356.html