rockabilly69

this the Sebatron...

Thanks I got a new preamp in the house, a Sebatron VMP2000VU, I use the 4 channel version of this in my studio, although my studio one doesn't have the VU meters. I don't think there's better multi-use tube preamp for home and project studio use. I love it on everything. All the drums you heard from my studio were through the Sebatron. And it sounds great on bass and guitars too. I recorded a cleaner and slightly longer version of this song with my Jaguar through the same mics and pre...

Congrats, and as Rich said glad it turned out great for you!

well that's a great idea!

I almost sold mine, but it was too good sounding after I put the Wolfetone pickups in it (Dr Vintage neck, Marshallhead bridge), and when I changed out the switch, I put new CTS 500K pots in , Sozo .022 cap, all new cloth pushback wire, and a switchcraft jack, so it's good to go!

Frankly, it kept me from playing that guitar!

Thanks Rich, I had a big condensor mic on in the room and when I was tapping my foot I noticed it picked up a pretty good thump from the carpeted floor And... I always tap my foot when I play Blackbird!!! BTW I posted the wrong pickup combinations, this is the right combos... Left Side position 1: neck position 2: neck and bridge In Parallel / In Phase position 3: bridge Right Side position 1: neck and bridge In Series / In Phase position 2: neck and bridge In Series / Out Of Phase position 3: neck and bridge In Parallel / Out Of Phase

A few days ago I replaced the single coil Nocaster Cavalier Holy Grail pickup in the partscaster Esquire that I built with a Seymour Duncan Billy Gibbons BG-1400. I love having a great sounding single coil sized humbucker in it, especially because it's humbucker quiet! The Nocaster Holy Grail was great sounding too, but I hated dealing with the single coil noise when recording by my computer monitor. And just last night I replaced the 5-way switch in my PRS Custom 22. I never liked that switch, as I never knew what position I was in. And grasping the 5-way switch with sweating hands while under the stage lights was a pain! Fortunately there's a company "Free-Way" that makes a great 6-way toggle switch that is fairly straight forward to install. I used model Number 3X3-08 Here's the guitar with the Free-Way switch installed... The switch has 2 banks of pickup selections. There's a left and right side of three postions each... Left Side position 1: neck pickup (coils in parallel) position 2: neck and bridge in phase (coils in parallel) position 3: bridge pickup (coils in parallel) Right Side position 1: neck and bridge (in series) position 2: neck and middle (in series) Out Of Phase position 3: neck and middle (in parallel) Out Of Phase So here's a demo of the Esquire as the rhythm guitar, and my PRS with me switching through the switch positions starting with position 1. I'm also playing bass, snapping my fingers, and I mic'd the floor so you can hear me tapping to the beat:)

congrats, nice looking combo and great sounding amp!

I just blew it up in Photoshop and that definitely looks like a crack. I would like to look it over very quickly and I would ask how that happened.

There are so many good companies that make pedal boards, power supplies, gig bags or hard cases for them etc. It's hard to give advice when we don't know what's floatin' up in your noggin. When I start building a new pedalboard, I think of the job that it is going to do, and then I build to that. I needed a very simple board as a backup for my main acoustic board just in case it goes down, and knowing I was going to use 4 pedals, it wouldn't need to be very big. So I figured I could make one from parts I got at the local home depot. I used some black paint, simple shelving, aluminum from the metal stock, and screws and handles from the fastener section. The only thing that didn't come from home depot was the rubber feet which I already had here. I power it with a one spot to the tuner. And the tuner powers everything wlse from it's convenience 500mv 9 volt DC outlet. It has all the pedals I need for my acoustic guitars that are equipped with magnetic pickups: volume, tuner, EQ, reverb and delay. The beauty of building your own board is that you can make it the exact size you need it. After I built mine, I did a google search and found a company that had a gig back that would fit it.

Well it looks great. I know that building guitars can stir up the dust, but when I looked at pictures of the old shop before the new guard came in, it just looked gloomy and a safety nightmare. And it seems to me that the quality of the new guitars coming out of Heritage has improved. I have played quite a few of the new Heritages, and I've been impressed with all but one of them (a H530 that just wouldn't intonate and the aging was way over the top).The rest of the new ones that I've played had properly cut nuts and nice fretwork, whereas all of my "golden years" needed work in those areas. And I liked that the few H150s that I played were reasonable weight, surely not boat anchors. I'm sure Heritage lost a lot of their archtop building expertise, with the retirement of Marv and Ren, but hopefully, Pete can train some of the new guys and they can rebuild their archtop line.

Man, that Eagle that Rich plays the song on at the end of the video sounded unreal. Makes me want to learn a song in that style. It has just the right balance of string to wood in the tone WOW!

In watching that video I couldn't help but notice how clean the shop looks, and the paint booth looks great.

What I know about Jazz guitar playing could fit on the head of a needle, but I love watching those Rich Severson videos. He does great demos, and gets some great tones out of those jazz boxes!

That is really a cool pic of him holding one of his creations!

After playing our first few gigs with 50 watters (Marshall Plexi and Mesa Fillmore 50) Ryan, the other guitarist, and I went down to 22 watters (Deluxe Reverb and TopHat Club Deluxe). Our stage sound is much better. It feels like it does in our rehersal room. It also made it easier for me to get a good acoustic sound on the few songs I'm playing acoustic or resonator. And people in the audience LOVED the sound. And bonus, the vocals came through even louder with less work for the soundman. Tube amps forever, screw modelers!

DanElectro Hodad MKIII Bass, and one more H357 on the stand on the far right!

The Marv Wineburst that Kuz was kind enough to send on to me... And for you blasphemers, here it is with a proper pickguard...

The only time I used to bend down during a performance to adjust fx is with volume knobs, but I've switched to a volume pedal up front. During soundcheck, I set up my pedals for the room. After that, it's just riding the volume pedal. I'm the lead singer of our band so I sure don't want to be bending down to adjust pedals. I can change the rate of the delay by tapping it in, and I only use 2 tempos on my tremolo so I change that between songs.

I would NEVER use a modeler live in my original rock band. To me, there is nothing like a wound up Fender tweed or Marshall style amp reacting to your playing. And those amp sounds are what inspire me to write the songs for my band. It's the sound of the rock and roll that I love. And, none of the amps that I use live are that heavy, especially with the cart that I keep in my car. The amps I use live are just loud enough to get a decent clean sound that works with the acoustic sound of the drums. That said, I have one pedal board for my original solo acoustic shows where I have all the songs programmed, and I use a HX Stomp for all the time delay stuff, and even some dirt, and it works fine. But I run my guitar through an acoustic amp before it goes to the PA.