Ignorance is bliss...

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Techdeth said:
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Id love to read your findings . It be would be great . Things like this would make others think diffent. Great for my students too . Love the idea
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It was all just a bunch of scribbles in old notebooks and stuff like that. The speaker thread I have on here is akin to how I can really have fun going all in on something. This is the last little step, but honestly, I think it was that tube going out and not my power, as the amp sounds back to 100%. I got a great deal on this as it was bundled with a really nice isolated supply I will gift to my nephew who has picked up on guitar. My other friend gifted him a beautifyl pedal board and some pedals! That kid is hooked up, as his Dad got one of my old guitars for basically nothing for him for his B-Day. Anyway, yeah, my ears pick up such minute differences in all sorts of things. Blessing/curse of having odd/imbalanced hearing as well :)
 
Techdeth said:
They are too easy
You know this
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They are so super easy, and can be affected by which tubes I have in my amp lol. I get some absolutely gorgeous harmonics as welll when using only my fingers and my thumbnail as a pick. Fun stuff. If the tubes I have in do not make a certain grinding, screaming harmonic, I gotta swap em! That's what the RCA blackplates do so damn well.
 
GuitarGuy08 said:
They are so super easy, and can be affected by which tubes I have in my amp lol. I get some absolutely gorgeous harmonics as welll when using only my fingers and my thumbnail as a pick. Fun stuff. If the tubes I have in do not make a certain grinding, screaming harmonic, I gotta swap em! That's what the RCA blackplates do so damn well.
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He was trolling me too just so you know . Buy this is great information
 
Techdeth said:
He was trolling me too just so you know . Buy this is great information
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Oh yeah I could tell, but I had to take the opportunity to say that I literally use that as my primary test. I have a certain riff that has a nassssty pinch harmonic vibrato scream on the 6th string 2nd fret (Eb standard tuning)
 
GuitarGuy08 said:
Oh yeah I could tell, but I had to take the opportunity to say that I literally use that as my primary test. I have a certain riff that has a nassssty pinch harmonic vibrato scream on the 6th string 2nd fret (Eb standard tuning)
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I’d love to read your stuff man
 
Techdeth said:
I’d love to read your stuff man
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Yeah Don't really have all of those notes anymore. I mean, my buddy mayyy have all of the capacitance notes for difference makes and manufacturers of cables and stuff but not many of the comments were recorded down - just hours of A/B testing and recordings in some scenarios, which I no longer have. I will definitely try to record the results, because....why not? I do see that with a Furman AC215 the voltage fluctuates between 120-121 more quickly than without it. I am thinking a shorter/quicker cycle within the unit itself or something? So much to test and record. I need to get a gameplan and get some stuff up on YT.
 
Erock said:
upstate NY
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Are you in "real" NY or just outside the city?

I run a dehumidifier year round.
House has central air.

I hate to say it, but there isn't much open widow time in my house with guitars hanging on the wall...
 
dcburn mk.ii said:
Are you in "real" NY or just outside the city?

I run a dehumidifier year round.
House has central air.

I hate to say it, but there isn't much open widow time in my house with guitars hanging on the wall...
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North of Albany, so real NY. I have a separate room for my guitars and gear, no windows. I keep the room at a constant 72F and 42% R/H with the door closed. The rest of the house I don't care so much about, lol.
 
Erock said:
North of Albany, so real NY. I have a separate room for my guitars and gear, no windows. I keep the room at a constant 72F and 42% R/H with the door closed. The rest of the house I don't care so much about, lol.
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First, Upstate FtW! Used to live in Rochester and it jacked especially with any acoustics I had at the time.

Second, I shat on the Kemper in another thread and this is perhaps the only situation where modelers really shine. 1010101 is 1010101 anywhere and everywhere.
 
Ricky Rockhardo said:
First, Upstate FtW! Used to live in Rochester and it jacked especially with any acoustics I had at the time.

Second, I shat on the Kemper in another thread and this is perhaps the only situation where modelers really shine. 1010101 is 1010101 anywhere and everywhere.
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I lived in Watertown for a while, so I feel your pain. Between the swings in temp and humidity, nothing sounds the same day to day. Never mind the NYS duct tape and bailing twine power grid.
 
Erock said:
I lived in Watertown for a while, so I feel your pain. Between the swings in temp and humidity, nothing sounds the same day to day. Never mind the NYS duct tape and bailing twine power grid.
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Sounds like the TX power grid except we also utilize spent chewing gum, old miller lite cans, and copenhagen snuff tins to keep it all up and running.
 
GuitarGuy08 said:
Funny how so many people online will say all strings, picks, speakers, tubes, etc sound the same. Dude, I can hear a difference if I switch a cable going between my guitar and the amp, even if that's all there is.

I didn't even bother at looking at certain things to 'fix' frequenccy issues I had, because so many people say it would not make an audible difference.

Took me 15 years to jump my strings up a gauge and fix a certain thin treble spike I have never liked in my rig.

I have recorded and documented the differences, but have never released anything.

Guitar picks all have a different sound or plink, same with guitar string manufacturers AND gauges.

Tubes absolutely change the sound, in a very easy to hear way.

Speakers are one of the biggest impacts your tone could have. I don't have super human hearing..... why do so many people say it doesn't make a difference? Can they honestly not hear it?

In my experience, every little piece of your setup affects the way it sounds, including the way that you specifically play. You may be a hard or soft picker, etc.

Every little nuance translates into the sound somehwere.

Maybe ignorance is bliss, because then you don't go down so many rabbit holes with tone.
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I have to admit I love fooling people with my modeling pick. Don’t miss lugging around all those heavy tube picks. Getting too old for that shit.
 
Little things make a big difference. My Kemper, if the room is warmer, it sounds warmer, if the room is cooler, it sounds cooler. If the humidity is low, it sounds drier, if the humidity rises, the sound is a bit drowned.
 
Honestly, the deeper the dive, the costlier things get. I was fine just using a combo amp and my friend who’s into sound design has got me down the pedal and amp rabbit hole.
 
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