Troubleshooting audio mixers has come up twice now so I thought I would post my thoughts and maybe it will help someone that is experiencing the problem. Sometimes there are clues to where the problem could be and all you have to do is think logical about it. An example is you have a mixing [...]
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The price tag may be a little over the top for some players but if you want the top of the line then you’ve arrived. Just look at a few of these features. First of all this guitar has a urethane body finish and satin urethane finish on the neck. This is one of the [...]
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I was reading a great article yesterday about Bo Diddley. As a young kid he was fascinated with his mom’s big tube radio. He thought to himself on many occasions there’s got to be a way to get the radio to amplify his guitar. So he started playing with the wires in the back of [...]
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Eric Johnson Video on his Fender Strats
By Gary |
Here’s a cool video with Eric Johnson and the Fender Strat line.
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Ok campers, I get quite a few questions in emails asking me about how to repair channel switching problems on newer Fender and Peaveys and such. Most of the time the actual repair is simple to an experienced bench tech but to someone sitting at home wondering if they should fix it themselves to save [...]
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How to use an Ohm Meter or Multimeter
By Gary |
Since most musicians have to use electricity to perform in one way or another, learning how to use an ohm meter or these days a multimeter, you can save time and money. And even more important you can understand your equipment better and get better use out of it. Getting started is not that hard [...]
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(Notice: The P85 is now the P95, I didn’t see a difference, I was told the sound chips are improved with a couple of voices replaced. The action was the same and the sounds were the same to me when I played one at the music store, but I didn’t check the organ and harpsichord [...]
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Fender Blues Junior
By Gary |
Here’s a good one. Special background effects. He may have skipped work and it looks like he’s skipping his laundry also. He’s got a Les Paul through a Fender Blues Junior, can’t really blame him. LOL
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1952 Fender Princeton “TV Tweed” Amp
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Here’s a demo of a very cool amp. Bare bones and really great circuit inside. The schematic for this amp is ideal for learning basic guitar amp circuity. However it’s almost mind boggling to think about all the rock and blues recordings where this amp was used.
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Kendrick Humor
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Here’s a funny video by Kendrick. What he did was push the input jack apart so the amp would hum. And then hammed it up. I’ve seen techs do this with rookies and even some more harder to detect stunts like tie a 1 ohm carbon comp resistor across the outputs of a power amp. [...]
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