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  1. chocol8

    bedroom vol, cranked sound?

    The best solution is to put the "a" cab on top of the "b" cab and then stand 6+ feet away.
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    Backing Tracks During Live Shows

    Yes, the same bands that use them on stage tend to use them in the studio. Bands that do a lot of splicing also use click tracks and quantizing so that the tempo is exactly the same between every take to make it easier to drop a bunch of snips into one track. Bands that record live as an...
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    Backing Tracks During Live Shows

    I am very much against click tracks and backing tracks. I can stream your songs if I wanted all the studio BS. Live, I want to see music influenced by emotion of the moment and with some room for improvisation and interaction between the musicians on stage and also between the musicians and the...
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    How to restring your guitar

    I just put a few wraps on. No special tricks, over under or locking whatever. Never had a string slip. I think locking tuners and various methods of locking the strings found online are all solutions for a problem that doesn't exist.
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    Capacitor from overdrive pot wiper to ground?

    I would guess it was done that way out of laziness, not a conscious tone shaping decision. I think they probably just stuck it there to keep the fizz down.
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    bedroom vol, cranked sound?

    foam ear plugs for you, CPAP for her!
  7. chocol8

    Capacitor from overdrive pot wiper to ground?

    The opposite. It removes high frequencies from the signal. It is a cheap and easy, but otherwise odd way to do it.
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    bedroom vol, cranked sound?

    If you can solder, a DIY reactive load and a cheap low wattage clean power amp will be affordable and better than any cheap or mid-priced attenuators, except for a reactive one you build yourself (see the DIY attenuator thread on this forum). Cost effective attenuators are not actually cost...
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    bedroom vol, cranked sound?

    With a good reactive load and reamping solution, you can absolutely nail the tone. As in, if you record two takes, one loud and the other a low volume, then level match them, the recordings will sound the same. The problem is, it won’t sound or feel the same to the guitarist standing in the...
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    If you could offer only ONE piece of advice....

    You need less gain than you think you do.
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    Are used Gibson Les Pauls Currently Overpriced?

    Buy a quality clone. You can get a better guitar for less money. If it has a good neck, you can drop in good pickups and get a guitar that sounds and plays as good or better than one with Gibson on the headstock. As far as prices coming down, I expect they will plummet, but not for years. The...
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    Marshall's "Nothing Burger" @ NAMM '23

    It makes no sense for the big players to even be at NAMM anymore. They already have their dealer networks, and they can release products whenever they want and get a ton of media and social media buzz. What’s the return on their investment of going to a show and getting buried in a mix of...
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    Fractal Audio Systems is INSANE!

    The part of modeling that is furthest from the real thing is the sound of a real cab in the room. If you play a axe into a decent solid state (or hifi style tube) amp into a real cab, they sound extremely close to the real amp. You give up versatility but get great tone.
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    Marshall 1968 plexi(original) vs Marshall 1968 Plexi Clone

    Funny how different opinions are on cosmetics. For me, I want a clone to sound like the real thing, but I want it to look different. The "Marshall" head I am building now will go into a green tolexed cab whose appearance and dimensions are intentionally different from anything Marshall ever...
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    This isn’t an emulator. I think it’s a proper JCM-800 in a pedal.

    How do they do presence right if it is just the pre-amp?
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    Question regarding new delay pedal options

    I am a big fan of the analog Carbon Copy. Simple, sounds great, but doesn't do tap tempo or any of the fancy stuff you get from digital delays.
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    Marshall 1968 plexi(original) vs Marshall 1968 Plexi Clone

    I think the old pots are usually carbon traces, so like carbon comp resistors, they should be expected to drift up with time and moisture exposure.
  18. chocol8

    How to best play loud at home?

    The B cabs sound better than the A cabs. At least many people who compare them end up feeling that way.
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    The big issue when building a guitar and an amp : Potentiometers

    Order more than you need, measure them, and use the ones in your preferred range. I would say 9 out of 10 CTS pots I have purchased in the last 10 years have been within 5% let alone 10. FWIW, my last batch of 12 500k CTS pots were all between 491 and 523 with only 2 below 500. The bigger...
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    Marshall 1968 plexi(original) vs Marshall 1968 Plexi Clone

    I just buy a bunch of pots and measure them. Most of the time they are within 5% of spec but there are the occasional outliers.

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