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by samuelcotterall
Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:10 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Orange Squeezer, anyone?
Replies: 12
Views: 4574

I’ve been thinking about making one of these for a while, since I noticed that Geoff Farina from Karate has one on his pedalboard.

Let us know how it turns out.
by samuelcotterall
Sun Dec 12, 2010 11:59 am
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Do you favor neck pickups or bridge pickups?
Replies: 63
Views: 13411

I use the neck pickup in my Dot because the selector switch has been pretty intermittent for about six months, but it stays in the neck position without any problems—I kinda’ EQ everything to make the middle pickup on a Strat sound a little thinner, so the neck pickup in my Dot still cuts throug...
by samuelcotterall
Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:13 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: shortscale photography thread.
Replies: 1030
Views: 321941

Carpathian mountains. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_m0hu3j7-SKM/TINwhQn7uYI/AAAAAAAACc4/e-_kXYyJggc/20100829-20100829-DSC_0341.jpg http://lh3.ggpht.com/_m0hu3j7-SKM/TINwkutVHgI/AAAAAAAACdQ/W34IoKgClYE/s720/20100829-20100829-DSC_0347.jpg http://lh4.ggpht.com/_m0hu3j7-SKM/TINwcchHhBI/AAAAAAAACcQ/sCiJDVeMYqo/...
by samuelcotterall
Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:37 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Practice amp.... Orange????
Replies: 34
Views: 7564

I have a Vox Pathfinder 15. it is very much “for the win�.

However, I think it sounds best when you turn it up to a level where, if you live in an apartment, your neighbours are going to complain. I tried using it with headphones, but it sounded awful, so I bought an iRig.
by samuelcotterall
Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:39 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: New Colour/Headstock '72 Deluxe Telecasters?
Replies: 39
Views: 8881

If it had the ’70s headstock I’d be *all over* that green one.
by samuelcotterall
Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:48 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Legendary Guitar/Bass Amps
Replies: 66
Views: 37349

Dingus wrote:
Dave wrote: I don't think thats the same Bandit I had - mine looked different but I thought it was a 112 - it was 60 Watts.
Image

This one?
I still have one of these. It’s mega.
by samuelcotterall
Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:12 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Melt banana
Replies: 14
Views: 7037

Holy shit: they were awesome.

I haven’t danced like that since I was fourteen.
by samuelcotterall
Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:15 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Melt banana
Replies: 14
Views: 7037

Great find.

I’m going to see Melt Banana tomorrow night. It’s going to be mega.
by samuelcotterall
Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:50 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: how do you create your pedalboard?
Replies: 49
Views: 11259

When I was young and stupid I used to put as many pedals as I had power and patch cables for on my board, but now I have a pedal turned on maybe 10% of the time.

I tend to arrange my board around what I might need: a distortion pedal, a Big Muff and a couple of delay pedals.
by samuelcotterall
Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:49 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: pick up issue
Replies: 14
Views: 3489

paul_ wrote:I've never owned an Epiphone where the bridge pickup hasn't stopped working due to a faulty stock 3-way, funnily enough.
Ditto.
by samuelcotterall
Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:34 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: AmpKIT
Replies: 15
Views: 7915

I bought the iRig adapter (the first I heard about AmpKit was when the guy in the store says to the other one “I hear Peavey are bringing one out but it’s a bit bigger…�) but I use it with AmpKit. I think AmpKit’s UI is much cleaner, and there is less messing around with levels and patches...
by samuelcotterall
Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:22 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: check out these airline straps
Replies: 29
Views: 9937

I'd like to avoid leather/suede if possible. Why? I've found most other materials less comfortable. Also vinyl is more likely to damage the guitar's finish if your worried about that. Despite not wanting to buy animal products, I, and I’m probably on my own here, don’t like the way that leather...
by samuelcotterall
Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:47 am
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Recording Video Demos with IMovie 8
Replies: 2
Views: 1919

I have no idea whether this still works with iLife, but SoundFlower used to fix this sort of stuff: http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/
by samuelcotterall
Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:36 am
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: check out these airline straps
Replies: 29
Views: 9937

Image
LINK

Leather/suede straps are whack.
by samuelcotterall
Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:30 am
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Johnny marr sig jag
Replies: 197
Views: 68770

I like Marr.

Apart from Modest Mouse, I’m not really a fan of the bands he has been in, but I like the way he thinks about the guitar. He comes across as purely about making music.
by samuelcotterall
Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:30 pm
Forum: Playing Technique, Theory, Recording Tips, and Talk
Topic: How low do you sling your guitar?
Replies: 49
Views: 32710

Normally a comfortable waist height (the next pickup being about where my belt buckle is) but recently I’ve been playing more technical, single-note, stuff and using my girlfriend’s old Yamaha strat, which I find myself playing much higher. It’s nice. You get to attack the strings for a differ...
by samuelcotterall
Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:41 am
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: What can you tell me about the Peavey Bandit 112 amp?
Replies: 34
Views: 19873

I love my Transtube. I bought the one in the first picture (the “Sheffield� one) when I was eighteen because I wanted something loud enough to play a small venue with but small enough to fit in my bandmate’s Morris Minor along with the rest of our gear. I just set it super-clean never worried ...
by samuelcotterall
Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:00 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: amplitube irig
Replies: 225
Views: 75495

I’ve had my iRig for a month or so now and I’m quite impressed with it. The default amp sounds like those really cheap Marshall transistor amps that I’ve never been able to get a bright enough sound out of, but the Twin-esque add-on is pretty close to the sound I like. I don’t like the fact ...
by samuelcotterall
Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:53 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: The stupidest clock in a stompbox I've ever seen
Replies: 29
Views: 6144

Ankhanu wrote:I don't know what you guys are shittin' about... this is easily the best clock in a foot pedal I've EVER seen.
This.
by samuelcotterall
Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:11 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Pixies Gear?
Replies: 17
Views: 7566