Why hello there. Time for my first demo methinks
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Youtube must have really upped their compression recently, the close mic audio is proper squished.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:04 pm
by James
£15 pedals and no strings on your main guitar....
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GET A JOB!!!
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:13 pm
by James
I've listened through and the youtube compression really did fuck you over. I'm by no means an expert, but what format did you upload?
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:23 pm
by Reece
James wrote:£15 pedals and no strings on your main guitar....
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GET A JOB!!!
I just left my job and I'm trying to save as much as I can for uni but I couldn't resist it for £15.
I had to fix one of the pots on my jazzmaster and when I went out to buy strings they had this sitting there. Since the shop is closing down they didn't have any strings I wanted, it's half empty in there.
I uploaded a wmv, I have no idea what compression the video used but the audio used VBR at the highest quality I could set it to. I always normalise audio so it was as loud as it could be without clipping, which may have been why youtube squished it so much. I might try lowering the sound level and reupping it.
Edit: I'm uploading to google video to see how that is...
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:37 pm
by James
Re: the job situation, I'm out of a job myself and £15 is a pretty awesome deal. The battery connector thing is mostly likely an easy fix and will give it back some resale value if you ever get rid of it. Will probably cost you less than £2 for a decent new battery clip and a bit of wire.
Enough people here upload videos fairly regularly and I'm sure they'll give you some 'make the most of youtube compression' hints shortly.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:32 pm
by Mike
£15 is immense. Due to the Greenwood connection they go for between £100 and £200 on ebay.
You can still tell it sounds nice. Nicely done. PM me if you want to whack it on the shortscalegeardemos account.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:39 pm
by Mike
Really liking the song choice too, most of them are straight out of my demo songbook.
I'm going to build a clone of this soon, I'm sure someone is interested in one.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:01 pm
by robroe
do not want
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:30 pm
by finboy
Mike wrote:Really liking the song choice too, most of them are straight out of my demo songbook.
I'm going to build a clone of this soon, I'm sure someone is interested in one.
good demo
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:31 am
by Reece
Mike wrote:£15 is immense. Due to the Greenwood connection they go for between £100 and £200 on ebay.
Fuck. £100 - £200? It's a nice overdrive but I could buy like 5 nice overdrives for that much. I'll hang on to it though, shortscale dealz first if I sell it.
Also I didn't even check the battery compartment because it was all taped up. The battery connector is fine, it's just the clip that holds the battery cover in place, definately got a deal on this.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:46 am
by finboy
30 pounds jk
have fun with it, that's a hell of a deal
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:08 am
by Mike
Zaphod wrote:
Mike wrote:£15 is immense. Due to the Greenwood connection they go for between £100 and £200 on ebay.
Fuck. £100 - £200? It's a nice overdrive but I could buy like 5 nice overdrives for that much. I'll hang on to it though, shortscale dealz first if I sell it.
GREENWOOD EFFECT
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:35 am
by euan
I don't think it sells for that much anymore really.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:36 am
by Mike
Well the market is fucked at the moment.
They come up quite rarely. I think there's still a lot of fanboys out there.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:50 am
by euan
<£100 is the going rate I've seen in the last year. When in Rainbows came out it popped up to around £100 but certainly nothing like the early eBay prices.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:05 am
by Mike
Fair enough, it's not like I watch them or anything. I could build one for £50.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:31 am
by ultratwin
Sweet score although a shame about the brick wall compression, and nice to wrap things up with the Pedaloid Android.
I'm surprised the J.Greenwood armbrace hasn't caught on as an Radioheadabie accessory as much as his Shredmaster, Telecaster Plus and haircut, since it's just a stiffly trim'n'fit armsock that actually works.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:13 am
by stewart
euan wrote:<£100 is the going rate I've seen in the last year. When in Rainbows came out it popped up to around £100 but certainly nothing like the early eBay prices.
they weren't all that cheap when they first came out. if i remember correctly they were certainly upwards of £50 and that was over 10 years ago.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:25 am
by euan
i want jonnys hair.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:32 am
by Mike
I don't. He's unaware of anything happening to one side of his fucking face.
