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Absolutely! He is pretty responsive to requests on his "on" weeks. He has another job, so he basically works that job for a week, then comes back to making pedals for a week. In my few banters with him, he's been super responsive and did just come back from a cancer procedure. I got my Dirty...

The Gotoh version is really nice, I have two of them. 1) The tuners on the "fishtail" are tilted back, much like on the Edge. So, although it is not "low profile", I find it more comfortable than a typical OFR or Schaller style Floyd. 2) The saddles have beveled edges. Much like the Edge, the...

I second trying the EMG X series. The X series is pretty much the same wind on the pickups with a more refined preamp; the x preamp is turned down a notch, has more headroom, and better cleans than the original EMGs. I've got an old B.C. Rich Virgin with an EMG 81x, 60x, and SPC boost replacing...

It really depends on tuning and scale length. Most of my strings are D'addario NYXL at this point except for Elixers on my Taylor. As far as my electrics, they are as follows: 10-46 E standard 11-50 Eb 12-54 C# 13-59 BEADF#B For my seven stringers I use 10-59 on my RGDs at Bb and A, 11-64 on my...

You're in the Indy area. You should check out my Darkglass 900 v2 and Mesa 2x10 some time this spring.

But, but... but... what if the ROOM mic is really really good? Basically, the room CAN matter if you mix in the sound appropriately. At the same time, a modeled, IR, speaker compensated, etc, guitar sound can be great if mixed properly. The guy in the video is trying to say rooms don't matter...

Very nice find! Happy NGD!

My favorite way of recording guitar is either one direct or close-miced cab along with one room mic to widen the sound by capturing the room.

I have a Distortion, which has been one of my mainstays for years. Along this thread, some of what people are calling "mids" seem to be varying a lot. The Distortion has a ton of high, mid, and fairly firm low end content. The Dimebucker is great, but has an even higher resonant peak, so can get...

I mean, he is doing a demo of the Mark IIC+ modes; that amp is pretty recognized as getting great Metallica through Dream Theater style sounds. The demo gave my ears something to hear to compare the amps. They all sounded like 2C+ versions to me. There was a bit of something lacking from the...

My Eventide H969 hasn't exploded yet... My Triaxis is at least 20 years old, with the oldest component being a 1969 Mullard ECC83 in the V4 (lead 2 drive) slot, along with an RCA 5751, and a Telefunken smooth plate. My 2:Ninety is loaded with Sylvania/Philips 7581a tubes from the early...

I love it when I can cork sniff guitars and get a hint of blackberry or oak. Nothing beats the scent of a fresh PRS from Maryland. That reminds me.. I need to get my wife to go pick up the wine from her winery membership! Shit.. am I middle-aged with a home project studio? hmm.... I do expect...

I was using the 525 at 25 watts for quite a while, dropped it down to 10 watts this weekend and upped the volume and EQ a bit. I was only playing through my EarCandy 2x8 and my Recto 1x12 (Vintage 30) though. With a 4x12, you can definitely move some air with it. Still, drums are loud. No red...

I spent a significant chunk of the weekend with my 525, switching through all of the modes and a few guitars. The Crunch and Xtreme are definitely flavors a bit different than what I am used to having out of the Triaxis. Everything in the 525 plays nice with my pedals (Russian Pickle, Micro...

I always regarded the Mark IIB as an iteration of the Mark I mode pushed to the edge of clipping. The Mark II brought channel switching to the game, but I didn't think that it was much of a new sound until the IIC+. The Mark III had the separation of crunch and an even more aggressive lead than...

I just finished some Starbucks single source Columbian. It was decent, but definitely not as smoothly robust as the Jamaican Blue that I had gotten from Old Crown Coffee Roasters in Indiana. I will need to grind some more of those beans. https://www.oldcrown.com/ I know the guy who roasts the...

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I will say that all of this discussion on Mark modes made me revisit my 525's Crunch mode. I had previously left it on Fat as my preferred clean sound as it is similar to the Fat clean (rhythm green) on the Triaxis. The Crunch sounds really open and dynamic, nice and raw with the gain and mids...

It is likely that, no, the stand is not the issue. However, if you stored them in a case with a humidifier, then put them in a stand in low humidity air, that would definitely cause neck tension to change. Get a hygrometer to keep an eye on your humidity. This should show if the problem was...

My only issue with Marshall is how they spell "equalisation"--It makes me cringe. Other than that, a DSL looks like a win, especially with that pedalboard layout! Happy new amp day!