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  • guitars
    Warmoth partscaster, Ibby George Benson & S521 (sold my last Hamer years ago)
  • amps
    BluGuitar Amp 1, a few cabs
  • fx
    STOLICHNAYA

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    N Cako-laki
  • Interests
    Classic metal, groovin' jazz, local gigs

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  1. I tried one when they came out, it got confused on jazz chords.
  2. Looks like a kid made it in shop class.
  3. Made this loop and took a stab at a quick improv over it this week;
  4. RIP. PS - thats the 2nd cover of that Lizzy tune I've heard lately;
  5. The "build a loop piece by piece" approach (like the Manring clip Alan posted above) was unique 20 years ago when the tech was new, but I have seen many local guys bore the room trying to do it as well as Keller Williams;
  6. I used a Ditto then a Ditto X2 on solo gigs for, jeeze, the last 8 years. The X2 has a stop button which is easier to use if a tune has a 2nd part, etc.. It has a 1/2 speed setting that I used a few times as a bassline. I agree w/ some of the above comments, it can be tricky to always loop in time correctly (esp on the last set after ~4 beers, ha), but like anything else you get better w/ practice. ~2022 I got a Joyo in a trade that had some drumbeats; I was surprised how much it added (keep in mind my solo gigs are super chill restaurant & patio "wallpaper" type gigs). But, I had to bend down, select the pattern, & tap in the tempo before looping the progression, all live. Nah. I quickly upgraded to a Boss RC-5, which had better sounding drumbeats, plus you could edit them somewhat (I typically remove the kickdrum and snare, leaving just the ride cymbal and maybe a hi-hat closing on 2 & 4; this fits much better w/ the laid back jazzy stuff I'm doing). AND, I could store the loops and use them gig after gig, no longer having to play thru the progression live 1st (& hope I hit the loop button exactly in time). So, I guess I'm playing to backing tracks, which I used to look down my nose at, but my gigs go way better this way, & I get to do more tunes too since I don't have to play thru once to set up the loop. Earlier this week I got a 2nd RC-5 and loaded all my loops in as a backup; I was reading a Boss users group and a few guys had their RC-5 go down on a gig(!). I still have my Ditto on my board so I could finish a gig, BUT that would really twist my tits and I'm doing this primarily for fun.
  7. The camstone duotone is stunning!!!!
  8. I dont see the USA, is it a slammer series? 😁
  9. I had a Roland VG8ex, which did some cool things via the hex pickup (alternate tunings, acoustic instruments, etc), and had a few good sounds (335, strat, nylon string). It had too many parameters for me, I ended up scrolling and tweaking instead of playing. I had an early Axe FX, good sounds but again, too many parameters, I ended up tweaking for days like a meth head.I replaced it w/ a Vox Tonelab (not exactly a modeler), which had decent sounds and maybe not enough parameters, ha. A few years ago I got a Pod Go, which was pretty good, basically a Helix w/ limited routing (I don't need 2 amps each w/ different FX, etc). I would buy it again if I needed that many sounds for a new project. But I dont want a new project! haha All of these except the Roland were run thru SS power amps into guitar cabs, which I think sounds better.
  10. I always loved this guitar.
  11. Oh that sunburst Duotone is stunning 😍
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