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Some quick tricks you might already know: 1-if using a gate, put it first in the fx loop, not after-pedals-before-preamp. Dimebag used to use a Rocktron Guitar Silencer this way and was how I came across the idea. Try your gate pedal this way. 2-the EHX Hum De-Bugger pedal is freakin magic for killing mystery hum in a lot of weird scenarios, in my experience. If you use single coils for anything and tube amps live just get one and take it to all gigs. At Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago the stage is built right over a major neighborhood transformer and they tried everything under the sun to tame it. Eventually they found the EHX HDB pedal right before the input to the house backline tube amps was the magic fix. I didn’t believe it myself until the sound guy smirked and said click it off and back on… EEEEEEHHH … dead quiet. Whale Oil Beef Hooked 🤷🏼‍♂️

That is dope! And a great deal. 👍

The Chibson version is about 300 bucks, if you really want to scratch that itch cheap. Seen some on the Chibson fb group 🤷🏼‍♂️

Duuuuuuuude The one I ordered just arrived. Needed a t-shirt at the butt end to even out the pocket for a Duotone compared to a LP angled neck but Daaaaamn, it’s really sturdy, waaay lighter than wooden OHSC, I wish I bought two more.

Totally with you- I have the exact same in black and I’ve looked at this ad every day since it was posted 😂🤷🏼‍♂️

Andy Wood! He’s a monster! The Albert Lee Advanced Country Guitar video with Askold Buk is the Rosetta Stone for that stuff, I think. I’m sure you can find the videos on YT, and the book with transcriptions and supporting comments by AB is a game changer, if you’re looking to learn more of that style. 👍

That sunburst Newport 12 is Killer!

It’s FoSho an Astroverb. Or maybe just ForShow…? 😆

This is a pretty amazing song from the first Govt Mule album. The Leslie sound is actually a Korg G-4 pedal which sounds amazing. The solo at 3:30 is the OC-2 setting I was talking about: This is the other type of solo I was referring to, using the Whammy; Shane Kirsch is a really interesting dude, I think, as a horn player and a composer, and when I played with him it definitely forced me to approach things differently. Solo after 3:30 uses a WH-2 into an 99 Fulltone Fulldrive2 and a Verbzilla set to the Octave setting (like “shimmer”; delayed sound pitched up an octave to make the ambience sound big). Hope you dig!

Warren Haynes’ work on the first Govt Mule record featured the OC-2 and sounds amazing. Very important to set it so that it’s not crazy drastic (turd farting lol). But some great examples of him using the octave as a thickener for solos. It’s like Insta-balls in a power trio setting. If the new-fangled one has a vintage oc-2 setting that’s what I’d shoot for. And the best version of the whammy pedal was the WH-2, bc you could toggle between two settings; I used the One-octave up whammy setting (for synthy sounding leads), and toggled to the harmony octave down (like the Warren Haynes octave thickener setting). Used that for two records with a Synth-Funk band called “The Fuzzy Flow” led by saxophonist Shane Kirsch (ex P-Funk).

Right On! I hope you find the right one for you. And I’d love to see some others with mods or repairs; Repaired headstock? Love it. Swapped or missing pickups? Even better. I love me some Playerz! 🤷🏼‍♂️😊

Have you tried graph tech saddles? They’re a big fix for me; sound great, feel great, tune great, bend great, nearly never break.

I love Klon klones! I always pair some kind of M-style or TS with a K after. The best Klone available to my knowledge is the Mosky Silver Horse and it’s $27. Buy two!

I already have a tap tempo delay on the Flyrig I like a lot, but for syncing other fx nice to know that problems already solved. Is it possible to edit on iPad? I have several iPads I almost never use. iPad Air etc All the way back to ipad2. Could you use an iPad that’s already in a drawer as an editor and legacy device? Basically like a hard drive for patches? Maybe the tech needs a phone not an ipad to sync? Idk Tia!

Sorry for delay! Maaaaannnn, much has already been mentioned… My experience was very Spinal Tap overall haha. I did not love Ricks playing, Robin sounded very good, I had a great time. It was the Duchess county fair in upstate NY. My wife is originally from the area and wanted to go, so she actually bought the tickets. Since she was driving I traded messages with Jol Dantzig and it was nice to connect with him but did not see him that day- he has been to those fairgrounds for auto events but was not coming to that gig. The weather was cold and rainy but it’s a huge fairgrounds with large buildings of indoor dealers booths and it was fine walking around with an umbrella and wandering around the hucksters tables. I bought some sunglasses lol. The stage was nearly submerged in the inner ring of a dirt track and the audience was shuffled in the rain to either the covered stands or a couple hundred plastic lawn chairs set out front. Our seats were in the stands. Started the show with a song about starting the show, Rick and Robin looking less than limber but wearing head to toe sequins was a nice touch. Bass player Tom looked like a shaggy Lou Reed and played all downstrokes with a pick, including his mid set bass “solo”. Drummer was totally solid. The set was built on a solid hour of unrecognizable dinosaur squall and Rick Schtick; yes he changed guitars every song but the 5-neck didn’t make an appearance. Mostly Les Pauls and Explorers, two classic Hamers. He struggled to play. All power and cowboy chords played poorly and solos that were exclusively first box Pentatonic and not good. Not “cool and sloppy”, but appearing to try to sell that. Robin played solid rhythm guitar for most of the show. The one solo that would call to be melodic was “The Flame” (which RZ started solo acoustic, played in the original key and sang very well) and RN whiffed it pretty bad. My wife looked at me and said deadpan, “Rick Nielsen is not a good guitar player” and I choked on my vape for a second. 😂 They did play 4 hits: The Flame and Dream Police, and as an encore; I Want You to Want Me and Surrender. As I said, I had a good time, Robin sounded generally very good, I can’t imagine why they didn’t do any of their more popular stuff or covers, but Rick was pretty cringe. Anybody know who the drummer is on this tour and anything about the Setlists?

Eh, I don’t edit patches and depend on where they’re stored, The HX is for when I need to load Band or Song patches; this is so I can have a few different flavors of mod in the loop, nothing too demanding. For tap tempo, what do you mean per block basis?

I didn’t know about the Plethora X3 and now I’m super curious; I love tc stuff to begin with, but that looks like a crazy flexible FX loop pedal for a FlyRig pedalboard. And it comes with No Dirt options (because they assume you’ll BYO) and a F-Ton of their modulation, pitch and ambience options. I hate the HX stomp bc of the interface, the TC is wildly better for me. Apparently it’s a few years old already lol Anybody use one?

Cool! Tell us more! Do you use an interface for guitar and/or vocals? Tia

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Do you have an iPad lying around? GarageBand works on them too and the screens are bigger. Used ones are mad cheap at OWC, I have bought several and they’ve all been great with battery life, great deals. I have one set up with a 49 key usb keyboard for the wife to noodle on with piano or organ sounds from GB. You could obv use a simple setup like that (with a iRig or usb interface) for a multitrack notepad. 👍

Hey Gang! I have never seen them live and am looking forward to it. I did one show opening for RZ band about 10 years ago but I doubt he would remember and I have no continued management connection. Anybody work with their management or techs and feel like pming me? It’s a County Fair in upstate NY so the setting for the gig May make it more, or less, conducive to having extra time or positive energy lol. I don’t need a ticket or guest list, just looking to say hi and admire a guitar or two, but I can certainly also do that from a distance. For the die-hards, What do you love about the CT shows and what should I be expecting? TIA

Literally just because I set it and forget it lol, I don’t really need to mess with it once it’s on.

You can also make a “video” of a photo or logo and your song super easily. A slideshow if you’re feeling daffy, and a Lyric video if you’re ambitious. But a YT video of your song with a photo or logo will get it happenin quick. My caveman way might be to copy a logo file on top of another 20 times and make that a slideshow video with your track as the soundtrack (don’t hate, technology just hates me!) buuuuut Than any human with a phone could listen to it lol

I love that he was always cannibalizing prior technology (telephones) to make microphones and pickups! I miss Radio Shack…

Dude! I have actually replaced my tube stage amps for my ABB Tribute with a Quilter ToneBlock 202. It sounds awesome as a platform for a couple of dirt pedals and an FlyRig in front, weighs three pounds and fits in a backpack, and has more than enough power. (Now sits on the stage underneath a 1x12 Egnater cab on a tilted stand.) My backup Quilter MicroBlock 45 ($90 on Reeeverb) does not sound awesome on its own but has plenty of power (like laughably loud through a 4x12, etc), and sounds fine with two dirt pedals and a FlyRig in front. It brings into sharp contrast the positive affect in feel and tone that the later models with the Limiter and 3-band eq offer. The SBUS is a great middle ground and I am looking for an excuse to buy one…