|
Post by bobcarter on Dec 4, 2019 7:42:05 GMT
I've got a Donner Tutti Love (?!) Chorus, which is compact, cheap and sounds quite usable. Can be set to nice and subtle.
Delay is a Marshall Echohead, which is great but quite bulky and more options than you need for acoustic.
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on Sept 3, 2019 18:34:41 GMT
Yep, I always use a Para DI between the guitar and amp. For passive pickups, like the Fishman Neo D humbucker, which sounds great but has a weedy output, the extra gain is very handy, but even with an active pickup you get extra control and it just seems to make it sound nicer!
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on Jun 24, 2019 12:02:19 GMT
Ah! Well, since instrumental's all I do (you really wouldn't want to hear me sing), this is some of what's been brought out recently: Ocean (John Butler, a 12-minute epic that is great fun to play) Manha de Carnaval and Uma Precce (both Luiz Bonfa tunes - having a bit of a Latin phase at the moment) Sons de Carrilhões (Sound of Bells), another really fun Brazilian number Tango En Skai (Roland Dyens, keeping up the Latin theme) Mississippi Blues (Clive Carroll's arrangement of the Willie Brown tune) Middle Child (Tristan Seume, lovely picking tune) Kinvarra's Child (Adrian Legg, one of many of Adrian's tunes I have worked out over the years and love to play) Pachelbel's Canon (Trace Bundy's fun tappy version - can also be Streets of London if you prefer, as the chords are the same!) Fields of Gold (Jacques Stotzem's arrangement of the Sting tune - always seems to go down well) Jump (Eric Roche's version of the Van Halen classic) Thunderstruck (Luca Stricagnoli - haven't quite managed to pull this one off properly yet!) Sunburst (Andrew York) In The Deep and Eliza's Eyes (you can never have too many Clive Carroll tunes) Some great tunes there. I play a few of them, including 'Sunburst'. Do you have any recordings online? Jonny Thanks, Jonny. Yes, Sunburst is a terrific tune. Haven't quite managed to record a respectable version of that yet, but there's a selection of others on Spotify here
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on Jun 24, 2019 12:00:03 GMT
(you really wouldn't want to hear me sing), I have heard you sing, Bob. You are very good and you should do more of it. Your guitar playing, however, is fantastic. A joy to listen to you always. You missed Billy Jean off your list, and you shouldn't. Brilliant version. Also Superstition. Thanks Paul! Been thinking it might be time to dust off the disco numbers. They haven't made an appearance for a while!
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on Jun 20, 2019 10:22:22 GMT
Ah! Well, since instrumental's all I do (you really wouldn't want to hear me sing), this is some of what's been brought out recently:
Ocean (John Butler, a 12-minute epic that is great fun to play) Manha de Carnaval and Uma Precce (both Luiz Bonfa tunes - having a bit of a Latin phase at the moment) Sons de Carrilhões (Sound of Bells), another really fun Brazilian number Tango En Skai (Roland Dyens, keeping up the Latin theme) Mississippi Blues (Clive Carroll's arrangement of the Willie Brown tune) Middle Child (Tristan Seume, lovely picking tune) Kinvarra's Child (Adrian Legg, one of many of Adrian's tunes I have worked out over the years and love to play) Pachelbel's Canon (Trace Bundy's fun tappy version - can also be Streets of London if you prefer, as the chords are the same!) Fields of Gold (Jacques Stotzem's arrangement of the Sting tune - always seems to go down well) Jump (Eric Roche's version of the Van Halen classic) Thunderstruck (Luca Stricagnoli - haven't quite managed to pull this one off properly yet!) Sunburst (Andrew York) In The Deep and Eliza's Eyes (you can never have too many Clive Carroll tunes)
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on Apr 29, 2019 7:12:42 GMT
Wow - so it is! Haven't seen that one before. Surprised TC are making a pedal at that price (given their HoF reverb is over £100) but that could certainly be worth a look.
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on Apr 26, 2019 6:45:17 GMT
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on Jan 4, 2019 7:43:59 GMT
No experience of that one, I'm afraid, though I found a few demos on YouTube and it sounds lovely.
Probably a much more budget option that what you're after, but I've got a Vintage Roger Williams, which I think was a good buy for the price. Quite average acoustically but sounds very nice plugged in - the Fishman Ink+ isn't bad.
Good luck with your search!
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on Nov 5, 2018 17:56:23 GMT
Well, depends what you're after, but I have a little Yamaha THR5A (read review on the forum here: acousticsoundboard.co.uk/thread/2874/yamaha-thr5a-acoustic-amp ) and more recently a Fishman Loudbox Mini. I love them both but I suspect the Fishman is more what you're after. It's the old version without the rechargeable battery. I absolutely love it - fantastic compromise of portability vs power with a really appealing warmth to the sound, very musical reverb and chorus and very good value (except for the optional cover, which is overpriced and rubbish - get the shop to throw it in for free). Hope that helps!
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on Sept 19, 2018 20:59:16 GMT
I think others are talking about the same thing, but it sounds like "back buzz", that is the vibration of the string behind the fretted note between that and the nut.
While it's vibrating, touch the string behind the fret with your right hand. If the noise stops, that's what it is! I had that once and it was driving me nuts trying to figure out what it was.
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on Aug 27, 2018 18:50:49 GMT
Elixirs plus some finger lifting works for me. Weirdly I find Fast Fret makes me squeak more!
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on Jun 3, 2018 13:39:13 GMT
scorpiodog Hmm...could be a whole new sideline for you, Paul, providing accountancy services to the busking community. As I guess accepting payments like that makes it official earnings!
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on May 13, 2018 17:27:11 GMT
Coincidentally I played through one of these today for the first time ever and the sound was fantastic, the volume very good, effects excellent and the size/look was amazing. The only thing that stops me getting one is the lack of a mic channel. Otherwise a super bit of kit. Yep it's definitely not an amp if you need vocals, but for instrumental twiddlers they're great. You can put an mp3 backing track through them though, so you could record yourself singing then play along! ;-)
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on May 12, 2018 7:23:32 GMT
abztract Sorrry for delay in replying, don't check in as often as I should. Well, 4 years since that review - where did that go! But the THR5A is still going strong and getting regular use around the folk clubs, carried in the optional carry bag Yamaha do that I decided to spring for (recommended). Still absolutely love the thing. It gets regular comments (both of the sound quality and more irreverent kind - e.g. "Is that a portable heater?") and I don't understand why they are not more widely seen around. The review still stands, though I'd modify the bit about taking a line out signal from the headphone socket as that really doesn't sound that good. Still never used the Cubase it came with as that wasn't what I wanted it for. Live I've used it on bigger stages very successfully when the environment is suitable to mic it up without feedback - in noisier situations the sound guy has struggled as of course the amp is not loud. So to the question of volume. It's probably louder than you imagine from the size (apparently it's 2 x 5 =10W) but you won't find it suitable for high street busking. I have actually busked with it once, outside a quiet library. It was ok for That, but not more. Bear in mind too that there's only one input so you couldn't amplify vocals. As far as I see, the Roland Street Cube seems to be the busker' s choice, but I think there's advice on busking amps elsewhere on the forum. Hope that helps. But even if you don't busk with it, try one anyway. I love 'em!
|
|
|
Post by bobcarter on Mar 3, 2018 9:32:04 GMT
Just saw this. Sad to hear Live Music has closed. Used to buy stuff from there - from a chap called Andy I think - when I lived in Edinburgh in the early 90s.
Can't believe George at Scayles is still there - fantastic. I still have the special Hank Marvin Squier Strat he let me buy in interest free instalments (before there was such a thing at music shops) coz I was a poor student.
|
|