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Post by mitchfit on Apr 10, 2024 23:12:23 GMT
PD,
OK, now i get it. even recall "glad all over" from mid 60's AM radio days. can now see it was about their cover of previous MM posting. that song was not one of my favorites either.
i had always thought they had driven the "Nancy Sinatra Expressway" route to stardom. searching them today, i learned that NO members of the band were sons of Dick Clark AKA-American Bandstand TV host. same was my long held miss-belief. at least i got one thing right today.
even a broken clock is right twice a day:
http/this_is_where/he/didn't/up=load_video+these+boots+R+made+for+walkin'/ewe/tube
:^)
mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Apr 10, 2024 18:46:23 GMT
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Post by mitchfit on Apr 10, 2024 18:27:41 GMT
leeophonic,
good stuff there. maybe Sierra and the band can lead the "Opry" to a path back home?
mtichfit
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Post by mitchfit on Apr 10, 2024 18:17:30 GMT
looked for Mr. Hallet's "WW3" lyrics to no avail. pocket watch sized non-stereo speaker in lap-top didn't allow a very close audio inspection of same.
but i did stumble on this. liked it enough to post:
mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Apr 10, 2024 17:47:43 GMT
PD,
looked up "DC5 carbon bibaxide" in a www dot search. now i get the carbon bibaxide reference, but am still clueless as to DC5 meaning. did a "DC5" search and got more hits than i could count on fingers AND toes.
something must have got lost in translation from English to Yankglish?
what's a DC5?
your admirer from afar, mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Apr 9, 2024 15:36:40 GMT
MM said, ". I am sure that both George and Geoff would have credited Les Paul with that one. "
that correction was for video content only. the echoplex began production in 1959, so the chances they were not aware is slim indeed.
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Post by mitchfit on Apr 8, 2024 23:15:11 GMT
PD & MM, many non-players can't tell bass from guit listening to a recording. on the other hand, live you can FEEL the difference in your chest: www.guitarworld.com/features/john-paul-jones-greatest-moments-with-led-zeppelinor imagine Cream without Jack Bruce. [methinks Sunshine Of Your Love played live would have been impossibly thin sounding for Clapton without Jack taking up the slack during the solo?]: another Jack that Hot Tuna would have missed sorely: and to MM's point. [PD-you know the wattage required for a bass to cut through. how did Paul keep a holllowbody Hofner from feeding back live?] rumor mill has it he picked Hofner 'cause it wouldn't look silly up side down: mitchfit PS-- not trying to detract from what a truly great engineer Geoff Emerick was, but the tape echo was a Les Paul brainstorm from the 1940's: thejhsshow.com/articles/ultimate-history-of-tape-echo
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Post by mitchfit on Apr 6, 2024 9:14:19 GMT
looked up "mola mola" 'cause i didn't get the implications. being a pisces my self, seems kinda cool to me!
i don't really care if fellow travelers call me the most derogatory name they know. if they take the time to call you at all, you have won them over. having heard your guit playing before, let it be your name.
too far away to attend, mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Apr 2, 2024 13:17:24 GMT
^^^^ brain flatulence alert!!!
the supro clone uses a 6973, not an EL84. must be olds timer's setting in. they do kinda look alike. from ten feet away.
the sun was in my eyes, and there was a tree obstructing my view.
yeah, that's what happened...i remember it clearly now.
:^)
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Post by mitchfit on Apr 1, 2024 19:42:58 GMT
could have a useful experimental application in an olde school Vox AC also? [after switching from EL34 twins used in short lived original models] would love to hear resulting impressions from one who has no monetary horse in the valve sales race.
has me wondering about a single ended EL 84 Winfield Thomas built based on the Supro Dual Tone P-P circuit without trem. and/or his "Winfield" 2X4 optional circuit with Marshallesque preamp flavoring.
also, Mark Baier once told me via email that he had gotten some surprisingly pleasant sounds from grossly miss-matched 6L6 twins he had tried in his amps.
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Post by mitchfit on Mar 31, 2024 20:26:59 GMT
leary about recommending these recently developed 6BQ5/EL84 lower powered substitutes as they don't seem to have any middle ground in the user reviews. i have never used them myself. JJ mfg valves don't have a sterling reputation in the US market either. if over-driving the preamp tubes doesn't sound that good to you, or still louder than hoped for after lowering voltage to power valve(s) perhaps one (or two) of these could help? how does it still push-pull with one leg only? JJ's claims about them: JJ Electronic has introduced an EL84 vacuum tube with a twist! The new JJ EL844 power tube provides about 25% less headroom than a traditional EL84, but can be used in any EL84 tube amp without modification to the amp. If you need less headroom for your bedroom amp consider the EL844 tube. From our review: "The EL844 does exactly what the manufacturer claims. You get all the tone of an EL84 with less volume overall. The difference doesn’t end there. Because the tube has less power to give, you end up with very nice distortion at lower volumes. I ran the Pro Jr. up to a point just at the start of audible breakup. With EL84's, the Fender Pro Jr. was loud and punchy. Switch to the EL844's and cool stuff starts to happen. At the same settings the distortion was now very nice. The EL844 adds a bit of compression so the distortion was smoother and more focused. These tubes have excellent response to pick attack. With a lighter touch you can get sparkling shimmer, dig in with the pick and you can push the tubes into overdrive." [no affiliation] www.thetubestore.com/jj-el844-low-power-el84mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Mar 31, 2024 18:20:41 GMT
would love to hear this with the entire vocal group from the album "O Brother Where Art Thou", including Norman Blake, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Fayssoux Starling, Sam Phillips, Gillian Welch [and many, many others]
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Post by mitchfit on Mar 31, 2024 2:10:41 GMT
snakehips,
it was not my intention to offend you. or anyone else for that matter. apologies if i did.
what got my dogs barking up the wrong tree was, "so you don't even need an XLR-to-XLR cable" as any other configuration seemed to imply a 3 wire to 2 wire conversion. a cure for a problem i'm not aware of.
hope you believe that i was only trying to help, not harm.
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Post by mitchfit on Mar 29, 2024 21:32:33 GMT
snakehips, the main difference between phone jacks and XLR jacks is two vs three wires. called unbalanced and balanced signal in that same order. it takes three wires to get the full signal. read--above and below the baseline. two wires will only capture one side of the baseline. if like me, you aren't a direct descendant of Albert Einstein, the math shown is of very little help. but the graphs should clearly show what's going on: digilent.com/blog/balanced-xlr-cables-explained/as far as dialing in the notch filter and fine tuning the midrange [acoustic guit main street] place the guit on a padded surface to isolate it from building/furniture vibrations. turn amp up slowly until reaching feedback threshold. then turn the notch filter until it cancels out the guit's sympathetic vibration Hz. then fine tune mids in the same way. the "acoustic chamber" of the venue and/or monitor locations will make slight variations in the guit picking up vibrations, but the instrument's sympathetic frequency will not be radically changed. hope that helps, mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Mar 28, 2024 22:23:04 GMT
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