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    newb: coil tap/split coil ignorance

    One of my favorites for two humbucker guitars is to use a push-pull pot to swap the inner coils. IOW, you have your regular H1|H1+H2|H2 (LP type with a 3-way toggle), but if you pull the pot up, it swaps the inner coil of the bridge with the inner coil of the neck; they are still run in series...
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    Animals As Leaders: Home/Vehicle/Gear theft

    They are doing updates on their Facebook page. I had everything I owned except for my first guitar and a duffle of clothes (was away for the weekend) stolen while living in NYC. The girl who had the original lease blamed me (uh.. what?), and I ended up homeless for nearly two months in Jan/Feb...
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    Animals As Leaders: Home/Vehicle/Gear theft

    This is from their Facebook page. I imagine they will update with a complete list of what to look for soon. (feel free to delete, of course, if inappropriate to post here) "Hey guys. We've got some pretty terrible news to report. Upon returning home to our house in LA we discovered that we'd...
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    Why do you think people are selling their AXE IIs ??

    Yek and Scott hit it IMO. For me, were I to sell mine, it would be a matter of where I felt my limited budget is best invested. It is not a matter of some dislike of technology, tube snobbery (I own SS stuff, and love one SS amp I have owned for over 20 years), lack of understanding, reluctance...
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    Who has " sold it all" and gone AXE FX??????

    Mikey summed it up rather nicely (thank you!) :D I would hate to take up yet more space with my ramblings, but feel the question deserves some additional jabber. Also, please note, once again, I am not faulting anyone, or seeking to disparage the Axe or anything; in fact, I am honestly...
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    Who has " sold it all" and gone AXE FX??????

    I hear "differently." Not better, not worse. I am not a "tube snob." Assign whatever reasons you want, doubt my words, invalidate them, etc. For me, I have trouble with any ADC/DAC in front of an amp, be it a tube or SS amp. With the Axe, there is (additionally) something with the front input...
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    Who has " sold it all" and gone AXE FX??????

    Currently buying back amp and pedal bits. I have posted about this before. The Axe is brilliant as post-amp only for me, but it is the best at that of all I have owned/tried. IMO, you are unlikely to find many (if any) others that will post similarly here.
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    Any recommendations for PC based IR capture software?

    LMO covered it. As for decoupling... I highly suggest it. With my first run of caps when working with AlbertA, I forgot to decouple both the cab and mic stand. While this can be *fixed* to a certain extent, I would much rather build and utilize good/*proper* routines from day one. I forgot...
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    Any recommendations for PC based IR capture software?

    You can use Audacity (free) for capture if you like. My way: I use a 20sec 48k/32-bit Float log Sine Sweep. I load that onto its own mono track in Cubase (6.5 currently) in a 32bF/48k session. I set up four more mono audio tracks; one to test mic placement (input is from the mic), one to...
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    AC30 Amp Match with Clips, Pics and Presets

    Sorry, I used "on tape" in quotes as catch-all terminology for any recording medium (digital, tape). I have never found a recording to adequately represent what one hears "in the room," with the musicians/gear/etc. IMO, the only thing a recording can ever provide is an example of how something...
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    Delays on the Axe FX2

    Most popular gear has been discussed. Search is your friend. "Strymon" is a pretty unique term. "Reverb" less so, but if you are looking for specific reverb comparisons, such as if, say, Lexicon reverbs are your thing, then that type of search works well. Example: Strymon search Like ripe...
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    Question about ground plane measurement

    There are other factors in play if one intends to capture a *proper* FF IR BTW. One would be the *room* being used (walls, ceiling). Transducer size is the variable in determining how far the walls/ceiling must be, how far the mic must be to capture the influence of the cab, etc. Java's links...
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    AC30 Amp Match with Clips, Pics and Presets

    @OP: These are great. I enjoyed these enough to reply, which I told myself I would resist doing with anything tone match. These are impressive, and for an "on tape" sound, I would use these any day of the week. Kudos, well done. :D It was the attack that made it stand out for me. I was hoping...
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    Impact_Fuze

    Amazing talent, very cool song. Watching more of them now...
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    VAN HALEN 2012

    http://vimeo.com/42480835
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