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you'll need to basically disassemble the whole cab...and I'm not sure if you'll be able to salvage your marshall logo (the one I did had the logo broken already). Then once you've got the front panel, where the speakers are mounted, off, you'll see that the crillcloth is wrapped around the panel and stapled on.

Its not a big job but theres a lot of screws and most of them are at least 1.5" deep.

Remember how to wire up your speakers again, you can just pull the tabs off the terminals on the back of the drivers.

I suppose it does get a bit messey, doesn't it? And that dam cillit-bang stuff costs a fortune!

I'm committing hara-kiri right now.

And just what the FUCK is wrong with Seppuku huh? huh???

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They are also used by shite chart acts' date=' who can't sing worth a fuck, to disguise their appalling lack of ability and older "stars" who's voices are shot (e.g Cher on "Believe")[/quote']

Thats not a vocoder thats pitch correction your talking about. And the producer on that track used it creatively as an effect on certain passages of that song.

I think you'll find that most of the older "stars" still have a shitload of talent and are far less likely to need these devices than the fucking children in the charts of today.

How about powered speakers? Simple to set up, hard to damage, and you could get ones which could be tilted back as monitor wedges at practices.

The FBT Maxx series looks good, properly processed, lightweight (plastic cabs AND lightweight onboard amps) - I've heard nothing but good things. Ideal for those 80 year old backs! No crossovers or power amps to worry about hooking up. For those 'odd outdoor shows' I think you'd be better hiring for those events, this way you're guaranteed a sound tech and wont have the burden of hauling heavy equipment that can cope with outdoor situations around to the smaller shows.

+1 on the allen & heath recommendation. Although if you're mainly playing in small village halls, do you really think you need to mic up the horns? Something smaller like a WZ 16 might be sufficient if you decide to hire for the bigger events... ' something semi-decent that one of them can set it up' makes me think you'd be better amplifying only what you really have to. '32 channel desk micing everything' makes me think 'full time sound tech'.

At any rate, avoid cheap gear like behringer it will make you sad

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1679983572705279571&q=guitar

Cor, the les paul in that video doesn't half sound shit.

For that amp...

If you buy a 4 ohm cab, it should have a power handling of at least 500w

If you buy an 8 ohm cab, it should have a power handling of at least 300w.

Oops! Seems like you made a spelling mistake, I think you meant to say:

they also have a 120w behringer amp for like 150. i have that' date=' and its perfect for propping doors open if you dont have a door wedge handy[/quote']

but uh...I try to keep it under 4000 notes per second because...if I go any faster than 1000...people die. :D

"Check this aoot eef ai play any faster than that your mind will explode" :D

This vids rule!!!

"Yes...I am your new god!"

Classic! :D

The guy talks just like petrucci as well!!!

Yes em...and uh...oh this is my rack...yeah...it was...it was made for me by um...em...mister rack man...

I hope those fucking "Right Hand Left" stickers aren't still around in 3 years!!!

All over the place they are! Dang!

Check this out: http://www.myspace.com/righthand

I always thought that was a great name for a band...

"Tonight at Cafe Drummonds : FREE BEER!!!"

Think I'd get any gigs?

Dude all you need to do is like move a bunch of screws! The wires aren't even soldered to the speakers they just have metal contacts that slide on and off. New vintage 30s are only like £50 each and you can probably sell your existing ones for a decent price too! Plus, you can get marshall to send you a cab fitted with Vintage30s from the factory. Theres really no need to waste all that money on a cab! Those mesa wooden boxes are a rip!

Cor, I always feel sorry for you working soundguys, so many people just dont seem to 'get' the fact that live sound is A)not as easy as it seems, and B)expensive.

TBH I'm not even keen on the stage splitter idea, in a professional situation the recording truck will pull up with a sufficient well maintained active/transformer isolated split and give no hassle whatsoever. But I can just imagine Aberdonians turning up to gigs with some horrible behringer-esque mic splitter, causing ground loops, unbalancing the connectors, shorting the phantom power and sucking tone everywhere

To the OP - The live recording thing is a cool idea, I know someone who does this already in Aberdeen. But, considering the Moorings is all set up for this anyway, why would you want to record live anywhere else?

Incidentally, I notice that the tunnels has this big 'mackie' thing going for some reason. I dont suppose they're using one of those new Onyx desks? Because the firewire option for that desk would make multitrack recording there a breeze!

Mastering requires a mix down, not individually recorded tracks ?(

New and improved! 56,000 more ways to make your mix sound like shit in the wrong hands!

Moohaha!

Why on earth do they give you the tracks in this format???

Silly, silly, SILLY recording studio!

Obviously it is genre and style dependent.

Can you do 80s metal without lead guitar? No. It is essential and you have to have the chops to do it well!

Can you play indie without lead guitar? Of Course. I'm just not sure if you can play indie WITH lead guitar...

Pick notes harder and strum barre chords softer

I know someone who owned a boss compressor. It hardly made any difference. Go on, buy one of these: http://www.dv247.com/invt/19917, you know you want to

Aaaah, yes, dont we all

Nah, it really sounds like the Big Muff is not the pedal for you, I dont really like it either. If I were you I'd try out a boss DS-1, simply because of the rep they have amongst some of the bigger names in guitar. That particular pedal seems to be one of 'those' things that just work really well and havn't changed in years, you know, like VOX AC30s or Fender Twins or that Alesis drum module from the 80s etc.

Something like the T-twin COULD work however...in your effects loop! Well, not 'in' your effects loop, but if you plugged it into the effects return. This would essentially be bypassing your marshall preamp. You should try putting an amp modeller (properly set up!!! Disable the speaker emulation!!!) through your amp in this way, using the effects return, and see if you like that. POD2s are cheap on the 'bay, you could also try the boss amp modelling 'twin' pedal, the GT-6, the vox tonelab(meant to be good!) or even the Beh...beh...*cringe*...behringer...*spit*...v-amp.

Good luck!

What I mean is that if I put my Big Muff infront of my JCM 900' date=' I have to put the gain of the amp right down (i.e. all the way) otherwise the fuzz totally mongs up the tone.[/quote']

Sounds like you've just got the volume too high on your big muff, or maybe even the 'sustain' (should be lingo for gain) knob on your muff too high. Less is more, turn the sustain down to the minumum drive that you're happy with, then turn the volume all the way down. Now turn the gain down on your 900 to about 2-3 and increase the volume on your muff till it starts to break up, and back off a bit. You can now mess about decreasing the drive(sustain) on your muff and increasing it on your 900 to blend them together in a nice way, giving you a full sounding drive sound, or increasing the volume on your 900 and maybe decreasing the gain knob to give you more headroom if all you want to hear is the fuzz pedal unaffected by the 900. Remember that the EQ knobs will have an effect on your overall gain from your 900 also.

To darken the tone...if by darken you mean 'decrease the treble', theres a tone knob on the muff that should do just that. If you're still unhappy with the sound, I really think you need to go into BMs or RNBs, say you're looking for a distortion pedal but dont know which one and ask to try a few out. Whatever you end up buying, it wont be as expensive as that V-twin preamp, and you might find something really nice!

If you wanna get all technical a re-amp box would probably let you use your muff but get more gain from the amp...

Umm, I'm finding that post hard to understand, sorry. You're asking if you can use a preamp/pedal in front of your JCM900 to add gain OR darken the tone...to which the answer is yes...

...and you're also asking if doing so will "upset things" when you if you run a fuzz box through "it". What, do you mean "is it safe to use a preamp/overdrive pedal with a fuzz box"? Maybe its better if you tell us what exactly you're trying to do?

you could hire a van for 20 odd quid...!!

G...

What, seriously?

Whereabouts does one find such van hire bargains?

lets look at liam gallagher (oasis) the very embodiement of the 'lad' now since the man frequently states that he tries to be like lenin one must assume that he is aware of that fact and casually overlooks it. the point im trying to make is how can he be such a bigot when one of his heroes is a minority that he hates?

Haha! Good point, I like it