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The latest 'recent article' is May 31st. The "news" is just as old. Can't remember the last time I saw an "expert" review. And every time I visit the only things listed under "topics" are political ramblings nothing whatsoever to do with music or music gear. So when is someone gonna pull life support?

I had a late 70's FG loved it. No I didn't consider it in the same league as a Martin but it was very nice sounding. I made the stupid mistake of selling it and buying an ovation .I wanted to be able to plug in to the PA. The Ovations were in vogue at that time. But god, I learned to hate that guitar! Couldn't play it on your lap without it falling off and the piezo sounded like ass.

You have some good skills there! I have built a couple electrics in the past. But I've never even attempted an acoustic. Looking good, can't wait to see the finished product.

Google Vinnie Colaiuta, he's toured with Zappa, Sting, Herbie Hancock and as session drummer his list of albums is enormous. He has won over fifteen Drummer of the Year awards from Modern Drummer magazine's annual reader polls. These include ten awards in the "Best Overall" category.

Biggest plus for live use is control of stage volume, and mix. No more putting the drummer in a plexiglass box. And the wide variety of sounds & kits.

Why not? The Eagles has always had talented members who were quite capable and accomplished solo musicians. Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh Timothy B. Schmit, all were outstanding solo. With the Eagles it was always the whole being greater than the sum of its parts kind of thing. So I hope they continue and produced new hits. I would only hope they just don't fall into the trap of only playing the hits from their extensive back catalog. New members brings new inspiration.

A few years ago I bought the Mixing Engineers Handbook. I think I paid $10 for it used. It without a doubt made more difference in the quality of my recordings than any piece of hardware or software I have ever purchased. https://www.amazon.com/Mixing-Engineers-Handbook-Bobby-Owsinski/dp/128542087X

I use a Fishman Aural Di, it has different response models based on the body style of the guitar. It also has a feedback suppressor. It does an excellent jobs of making the guitar sound natural live without a lot of technical details. I like it for that and the fact I can change guitars nad plug in my nylon string guitar and twist a couple knobs and it sounds great. You can probably get better results by using a parametric EQ. Which is what I do when recording but for live processors like the Aural DI are hard to beat for simplicity.

Bought this pedal and I am extremely satisfied with it. I use it straight into the PA best bass pedal I have tried so far.

Try a set of P90 pickups, the single coils will give you a more defined sound and lower output. There are several quality PAF style humbuckers that will also give you a more vintage sound with lower output. I personally like Lindy Fralin pickups. One will cost the price of the guitar but that's chump change compared to the price of some boutique guitars or a Gibson LP. I have learned the hard way to never take a $2000+ guitar to a gig! Buy the best sounding pickups and electronics if needed and put them in well made cheap guitar. Then when you get that inevitable ding or scratch you brush it off a say it just adds character.

That is a basic analog synth sound, its based on multiple sine waves through an envelop filter. You can get that sound as a preset in something like arturia's analog lab https://www.arturia.com/products/analog-classics/analoglab/overview or many of those sounds are sampled in modern workstation like the Yamaha MOXF series. The other synth sound is based on a sawtooth wave and is apreggiated to the tempo. The same type sound can be found on many workstations too. In many synth heavy songs these weren't presets but were designed from scratch using filters, LFO's and Oscillators. There are synths that had a signature sounds like a oberhiem, jupiter and moog. Many modern digital synths have classic recreactions of these synths. But here is the rub, you can't get the exact sound of an Electronica guy like Mitch Murder because he creates these sounds. You can get darn close using your own ear and tweeking them your self. Unless your in the studio or he tells you your not going to get that exact sounds even on the same equipment. He most probably did it on a modular type synth. If you want to learn how different sounds are created here is an excellent resource: https://web.archive.org/web/20160403115835/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm

This 100 percent, buy the best sounding full range amp you can find. One made for providing a clear, undistorted full range sound. IE, an acoustic amp, keyboard amp or portable PA speaker with internal mixer. And get a Line 6 or whatever brand you prefer pedal and plug into that with your electric. Depending on the PA the band uses use could also skip the amplification and plug directly into the PA with the pedal board and a DI or in some cases directly with your acoustic. The caveat about going directly into the PA is if others aren't doing it and your band doesn't have multiple monitors each with its own mix you can easily annoy some of the other band members if they can't hear themselves because all they hear is you coming through the monitors. These pedal boards make it it easy to play multiple Instruments. In one band I play multiple instruments. The band is a trio just me, an acoustic/electric guitarist and a drummer. For this band I often need to fill up the sound with whatever is needed for the song. I use a small mixer (Yamaha MG10XU) between all my gear and the PA. I have a Line6 HD500 pedal board into the mixer, I use it with my electric. I also have a bass that goes through a preamp into the mixer. I plug my acoustic through a Fishman DI into the mixer and I plug my keyboard into the mixer. For both guitars and bass I use wireless units (Line 6) to keep from tripping over cables! The mixer allows me to plug the aux out into a powered speaker and adjust the monitor level for each instrument right on stage near me without having to go over to the PA board. Juggling multiple instruments can be a real pain in the rear. But I like playing with these guys they are very laid back (and help me load in and out!) and the result makes it possible to play songs that cannot be done without multiple instruments. This way I can do a laid back James Taylor, a power trio ZZ-Top or a Synth Heavy 80's song or even Billy Joel piano man all in the same set. Since I don't carry multiple heavy amps the biggest things for me are the 88 key board and bench. I can get all my stuff in the back of my jeep easily.

Except that while the arranger is close, its not quite right. Especially when changing chords, I watched your videos and when changing chords there isn't a smooth transition. Especially when the arranger starts to play a fill and then mid fill you change chords. Humans anticipate the chord changes, computers don't.