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  1. That's a great matched set. My natural ash had the early flat switches that inevitably break off. After the phase switch broke off the manager of the shop where I took lessons replaced both switches with more durable mini toggles. I ended up selling the T-40 to my bass player who just loves the thing. Fortunately he's a big guy and can tote it with no problem. I just bought it for the matched set - but since he liked it so much and let go of it. Ended up buying another T-40 for my collection, a natural '79 PAF and it's a fine bass as well. Still trying to trade him back for the set.
  2. Well, my opinion should be obvious to anyone that's seen my NGD posts of late - I've bought 2 this month. Never have I felt such a strong urge to own multiples of the same guitar, and the price made it a no-brainer to grab a second, in case it should go up in the future. It's by far the most versatile guitar I've ever played - there's just a stunning array of tones available out of one guitar. Neck concerns are valid - if you don't like a neck, you don't like a neck. I love the thin T-60 neck now that I'm used to it. As for heavy, both of mine are under 9 pounds. Brak, I do think you got one thing inaccurate in the first post - the painted ones are Poplar, not Alder, according to the good folks at the T-60 forum. Never had a Poplar axe before, but my Black T-60 sounds mighty fine... For the solid colors, Poplar is correct as far as I know. Funny - I almost bought a PAF '79 T-60 off craigslist for $250 (listed with an amp no less!) but just couldn't justify owning two, though they were different in Pups etc.. Funny because I already own way to many guitars and bought another afterwards - should have stepped on that deal
  3. Fanuv - I couldn't agree with you more. Personal preference for neck profile aside, T-60's are, IMO, the most undervalued guitars on the used market at this point. Stunning tone, creative electronics and superior build quality throughout and will last a lifetime. The T-40 basses are equally as sweet (though HEAVY). Here are mine: The T-60 was $200 and the T-40 was $100 (has since been fixed and set up), both with OHSC
  4. A couple quick and random thoughts here.... This 1/4 output - what kind of cable have you been using? A guitar cable (unbalanced)? You might want to try a balanced, TRS cable, which may or may not reduce the feedback. If the 1/4" jack is unbalanced and is meant for a regular guitar cable - The Baggs Pre-amp is an excellent idea. Stomp box style unit that is used on acoustic instruments all the time. Has parametric EQ, feedback/notch filters and a separate gain and volume structure as well as a D.I. to run a balanced mic cable to the PA. I'd bet this would fix you right up...
  5. Great thread idea Mark! In an effort to provide equal representation to the "just above entry level PA on a Stick" end of things, I'm going to post my humble little PA, as well as comment on how we arrived at owning what we now have. I'm 38. By day, I manage/sell exhibit space and event sponsorships for major Association based professional trade shows. When I'm not taking care of my wife and new baby girl, I sing lead vox and play poor rhythm guitar in two bands by night, one "party" cover band w/ some originals and another jam/roots rock band with all original material. From 2003-2005, We were running a 8 channel powered mixer (Mackie 808m then a Yorkville m1610) for vocals, bass and kick only into some Yorkville nx350's and one Yorkville ls700p via a rolls xover and having some headroom problems and channel shortages, as well as not having to mix to the guitar amps stage volume etc. Finally this year we moved the Yorky m1610 to rehearsal duties and bought a 16 channel passive board/powered speaker set up. MAJOR inprovement. My current PA is meant to provide decent and managable sound with minimal fuss to small rooms holding no more than 150-200. There are 4 of us in the cover band and this PA is pretty much used exclusively by that band. Anything bigger and we rent a whole system and techs or the venue provides. Mains: 2 x Yorkville nx55p. These are relatively new to me, and I am extremely pleased with them. They sound excellent to my ears, very clear and crisp but still smooth with plenty of SPL for my applications. They are also a breeze to haul and store in the closet I rent at my rehearsal space. Subs: 2 x Yorkville ls700p. Much like the nx55p, these are very solid bang for buck subs which can be hauled and stored with ease. One guy can carry one of these subs as they are less than 100lbs each. I find them to be a very good match for the nx55p power wise and they deliver nice bass for the classic rock/blues type music we play in rooms approximately 25' x 75' (typical Chicago tavern foorprint). Mains are telescoped on top of subs in most cases, but I can couple the subs and place tops on separate speaker stands if desired. Mixer: Peavey RQ2318 16 channel board. Reliable, light and simple to operate mixer which I purchased used for $300 including a road case and shipping. OK sounding pre's, intuitive/simple layout. Major downside is only 2 auxes for two monitor mixes. I also have a little Mackie 1202 for submixes, extra channels if needed, but I have yet to use it for this purpose. Monitors: 2 x Yorkville nx350 and 2 x EV FM1202. The nx350's used to be my mains until I bucked up for the nx55p's a few months ago. Incredibly light but seemingly sturdy speakers. Thus they are not quite as efficient as a ply cab, but we knew that going in. Very nice sounding monitors which are plenty sufficient for our uses as we really don't play that loud at all. Wish they had two speakon connectors in the back of each one for daisy chaining though. The EV FM1202's are some older 1x12 heavy ply wedges that I scored on craigslist for $75 each. Compared to the old Yamaha club IV wedges, I find them a bit more bulky but much clearer and smooth sounding. More watts RMS and better sensitivity I believe. But they are heavy and take up a lot of space. No pole mounts is another detraction. They do have 2 speakons per speaker though. Monitors are powered by one QSC EX1600 amp (which I got for $150 from the same guy who sold me the EV wedges). Given the limit of two monitor mixes, we daisy chain the speakers off of the one QSC. (2 yorkies in channel 1, 2 EV's in channel 2). The guy soild me a second one of these amps, which we use to power some EV subs he also sold me in our rehearsal room. Processing (and rack): Super basic here as this rig is my step up from the powered speaker world and I'm a newbie to outboard processing. No gates or comps etc. 6 rack heavy duty C-stock Audiopile case containing 1 dbx 223 crossover, 1 dbx 231 dual 31 band eq for FOH, 2 Rane ME30, 31 band EQ's (1 for each monitor mix), T.C. Electronics M300 FX processor (for vocals only) Cabling: All of my XLR and speaker cables come from our friend Audiopile. For XLRs, I have 2 50', 8 10', 10 20', 8 30' and few each adapters M/F to 1/4" trs as well as splitters and longer trs-trs cables. Probably have about $500 in cables alone. Excellent quality to price ratio and have been very reliable. Liz and Mark are a pleasure to deal with. I also have one of Audioeast's CMI Multi-outlet extension cord that is 50' with outlets every 10' feet. This item is solid, heavy duty 10 ro 12 guage and is invaluable for backline (and sometimes FOH speaker) power in some of the dives we play in. Black extension cords from Audioeast and a bunch of quality Tripplite power/surge strips Stands: All boom stands, short and tall for micing drums, vox, guitars etc. Some or higher end, heavy telescoping booms and others I got from MF on the 6 for $100 On Stage stand deal. I much prefer to play using booms - straight stands get in the way of my guitar. Yorkville telescoping speaker stands and Audiopile's regular tripod speaker stands. I have a SKB tube case w/ wheels to carry all the stands, which is useful to keep them tidy (but a pain to lift!) Audiopiles speaker stands are heavy but very solid and built well. The Yorky telecopes are well built but dont fit into the pole mounts as snug as I'd like. Mics: 2 x Shure Beta 57 (great mics for vocals and many instruments. I use one for my lead vox and one for my guitar amp) 2 x AKG D790 (reasonably priced mic, good hot signal, sound OK, I use them for 1 spare dynamic vocal mic and my soft singing lead guitarist) 2 x Shure sm58 (backing vox, the workhorse standard) 3 x sm57 (1 for snare, 1 for lead guitarist's amp, 1 for backup/general instrument use, guest horn etc.) Audiopile's new 6 piece drum mic kit for drums. These work very well for the price, and it's all my drummer would buck up for. We may mocve to the Audix kit when he gets more cash and keep these for sloppy outside gigs etc. I also have some condensors (2 Octava 012's, AT3035, CAD E100, 2 AKG c1000s etc.) but these pretty much stay in my rehearsal space along with our Spirt 24 channel board, Aesis HD-24, powered mixer, 2 Sonic t-15 mains, crate monitors, 2 EV subs, Audix mics, stands, cables etc.) Snakes: 1 75' 12x4 Rapco snake. Another clist buy for $100. The casing is a bit flimsy and "light feeling" but it's been OK for us so far 1 75' 8 insert snake for use to mic drum kit. CHEAP MF purchase (Jade?) and a piece of crap. I really need a 16x8 snake, but that will come later. And last but certainly not least, we have added to this rig a dedicated SOUNDMAN!! No more mixing from the stage and I can't stress enough how much more pleasurable it is to set up/ tear down and how much better we sound because of this addition. Probably the biggest improvement vs. investment we make now. So, that's about it. We're definately bereft on distro and a bunch of other areas, but for our purposes, this is the rig we plan to stay with for a while. Does a nice job for the small rooms/crowds we play in/for and for our style of music. Definately a HUGE step up in quality from our old powered mixer set up - to make a major understatement. Now everything is miced and we sound a ton better. The result? We're getting booked more often for more $$$. So we're happy for now.
  6. anyone have any idea how to get an 012 fixed? I have a matched pair of the russian ones as well, and one of them is not giving me any signal (the other one is awesome).
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