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I have a love-hate relationship with GFS...I have ordered a number of parts from them....some have been great [bridges], some have been wonderful [Nashville toaster p-ups] and some have been deeply disappointing [guitar necks*]. Why they can't figure out how to negotiate a free shipping deal they can absorb, at least on the small parts like pots, knobs, tuners and bridges, tells me they really are not good business men, just importers of parts. *I am planning to make a large windchime out of all my unused and disappointing necks after I move.

The Reverb listings are usually a fair indication...have you looked on kiiji? To be fair, condition is everything on guitars...so if you have not spent much time on yours, we can guess the condition is close to mint. Letting it go is a 'regret'? Sorry, letting a guitar sit unused for two decades is a regret. Not learning to play after buying a decent instrument is a regret. Selling it to someone who will appreciate it should not be a regret.

is your T5 imaginary? 😉 There is the rub with most* Solid State amps...you have to 'fatten up' the guitar's tone and presence; part of that is actually just what we have come to perceive as good amplified guitar sound, based on decades of tube amp domination, hero worship, marketing and stringslinger dogma... * There are, of course some outstanding SS amps, going back to the Gibson Lab Series, the more modern take, like Quilter, and then the newer modelers like Kemper, but let's be honest, those amps have always been priced above the average weekend warrior's accessibility.

Welcome to HC, Riley! I have been touting the SA220 from the day mine arrived [like 10 years ago!], and have been ogling the SA330 for many months.

Strangely, jefe, this is a topic under discussion over in Solos & Duos.

One word for the n0oBz...earplugs...wear ear plugs...sorry...WEAR EAR PLUGS...you will thank me later...

Chris, you really should have gone deeper into the history of delay, when they built long rooms with speakers and mics they could move to different positions, closer or further from the source. to alter the delay time, and multiple mics for additional repeats...hence the term 'echo chamber'. Then some brilliant person decided they could loop tape through multiple heads...the rest you covered well. Definitely Les Paul was one of the pioneers in this..but there are others as well... Also Strymon just put out some similar articles recently...http://www.strymon.net/2014/09/15/pete-celi-premier-guitar-history-doubletracking/

I reviewed this during the Winter NAMM show in 2016, and I am glad to see Rick Keeler showed his design at summer NAMM this year, as he was sadly absent at winter NAMM 2017.

I have a couple of 'regrets', but looking back, I made the right decisions...a 1940s Slingerland 6 string banjo...sold to a friend's brother, stumbled on it again several years later at Norman's at twice what I had sold it for, but I wasn't using it, and had not touched it for years....and it paid for part of one of my kids' braces. My Rickenbacker 320 [yes, sometimes owners sell them despite the article's claim]...I was no longer doing Beatles and Byrds material, and it really wasn't getting played...paid for my alimony/Child Support one month. A '63 Fender XII...that guitar paid for itself in rentals to other guitarists....but I needed a Marshall halfstack....which was eventually stolen. My second Marshall SL100/1960A halfstack...sold to pay for baby furniture. Now truth be told, I toy with the idea of thinning my herd periodically. The cases don't all fit in the closet anymore, and there are guitars all over the house, electrics, acoustics, a/e's, basses, lap steels, ukeleles, violin, koto...and I would like to get another 12 string [and I don't know why!] What would I let go? Hmmmm...my early 70s SG, my 2002 ES135LE, the Robelli resonator...and then there are all the amps...and the pedals...and the keyboards... and...

Please, no, lead singers, at least, lead singers who do not play an instrument, should be hired only if none of the instrumentalists can sing...and then only if they have their own PA system. IMHO, of course...and based on decades of experience. The only exception: a beautiful woman with a voice like an angel who actually studied music would be acceptable...

you mean 'comment'? Apparently it was too confusing for the Poli whiners to manage, so it had to go

DE, I almost moved this over to amps, but the general attitude there has always been to push high end gear, and little to zero help on entry level, whereas we, in here, are far more accommodating...

okay, lots of questions here....easy ones first. Vox built their reputation on tube amps, and they still make them. Their solid state [sS] stuff, IMHO is decent for bedroom practice, but not playing with a band. To be clear, most of the low wattage modeling amps will sound fine in your bedroom, but will sound like bees in a tin can when playing in a large room with a drummer. Worse outdoors... A 40w SS amp wit ha 10" speaker will not keep up with a drummer. A band performance level SS amp should be a minimum of 60 watts. I would suggest you look at reverb.com for a used amp, preferably a tube amp. A 15 watt tube amp will be appreciably louder than a 40W SS amp. Sounds weird, but it is true. This amp is just about right: https://reverb.com/item/18802109-fender-super-champ-xd-2009-black Another possibility is this: https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_...RoCYqYQAvD_BwE No it is not the greatest amp, but it is a cheap Chinese clone of the venerable Fender Blues Junior [15W, 1x12], at less than half the price, and will get pretty loud. It also has a 1W switch to allow you to push the amp at low [bedroom level] volume. These are not well constructed cabinets, and they will not accept physical abuse well. Don't stand on it or it will collapse Here's the thing, all the googling and youtube demos mean nothing until you have the amp with your ax plugged into it. Go to the local music stores and try out amps, especially try tube amps you can't afford just to get a feel for what they can do [Marshall, Fender, BlackStar, Vox, etc.]. Then test all the solid state amps in your price range ....keeping in mind what I stated about SS amps wattage vs volume. Try out the Yamaha THR amps, try a Katana, try line 6, try Bugera...there are so many 'bedroom' amps out there today. There are also a plethora of relatively inexpensive 5W tube amps, but they won't stand up to a loud drummer either. What I'm saying is, get out and try every amp you can, other wise you'll know less than when you started. Another thing...the amp world will open up the more you have to spend [inorite?] Save up another c-note, and you could probably find a used Blues Junior or a SS Champion 100 for around $350.

To answer the thread title: Some...? Hey, the guy has a vision...there is nothing wrong with that. Think about the crazy stuff that sells...this guy may be on to something...who knows? Won't you feel silly if two years from now his band is opening Lollapalooza...?

fair enough...

I think we all warned you not to continue with these people...sadly, when you work with incompetent people, you get dragged down to their level by sheer force of their inabilities. Bands are almost always defined [and destroyed] by their weakest members, not the strongest. Did you at least get a 'sexual encounter' out of the singer? Because it certainly sounds like you got screwed...

there are plenty of relatively inexpensive mics on the market now that outperform the 'standard' SM58, the Beta is good , but bang for the buck, Sennheiser e835s are, IMHO, the next budget friendly live standard mic...and for the price of the Beta58, there are plenty of other good quality cardioid [and super cadioid] dynamic mics out there

friends don't let friends shop walmart...

have the boom reach across from your right [assuming you are right handed], and the music stand [actually, I would do whatever I could to avoid the music stand, if it were me. It just says' I don't know my material'] off to the left beyond the guitar's head stock [you are going to be leaning that way anyway]. I use a small 'clipboard' that clips to the mic stand, and I keep my set list [and maybe lyrics to a couple of songs I get confused on] on it. PRINT EVERYTHING BIG! Crate Acoustic 125-D should have plenty of power for an intermediate room...where it will dis-serve you is if you leave it on the floor. Those 8" speakers need elevation...you don't want 30+% of your sound dumped on the floor in front of the amp. Get an amp stand or put it on a chair. If you position the amp properly, you may not need the monitor. [one less thing to haul/set up/set/cable/tear down] Good luck!

Education isn't one of the US education system's strong suits!

actually, anyone can play your songs as long as they don't try to record and sell them.

you don't deal with Millennials very much I take it...?

either one would be enough for me to clock out...in your case, produce everything except the vocal, and then let him sing it. Period. Also, who is financing the recordings? If it is the singer, then I would just let him have his way with it so he has no one to blame but himself if it turns out less than he hoped.