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Does the jack need to be replaced or just reseated and resoldered on the printed circuit board?

I agree, absolutely. I think of someone dropping off a stack of poems and then sitting down at the piano and turning them into timeless musical masterpieces - sometime in the length of time it took to play through the song (according to legend). To me, that's Paul McCartney level of musical genius - especially the ability to just keep doing it for decades. When I was getting started, back in the early '70s, my piano teachers were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elton John and Carole King albums and sheet music. I remember how excited I was when I found the book with all of the songs from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

yes, things got a lot better with Bernie's contributions...

... and, not taking anything away from Bernie, it's Elton's genius that brought their wonderful collaborations to the world.

That's the kind of thing that breaks up bands - friends and collaborators end up in bitter disputes up on cripple creek.

Yes, to protect intellectual property, we've had to sabotage technology.

I also suggest looking at (and listening to) the Boss Katana. I bought the inexpensive 50 Watt model for practice and portability but now I use it for almost everything. It has several amplifier 'types' including one for acoustic and the settings can be dialed in then stored in multiple memory locations for easy recall when you switch guitars.

Ritchie Blackmore's intro to "Still I'm Sad" from the first Rainbow album...

Thank you Craig, for sharing that experience. Music has long been a way for people to connect to The Divine (regardless of what one believes that to be) and to each other.

Namaste

One of my students bought a relatively inexpensive Fender Stratocatser that turned out to be a great instrument for him. I asked him what made him choose that particular guitar and he replied "it chose me." I would have to answer your question about music the same way. It chose me. I was open to it of course but one night when I was in High School my band played a gig and something happened. I felt like I was simply holding the guitar and the music was playing me. I got "out of the way " as a friend of mine put it and felt like I was part of something bigger. The guitar sounded good to me and I felt confident knowing I could not make a mistake. It was as if I was watching myself play stuff I didn't know I could play. After that I knew it was possible for me to play that way and made a lifelong career out of trying to understand and reproduce those "magic" moments. I felt like the regular jobs I had over the years took time away from the music so, even though I didn't want to make a job out of making music, it seemed to be a better alternative than not having enough time or energy for the pursuit. The connection to the music, when it happens, seems Divine in nature and has led to a Spiritual quest which has dictated the path of my life. Again, it chose me. There are times, however, when the connection does not seem to happen and that is when it feels like going to work - but I've learned to be able to do that in a professional manner and can always deliver a respectable performance. I always try to be the best that I can be and avoid things that may interfere with that.

would be one of those players who would miss the rhythm circuit but, with modern channel switching amplifiers and quality stomp boxes, it is not as much of an advantage as it used to be. I do like moving the toggle switch off the lower bout. I'd like to hear the pickups. I like the old JM pickups so, based on your review, I should really like the new ones. Is there much noise? Do you know if the guitar is shielded?

How is it for feedback? Did you get to try playing it loud?

Although it involves opening up the amp, replacing the linear taper 100K Reverb control with an audio taper pot can make the control seem less "sensitive." Using a lower gain driver tube as suggested, reduces the S/N in the reverb circuit making it a bit more noisy. FYI, the Reverb retrun circuit on a Fender amp is sensitive enough to plug a guitar into. Another "trick" is to bring the signal from the Reverb tank back into the amp via the Normal Channel input to gain more control over the over all sound of the reverb and take advantage of the audio taper Volume control.

That's a great idea. I can think of several applications where that could be very useful.

I have a couple of comments to make. 1. Shortly after finishing a project that involved a lot of editing in Pro Tools, I was half listening to "Inner Visions" while doing some repairs on piece of studio equipment. I heard an edit that I hadn't noticed before. For a fleeting moment I thought "I need to go back and fix that." 2. I recorded a quick demo for a singer/songwriter who was a better writer than singer and some of the vocals were a bit "pitchy." One of my musician friends had grown up and was still friends with a well known producer and sent him a couple of the better songs (without my consent). The producer's reply was a terse "The girl can't sing" and that was the end of it. The demo was about the songs but the pitchy vocals were enough of a distraction so the songs didn't get a fair listen. I realized then that there is a place for pitch correction and, had we used it on this particular project, the songs would have had a better chance.

I've noticed that a lot of guitar albums that I like were recorded by Geoff Emerick.

Does your amplifier have separate Reverb Level controls for the Clean and Drive channels? I would suggest opening the amplifier and reseating the ribbon cable connectors.

I didn't realize it was an old thread. Thanks for the update - I noticed you removed the negative feedback completely.

berl is correct both inputs #1 and #2 use switching jacks - plugging into #1 removes the shunt from across the 1Meg resistor and, with nothing plugged into #2, the two 68k resistors are in parallel resulting in an effective resistance of 34k. plugging into #2 disconnects the parallel resistance and, with nothing plugged into #2, one end of the second 68k resistor is tied to ground creating a voltage divider circuit that results in half the output voltage of the guitar going to the control grid of the first tube. this is not to say that replacing one of the 68k resistors will not increase the effective gain of input #1 - it will also decrease the gain of input #2 by changing the ratio of the voltage divider.

(I got mine from Tom Brady) cool

mother 32 - you really are a moogerfooger

I like it. I liked the Rhodes sound in Jam1 too. Is that the CP4?

Yea I thought is was nice and melodic too. I really like the recorded sound of the horn.

i slapped around a telecaster and recorded a couple of passes just for fun it starts out in the spirit of being a hair cluttered but it does come together a bit toward the end