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    Why You Should Change Strings Often

    I change them when they get hard to slide on and/or I’m scared of getting tetanus...
    Post by: this_grackle, Dec 26, 2020 in forum: Bad Dog Cafe
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    Anyone here build a board using exclusively one brand of pedals?

    I’ve been really considering putting together an Ibanez 9-series board. I have a weird affinity for those little boxes.
    Post by: this_grackle, Dec 4, 2020 in forum: The Stomp Box
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    Looking for a single locking tuner

    Might be a bit of a long shot, but this forum might be able to come through for me, so its worth a try. My Tele took a spill the other day and...
    Thread by: this_grackle, Nov 11, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: Tele Home Depot
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    Neural DSP Quad Core, taking on Kemper?

    Oddly, I just fired up my PODxt to make sure it worked before listing it for sale, it sounded amazing, makes me wonder if this technology is...
    Post by: this_grackle, Nov 9, 2020 in forum: Modeling Amps, Plugins and Apps
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    Graham Coxon of Blur - '52 Reissue pickups

    Sorry, I cannot help, but I’m really excited to see a Blur-related post.
    Post by: this_grackle, Nov 2, 2020 in forum: Just Pickups
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    Guitar Center Possible Bankruptcy (yet again)

    They've been horrible for quite a while now. The service is awful, half the time stuff show up broken, and god help you if you want a bass amp...
    Post by: this_grackle, Oct 27, 2020 in forum: Bad Dog Cafe
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    [NAD] - Garage Score! Marshall content.

    This is somewhat true... it's not using transistors for the preamp or anything like that, but it has diode-clipping before the tube preamp, which...
    Post by: this_grackle, Oct 26, 2020 in forum: Amp Central Station
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    [NAD] - Garage Score! Marshall content.

    Congrats! I have a JCM-900 4100 "5881" that is a fantastic amp. I know the Marshall purists are always down on the 900's and especially if they...
    Post by: this_grackle, Oct 26, 2020 in forum: Amp Central Station
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    Tipping The Staff

    Bar staff have a lot of control over whether you get re-booked and how quickly you get served your drinks, you'd be a fool not to tip them well if...
    Post by: this_grackle, Oct 26, 2020 in forum: Band Wagon
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    The Head-Marr-ster Ritual

    That was better than I expected, it'd be pretty cool to see him live. I never even considered trying to play and sing Smiths songs, just assumed...
    Post by: this_grackle, Oct 22, 2020 in forum: Music to Your Ears
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    80's gear. A lament.

    I was just looking at these old Ibanez rackmount analog effect units, they are kind of like what you describe:...
    Post by: this_grackle, Oct 21, 2020 in forum: Bad Dog Cafe
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    80's gear. A lament.

    Nothing sounds like an ADA MP-1... such a classic preamp distortion tone. You'll have a hard time finding anything more "articulate" than that......
    Post by: this_grackle, Oct 21, 2020 in forum: Bad Dog Cafe
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    Ibanez FL-9 Repair Question

    Thank you again, your advice led to what seems to be a solution. For internet posterity, I’ll describe the rest of the debugging process... To...
    Post by: this_grackle, Oct 13, 2020 in forum: The Stomp Box
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    Ibanez FL-9 Repair Question

    Thanks for the tip, most of the solder joints look good, but I did notice a bunch of oxidized joints around one of the ICs. Repairing those...
    Post by: this_grackle, Oct 13, 2020 in forum: The Stomp Box