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Amps-Modelers
This is going to take some time to get familiar with. Get on the waiting list now though even if you decide not to get one later.
This thread started by the founder of thegearpage.net, has over 2400 posts. It is creating intense controversy at thegearpage.net between the boutique purists. The standard wisdom says that modelers aren't real. This one is pushing the limits on what is real in electric guitar authenticity.
This seems like a first to me. I've never seen a product use Wikipedia before for their documentation. There's some ground-breaking things going on here with this product.
Though the idea is not exactly my cup of tea, it is executed well and shows the potential of the unit. See the original thread here.
This one is getting a lot of attention at thegearpage.net right now. It may be the holy grail of modelers. Some are saying that it transcends modeling. Time will tell.
Amps
Really clear transparent amps that break up well. I especially appreciated the clarity of tone and that the Blackjack 21 I played did not obscure the character of the players Strat I was using at the time.
A fun project solid state amp.
Articles
How English Brass Band music traveled to India and back again
Artists
Previously unreleased pictures of Jimi playing in Sweden.
Lot's of info here about amps, guitars, and recording techniques.
Not that I'm a big fan but he know's his tone.
Brian at the PRS clinic and GC on 10/03/2008 recommended him as a very good blues player.
Known for the James Bond guitar sound. Very interesting 60's session player.
Computers
The real reason that there aren't viruses on the Mac.
Level: Beginner
This is a really fine editor with great command/macro support using the bash shell. Freeware! Other text editors include... Textmate($), BBedit($$$), Textwrangler(free), SubEthaEdit($), & Hyperedit($).
The first line editor written in the 60's is still avalable on the Mac OS X platform in a terminal shell (Unix bash). It's like learning an old Howling Wolf or Robert Johnson song. It's where we came from.
This has all the basic Unix commands and other reference material.
Download
login: ShinyMc***** sb3nm
From a TGP thread.
Effects
One of the highly recommended Germainium transistor fuzz pedals.
Some of the best pedals made. His ears are very good. They are expensive and hard to come by.
Very good sounding real reverb in a foot pedal.
Bjorn has very good ears and is an original. His fuzz is not meant to copy preexisting sounds but define a new direction.
Designed by Bjorne Juhl and made by his child company in Finland. Very good sounding. I have the Little Green Wonder and the way the overdrive comes in is perfect and very touch sensitive.
The new guitar reverb and delay pedals got the nod from my friend Steve Lindberg. His ears know. Their YouTube clips don't do it justice though.
A controversial site that tends to piss of builders over at thegearpage.net
Keyboard
A collection of songs written using the Nord keyboard products. There's some fun stuff here to listen to if you like digital synthesis.
Legal
You can also google on 'sampling laws' and get lots of hits.
Looping-Libraries
I've heard these and they work. Good balance on the kit.
Great disk to learn B3 riffs and licks from as well as for projects.
A few of the samples knocked me out. Great original groove ideas here.
MIDI
This may be relevant to the journey with the advent of the Axe-FX from Fractal Audio.
Misc
(A public service announcement)
(Clay Jones Recommends them)
Music Stores
This is where Steve Lindberg works. He had a large collection of vintage amps and boutique pedals. It could be worthwhile to take a lesson from him and determine your equipment needs while in the process.
Parts
These pickguards are made from exotic wood veneers and look great.
Everything you need for guitar or pedal electronics. They have all the substitute chips for the Tim here. See my Tim article.
Recording
This is a freeware recorder (see license) for non-profit use. It was recommended by SGNick on TGP. He knocks out demos with it and his Zoom H4. Quality appears average to good... hard to tell because recording is such an art. Worth consideration. Runs on Windows only.
This article has lots of downloadable samples as well as tables of recording time. This recorder is budget yet is packed with features and performance. Definitely great bang for the buck.
This one is the least expensive on the market but the low price doesn't mean it's cheap. It has remarkable sound for a budget field WAV/MP3 recorder. It's the one I want!
Used in the Zoom H2. This size gives lots of time even at high resolutions. There's another thing to consider with these cards--the transfer speed. Class[1,2,3] speeds are [2,4,6] Megabytes per second respectively. The higher rated cards might be worthwhile in anticipation of recorders and cameras that will need them in the future. The cost may be justified. It appears that Sandisk uses the numeric value after the Ultra tag to denote class but I'm not clear on this.
Very good recording quality for its size, weight, price.
This lame page resizes your window so don't be alarmed.
This is a great little mic for direct recording into a laptop or computer 3.5mm line in. It's an XY pattern and uses batteries (lasts 200 hours) and solves the preamp problem--you don't need one!
Reference
The new DVD for Axis: Bold as Love is very good. I recommend it!
Terms, instruments, explanation, videos... what a find!
Nice automated tab generator. Also, there's a chord generator that talks about alternate tunings in detail.
A truly amazing peice of disection here...
Is this useful? I'm not sure.
Because of legal issues, they no longer provide the tabs from their site. Nonetheless, there are foreign sites that are providing them like:
Software
from Expert Sleepers
Amp modeling done from within the computer.
Looping software for Mac.
Looping software for the PC. This is made by Sony so they have an interest to keep it on the PC; it's not available for the Mac.
One of the best computer modelers available. Recommended by thegearpage.net members and I've heard it also. Very good quality
Speakers
Located in Coeur d'Alene.
Studios
Spokane, WA
Spokane, WA
Supplies
Clay Jones recommended this non-yellowing lacquer for use on guitars. I'm thinking that yellowing may be desirable though?
You can get all the alternate chips for the Tim & Timmy here.
Very durable and sought after strings for electric guitar.
Everything for building and repairing stringed instruments!
Tubes
JJ's are distributed here. I've used them and they are good guality.
They've sort of fallen out of favor with some.
Lord Valve's official website
Mook reviews loads o' tubes
Video
A really incredible Led Zepplin - Virtual Zeppelin



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