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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: modification for quiet foot-switches (2880, stereo memory man, cathedral)

« on: May 10, 2012, 12:45:24 am »

Sweet! That is pretty much what I want to do with mine! Is there enough room on that upper side for two 1/4"? I'm thinking i'd run a latch for both switches to give me silent operation.

I may have to familiarise myself with the soldering iron again to avoid some costly errors though.

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: modification for quiet foot-switches (2880, stereo memory man, cathedral)

« on: May 05, 2012, 02:10:06 pm »

I've got the same mod done on mine, Gareth. I got Martin at Coopersonic to do it for me. I wanted to have a jack out to switch both silently but instead had two quieter switches put in (only slightly quieter) and the toggle too. I got him to put a jack out for a latching pedal for the effect on/off but there's not enough room for a 1/4" so I've got an 3.5 mono jack. It works mind. Might room for one of those on the other side for the loop switch.

Still my favourite pedal.

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FIELD RECORDING / Re: Recording with the iPhone

« on: January 21, 2012, 01:05:51 pm »

Reading the blurb on the Tascam site it says you can use it with other apps so maybe that's the key.

I really like Multitrack DAW which this would be great to use with. Can certainly see it working for broadcast situations.

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FIELD RECORDING / Chris Watson / Alan Lamb program

« on: January 01, 2011, 12:00:29 pm »

Hi everyone!
Just thought I'd mention there is a program on BBC Radio 4 in the UK tomorrow 2nd January at 1330 GMT about Alan Lamb by Chris Watson . You can listen to it online and it will be available to listen on iplayer for 7 days afterwards.
All info here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x338l

Happy New Year!

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: ebow + acoustic w/under-saddle pickup ...?

« on: January 19, 2010, 01:57:41 am »

No, he was using the guitar totally acoustic - when he played with a PA they mic'd him up.

It's expensive but if you wanted to keep the acoustic tone you could try one of the Fishman Aura pedals - http://www.fishman.com/products/details.asp?id=92 - I think I'm about to shell out on one as the piezo really does my head in.

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: ebow + acoustic w/under-saddle pickup ...?

« on: January 17, 2010, 04:01:50 am »

There's a musician on my local folk music circuit that uses an Ebow and he offered various tips for obtaining a good signal. His first one was to use a sound hole pick up! Apparently, the magnets help stimulate the strings and cause more vibration. He like you thogh wasn't a big fan of the sound of that type of pick up. His solution was to use a recharageable battery that had a higher output. My understanding of this is very vague but it was something ilke a 10v output from a 9v battery. Did no harm to the unit and it certainly worked. He also suggested a compressor pedal to get things going in when using it amplified.

Hope this helps.

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: FX pedals

« on: January 15, 2010, 05:44:02 am »

I've just had the toggle switch mod done on my SMMH - it makes life a lot easier!

nice, did you do it yourself? it seems really straight forward - i just can't bring myself to do it while its still under warranty...

No chance, i'd any up destroying it with my soldering skills! Gave it to a pedal/electrics guru nearby who did an excellent job on it.

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: FX pedals

« on: January 13, 2010, 02:24:35 pm »

I've just had the toggle switch mod done on my SMMH - it makes life a lot easier!