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Post by Lefty on Oct 10, 2005 13:48:57 GMT -7
Two of my most favorite things ;D I finally had a chance to take her to a jam, and WOW!
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Post by greenmachine on Oct 10, 2005 14:03:24 GMT -7
Nice setup. of course I like the amp but the axe is sweet too, love white strats cause they have alot of vibe going on. Myself, I have an Olympic white one.
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Post by joekondziella on Oct 11, 2005 3:55:59 GMT -7
that would stir Jimi. Good on ya
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Post by JChance on Oct 11, 2005 8:36:52 GMT -7
Had to be like Lefty ;D JC
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Post by Lefty on Oct 11, 2005 8:56:58 GMT -7
Cool pic JC. I'm thinking my Deluxe Reverb is going to be a thing of the very close past!!
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Post by guitarman1 on Oct 12, 2005 5:51:05 GMT -7
Lefty...I can't tell if mine is male or female. How can I determine this?
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Post by guitarman1 on Oct 12, 2005 5:55:47 GMT -7
Had to be like Lefty ;D JC I noticed the "pad" that your Maz is sitting on. I assume this helps isolate it from the floor. Does this help keep objects in the room from vibrating? My wife is getting tired of me rattling her good china and making the picture frames crooked.
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Post by JChance on Oct 12, 2005 6:16:41 GMT -7
That's an Auralex Gramma. It's an isolator, but I'm not sure how much it will help with your wife's China! I use it live and in the studio, as it helps tighten up the bottom end and maintains focus. A subtle rather than drastic difference, but it is noticeable. Just helps clean things up by keeping some of those "stray" low frequencies off of the stage or floor.
JC
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Post by donnie on Oct 12, 2005 6:29:07 GMT -7
That looks exactly like my Maz Jr. JC - are those settings representative of how you usually run the amp? [and with a Strat?]
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Post by JChance on Oct 12, 2005 7:18:56 GMT -7
Those are pretty much how I set it. Same goes for my MAZ Sr with 2 12's. The difference being that the Sr seems to have a stronger reverb, so it's usually only at about 8 o'clock. Note that the master is wide open, as I always run it on both of my Z's. In a small club, I'll have the volume around 12-1:00, and if the room is a little bigger I can get it up to 2-3:00 on the Jr. Pretty much the same philosophy with the Sr. Of course, that sounds like I'm probably really loud all the time....And I am! LOL But everybody is loud in Nashville, and you can *sort of* get away with it because most of the clubs I'm in have decent PA with subs, plenty of wedges, etc. In fact, There's a big club downtown called "The Stage on Broadway," and I do Saturday nights there when I'm town. The band is so loud (and the PA is CRANKED!) that I can't even use my MAZ Jr. Even if I crank it, I can barely hear it. Last week, I took my Sr. and had the volume on about 2 o'clock, and it still wasn't dominating everything else going on. Really, that's just too damn loud...LOL
JC
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Post by Lefty on Oct 12, 2005 7:25:18 GMT -7
Lefty...I can't tell if mine is male or female. How can I determine this? Look just behind the output tranny and to the left of the rectifier...but be careful they like to kick!! ;D And it doesn't hurt to warm your hands a little first.
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Post by billyguitar on Oct 13, 2005 8:55:27 GMT -7
"Too damn loud" is one reason I quit rock and rocking blues bands. I'm 51 and after 25 years of playing loud the tinnitus gets too excited when the band is loud. In one band I used to play in about 15 years ago I used a 50 watt non-master volume Marshall 1/2 stack. I usually played it on about 7 and used an attenuator on the first click. One night I brough a Radio Shack decibel meter and put it on top of my amp. The band was doing 123db, even when I quit playing for a second. After that band I won't work with loud drummers anymore. They either learn to play quiet or they're gone. How do you get the drummer off of your porch? Pay him for the pizza! How do you get the guitar player to turn down? Put sheet music in front of him! Two bassoon players are walking down the street and they go past a bar...Well it could happen! What is the definition of perfect pitch? When you throw the accordion in the dumpster just right and it lands on the banjo already in there!
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Post by Lefty on Oct 15, 2005 16:42:13 GMT -7
I "hear" ya on bands being too darn loud. I just got an offer from a buddy of mine who is working steady in a classic rock band, and the other guitar player is using a Marshall half stack. I've turned a few guitar players away from the 120 + db playing and I'll do it again!!
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Post by charlienc on Oct 28, 2005 14:40:32 GMT -7
Well, there is such a thing as too loud... but I hate getting in a room with some people who constantly complain about the volume level. and i'm not one of those 100 watt guys either. i have a Maz 18 NR and while it can put out a nice level, it's far from being too loud.
and as far as loud drummers go... THEY SOUND THE BEST. you know someone that commands authority from their kit. i hate those drummers that just "dance" on the heads. that might be okay for jazz but not for ROCK.
so, i agree that a 100 watt Marshall is overkill, but i absolutely detest weak handed drummers.
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Post by billyguitar on Oct 29, 2005 5:43:17 GMT -7
I agree that any instrument needs a little volume to sound it's best, be it guitar, bass, drums or whatever. But volume for volume's sake is silly (but I admit fun). In the days when I was playing loud the band wasn't any louder than the music being played on breaks by the club. We would set up and do a sound check and then leave for dinner. Once I came back I would use earplugs the rest of the night. If I didn't my ears would ring loudly and the highs sounded like they were all rolled off from about 2K up for the next day or so. That my friend is hearing damage. Damage is accumulative also. If your ears ring after a gig you are accumulating hearing damage. I consider anyone on this fine forum to be a friend and a brother-in-arms. So protect your hearing around loud drummers. A good drummer can achieve a good, full sound without playing too loud. It's done every day. The volume that will compliment but not overpower an 18 watt amp is loud enough to sound good but not do much damage at all. In some clubs high volume is required but if you're in a club, or private party for that matter, and you look around while playing and see people just staring at the band but not talking, you've got a problem. If the people can't talk they don't order more drinks, the bar doesn't do good business and the band doesn't come back, the end. This is a great forum and thanks for letting me drone on a bit about a sensitive subject! Please take no offense!
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Post by charlienc on Oct 29, 2005 6:19:02 GMT -7
The volume that will compliment but not overpower an 18 watt amp is loud enough to sound good but not do much damage at all. Couldn't have said it better myself. Although I could see needing a little more headroom, like say a Maz Sr. at outdoor gigs. But I can't even imagine trying to use a Marshall stack up in some of these little bars. You must have REALLY been cranking it LoL
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Post by friendlyranger on Oct 29, 2005 15:04:54 GMT -7
In some clubs high volume is required but if you're in a club, or private party for that matter, and you look around while playing and see people just staring at the band but not talking, you've got a problem. If the people can't talk they don't order more drinks, the bar doesn't do good business and the band doesn't come back, the end. Yep, I know a band that lost all of their gigs this way. They had a drummer that was too loud and refused to accept input from anybody. So, the band went from making good money to not being able to get gigs at all, only because their drummer wouldn't cooperate. The problem, especially with regards to hearing loss, is usually the abuse of cymbals. Cymbals will destroy your hearing in a hurry.
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Post by Lefty on Oct 29, 2005 19:29:40 GMT -7
I had one that used to cuss over the mic...we had to just leave his mic on in the monitors only!! Great guy, but after a few beers he would cuss like a sailor!
And he was heavy handed too ;D
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Post by billyguitar on Oct 30, 2005 9:15:34 GMT -7
Cymbals are probably why my tinnitus sounds like locusts in the summer. Constant rimshots don't help either. Drummers are the volume control of the band. If they can't control the excitement and let themselves get too loud the whole band comes up. Next thing is you notice that you've lost your dynamics and you can't turn down because everyone else is so loud. And then you notice you can't sing softly because if you do you can't hear yourself in the monitors anymore. Out of control! A problem that isn't as noticeable but does the same thing is when the bass is too loud. Once again the noise floor is so high that you've lost your dynamics again. Man, I could go on and on (already have) on this subject!
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