From the worst microphones to the best ones, a comparison of each of the microphones that I own. It's funny, now that I have added the recordings and listened to them all side by side. You can really tell how much each different mic colors the sound. If you get to know your mi...
Last fall, I took a week off and recorded an album. Pretty much start-to-finish, soup-to-nuts (please e-mail me if you even know what that means), from the vaguest ideas to ready for mixing product. Seven days. There was a warm, sunny Saturday last summer, that I spent an hour...
I have spent the last couple of weeks recording and mixing a new album of new songs called SOUR GRAPES. The recordings utilize midi drums, bass, and keyboards with live guitars, vocals, and percussion. I am getting used to this new recording technique and tools. These recordin...
As you might know, I have been recording for about 14 years, never having very decent equipment to work with. My outlook has always been that it is better for me to have a drum set, bass, multiple guitars, mics, and a recorder, all told, spending the same amount that most musi...
Well, time flies don't it... Don't it, though. Yeah, it sure don't. I have written a couple of new songs in the last few days and have recordings up of them already. These are two to three hour recordings, nothing special, but OK. New Song: Damn TV New Song: Triangle vs. Cowbe...
Here is my nearly completed pedal board. I bought an ugly, old, stinky suitcase at Goodwill, cut up some scrap wood and started screwing. My assortment of pedals is completely ridiculous... Ranging in price from $10 to $220.00. Since I am not sure about the layout of the pedal...
OK, so I gave up on the Mega Strat project. As I said before, I am no expert when it comes to guitar wiring, but I have replaced more than a couple sets of pickups, replaced switches and pots, and did a complete rewire of my Peavey T-60 without any trouble. I haven't ever had...
I fixed the "inverted switch" problem in the original wiring diagram... bastards. http://medinaline.net/pics/megastrat-wiring-fixed.jpg I am trying to get up the nerve to get started on it right now. Wish me luck. ----------- Update: 8:35PM ------------- I installed the new 5...
OK, I finally got back to it and purchased the replacement 5 way switch and push-pull pot today, as seen below. I would just like to step back for a moment and rant about the "shopping online kills local businesses" thing. To me, it's fast, easy, and a hell of a lot cheaper to...
What was previously known as the strat with the most, the blue fender, has now been torn down for another, less radical, radical mod. I received a set of Fender Custom Shop '69 pickups for Christmas and have been trying to figure out what to do with them. I found the following...