Lifer

Checked it last night. With a battery it's fine so is definitely the power supply which is awesome because I love this pedal!

Thanks for the replies Maplins adjustable voltage/polarity power supply, although when I tried running it 18v that was with a Maplins 18v power supply so pretty cheap in the big scheme of things. Will try it with a battery but pretty sure it still squeals with the tuner first - SFT is always engaged as I use it as a pre-amp rather than 'effect'.

So it's not massively loud in 9v but still there and 18v is completely unuseable. It's a high pitch squeal, @9v it can only be heard when no-one's playing but still annoying! Setup is Guild B301 (passive) - CatalinBread - Boss tuner - amp Have tried it on lots of different amps, all the same. Is there a mod that can be done to the circuit or would some sort of power conditioner get rid of it? Love the pedal and would be absolutely perfect if it wasn't for the noise.

That sounds good to me, used to practise to a click in a metal band I was in years ago, set a PA speaker on fire once!

Never done the whole pre-production before and it has really helped, would recommend it to anyone. Would have saved me time and money in the past on various projects! Was inspired by the Mastodon 'making of' DVDs that they do with their albums, and they definitely get it right in the studio! Makes so much sense nowadays where I can turn up at practise with my Macbook and 828 and it's instantly a recording session. Click wise it's the little bits like the intro to Mountain Mother where there's a slight stumble from the guitarist (my little bro!) and the bass break in Biting Point which is a bit wonky that annoy the balls off me every time I hear them. As I said our drummer is in another band where he plays live to a click and when I talked to him about recording he said 'hate playing to a click but love the end result'. What I think I'll do is get a click/guide done for these three and do a dry run with just the drums before we head to the studio, if it sounds too rigid we can do it live.

Thanks for more of the comments, all useful stuff. Skol303 - Mountain Mother works for me and no-one else has reported issues, does it play for you now? 51m0n - lots of stuff to have a look at there! I'll have a play around with them tomorrow night with your suggestions in mind, makes sense to have a dry run on the mix too. I've gone back and forth between recording it live or using a click two or three times now, the rest of the band are easy either way which doesn't help!

Hi Skol glad you like! I'll have a look at Mountain Mother when I get home. Mix - wise I'm not too worried about this time round, I've been lazy on a few things that will be done properly when we record them to a click in the new year. Was just an exercise to make sure the songs worked and to try out backing vocals in the comfort of my bedroom rather than under the judgemental (and amused) gaze of my bandmates. Thanks for the input.

I've used the focusrite liquid saffire 56 and it's a nice bit of kit, you get eight inputs with nice preamps (two with a load of DSP effects on them) and lots of connectivity options. Would be overkill for most home applications though!

Thanks! All were mixed by me actually - don't think laptop speakers do justice to the bass Got to get some gigs before recording and hoping we'll be able to get some good ones with this demo.

Comments on [i]anything[/i]* welcome! Guitar and bass tones okay? More harmonies needed? Too many BVs? *to do with the songs!

Have just finished a couple of demos: [url="http://shipofgold.bandcamp.com"]http://shipofgold.bandcamp.com[/url] Recorded live in our practise room - drums recorded with 4 SM58s, bass and guitar DI'd (bass through Catalinbread SFT and guitar through POD) and vocals overdubbed with 58s again. We're hoping to record properly in the new year so just need some input re song structure and backing vocals, this is a dry run really. Will be recording to a click when the time comes (drummer plays to a click in a live post rock band he's in so not worried about losing groove) but I want to know exactly what we need to record so we don't waste any time in the studio. Any comments welcome! Enjoy

Thanks! Had to dig the snare out a bit by EQing a bus channel of the overheads, unfortunate side effect was more cymbal but it's better that way than with no snare. IMHO

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Ha ha, ta very much!

Recorded live in the practise room*, just a demo to get gigs but opinions more than welcome. www.shipofgold.bandcamp.com Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy! *Kick + 2 overheads, SM58 guitar/vocals, bass DI. Recorded and mixed in Logic.

Thanks Eric, been having a think and I reckon I'm gonna keep it battered. Frets definitely need some work though, and it's for keeps I'm all about the punch!

I've had my Guild for a couple of years now, it's a bit battered but all original (including electrics!) so I haven't done anything to it yet. Recently been thinking of getting it professionally refinished, possible fret dressing/re-fret. Just got a couple of questions; Would it be sacrilege to get it refinished in olympic white? (Currently tobacco sunburst) Any tips on the best place to get a spruce up done? (I'm in Sussex so SE/London) Thanks people!