prowla
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I've some of that work before. As for faux relic - I think it looks stupid!
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OK - I'll bear that in mind; thanks. The Akai is just a little hand-held unit with a USB connector; I had it plugged in to the USB port next to my Yamaha USB MIDI interface. So I had 2 MIDI units plugged in to Windows USB ports, each with their own driver, but only the FI app up. (I have got DIN MIDI keyboards, but just had the Akai one in my laptop bag, so I plugged it in!)
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A quick google search and they look like a Chickenbacker to me.
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Might be that, but I think I've had items daisy-chained before; I may go back and try some more diagnosis out at some point. 🙂
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Looks like it was a Yammy or Ibby maybe, based on the headstock.
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How to connect the editor to it and get sounds out. I wasn't looking at building a sound - just how to get something at all from the editor, without twiddling knobs/sliders; maybe one of the existing sounds. Well, I had both In and Out connected (ie. computer MIDI Out connected to FI MIDI In port and computer MIDI In plugged into the FI's MIDI Out port). I tried saving one sound from the FI to file, but the editor crashed, so I didn't know if it was connecting or not (it did this every time I tried; I only specified program #1 to pull) but then I chose the option to save all programs from FI to files and that worked! Having done that, I was then able to use the +/- buttons in the editor (also left/right arrow keys) to go through the programs and control/tweak the FI settings in real-time. Yep using the Akai as a keyboard, instead of the little one at the bottom of the editor. I could play a note on the virtual keyboard and it was OK, but swapping the keyboard setting to the Akai only worked once for me. (Yes, I selected it as the Keyboard, with the FI as both Input and Output in the Preferences dialog.)
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I hope nobody pays that for it!
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Well, I plugged it into the computer today and blundered around doing stuff 'til some sounds came out. Some feedback: The manual could do with a "Hello World!" section, describing how to connect for the first time and get a sound out. The app could use an indicator that it has connected to the FI, or maybe a "Check connection" menu option. I tried using a small Akai LPK25 USB keyboard and it worked on one run of 4. (I was running it on a Windoze 10 laptop.)
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A Precision through an Ampeg SVT can sound pretty aggressive. (Mind you, anything through an Ampeg SVT can!)
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Sorry - I meant the FI! I think I missed the Behringer thing, somehow; yes, that is a MIDI controller!
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You could use a MIDI controller.
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Well, you did comment, though! 🙂
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None of them - the answer is a Rickenbacker! Playing along, though; I do like the growl of a Warwick and the MM has some welly, so I guess the answer must be the Wal!
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The neckpickup is in the right place.
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Is the ice cream maker to mix the glue?
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Darn - there's a Rickenbacker doubleneck on ebay for $20k, so I don't think I'll have any loose change left over for this one.
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I hope it turns out great! 🙂
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On a separate topic, beware that Chickenbacker bridges are being offered as Rickenbacker replacements; they are not compatible and are unsuitable for a real Ric and a 70s faker.
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It's when you use the word "identical". 🙂
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That's the reissue; the one Squire played didn't have the same tailpiece. There are 3 visual differences: two screws and the shape of the bridge saddles. (So it won't be identical...) I believe the reissue treble pickup doesn't have horseshoe magnets either. And one more thing - the screws will be slotted heads... So, you can re-finish it to look like the CS reissue, but not identical to his actual one. Oh, plus I think his had the two screw holes for the tug-bar (though the pickguard may have been replaced at some point).
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It'll need a new tailpiece, then...
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Or just the wood glue (I keep seeing the name Titebond, which I guess is a brand name for something generic) which will be used to hold on the fretboard.
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I've only got 1 Tele.
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I'm quite partial to a Strat.
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800 is too much - let that one go. I do fancy a Kay - it's a pile of junk worth <£100 (though some will try and inflate the price), but I'd like one anyway.
