prowla
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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.
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Well, if someone is bumping up the price of something in the hope of conning someone out of their money, then I would happily snitch on them. It's often said that you make your profit when you buy, not when you sell, so if someone has a shop and isn't making a profit then they're buying too high and it's pretty shabby charging excessive amounts to have someone else cover the cost of their mistakes. If they're charging £100+ more than it takes to buy and import from AliExpress then dob away!
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Good luck with it. 🙂 With mine, the thread inside the pullers was stripped. The issue with the thumbwheels is that I think there's a lip where they contact the bridge body there; the plastic washers might work. The replacement one I got was badly made and the lid over the puller cavity sat too low, so the pullers wouldn't retract inside. I put vaseline on the screw threads, which makes operation a bit smoother. The guitar neck's one also has issues. I guess there's a reason why the quality units cost a lot more.
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That green is just right.
