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You're going to need some duvets! Some good points already. Plenty of decent recordings have been made in what would be considered very poor rooms in pure acoustic terms, but if you want to record anything acoustically in the space in question, trial and error is going to be your best bet. As above, external noise is however likely to be a challenge, so a vocal booth is a great idea, it also allows you to record a dead voice track on which you can control all acoustic effects in the mix (it's always easier to add desirable acoustic effects to a vocal than to try and hide undesirable ones). Re panels, you don't have a lot of space as it is, and you're going to need at least some of them away from walls so you might find that you do a lot of work and lose a lot of space for no real gain. You probably need to decide whether you need to control the acoustics for recording or for mixing. The latter you have a chance, the former, perhaps less so, and putting panels around a space doesn't necessarily improve things Please keep us posted, I love threads like this Chris PS it looks like your window might also act as an impromptu diffuser

That summarise my view to be honest. This is a music forum, we all care about music or we wouldn't be here. The piece in question divided opinion. But it was recorded to be placed on an internet platform on which it's going to attract comment and divide opinion, so this was not a personal performance that was being unfairly targeted. And this is the internet, not a venue, and that makes a very big difference, but it's a difference that all involved in the piece in question are no doubt aware of. My view - not shared by everyone I accept - is that the majority of real in the flesh live musical performances are intended as entertainment, whilst the majority of these types of performances on You Tube are self-promotion. There's nothing wrong with that, but in this context, our discussion arguably helped the artists/producers achieve exactly what they set out to do, get people talking about it and draw attention to them. I guess we all draw lines in different places, I saw them as fair game because of the above, whereas if for example it had been a film of something equally not to my liking that someone other than the band had recorded and uploaded - which has also happened on this forum - I'd have been less inclined to wade in with negative comment. But to me this was a very self conscious act of self promotion by all involved and is absolutely 100% open to criticism on that basis. And yes, I buy the 'it's hard for musicians at the moment' idea, but there's been some amazing music produced during lockdown, so that argument is largely a distraction.

It seemed to fit the zeitgeist back then didn’t it. Less troubled times

Likewise

It was a couple of lost days on TB that put me off every buying another Ampeg cab to be honest

That would have worked better with a smiley than a question mark, apologies if that overstepped the mark. Chris

Long way up on that horse is it Paul?

What, you mean like the handful of self appointed arbiters of other people's right to free speech on here just waiting to tear apart anyone who doesn't meet their own criteria for legitimate opinion?

Thanks Pete, hope all's well mate. I'll see if he can make any use of that. Much appreciated. Chris

That's the page before the one in the OP which is empty

Perhaps they simply don't have any in stock, tried any other categories?

I've always thought that Ampeg cabs are a bit boxy sounding, which is probably why I don't own one. Once again, we all perceive different qualities when we listen to the same thing, which is no doubt a function of all of those variables that we can't reasonably take into account when we're doing the listening. Either way, if you fancy losing a day or two out of your life you could read a few threads about the qualities of various models/versions/production runs of Ampeg cabs and realise that - if they folks there are right - there's really no such thing as the Ampeg cab sound anyway

Bill, don't hold back mate, tell us what you really think

I've asked there also, thanks for the suggestion BRX. I anticipate being able to understand about 10% of the response(s)

Thanks mate, I know there's a few folks on here who i can trust, venturing onto a new forum I suspect I'll get a load of noise. I'm going to run a few trials, bit I'm pretty confident that the above picture is more a case of the manufacturer wanting to sell what they want to sell as opposed to offering reliable advice. I assumed that because they'd placed pairs of absorbers/diffusers at reflection points for the monitors, that there might be something significant that I was missing - who knows, even a new magic bullet for acoustic treatment - but my gut feel is that in a room the size of that in the diagram you wouldn't put the diffusers where they've put them.

I'm not sure the 50 would be able to really open up a fridge?

But that's all it is. I defy even the most ardent Tech 21 fan to state that put next to an SVT and fridge in full flight - the classic Ampeg tone I guess - the Tech 21 can do the same thing. Unless it's going through an Ampeg rig of course

Most Ampeg heads would not fall into that category unless paired with the wrong cab or the tone simply wasn't to your taste. My rig set up to play in a band doesn't sound good soloed by any means, very middy and lo-fi. Comes alive once the drummist and guitarer get started though.

Great question. If the classic Ampeg sound you're referring to is the SVT on a fridge, then arguably, both head and cab sound like Ampeg individually, and more so if you use them together. But there's more than one Ampeg classic sound as per the above, the B-15 and SVT/Fridge are both classics but both different.

Do we have an 'Unsee thread' option?

I'll put my neck on the line (geddit?) and say that the Fender MIJ '62 RI Precisions necks are THE BEST factory production necks out there. Wide but shallow, beautiful boards and fretwork, and I don't recall ever having to adjust the truss rod, they're very stable. The only thing that can improve them - assuming it hasn't happened through natural wear - is a slight thinning of the finish on the back to speed things up a little.

Agreed, it feels like the BBC Perfect Day thing from about 20 years ago, only without any redeeming musical qualities. Or any redeeming qualities of any sort. I watched it for about 40 seconds yesterday and had a nightmare that I was part of it last night. My therapist is seeing me at 9.15.

Anyone got any ideas about diffusers and absorbers positioned adjacent to each other? It's odd because the manual for the units themselves appears pretty clear on it but I can't find anything on, for example, Gearslutz or similar about it. So, I'm going to assume that, as common sense suggests, it's probably not standard practice. Would like to have the thoughts of anyone who's done it however.

No, that is utterly awful, the fact that there is worse to be found doesn’t excuse it for a second