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Stick with me tonyf. I'll spend all your money yet.

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1394048654' post='2387421'] [i]D'addario, [/i]allegedly, even though Fender invested a lot of $ in a new string equipment not long ago. Made to a their recipe by [i]D'addario, [/i]not relabled. They changed the 7250 and other strings a while back, those older ones were[b][i] really[/i][/b] sweet, as opposed to just sweet. Older strings generally had silks, so its easy to spot the older strings. [/quote] Thanks!

[quote name='Acebassmusic' timestamp='1394152306' post='2388622'] I've just placed an order with Thomann for the Sony DWZ as they have them back on sale for £185....that about £200 off!!!! [url="https://www.thomann.de/gb/sony_dwz_b30gb_guitar_set.htm"]https://www.thomann...._guitar_set.htm[/url] [/quote] Good spot!

Presumably you don't want to touch the desk at any point... so... Easiest way is probably with an A/B XLR box - and route your mic to 2 channels, one with reverb, one without. It's quite useful as you can set the volume differently and EQ the voice differently for singing vs speaking too. Of course, you would need two wire runs for each vocalist if you wanted to all speak between numbers - and this may eat up your channels pretty quick. Or... you could set up an alternative scene that is identical to your "playing" scene but without the reverb. You could switch between scenes via MIDI. The MIDI implementation on X32 doesn't seem that clever at the moment. It may improve with firmware updates. I'm sure you could get some pretty small like the MIDI mouse to do it. In short, not going to be cheapest for just switching reverb on or off. - I don't think these things are not necessarily designed to be unmanned. Umm, that's me out of ideas.

[color="#282828"]MoJoKe - worked it all out yet?[/color]

Who is currently making Fender's strings?

Sei and ACG would get my vote depending upon your taste... but... Psst... [url="http://www.pavelmi.com/"]http://www.pavelmi.com/[/url]

I just can't be a55ed with shows anymore. Looks like I didn't miss much... and I don't feel the need to blitz people on facebook with me with various name players, which seems to be this year's trend. Yup, I'm a grumpy b4stard this year.

That's great news. The X32 is a great piece of kit and if you are getting it at the right price, even better. I think it'll bring a big smile to your face once you start assigning some effects to your in ears - and I think you'll love the ability to fine tune your mix with eq etc.

Facebook works well for me... just taken a booking for 2016 through it infact. Contracts signed, done deal. It doesn't cost you anything, so why not?

I haven't mentioned anything about the recording yet everybody is quick to jump a band wagon to state that there is something wrong. I don't think it's bad given the complexity of the track that is being mastered - just short of 10 mins, 25 channels - with changing sounds/patches and levels within those tracks, it's quite a monster. There's getting things "right" and "perfect". I'm aiming for the latter. I may reveal the track in the future at some point and then maybe you'll understand the complexity behind the mastering.,. and as far as bringing the ability of the mastering engineer into question, he's mixed and engineered more commercially successful mixes than the rest of us I'm sure. This example alone states why it's ludicrous to post any sort of time scales on a project because people aren't usually informed enough to know what is involved with a particular project.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1393593512' post='2382330'] Something wrong with the mix then? [/quote] Nope.

It's all horses for courses really and what you want to get out of the studio. For example, one of the tracks I'm working on is up to 13 hours on mastering alone.

What an odd comment. Not all songs are created equal. And to think it took Freddy and the gang 3 weeks to record just one song... Bohemian Rhapsody was it? Talk about getting people to pull their socks up...!

Here you go... maybe this ones less cryptic...

[quote name='Scott_LP' timestamp='1393522839' post='2381474'] Err..? [/quote] Now that's just embarrassing.

[quote name='Scott_LP' timestamp='1393514211' post='2381293'] I can fully understand why the retailer hasn't yet been named. If it was me, I'd only name and shame the retailer when I got my amp back in full working order. [/quote] Err.....?

I've spent a few hours with Larry chewing the fat... and he was very positive about my playing and was prepared to go the extra mile to get some Hartke in my hands when I got back to the UK. It's worth making the trip to see him in NY just so you can witness his enthusiasm. He was passing me basses left right and centre to try with the Hartke amps... I didn't feel that it was him on a hard sale mission... but more of him being excited about being to show me stuff and let them playing it. There's a pic of me out there somewhere with me and him and me with the Jack Bruce Warwick he has there. To be honest, I'm very happy with what I've got gear wise... but if I wasn't, I would have to say, that Larry has got it down in terms of making people feel valued and he does have some great kit at some great prices. It's quite sad to read about this.

Just to clarify - in my response, I was trying to say that the whole package needs to be right with regards to shifting boxes. There's the product that has to be right, the correct distributor and the correct retailers that are chosen (to some extent) by the distributor to correctly push and act in a reputable manner that won't put the product (rightly or wrongly) in a bad light. As proven here, a mistake by the retailer has unfairly painted the product manufactuer in a bad light.. however, I have to say, it's up to all parties along the distribution chain to make sure that they are acting in each other's interests. In this case - and it may be isolated - this doesn't seem to be the case.

Give Larry a call. Point him to this thread. I wouldn't want to be buying any Hartke gear at the moment based on this report. Amps go wrong no matter who makes them... but if you can't get them fixed and if the dealer network/distribution/repair facility isn't in place to enable a quick repair, it can't be regarded as a pro piece of kit and anybody who relies on their gear to make a living, would be a fool to buy one.

I agree with regard to gold and black...

It depends on the sizing of the filters and the IEM you want to use. For example, these - http://www.acscustom.com/uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=48 - fit in place of the standard filters. Without knowing what filters you are using, I could only say proceed with caution because whatever IEM you use may not fit.