Whats your' latest gear acquisition?

[andrewsrea]

Hi, folks. Been a while. A LOT has happened in the past... god, I don't know how long. My mom died back in October, and my wife passed away on July 20. She had been bedbound for over 4 years. On one of our usual trips to the ER, as we waited for test results, we both nodded off. When the doctor came in to basically say "You're fine, go home(again)" we couldn't wake her up. She was gone.
But that's not why we're here. A week before, I traded my 1971 Tele - with not a lot of original parts - and a box of original parts even for a brand new Gibson ES-335. I love it. I'm getting her name engraved on a TRC for it. She was always a good sport about the guitars, and bought me a couple of the really good ones, and encouraged me to get others I wanted but felt bad about. OK, I'm gonna post pics before I get all weepy again.

So much to unpack. Welcome back and so sorry for the loss of your wife and mother.

HNGD!

[Rollin Hand]

Sorry for your losses, Stig.

[tonebender]

So sorry to hear about your loss Stig.

[tonebender]

I picked up an EV ZLX-8P G2 speaker. What a beast in such a small package. I have a powered 8" by Alto but wanted something with more power for the band. This thing sounds amazing and has two inputs so I can run my mic and acoustic. I also ordered a Telefunken M80 mic. I am not sure if I will like it better that a Beta 58 but we will see.

[tlarson58]

@tonebender Man, I wish that I had bluetooth capability. It would save a bunch of spaghetti on stage.

[tonebender]

@tlarson58 You can get a device that will plug into any channel on your board or spare input on any powered speaker, that allows you to connect to your system. They are cheap on Amazon. Alto makes one.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... io-adapter

[golem]

Grabbed those two in trade. I'm not quite sure how many guitars I have but I could do with getting rid of a few.

[andrewsrea]

I'm not quite sure how many guitars I have but I could do with getting rid of a few.

You keep forgetting the guitar player's equation: Enough Guitars = Current Owned + 1.

[tonebender]

This EV ZLX 8" powered speaker is the BOMB! It has 4 channels, two XLR/TRS. a 1/4" and Bluetooth. It has a 7-band EQ, low, mid and high tone control, independent volume control for each channel as well as master volume. It has built in effects, including reverb, chorus, compression, ducking and delay. The cool part is I downloaded the app and I can control everything from my cell phone. This is my first foray into using my cell phone like that. I am letting go of my analog man card, but I am adding in some digital goodness lately with this speaker and my Bose 8-channel mixer. I use a Bose L1 Pro 8 for my acoustic act and it is awesome but some rooms are small enough that this EV will work just fine. Never too old to learn new things.

[Tonray's Ghost]

This EV ZLX 8" powered speaker is the BOMB! It has 4 channels, two XLR/TRS. a 1/4" and Bluetooth. It has a 7-band EQ, low, mid and high tone control, independent volume control for each channel as well as master volume. It has built in effects, including reverb, chorus, compression, ducking and delay. The cool part is I downloaded the app and I can control everything from my cell phone. This is my first foray into using my cell phone like that. I am letting go of my analog man card, but I am adding in some digital goodness lately with this speaker and my Bose 8-channel mixer. I use a Bose L1 Pro 8 for my acoustic act and it is awesome but some rooms are small enough that this EV will work just fine. Never too old to learn new things.

What ! ? A digital app review from tonebender ? I think there has been a rip in time and space...the times they are -a-changin'

[tlarson58]

@tlarson58 You can get a device that will plug into any channel on your board or spare input on any powered speaker, that allows you to connect to your system. They are cheap on Amazon. Alto makes one.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... io-adapter

Unfortunately, my PA is powered and my speakers are passive. Someday I'll get a Bose tower and all will be right in the world for the three gigs we play each year.

[tonebender]

This EV ZLX 8" powered speaker is the BOMB! It has 4 channels, two XLR/TRS. a 1/4" and Bluetooth. It has a 7-band EQ, low, mid and high tone control, independent volume control for each channel as well as master volume. It has built in effects, including reverb, chorus, compression, ducking and delay. The cool part is I downloaded the app and I can control everything from my cell phone. This is my first foray into using my cell phone like that. I am letting go of my analog man card, but I am adding in some digital goodness lately with this speaker and my Bose 8-channel mixer. I use a Bose L1 Pro 8 for my acoustic act and it is awesome but some rooms are small enough that this EV will work just fine. Never too old to learn new things.

What ! ? A digital app review from tonebender ? I think there has been a rip in time and space...the times they are -a-changin'

LOL, I did notice that I misspoke in my text. I meant to say "I am NOT giving up my analog man card" but I am adding in some digital goodness. It will be kept to PA and acoustic amplifiers because as you know my electric guitar amps will always be tube powered!!! I even have a tube pre-amp for vocals and acoustic but honestly I rarely break it out just to keep it simple and to lighten the load.

[Spike]

I picked up this bag during my last trip to Sweetwater. The D'Addario Backline Gear Transport Pack. It holds everything we need for my acoustic band; cables, mics, guitar cords, tools, spare strings & batteries, mixer and power strip. It was a bit more than I wanted to spend but if it means one trip from the car to the venue, it's worth it to me. We run a Bose L1 1S system (two for larger rooms or outdoors).

[Stig]

Hi, folks. Been a while. A LOT has happened in the past... god, I don't know how long. My mom died back in October, and my wife passed away on July 20. She had been bedbound for over 4 years. On one of our usual trips to the ER, as we waited for test results, we both nodded off. When the doctor came in to basically say "You're fine, go home(again)" we couldn't wake her up. She was gone.
But that's not why we're here. A week before, I traded my 1971 Tele - with not a lot of original parts - and a box of original parts even for a brand new Gibson ES-335. I love it. I'm getting her name engraved on a TRC for it. She was always a good sport about the guitars, and bought me a couple of the really good ones, and encouraged me to get others I wanted but felt bad about. OK, I'm gonna post pics before I get all weepy again.

So much to unpack. Welcome back and so sorry for the loss of your wife and mother.

HNGD!

Thank you!
A lot to unpack, and a lot to take to the dump. Cleaning out the house has been therapeutic and removed a lot of triggers.

[Stig]

Sorry for your losses, Stig.

Thank you!

[voodoorat]

Wasn’t looking for it but came up in local market and my buddy was getting an EB Sterling Ray34 from the guy and it was proved to move. I have other Fender amps but not any like this. It feels like a gigantic champ to me but with a lot of clean (if mid-scooped) headroom. Really liking it so far but have only really played it sans-pedals so far. It’s a Bassman 59 RI.




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[voodoorat]

Wasn’t looking for it but came up in local market and my buddy was getting an EB Sterling Ray34 from the guy and it was proved to move. I have other Fender amps but not any like this. It feels like a gigantic champ to me but with a lot of clean (if mid-scooped) headroom. Really liking it so far but have only really played it sans-pedals so far. It’s a Bassman 59 RI.




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Are these useful at all for bass, even at moderate volume? It feels very much like a guitar amp (as you’d expect from an open back cab), and bass is really wooly through those 10” Jensens. But I am really curious what bass in band setting through a bass tube amp would sound like. I don’t think this is the tool for that job though.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[tlarson58]

@voodoorat: I've always wondered about it's usefulness for a bass guitar. It's what it was designed for, right?

After a little reading I found some posts that said the 50 watts wasn't great for pushing a lot of low end.

[voodoorat]

[mention]voodoorat[/mention]: I've always wondered about it's usefulness for a bass guitar. It's what it was designed for, right?

After a little reading I found some posts that said the 50 watts wasn't great for pushing a lot of low end.

I did some experimentation; I think it actually sounds pretty great as a bass amp but it’s got pretty limited functionality because (depending on the bass I’m sure) if the gain is turned up above maybe 9 or 10 o’clock it starts complaining, so it’s not very loud in the room. I think on Friday I’m going to try mic’ing it (we usually DI the bass from a Hartke head).

Worst case it seems like a pretty great guitar amp (if you don’t miss reverb and trem too much).


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[tonebender]

I had a 59 RI Bassman back in the early 2000's. I gigged with it quite a few times then moved it on. They are quite heavy.

[glasshand]

On Saturday I was at a neighborhood fair where people were selling all kinds of used stuff, and one was selling music gear, and I picked up this mint condition Way Huge Blue Hippo! It is very cool, great sounding. Not a lot of demand for it in the style of music I usually play, so I don't know if I'll hang on to it, but for what I paid it was a no-brainer.

[voodoorat]

traded a little iso cabinet i wasn't using for this boss dd-500. i *just* finally broke down and got a bucket brigade delay, the mxr carbon copy, like a week ago (and an mxr tremolo which got me stereo-curious).

i'm a pretty lazy person though and this thing is pretty complicated so i dunno if it'll wind up being my favorite thing or if i'll bounce off it.

[Stig]

So. Long time, no see. This past Saturday, I purged 2 of my 3 Agiles. My 2500 and my AS-820 12 string, along with a Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster. It's come time to purge myself of guitars that I don't play anymore.
I went downtown to the Manchester Music Mill with these 3 in tow, having no idea what I wanted. I looked around, and tried a Yamaha Revstar, A Reverend Double Agent with two P-90s and a Maple neck, and this one - Double Agent OG, rosewood fretboard, humbucker and P-90.
I had heard good things about Reverend, but I REALLY fell in love with this thing fast. It kind of fills the hole in my collection left by the trade of my 1971 Tele for the ES-335 a while back, while also being unlike anything else I have. The neck is fantastic. Fit and finish first rate, the sound is amazing, and it plays like a dream.
Oh, and at $999 retail, I was only $150 out of pocket. That case is what the Tele used to ride in. I wanted to see how it looked in there.

[voodoorat]

Interesting weekend for gear.

I got a new 68 PRRI (it was on sale and I’ve been looking for one for a while and no good local used opportunities have popped up) and traded my Fender Elite HSS Shawbucker for a Taylor 324. Just got the latter about a half hour ago and have only spent maybe an hour on the amp so far, it got here yesterday.

The guitar I’m hoping plays as good as the 317 I sold a couple of years ago but less bright thanks to the hog top. But we’ll see. It was a nice strat but I didn’t play it much because I prefer others, so I don’t think I’ll miss it too much.

So far really like the amp. I wish it had slightly more headroom when I’m playing it here alone but I suspect when I play in relatively low volume jams it will be near perfect. Might want to try another speaker eventually but in no rush. Otherwise it sounds like a much, much, much smaller and less loud (and quicker to break up) version of an old black faced 72 silverface twin reverb I have that I need to take to the shop. It sounds much less boxy than I expected considering it’s about the same size as my BJr and that amp sounds kinda boxy.

I’ll have a better idea of how they fit in once they settle down in the next couple of months.

Pic:




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[tlarson58]

So far really like the amp. I wish it had slightly more headroom when I’m playing it here alone but I suspect when I play in relatively low volume jams it will be near perfect. Might want to try another speaker eventually but in no rush.

It sounds much less boxy than I expected considering it’s about the same size as my BJr and that amp sounds kinda boxy.

I really like my PRRI. It's my main (and only) amp. My bandmate has a Blues Jr. and the PRRI wipes the floor with it. It sounds less boxy and keeps up with a hard-hitting drummer.

You might want to try a Celestion Gold for more headroom. That's what mine came with. It had a ton of headroom but was ice-picky if turned up. I replaced it with a Cannabis Rex, which smoothed out the tone and then later installed a Weber D10 which I really like.