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Over the years I've come to the conclusion the vocalist is in a bit of a jam without the instrumental soloist. There's a partnership there. Page/Plant, Gill/Franklin. If the spotlight shifts to the so ...

Argh! Leaving Venice Friday night! En boca lupo!

I have a one-time gig coming up - 3 guitars, bass, drums, 3 keyboards thru amps. We'll have 3 or 4 vocal mics, and that'll be it for the PA. One vocal-only monitor. No soundman.The drums and amps sho ...

My first PSG. Had it for about two months now. Widely recommended by this forum. I may be hooked.
Unpaid endorsement.

The high power is for headroom to keep microtonal intervals clear and clean.
They're more prone to break up and sound worse when they do.
Ah, thanks. I thought there was a chance I would hear this ...

New to the instrument. I've always found this strong preference for 15" speakers very surprising. An E9 doesn't go as low in frequency as a six string does (83hz) and 15" among 6 stringers ...

And it's important to add- if you have a tube amp with no standby switch, turn on power with the volume off. And wait a minute before playing. Half a minute. All tube amps need to warm up. As stated, ...

If you use that passive splitter and go to two devices, you lose a good bit of signal, and not spectrally flat, frequency wise, starting at the high end. Will the loss be in the audio range? Maybe. Y ...

Right, bringing in quiet notes is a challenge for a gate. Wonder if this would work better before or after the vol pedal. Since the vol pedal is essentially lowering loud notes and boosting quiet or f ...

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BuffSplit?adpos=1o3&creative=55282474801&device=m&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CjwKEAjw4s2wBRDSnr2jwZenlkgSJABvFcwQE1V2DxStN-8-TeBjxpzzUtcyxHsl ...

The eminence ragin Cajun seems to be very popular as a replacement for stock fender speakers in their more recent tube amps. The 10" is highly recommended to the super champ xd. Haven't gotten a ...

Magnetic field is an interesting answer. You were pretty close. It could also easily be acoustic if the PA is loud enough. You can shout into a guitar pickup at very close range, and some one sittin ...

... The problem is that when you try to filter out certain frequencies, any notes in and around those frequencies would also be filtered out or reduced, so the chances are that it might affect some of ...

There's a pedal guru named Jack Orman who believes the performance of the original 4558 can be beat by the TL072. Don't know about that, but I did replace the 4558s in my boss eq with 72s and got mea ...

Can't argue with that.

Right, that's what I mean. The enharmonic, unwanted ones. When your two notes are perfectly in tune these "undertones" aren't perceived as a problem. When two notes are a little out of tune ...

Is it accurate to say, one could tune these intermodulation tones away completely, but only for those strings at that fret with this one pedal/lever position. But you'd suffer for that tuning change. ...

I'm interested in the 3 Up From The Top. Are they DVDs?

Here is an active mixer (on board buffer). Looks pretty good . There are input level controls on there somewhere.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1131403&gclid=CjwKEA ...

The Radial Big Shot units I'm seeing online have a Select switch and a Both switch. I guess yours doesn't have the "both"?
Look at this Morley product - selector or splitter or mixer - with ...

- for those who don't have one, you have to have a pretty darn good capacitance meter to get accurate readings in the pf range. They're out there, but my voltmeters can't do it.
- I think one would ...

No buffers at the head of the chain? Or don't they count?

We just had a thread that has a lot of differing opinions http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=288217&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25
Myself - a milkcrate cut to a preferred a ...

Been rolling my own pedals for a little over 2 years
http://i.imgur.com/n7725sY.jpg
Gotta get with that engraver -nice stuff![/img]

The formation of the band, right off the bat. This might not apply to bands that do covers/standards where you have the benefit of speaking in a universal language to each other, but after a very busy ...

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Topic: Rant: no more singers.
Alan W. Black Replies: 114 Views: 26704	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 18 Dec 2016 10:42 am Subject: Rant: no more singers.
Alan W. Black Replies: 114 Views: 26704	Over the years I've come to the conclusion the vocalist is in a bit of a jam without the instrumental soloist. There's a partnership there. Page/Plant, Gill/Franklin. If the spotlight shifts to the so ...
Topic: 3rd Iternational Italian Steel Convention (Apr. 30, May 1st)
Alan W. Black Replies: 4 Views: 2214	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 1 Apr 2016 7:05 am Subject: 3rd Iternational Italian Steel Convention (Apr. 30, May 1st)
Alan W. Black Replies: 4 Views: 2214	Argh! Leaving Venice Friday night! En boca lupo!
Topic: Live sound - unmiked amps, vocal-only pa
Alan W. Black Replies: 9 Views: 2692	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 26 Oct 2015 12:28 pm Subject: Live sound - unmiked amps, vocal-only pa
Alan W. Black Replies: 9 Views: 2692	I have a one-time gig coming up - 3 guitars, bass, drums, 3 keyboards thru amps. We'll have 3 or 4 vocal mics, and that'll be it for the PA. One vocal-only monitor. No soundman.The drums and amps sho ...
Topic: Doug, I'm lovin' my Stage One!
Alan W. Black Replies: 0 Views: 715	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 21 Oct 2015 11:29 am Subject: Doug, I'm lovin' my Stage One!
Alan W. Black Replies: 0 Views: 715	My first PSG. Had it for about two months now. Widely recommended by this forum. I may be hooked. Unpaid endorsement.
Topic: What 10" Speaker for Pedal Steel?
Alan W. Black Replies: 33 Views: 17505	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 21 Oct 2015 11:22 am Subject: What 10" Speaker for Pedal Steel?
Alan W. Black Replies: 33 Views: 17505	The high power is for headroom to keep microtonal intervals clear and clean. They're more prone to break up and sound worse when they do. Ah, thanks. I thought there was a chance I would hear this ...
Topic: What 10" Speaker for Pedal Steel?
Alan W. Black Replies: 33 Views: 17505	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 21 Oct 2015 7:21 am Subject: What 10" Speaker for Pedal Steel?
Alan W. Black Replies: 33 Views: 17505	New to the instrument. I've always found this strong preference for 15" speakers very surprising. An E9 doesn't go as low in frequency as a six string does (83hz) and 15" among 6 stringers ...
Topic: Tube amp care + Standby
Alan W. Black Replies: 26 Views: 8729	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 21 Oct 2015 6:59 am Subject: Tube amp care + Standby
Alan W. Black Replies: 26 Views: 8729	And it's important to add- if you have a tube amp with no standby switch, turn on power with the volume off. And wait a minute before playing. Half a minute. All tube amps need to warm up. As stated, ...
Topic: Electronic Tech Question
Alan W. Black Replies: 20 Views: 5722	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 6 Oct 2015 9:36 am Subject: Electronic Tech Question
Alan W. Black Replies: 20 Views: 5722	If you use that passive splitter and go to two devices, you lose a good bit of signal, and not spectrally flat, frequency wise, starting at the high end. Will the loss be in the audio range? Maybe. Y ...
Topic: Like your single coils, but NOT the hum ? Check this out:
Alan W. Black Replies: 11 Views: 3527	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 6 Oct 2015 4:20 am Subject: Like your single coils, but NOT the hum ? Check this out:
Alan W. Black Replies: 11 Views: 3527	Right, bringing in quiet notes is a challenge for a gate. Wonder if this would work better before or after the vol pedal. Since the vol pedal is essentially lowering loud notes and boosting quiet or f ...
Topic: Electronic Tech Question
Alan W. Black Replies: 20 Views: 5722	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 6 Oct 2015 3:55 am Subject: Electronic Tech Question
Alan W. Black Replies: 20 Views: 5722	http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BuffSplit?adpos=1o3&creative=55282474801&device=m&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CjwKEAjw4s2wBRDSnr2jwZenlkgSJABvFcwQE1V2DxStN-8-TeBjxpzzUtcyxHsl ...
Topic: need help with speaker selection
Alan W. Black Replies: 3 Views: 1586	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 4 Oct 2015 7:13 pm Subject: need help with speaker selection
Alan W. Black Replies: 3 Views: 1586	The eminence ragin Cajun seems to be very popular as a replacement for stock fender speakers in their more recent tube amps. The 10" is highly recommended to the super champ xd. Haven't gotten a ...
Topic: OK Weird happenin's with my rig tonight
Alan W. Black Replies: 24 Views: 7659	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 4 Oct 2015 7:07 pm Subject: OK Weird happenin's with my rig tonight
Alan W. Black Replies: 24 Views: 7659	Magnetic field is an interesting answer. You were pretty close. It could also easily be acoustic if the PA is loud enough. You can shout into a guitar pickup at very close range, and some one sittin ...
Topic: Like your single coils, but NOT the hum ? Check this out:
Alan W. Black Replies: 11 Views: 3527	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 4 Oct 2015 6:58 pm Subject: Like your single coils, but NOT the hum ? Check this out:
Alan W. Black Replies: 11 Views: 3527	... The problem is that when you try to filter out certain frequencies, any notes in and around those frequencies would also be filtered out or reduced, so the chances are that it might affect some of ...
Topic: Best opamp IC for overdrive circuit?
Alan W. Black Replies: 2 Views: 2128	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 4 Oct 2015 6:34 pm Subject: Best opamp IC for overdrive circuit?
Alan W. Black Replies: 2 Views: 2128	There's a pedal guru named Jack Orman who believes the performance of the original 4558 can be beat by the TL072. Don't know about that, but I did replace the 4558s in my boss eq with 72s and got mea ...
Topic: Why unusual harmonics on string pairs on the higher frets?
Alan W. Black Replies: 19 Views: 5416	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 1 Oct 2015 4:26 am Subject: Why unusual harmonics on string pairs on the higher frets?
Alan W. Black Replies: 19 Views: 5416	Can't argue with that.
Topic: Why unusual harmonics on string pairs on the higher frets?
Alan W. Black Replies: 19 Views: 5416	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Sep 2015 12:31 pm Subject: Why unusual harmonics on string pairs on the higher frets?
Alan W. Black Replies: 19 Views: 5416	Right, that's what I mean. The enharmonic, unwanted ones. When your two notes are perfectly in tune these "undertones" aren't perceived as a problem. When two notes are a little out of tune ...
Topic: Why unusual harmonics on string pairs on the higher frets?
Alan W. Black Replies: 19 Views: 5416	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Sep 2015 4:08 am Subject: Why unusual harmonics on string pairs on the higher frets?
Alan W. Black Replies: 19 Views: 5416	Is it accurate to say, one could tune these intermodulation tones away completely, but only for those strings at that fret with this one pedal/lever position. But you'd suffer for that tuning change. ...
Topic: 8 Jeff Newman Courses for sale, CD's/DVD's and books - SOLD!
Alan W. Black Replies: 5 Views: 3171	Forum Section: For Sale: Music, Lessons, etc. Posted: 25 Sep 2015 12:35 pm Subject: 8 Jeff Newman Courses for sale, CD's/DVD's and books - SOLD!
Alan W. Black Replies: 5 Views: 3171	I'm interested in the 3 Up From The Top. Are they DVDs?
Topic: Need something like Radial Big Shot but NO select switch
Alan W. Black Replies: 5 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 21 Sep 2015 11:57 am Subject: Need something like Radial Big Shot but NO select switch
Alan W. Black Replies: 5 Views: 1434	Here is an active mixer (on board buffer). Looks pretty good . There are input level controls on there somewhere. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1131403&gclid=CjwKEA ...
Topic: Need something like Radial Big Shot but NO select switch
Alan W. Black Replies: 5 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 19 Sep 2015 7:55 pm Subject: Need something like Radial Big Shot but NO select switch
Alan W. Black Replies: 5 Views: 1434	The Radial Big Shot units I'm seeing online have a Select switch and a Both switch. I guess yours doesn't have the "both"? Look at this Morley product - selector or splitter or mixer - with ...
Topic: low capacitance cable
Alan W. Black Replies: 39 Views: 13358	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 8 Sep 2015 4:09 am Subject: low capacitance cable
Alan W. Black Replies: 39 Views: 13358	- for those who don't have one, you have to have a pretty darn good capacitance meter to get accurate readings in the pf range. They're out there, but my voltmeters can't do it. - I think one would ...
Topic: pedal effects
Alan W. Black Replies: 18 Views: 5924	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 7 Sep 2015 6:05 pm Subject: pedal effects
Alan W. Black Replies: 18 Views: 5924	No buffers at the head of the chain? Or don't they count?
Topic: Amp position - what a change
Alan W. Black Replies: 39 Views: 15807	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 25 Aug 2015 5:35 am Subject: Amp position - what a change
Alan W. Black Replies: 39 Views: 15807	We just had a thread that has a lot of differing opinions http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=288217&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25 Myself - a milkcrate cut to a preferred a ...
Topic: Hobbies outside steel guitar
Alan W. Black Replies: 106 Views: 45298	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 24 Aug 2015 7:57 pm Subject: Hobbies outside steel guitar
Alan W. Black Replies: 106 Views: 45298	Been rolling my own pedals for a little over 2 years http://i.imgur.com/n7725sY.jpg Gotta get with that engraver -nice stuff![/img]
Topic: What causes a band to split up?
Alan W. Black Replies: 55 Views: 16907	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 24 Aug 2015 7:27 pm Subject: What causes a band to split up?
Alan W. Black Replies: 55 Views: 16907	The formation of the band, right off the bat. This might not apply to bands that do covers/standards where you have the benefit of speaking in a universal language to each other, but after a very busy ...