pointbreakspy
Joined: Aug 24, 2006
Posts: 204
Newcastle... Australia
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Posted on Jan 13 2007 06:16 PM
Brian, It would be a great for users of this site if they could hear examples
of peoples gear in action, purely on it's own. I'm talking about users uploading short recordings of their setups, not full songs with other instruments. I think it would be an invaluble resource ecpecially for the players who have not yet found their perfect setup.
I know their are other factors that can color the sound...room, mic and placement, recording medium etc, but if the guys could keep it simple, no tweaking their files with extra eq or reverb post recording, then i think it would really take advantage of the technology available to us.
I little verbal intro would be cool too like.."hi, this is Ivan and this is my 19XX
Strat going through my Fender XXX..." Drip Drip Drip etc!!
Adam
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Joelman
Joined: Sep 07, 2006
Posts: 1487
Redlands, CA
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Posted on Jan 14 2007 12:07 AM
Wow I think this would be VERY useful .
Nice suggestion pointbreakspy.
Joel 
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wooza
Joined: Apr 24, 2006
Posts: 1618
Ithaca, NY
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Posted on Jan 14 2007 12:45 AM
 I really like this idea.
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dp
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 3546
mojave desert, california
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Posted on Jan 14 2007 10:15 AM
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jan 15 2007 07:56 AM
Ok, but are you guys sure you can actually hear significant things from listening to mp3 samples?
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WR
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
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netherlands
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Posted on Jan 15 2007 08:26 AM
not just mp3, but esp. the way you record. put the mic 3 inch closer to the centre of the speaker, and the sound changes more than a different tranny would. it sounds like a fun but pointless project!
unless 
well, what could be of help I guess if you put up comparisons with you're own stuff. say make the same setup and record a sample with one guiatr and straight away with the other. those two samples would be comparable. or different cab, differnet tank. etc.
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Dane_Brammage
Joined: Jun 14, 2006
Posts: 203
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Posted on Jan 16 2007 12:34 PM
Not sure that using mp3 is necessarily a problem. For the small sound bites we're talking about, you could go to a very high bitrate and get a sound that nobody but dogs and Eric Johnson could tell apart from the original recording.
To the best comparison you should only change one link in the signal chain at a time. e.g. mic placement (as WR said), the player, the pick, the strings, the guitar, the cable, the reverb unit, the amp, the settings, the tubes, the cabinet, the speakers, the mic, the recording equipment, the room, etc.
Thinking about some of the threads in the forums (fora?), I think it would be interesting to hear things like:
- Two different players playing the exact same thing through the exact same setup
- What changing that tube in the reverb tank actually does to the sound
- Different picks and the effect on the reverb drip
- A Twin vs. a Showman through the same cabinet
- Different sets of strings on the same guitar (this one could get pretty time-consuming and expensive)
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19270
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jan 16 2007 06:21 PM
The Gear Samples download category is now open for business.
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pointbreakspy
Joined: Aug 24, 2006
Posts: 204
Newcastle... Australia
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Posted on Jan 16 2007 11:52 PM
well done brian,
i bet the avatar suits you...
i'd just like to hear a classic setup, and maybe swap between guitars in the one session, keeping the other variables constant, like just to hear the difference between a jag and a strat and a mosrite...real basic stuff for a basic surf gremmie.... 
thanks
ps.. if i can't pick it maybe my dog will help me... one woof for a strat ...... 
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