TTR Gear Porn

[Mentalo]

That’s my gang



2019 Gibson Flying V B2
2007 Jackson DK2
1998 PRS CE-22
2016 PRS CE-24
Cort Acoustic
2001 PRS Santana SE
2014 Charvel Pro Mod

 

[PelliX]

An old 197x Hofner 12-string. I took those pics before I reattached the pickguard which had come off. The number on the headstock is not actually a factory serial number, this guitar comes from the time when they didn't have S/N's. These stickers were added by the outlets selling them, though I have no idea which shop that might have been. Plays and sounds amazing and it also has a zero-fret, a little uncommon for an instrument like it.

Gibson Les Paul Tribute. Bought this one new, the picture was taken just after I got home with it. Plays and feels very nice, though I'm generally more into single coils.

A MIM Strat from 2012. Self-relic'd by the previous owner... seems a rodent started the process and he finished it off but didn't quite get all the teeth marks out of it. Has Bare Knuckles Mother's Milk pickups, controls and pickguard. Does what a Strat should and stays in tune quite well even when not decked.



An old Yamaha APX. Not really in use much but nice as a grab and go guitar and has a remarkably pleasant neck when used to electrics.



My Epi Hummingbird (awesome guitar...) and a cheap mandolin. I declined to do a couple of songs with the band because I didn't have a mandolin, so our singer bought it for me... at that point she had me cornered, obviously...



A Red Special by Brian May Guitars. Fun guitar and surprisingly comfortable. Great hardware, too.

 

[PelliX]

Synths and keyboards... I don't actually have decent pics of them for the most part (eek). It's not my forte but I tickle the keys from time to time. I still have my old Roland EM-10 that I got when I was a teenager. It's an entry level keyboard with some neat little functions for hashing out quick ideas and demos. I adore the action for fast stuff, probably because I'm so used to it. No weighted keys, nothing special, but a far cry from the cheap Casios and so on. I actually bought a second one some years ago for next to nothing just to have a spare. As it happens, I put one at my drummer's place in case he gets the urge. There are some decent sampled instruments in it, not too many. Couple of useful piano patches, couple of synths, some obscure bits and pieces.

I also have a few old Roland Sound Canvas units, an SC-50, SC-55 and an SC-88. They see varying amounts of action depending on what I'm working on. While they appear simple on the outside, they're actually quite comprehensive when it comes to fine tuning patches.

For more serious piano work I have a Roland A-30 master keyboard. Weighted, with the FP-2 pedal, etc.

While I love the feel, I find it hard to build up speed on those keys. The touch and feel is amazing, though.

Probably the most used is my Roland JV-80 which I dutifully restored from a horrible case of the red glue from hell...





After a day of scrubbing and soaking, re-glueing all the weights for the white keys, cleaning the contacts and replacing about 20 of the push buttons it's restored to its original glory. I got the JV cheap (due to its condition - only two keys would move when I got it), apart from that it cost me some sponges, a bottle of drain cleaner, a quarter bottle of mouthwash (that stuff is handy), a cubic meter of elbow grease, a good few bob in the swear jar and the buttons.

I also have a little Behringer UMX-25 2-octave MIDI controller but I only use it to control software knobs and faders. Ghastly cheap and nasty piece of kit, that.

 

[PelliX]

A random pic I shot at some point of my typical mic'ing arrangement; a 906 and a 57 at the grill of a Marshall 2x12:



Eventually opted for a cab-gripper instead of a full size mic stand. Much more practical.

My old TR-505 which I still use from time to time to hash out ideas or lay down a canned drums track for testing;



Probably my most used amp, a Marshall SC;



Bench pic of my JTM45 while I was doing a re-cap on it:



Old ADAT expansion unit, DBx compressor and an Alesis DM-5 (non-Pro). I actually have three of those, one as an extension for increased polyphony and one at my drummer's place for



I'll see if I can dig up some pics of the mixing desk, mics, compressors, other amps, reel to reel, etc, etc.

 

[BFT Gibson]

 

[Eric'45]

My 1958 Reissue Les Paul from 2017. That Pic was taken few days after I got it. Easy to tell because the red was still very bright and radiant.

 

[PelliX]

I've been pleasantly surprised by RODE mics before for certain purposes and have used an NT-1 for various things over the years due to the very low self-noise and pretty flat response curve. It's a little bright in the top end, but not a bad mic once you know how to use it. When I saw this NT-1000 come past cheap as "Works briefly, cuts out a lot" I figured it's probably a dodgy solderjoint or a dirty membrane in the capsule.





The pics don't really do it justice, it was filthy. I dutifully cleaned it with alcohol, a q-tip and a very fine brush.



After reassembly it's been rocksolid. Quite similar to the NT-1 but less 'crisp' and a little 'warmer' overall. Great for acoustic guitars and delicate vocals.

 

[ibmorjamn]

I've been pleasantly surprised by RODE mics before for certain purposes and have used an NT-1 for various things over the years due to the very low self-noise and pretty flat response curve. It's a little bright in the top end, but not a bad mic once you know how to use it. When I saw this NT-1000 come past cheap as "Works briefly, cuts out a lot" I figured it's probably a dodgy solderjoint or a dirty membrane in the capsule.

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The pics don't really do it justice, it was filthy. I dutifully cleaned it with alcohol, a q-tip and a very fine brush.

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After reassembly it's been rocksolid. Quite similar to the NT-1 but less 'crisp' and a little 'warmer' overall. Great for acoustic guitars and delicate vocals.

Wow, thanks for posting that . I do try to keep mine covered.

 

[67plexi]

Down to three drum sets six snare drums and seven cymbal sets

 

[PelliX]

Wow, thanks for posting that . I do try to keep mine covered.

Covering them is good, but in practice they seem OK even in a dusty environment. What kills the capsules is breathing into them, mainly. Moisture is much worse than dry dust. You can clean them, but it's very, very touchy work. One slip and the gold plating can come off, etc. Depending on the mic that can be expensive... in the case of a RODE, "mwah".

 

[67plexi]

Antelope audio edge solo microphone the fix is a heat gun or hair dryer for moisture and keep your mouth away 12" from the capsule

Edge Solo | Condenser Modeling Microphone | Antelope Audio

Edge Solo is a large-diaphragm condenser modeling microphone with 18 iconic real-time microphone emulations from Antelope Audio.

en.antelopeaudio.com

 

[PelliX]

Antelope audio edge solo microphone the fix is a heat gun or hair dryer for moisture and keep your mouth away 12" from the capsule

Hmmm, 12" is quite a distance for some vocals. I've been using a pretty standard dual mesh plop filters at about 3-5" and not having any problems.

^ That mic doesn't seem to have much 'diffusion' (is that the right word... lemme think about it), i.e. the capsule is clearly visible through the grill. On most RODE mics the grill is quite dense - that may help, too.

 

[67plexi]

Hmmm, 12" is quite a distance for some vocals. I've been using a pretty standard dual mesh plop filters at about 3-5" and not having any problems.

^ That mic doesn't seem to have much 'diffusion' (is that the right word... lemme think about it), i.e. the capsule is clearly visible through the grill. On most RODE mics the grill is quite dense - that may help, too.

The Antelope audio company told me 12" away from the capsule the Warm Audio condenser fake U87 is garbage in comparison
also the Antelope audio Verge pencil condenser microphone is the best guitar amp and snare drum microphone I have ever used