ZoSo65
March 2nd, 2007, 10:18 PM
Been a while ,,how you all doin,,,hope it's good.
I haven't been too active as of late, but I do check in once and a whie to see what's going on.
Anyhoo, got some new tubes from Eurotubes for my DeltaBlues 210. I went with the Rock / High Gain Option set to see what this puppy could do, also knowing that changing the V3 with a stock tube could get my "very clean" back. These tubes rock! Best and easiest change/mod you can do to an amp, without getting into modding the circuit board.
For the hell of it, I just tried to learn Miracle Man by Ozzy,,wasn't sure if the DB could do the hard stuff,, but low and behold, BlackBetty and the JJ DB got it done without a hitch! Pretty much shocked the hell out of me to tell you the truth. Easy song to pick up too, even the leads are quick to learn.
Last time I posted , I mentioned a song that I started to write, that's been on hold since that day,,LOL
I did start on two more though, they're really in a "ruff" state at this point. For some reason I try to do a mix of a lead and rythem at the same time. Not realizing (actually keep forgetting) to just lay down a rythem track and a "dirty" drum track to get it started,,hehe Plus I keep forgetting about the bass part. Oh yeah, I did get a bass from one of the guys I work with,,,it's a Yamaha RBX 200F fretless. Not the top of the line, but hey, it's a start.
I re-finished the neck, replaced the strings, did a set-up on it, and replced the pup with a DiMarzio DP127 Split P before I even tried it out,,LOL Oh yeah I had to replace the pots, put CTS ones in, that was the only thing wrong with it when he gave it to me. The sucker sounds great! Even though I put it through the DB for now,,,all I can say is Fretless is the only way to go!! It actually got me thinking of building my next axe fretless! But I killed that idea,,heh.
Bottom line, that bass does what I need it to do and then some.
OK, gonna start a new project soon also,,,gonna build an SG but instead of a set neck I'm going to do a neck-through body. It's going to be based, for the most part, on a '62 style, but with a somewhat modernized body shape,,,don't worry though, it's still going to "say" SG all the way. I don't want to stray to much from the original shape and structure that's proved itself time and time again. ;) Was going to use Gibson '57 and '57 Plus pups, but heard a lot of so called "bad issues" with them, mainly the fact that Gibson is having a hard time making them sound like a Gibson! Go figure. As of right now I'll probably use a set of Rio Grandes,,,they kick ***!!! Gonna use stainless steel frets too!
Should make for a terrific sounding SG, better then the Gibby models too,,,LOL
Well, that's enough for now :)
Again, I hope everyones doing good,,,and to DVD Man,,,GREAT job on that Ibby clone box,,,KUDOS to you without a doubt!!!! And yeas, I'll order one from you real soon,,,as a matter of fact,,,,,, ;)
Over and out boys,,
see'ya soon
I haven't been too active as of late, but I do check in once and a whie to see what's going on.
Anyhoo, got some new tubes from Eurotubes for my DeltaBlues 210. I went with the Rock / High Gain Option set to see what this puppy could do, also knowing that changing the V3 with a stock tube could get my "very clean" back. These tubes rock! Best and easiest change/mod you can do to an amp, without getting into modding the circuit board.
For the hell of it, I just tried to learn Miracle Man by Ozzy,,wasn't sure if the DB could do the hard stuff,, but low and behold, BlackBetty and the JJ DB got it done without a hitch! Pretty much shocked the hell out of me to tell you the truth. Easy song to pick up too, even the leads are quick to learn.
Last time I posted , I mentioned a song that I started to write, that's been on hold since that day,,LOL
I did start on two more though, they're really in a "ruff" state at this point. For some reason I try to do a mix of a lead and rythem at the same time. Not realizing (actually keep forgetting) to just lay down a rythem track and a "dirty" drum track to get it started,,hehe Plus I keep forgetting about the bass part. Oh yeah, I did get a bass from one of the guys I work with,,,it's a Yamaha RBX 200F fretless. Not the top of the line, but hey, it's a start.
I re-finished the neck, replaced the strings, did a set-up on it, and replced the pup with a DiMarzio DP127 Split P before I even tried it out,,LOL Oh yeah I had to replace the pots, put CTS ones in, that was the only thing wrong with it when he gave it to me. The sucker sounds great! Even though I put it through the DB for now,,,all I can say is Fretless is the only way to go!! It actually got me thinking of building my next axe fretless! But I killed that idea,,heh.
Bottom line, that bass does what I need it to do and then some.
OK, gonna start a new project soon also,,,gonna build an SG but instead of a set neck I'm going to do a neck-through body. It's going to be based, for the most part, on a '62 style, but with a somewhat modernized body shape,,,don't worry though, it's still going to "say" SG all the way. I don't want to stray to much from the original shape and structure that's proved itself time and time again. ;) Was going to use Gibson '57 and '57 Plus pups, but heard a lot of so called "bad issues" with them, mainly the fact that Gibson is having a hard time making them sound like a Gibson! Go figure. As of right now I'll probably use a set of Rio Grandes,,,they kick ***!!! Gonna use stainless steel frets too!
Should make for a terrific sounding SG, better then the Gibby models too,,,LOL
Well, that's enough for now :)
Again, I hope everyones doing good,,,and to DVD Man,,,GREAT job on that Ibby clone box,,,KUDOS to you without a doubt!!!! And yeas, I'll order one from you real soon,,,as a matter of fact,,,,,, ;)
Over and out boys,,
see'ya soon