[New Marshall JMC0 Amp and no tubes]

[There's dust on my tube amps.]

I use my tube amp daily,  wife wishes I didn't. 

She'd hate to see the Fracal or Kemper price tag more

[Tuners]

TC Electronics polytune

 

[Stock up on your amp tubes while you can]

Now Electro-Harmonics is claiming to have solved their Russian Tube import but paying the 35% tariff and will pass that along to the consumer 

[Booked on the Blues Cruise again!!!!!!!!!! (for 2023)]

Wife won't let me book the cruise (of course our border is still not fully open, hopefully soon)

I've seen JB 11 times (met him 4x, yes I'm hooked) most times from 2 to 6th row only 2x from a balcony. 

With 2nd to row 20 approaching $180cdn each and back balcony at $120cdn, its getting harder to convince the wife for me to go.

Hoping for a Canadian date in 2023.

I'm waiting to hear what Aug brings you

[Booked on the Blues Cruise again!!!!!!!!!! (for 2023)]

@matonanjin how was Joe and the band on the cruise?

At least 3 long term forum people on the Bonamassa forum stated that the concerts they saw in what ever city they're in in the past 2weeks,  seemed dull and lifeless 

[Issue with Vimeo]

@Joe B

When Steve allowed download of the videos, I downloaded the mp4's I don't rely on trusting a streaming service just on case they go down.

So mine run fine as I'm local .

Maybe a member that streams can chime in

[Booked on the Blues Cruise again!!!!!!!!!! (for 2023)]

Lucky

Congratulations,  wish I could 

[Vincent - Fingerstyle Solo in Drop D]

There are many on this forum that wishes they had that "many warts" in their recordings. 

Cheers 

[Stock up on your amp tubes while you can]

hope you can stay safe there Fret.. Putin will probably try get back all the land that was once grabbed up by USSR.

looks like JJ is the last one left (unless there is another Chinese plant) that we'll have access to.

unless the USA/Canadian governments allows tubes out of Russia.. even if there is sanctions against them

“The big Shuguang factory in China was forced to move… and the Jamona (JJ Electronic) factory in Slovakia that used to have lead times of one month, now has lead times of six months."

some say that the Shuguang factory is closed.. they did provide 80% of the worlds tubes till 2019

 

[Stock up on your amp tubes while you can]

Most of the world's guitar amp tubes come from Russia 

Better stock up quick as prices are going up, inventory running low.

China is big ally to Russia hope they don't follow them

Slovakia is next to Ukraine,  the other tube producing location. 

 

Yikes, we all don't want to run Kemper's or Fractals 

[Acoustic guitar amp or portable PA system]

If I was doing a "coffee shop gig" 

Yes Loudbox mini is way to go.

When I'm playing in church all the acoustic guitars patch directly into the mixer that goes back to the main PA panel 

[Playing for Change]

I remember this song from Zeppelin 

Helps with rights when Zeppelin bass player is in it.

Great song

(Funny they didn't use Jason Bonham on drums)

[Alexander Dumble passed away]

 

 

Barely a bip of news that Alex Dumble passed away yesterday Jan 17 2021

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumble_Amplifiers

 

[switch strings on neck]

Not sure if I quite get the question. 

If you have a 12 string guitar.

Yes you can take the octave strings off, but you're going to need a full setup.

Especially on the trussrod which is counter acting pull of 12 not 6, so lots of adjustments needed.

Can you got from a 6 string to a 12 string, guitar body probably not designed to take the strength of 12 strings, after you get past the bridge and tuners required 

[Resuming my Learn and Master Guitar Course after Several Years]

when you feel lost and looking for answers.. 

look at my signature line.. you'll see the Words of Guitar Wisdom by Steve Krenz in it..

it has many of the answers anyone that is LMG/GLMG are looking for..

I brought those over from the many LMG forums we've had over the years.

[How Many Watts Do you Really Need?]

I like how they compare Tube vs Solid State to try and cover "misconceptions " of loudness. 

And they are the same

Then the article goes on to say this farther down:

A 50- to 90-watt solid-state amplifier is roughly comparable to a 15- to 20-watt tube amp, making it suitable for small gigs

 

um sure then a tube watt = solid state watt..   that's why they tell you to get triple the power.

 

[Practice Space - home recording. Need some help/ideas/advice]

The other thought is your input is not set to high impedance instrument but low impedance mic.

(The EMG's high output is another)

I know with my battery powered amp if plug my guitar in and hit the Low Z button I get tons of distortion 

[Practice Space - home recording. Need some help/ideas/advice]

Remember there are mixer volume controls for a reason .

It's to adjust volume levels.

If you put your guitar on 10, and the mixer on 10..

Well you're gonna clip distortion 

[Arpeggios Lessons - Major & Minor Forms Summary Sheet]

Wish I could start Steve's Arpeggios busy with Christmas songs and my Blues courses at the moment 

[Streaming the courses]

@jambguitar don't forget.. there are lots of external USB (either old USB-A or Newer USB-C) DVD/Blueray players that are typically under $100..

they'll plug in to the USB port (just make sure you get one that matches your port or use an adapter) and watch away

[Streaming the courses]

@DavidMc DVD players are like $30 at Walmart.. and might as well get yourself a HDMI cable too.. 

but if you have a computer with a DVD or Blueray player in it.  look into PavTube software.

there are many ripping software's but I use it for 98% of what I need to rip into mp4

 

I'd be great if Steve re-wrote the whole LMG series under the Guitar Gathering banner and expanded some of the sections as well.

Steve's stuff would fit great under Truefire too.

but alas we have a Legacy to follow.. 

 

[How to plug in]

@Ice9 you missed the point

put the guitar on 5, set the amp for tone and volume. 

Then if you want over driven, turn the guitar to 10, don't have to fiddle around with the amp.

You want to clean up, turn guitar back to 5ish

If you have your guitar maxed out you can't get any louder than 10 on it which is were you started.

You will only be able to go quieter 

It's like driving your car with your foot to the floor can't go faster only slower

[Guitar Solo]

2 types of solos 

Those that stay in one position and the ones we like hearing are the ones that "bridge" all 5 pentatonic patterns up the neck

They say start a loop, take 1 note and get a rhythm going . Add only 1 or 2 notes over time and work with them

 

Another approach is to play parts of each pentatonic pattern .

But linking the pentatonics takes more time 

[How to plug in]

Why would you turn up your guitar volume all the way up and then adjust your amp volume and tone.

You have no where to go on the guitar except down

Turn your guitar volume and tone to 5.

Then adjust the amp volume and tone. 

Now you have somewhere to go with the guitar controls