Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] guitar stuff...

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Vern Green wrote:

> I have a Bass Pod Pro I have been using for the last 3 years. It is a 
> good piece of equipment. It really does not do much for bass live since 
> most of the time the sound guys would rather have the basic direct line 
> sound without any modelling or effects.
>
> In the recording studio though, this thing really shines. What I know of 
> the Bass Pod XT is that many people are not satisfied with it. So I 
> don't know. I like the Bass Pod though both live and recording.

I'll have to study this for a while before I decide.  Then something new 
will come out and I'll wait then I'll wait again, then I'll be old and 
I'll die wishing I'd made up my mind!  Or maybe I'll just take my chances 
and plunge in there.  If EBay is any indicator, I can resell the used 
device for a good price.


> Olga.net used to have listings for selling stuff, and I know 
> www.guitarworks.com has some forum listings for sales of equipment, but 
> I think it is about the same crap shoot at these places as you are going 
> to find on ebay. I have purchased a few pieces of musical gear, "a 
> couple of ADAT XTs, Electronic Drums, NS 10 speaker drivers and such). I 
> have always been pretty happy with the results.

Thanks.  I couldn't find the forum on guitarworks.com nor listings on 
olga.net, but I did look at EBay and the prices seemed like retail prices 
to me!  I might have to stick with normal mailorder or go with local 
vendors.  Maybe adds in local papers or on bulletin boards at guitar shops 
could be good.  Don't musicians have to sell stuff to pay the rent 
sometimes?  ;-)


> I have seen some modules at the NAMM show a few years ago that did not 
> require a pickup, in fact the Yamaha G50 can be set to work from a 
> standard guitar pick-up. This unit is a little old though and I am sure 
> there is something better out there now. A friend of mine has one of 
> these units but he hardly plays it anymore. I am not sure if this unit 
> comes with a hex pick-up or not and it is quite on the pricey side. My 
> buddy had to buy his pick-up seperately, he ended up having Brian Moore 
> from Brian Moore guitars build him one in his new guitar.

It looks like Roland GK-3 divided pickup would be a good option for me 
because I could attach it to my strat, or any electric steel-stringed 
guitar, and I'd be able to connect to a synth that can accept that kind of 
input.  I'm remembering that it is possible to have a different sound on 
every string and maybe to have different sounds in different pitch ranges 
within a string.  It would be fun to get back into that one of these 
years.

Thanks for all the great tips!

Mike
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