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Really dig the dramatic zoom in on your face when you say "your music career is ruined". Essential special effect to bring the message across 🤣

Yes. I am very surprised no one has posted this video yet (highly recommended but doesn't feature Friedman, that's how I made my PRS decision):

What? You don't read UW on vacation? Are you saying, coping with us is "work" for you? 😭

Mark is awesome! When I made my decision to buy a Kemper, he was a tremendous help and I can vouch for him as someone who truly cares about helping others. And that's a very rare trait among people. Still, we disagree respectfully on the amp-in-the-room feeling aspect and that's totally cool...

now that is crazy! Sounds like an epic concert experience. What I mean though is that unique feeling you get from standing in front of a speaker. It's not gonna be the same if you play through monitors. I also don't really "feel" it when I play through FRFR. Hence, I settled for old school...

I am generally with Mark but I differ in so far as I do have a thing for amp-in-the-room. The way I go about it: Tube amp: rehearsal room, bedroom Kemper: studio, gig Oh and FWIW @aarontunes I recently got the PRS MT15. What a beast... I would love to compare it head to head against the Friedman.

same here. It's strange how adding sealer before the stain creates this effect.

Alright, second one from the top is sealer and tru oil. The other three (which look identical) are different versions of sandpaper grits, sealer and tru-oil but use walnut stain (100%, i.e. no water added). My favorites: Upper section: with walnut. Lower section: top right (i.e. sealer first...

Sorry for the very late response. This thing was in the rehearsal room and every time I got there, I had no time to take pictures. So here, we go (disclaimer: I can't explain the wiring but it works; my friend did it):

smart idea. It's similar to my 000 steel wool approach, will give it a go. What I did since my last post is the following: Step 1: top left: on top off chestnut sealer: add silver glaze, wipe off with 000 steel wool top right: on top off chestnut sealer: add walnut stain, wipe off with 000...

Alright, I have some first insights. What I did: sand down to 240 3 times, and apply water to raise the grain in between use a metal brush to open pores clean with window wipe and let dry So far, I did: top left: chestnut sanding sealer (will use BC walnut stain here tonight) top right...

Upbow = forward-bowed Since i managed to get it almost straight now, i don't think I'll need to do as you suggest. But it's very good to know about this technique (as mentioned to Rick). I was just confused why I couldn't even get to a point of upbow/forward-bow.

Let the fun begin... Will start first tests tomorrow