Recent content by Prometheus

Wow. Tougher than judging a bikini contest. Just too many great choices. I almost had to flip a coin at the end.

Congratulations DMRACO! A hard-fought and well-won victory. I'm not gonna say how I voted, but only that it was a tough decision. I think that the caliber of runners-up here only highlights the stellar quality of the builds being turned out by the forum members. You should all be very proud of...

Hi. I see some other replies have come in while I was getting to this reply, but I'll post it anyway. Effective RF shielding is comprised of a grounded conductive enclosure, whose largest aperture dictates the longest wavelength (lowest frequency) that it is capable of absorbing. Shielded wire...

Well, today seems to be one of those days for shielding topics. I've usually stayed mostly quiet about such, but I'll chime in here. Those that know me will know to expect a long post. SoundAsAnOldEngineer, you sound to me like you've dealt with such things before, albeit perhaps in different...

All right, a small update and testimonial here. I've now got installed BIAS Desktop, Guitar Rig and Amplitube. While the others are "fine", the BIAS app is a clear winner, at least for me. I've run all these through the Reaper DAW, and tweaked them a fair bit. Not only is BIAS more adjustable...

Well, over last weekend I looked around at reviews and Utube demos of the Bias Desktop. I like what I found, so I got it for the Black Friday price. Then I downloaded the Reaper DAW, and got both set up. I did a first test thru my computer speakers, then piped it to my solid state amp and...

For those who may go cable shopping to make their own, here are some Belden specs: Belden 8259 101.1 pF/m 0.30 uH/m Belden 8216 101.1 pF/m 0.25 uH/m Belden 8279 68.9 pF/m 0.39 uH/m Belden 89259 56.7 pF/m 0.30 uH/m Belden 8218 20.5 pF/m 0.12 uH/m Belden 8214 26 pF/m 0.07 uH/m When I decided...

A bit (?) late with this, but congratulations Verne! A truly beautiful instrument. And it was a fine competition this month. All were worthy submissions, and I had a heck of a time choosing from amongst the eventual 3 top placers. Well done, everyone.

I've never really liked the high output pups either. I'd much rather have something sweet and clean, and let the downstream hardware handle the drive.

I can't say exactly "favorites" exactly, but I've only had 'em a week, so they're my favorites right now. :)  It's a set of DiMarzio 36th Anniversary PFAs (DP103 and DP223) to replace the stock pups in an Epiphone Les Paul. Very nice PAF sound. Pretty sweet and full cleans and though they're not...

.... point of clarification .... I was not intentionally trying to be confrontational in my last post, but in hindsight I fear that it might unintentionally be seen as such. Discourse is welcome here, of course. I only wanted to present a couple of instances of alternate construction, and was...

(as a post above was duplicated in another thread, I also am double-posting my reply, from there, to here) Interesting, and strongly-stated opinion. Would you care to offer your impressions of the 3 "tonewoods" below? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFyQXy74xz4...

Interesting, and strongly-stated opinion. Would you care to offer your impressions of the 3 "tonewoods" below? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFyQXy74xz4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYLSzKlisx8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hip2YiQCGs

Hitler Reacts to Gibson Guitar 29% Price increase for 2015    :laughing11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB0wi5-5wNU

Yup. And fishermen. Well Verne, if you do read the whole thing, it looks like you'll be the only one. No matter - as I mentioned, my intent was to pass it along to a buddy overseas who wanted all the nitty gritty on my project. During my long wait for parts, I'd already been saving screenshots...