losthighway wrote: Mon Dec 26, 2022 5:41 pm

thecr4ne wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 8:49 pm this year's prestige xmas gift.

Those things always looked awesome to me. How's it feel/sound?

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 6:35 pm I keep finding AT4033 and Pro 37r mics for $70, so this year I can hand them out as gifts

thecr4ne wrote: Mon Dec 26, 2022 11:19 pm

losthighway wrote: Mon Dec 26, 2022 5:41 pm

thecr4ne wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 8:49 pm this year's prestige xmas gift.

Those things always looked awesome to me. How's it feel/sound?

Really Great. fret ends could stand to be rounded over a bit, but otherwise it feels great. Body is chambered so it feels like a cloud compared to my Les Paul custom. Action is great. Neck feels great. Bigsby is fun, though I typically prefer a hard tail (I think the bigsby definitely looks better than the chevron hard-tail on gretsches...maybe if it were reversed it would look better to me, I don't know)

Sound wise, I need to spend some more time with it. I've read various takes on the stock black top filter'trons that are already making me itch to upgrade them after some brief amped playing, but I honestly need to run it through it's paces more. All in all a really nice package.

tallchris wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 3:15 pm

andyman wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 6:53 am

Nate Dort wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 8:41 pm Picked up a broken Verellen Meatsmoke preamp pedal on ebay. Burned up resistors in the power supply.

I emailed Ben asking about schematics or a bare replacement PCB, but he just said “send it back and I’ll fix it.” Forgot that he always had a lifetime warranty on his stuff. Was actually kinda looking forward to having another project to work on, but oh well.

The seller didn't realise this was an option? Did you get it for quite cheap?
Either way, score.

I think I saw that one on Ebay and was also tempted to pick it up and have Ben fix it, but I already own three versions of the Meatsmoke circuit (200 watt all tube head, rackmount preamp, pedal preamp) so that seemed a smidge excessive!

tommy wrote: Wed Dec 28, 2022 8:52 am Bought a 1979 MXR Dyna Comp on the cheap that has been modded with a Ross mod, true bypass, and DC adapter jack.

tommy wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:23 am

tommy wrote: Wed Dec 28, 2022 8:52 am Bought a 1979 MXR Dyna Comp on the cheap that has been modded with a Ross mod, true bypass, and DC adapter jack.

This thing rules. I was worried the Ross mod might take away too much of the squish. When I reach for a Dyna Comp it's because I want a compressor as an effect, not super subtlety. Anyway, this one has plenty. And it is surprisingly quiet in terms of noise threshold.

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 10:02 am

tommy wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:23 am

tommy wrote: Wed Dec 28, 2022 8:52 am Bought a 1979 MXR Dyna Comp on the cheap that has been modded with a Ross mod, true bypass, and DC adapter jack.

This thing rules. I was worried the Ross mod might take away too much of the squish. When I reach for a Dyna Comp it's because I want a compressor as an effect, not super subtlety. Anyway, this one has plenty. And it is surprisingly quiet in terms of noise threshold.

This just reminded me that I have a grip of metal can CA3080s lying around. I ought to compress it up at some point.