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tallchris wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 6:04 pm Any idea what the guitar is that Vern starts playing ~19 minutes in? Fender-ish headstock throwing me off:

It's a Vox... but with a replaced neck pickup.
Something like this https://reverb.com/item/4632827-1968-vo ... -eko-viper
or this https://www.ebay.com/itm/184899536294
http://www.voxshowroom.com/us/guitar/apollo.html

If you pause exactly at 19:14 or 19:15 you can just barely read Vox on the headstock.

benadrian wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 6:15 pm

tallchris wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 6:04 pm Any idea what the guitar is that Vern starts playing ~19 minutes in? Fender-ish headstock throwing me off:

It's a Vox... but with a replaced neck pickup.
Something like this https://reverb.com/item/4632827-1968-vo ... -eko-viper
or this https://www.ebay.com/itm/184899536294
http://www.voxshowroom.com/us/guitar/apollo.html

If you pause exactly at 19:14 or 19:15 you can just barely read Vox on the headstock.

Ahhh good eye!!!

A feild recorder that uses cassetes. Pre amps optional.

Sorry for the spelling. Cant see to good.

Marantz PMD 201
Sony TC-D5

I have a Panasonic VSC 830 that I love, but it's gotten a little janky over the years and it doesn't have an option to run on batteries. It is dead simple though and has a built in compressor that levels things out nicely. I've gotten some surprisingly great mid-fi recordings of loud live shows and band practices with it using the built in microphone. It's a dictation machine, though, so it's limited, but if you want to manipulate the recordings it's got variable speed control. The Marantz and Sony options were intended for field work and are capable of yielding much better results.

^ Thank you so much!

I use to use Audio Mute for sound absorbation blankets. I bought one recently to try out and am not impressed with the new design. Any sajestions?

Mickey242 wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:33 am I use to use Audio Mute for sound absorbation blankets. I bought one recently to try out and am not impressed with the new design. Any sajestions?

I clamp sleeping bags to the rafters of my basement with woodworking clamps.

^ not a bad idea.

My kid just got a little rock tumbler.
It makes a bit of a racket.

I thought about crafting a small "lid" to place over it to muffle some sound. Like a cardboard box with some DIY insulation/mass.
And maybe setting the whole thing on a foam pad to lessen rumble through the floor.
It's not very big.

Any tips?

Solution must be cheap and it only has to last as long as a rock tumbler can remain fun/interesting.

I got my partner one for Christmas last year. She took a job in the UP and a side-hustle for some of the locals is farming agates off the shore. She loves going to the beach and sorting through rocks; we kid about her being a raccoon in a past life.

Anyway, the easiest solution is to put in a closet if an extension cord isn't in the way.

If you can't do that then you should consider building a plywood box over it (and yeah getting it on some thick foam will help decouple it from the floor).

Whatever kind of open-faced box you go with, you want it thick and dense. Cardboard isn't going to do a whole lot.

If you want to get fancy, you could make a little frame and then make a green glue sandwich of drywall panels over the outside.

The main thing though is for sound-proofing, the key is mass.