tommy wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 10:55 am

Tom Wanderer wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 9:47 am

penningtron wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 8:55 am ...avoid just any cheapo tremolo if you plan to do more than just lock it in place. The springs won't hold tuning very well...

I should give credit to the Mastery trem as it did vastly improve the tuning stability. I attributed a lot of that to the bridge (I could practically feel the wrapped strings dragging through the V shaped notches on the previous TOM bridge) but the trem has worked great too.

I vote for the AVRI trem (or whatever Fender calls the US made ones these days) because it has the lock. A lot of people don't use these but I think they are great when setup correctly. It's been forever since I played a show but it saved me during a string break on more than one occasion. You break a string and the tension change on the springs throw everything else out of tune. Avoided with engaging the lock. Also, avoid the MIJ trem. It sucks because of the lighter springs and it rocks unevenly.

Owen wrote: Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:04 pm Just to continue my saga of putting a new band together.

So far so good. Working with a "real" singer is cool, right now we are just collaborating remotely (yay technology), but the process has been productive. We figured we will write 4 songs together, once we are happy, send them over to the rest of the band. Then proceed to bang them out and refine in the room together.

In the meantime I had another person reach out interested to join the band. They play keys and have a really good voice. I never really pictured keyboard or piano in this project, but I feel like a chump turning away what seems to be a real talented musician. On the other hand, I don't know if keys fit.

Owen wrote: Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:04 pm
In the meantime I had another person reach out interested to join the band. They play keys and have a really good voice. I never really pictured keyboard or piano in this project, but I feel like a chump turning away what seems to be a real talented musician. On the other hand, I don't know if keys fit.

tallchris wrote: Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:33 pm

Owen wrote: Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:04 pm Just to continue my saga of putting a new band together.

So far so good. Working with a "real" singer is cool, right now we are just collaborating remotely (yay technology), but the process has been productive. We figured we will write 4 songs together, once we are happy, send them over to the rest of the band. Then proceed to bang them out and refine in the room together.

In the meantime I had another person reach out interested to join the band. They play keys and have a really good voice. I never really pictured keyboard or piano in this project, but I feel like a chump turning away what seems to be a real talented musician. On the other hand, I don't know if keys fit.

We lucked out in that the first person we reached out to about drumming, while playing in another locally popular band, was totally down to play with us. Dude just slays, the stuff he comes up with when he's "just learning the song" blows my mind.

Now trying to find a singer, that's been taking longer...might have someone sorted fingers crossed.

losthighway wrote: Wed Mar 16, 2022 5:36 pm

Owen wrote: Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:04 pm
In the meantime I had another person reach out interested to join the band. They play keys and have a really good voice. I never really pictured keyboard or piano in this project, but I feel like a chump turning away what seems to be a real talented musician. On the other hand, I don't know if keys fit.

But would making space for them to fit push you into doing something exciting and new?

I'm projecting a little because entering a decade with a guitar driven power trio I often think of the innovation a different set of instruments could force.

tommy wrote: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:15 am Can anyone point me to a project where I can build a small 9-volt battery powered box that will output 0-5V (control voltage) that I can control with a standard TRS expression pedal? Basically like a standalone version of this: https://syinsi.com/shop/tiles/expression-pedal-cv/ Or it could be even simpler, like one of the attenuator in/outs of the Moog CP-251. I can't really read schematics, so a wiring diagram would be more useful.

Or if anyone knows of an existing one. If I'm buying one it can have more features if they are useful.

Otherwise I guess I can just buy Behringer's cheap ass CV pedal.

brownreasontolive wrote: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:30 am

tommy wrote: Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:15 am Can anyone point me to a project where I can build a small 9-volt battery powered box that will output 0-5V (control voltage) that I can control with a standard TRS expression pedal? Basically like a standalone version of this: https://syinsi.com/shop/tiles/expression-pedal-cv/ Or it could be even simpler, like one of the attenuator in/outs of the Moog CP-251. I can't really read schematics, so a wiring diagram would be more useful.

Or if anyone knows of an existing one. If I'm buying one it can have more features if they are useful.

Otherwise I guess I can just buy Behringer's cheap ass CV pedal.

Could you not get the cheapest volume pedal possible and turn the pot into a basic sag control?