Dr Tony Balls wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 6:40 am

djimbe wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 5:17 pm My 11 year old is learning bass right now and she loves plugging into it just for fun

Awesome!!!

Yeah it is. She's back in the music room right now fucking around with a cheap Ibanez strat and that box. She uses a Pro Jr. My '64 Bassman rig scares her

Is there a place online where one can find circuits and part #s for Neotek stuff?

I have an aging Sytek mpx4aii with fussy gain pots. Deox It and exercise can wake them up again but it doesn't seem a lasting solution. If I could get a local tech to replace the pots I'm pretty sure it'd be 100%.

losthighway wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2026 5:41 pm Is there a place online where one can find circuits and part #s for Neotek stuff?

I have an aging Sytek mpx4aii with fussy gain pots. Deox It and exercise can wake them up again but it doesn't seem a lasting solution. If I could get a local tech to replace the pots I'm pretty sure it'd be 100%.

I tried to get these Schems about 10 years ago from the Neotek/Sytek guy but never got a response.

Kniferide wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2026 7:00 pm

losthighway wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2026 5:41 pm Is there a place online where one can find circuits and part #s for Neotek stuff?

I have an aging Sytek mpx4aii with fussy gain pots. Deox It and exercise can wake them up again but it doesn't seem a lasting solution. If I could get a local tech to replace the pots I'm pretty sure it'd be 100%.

I tried to get these Schems about 10 years ago from the Neotek/Sytek guy but never got a response.

Help us Greg Norman you're our only hope.

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 5:46 pm Need help’

I have a Arturia Keylab 88 and two Yamaha Refaces.

I want to switch to between the two Refaces. I guess I need a simple box. How do I do that?

I don’t want to complicate this very much. All I really care about is the keys. I do drawbar manipulation/sound changing on the Refaces themselves, and then the Refaces go out to either a DI or amp.

Just like an A/B box to select which Reface is going to the DI/amp?

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 8:56 am

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 5:46 pm Need help’

I have a Arturia Keylab 88 and two Yamaha Refaces.

I want to switch to between the two Refaces. I guess I need a simple box. How do I do that?

I don’t want to complicate this very much. All I really care about is the keys. I do drawbar manipulation/sound changing on the Refaces themselves, and then the Refaces go out to either a DI or amp.

Just like an A/B box to select which Reface is going to the DI/amp?

FM llllllllllllllllllll, I think this does what you're asking? You're trying to control the 2 different Refaces with the one Arturia midi kbd, right?

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... -interface

nb: I don't have this unit so this advice is worth about as much as the AI summary Google gives you now, even if I didn't use AI and sourced it directly from another forum myself : https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=310809

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 8:56 am

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 5:46 pm Need help’

I have a Arturia Keylab 88 and two Yamaha Refaces.

I want to switch to between the two Refaces. I guess I need a simple box. How do I do that?

I don’t want to complicate this very much. All I really care about is the keys. I do drawbar manipulation/sound changing on the Refaces themselves, and then the Refaces go out to either a DI or amp.

Just like an A/B box to select which Reface is going to the DI/amp?

Yes, maybe even something like an A/B/Y w/ more outputs for standard midi cables, preferably with a switch I can hit with my hands.

W.L.Weller wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 11:51 amYou're trying to control the 2 different Refaces with the one Arturia midi kbd, right?

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... -interface

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=310809

Haha! The steel guitar forum is one of my old haunts, at least when Susan Alcorn was alive. She was a breath of fresh air among all those old guys.

I’ll check out that sweetwater link, looks to be about it except I don’t really understand how the output can be switched between one out or another - there’s a video I’ll watch first.

Steel guitar is so incredible to me, even before you get into the levers and pedals. Then it's just sorcery. I could imagine a different version of myself who, with enough time and maybe childhood exposure, could learn to play baritone sax or piano. Even lap steel requires an ear I'll never have, so I'll just keep listening to the wizards.

Making another TL-606 cab for Danny of Sewing Needle and realized I am finally out of my supply of baltic birch. This will be a finished stained & poly cab similar to an Emperor or whatever, no Duratex/torlex.

Checking w/ wood nerds here: is Birch still the only game in town for marriage of sturdy + weight? Big Box lumber has maple and oak that would be beautiful but holy shit they are both super heavy.

I'm wondering what those new crazy-ass lift-with-your-pinky bass cabs are made of, because it sure as hell cannot be 3/4" birch plywood. Assuming they haven't all dried out and crumbled up, I do have several boxes of veneers that I have never used that I could cover anything with. No experience w/ veneers though so hopefully learning curve isn't too steep.

(Also: Still feel a little sad to not have a WAY out in the weeds reply from FMBD to look forward to)

Garth wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2026 12:51 pm

I'm wondering what those new crazy-ass lift-with-your-pinky bass cabs are made of, because it sure as hell cannot be 3/4" birch plywood.

Not a wood dork, but looks like the Mesa Subway cabs are built with Italian Poplar. My bandmate has a Mojotone Lite Series 2x12 and that's made out of pine, except for the baffle.