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From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
I tried the new BLACK HOLE VPICK and I like it better than my Signature Vpick. It's got a hole in the middle just like the VONHOTCH picks which I ADORE that were hand made by our own vonhotch. Adding this hole makes the pick not slip in your hand which is why I liked it on the VONHOTCH. I would not be suprised if we start seeing holes put in more picks the same way that vendors caught on to making pointy picks a few years back
GMC:er Posts: 25.297
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Read about this pedal online and wanted to give it a try. It's called "THE BUTCHER". It's a hand made boutique pedal from Latvia. The words on the pedal are in Latvian, so I've labeled them in English on my playthrough. It's great for DOOM, SLUDGE or anything that needs a very beefy, deep, throaty, drive. It's got a Mastodon vibe to it at lower gain settings. It's ideal for rythm parts that needs a Doomy vibe. Here is my quick playthrough. http://www.jānis.lv/
GMC:er Posts: 25.297
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From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
HOTONE NANO LEGACY FLOOR "LOUDSTER" POWER AMP
I've been using a Micro Amp Head on my pedal board as a power amp. (Mojo Diamond) in to a 4x12. It's great but sometimes I wish it were a pinch louder. To Wit!! I got a LOUDSTER power amp to go with it. It fits on my pedal board and takes input from the FX Loop out from the Micro Amp so that the Micro Head becomes a pre-amp (E.Q./tone passed on to the Loudster through the FX loop out on the Mojo Diamond Micro). This little power amp can make you go deaf pretty quick so be careful. It's rated 75 watts in to a 4ohm cab, about half that in to an 8 ohm cab, which is what my Randall is. It's plenty loud enough to keep up with a drum kit, and to give recordings a very LIVE feel. Here is a quick playthrough.
Here the some technical data on the Loudster. portable floor power amp Loudster is a compact power amp specially designed for guitarists. This portable 75-watt power amp puts out a huge, natural tone with musical power. With Loudster at the end of your FX chain, you can forget about hauling an amp around－plug into any cab and you’re set.
FEATURES ✪ Portable floor power amp designed for guitarists ✪ Compact size, lightweight aluminum casing ✪ Gives volume and voice to your drive pedals and amp modelers ✪ Up to 75 Watts output power ✪ Compatible with cabinets of different impedances ranging from 4-16Ω ✪ High quality tone with simple volume control ✪ High input impedance keeps your tone immaculate ✪ 18-20V DC power supply (center positive) This is a diagram of signal routing using various approaches.
For Practice or Live Gigs, this thing is more than loud enough. If a given gig has backline, E.G. a guitar cab you can borrow, then just the pedal board becomes all you need to carry. Handy!
GMC:er Posts: 25.297
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From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
KALI AUDIO MONITORS
The fine folks at KALI audio monitors have sent me a pair to review. I saw some vids about these on the interwebs and it got me wanting to try a pair! I've been using my trust KRK ROKIT 6 monitors for year. The KRK monitors are in almost every home studio I've ever seen because they are predictable and semi linear. You know what you are gonna get and they are not too pricey.
These monitors are about $300 a pair and are said to be the best monitors under $600 ever built. Quite a bold statement. They are very inexpensive considering they are compared with monitors that cost twice as much. The people behind this company are folks who used to work at JBL but left to start their own thing. I've got the LP6 which has a 6.5 inch driver. There is an 8 inch driver version as well. Unboxing and review to follow!!!
FULL DISCLOSURE: I am not being paid for this review and I'm not getting free gear. These are on loan from the company and I"m sending them back after the review. I have recently found out that folks I really trusted for reviews are being paid $1,000 or more per review. This seems to taint the results a bit imho. If I was being paid 1k for a review, id have a hard time saying bad things. Anyhoo, they just showed up. So not even out of the box yet!!
If possible, recording music playing through them isn't a bad test when reviewing monitors for youtube. Since you have the popular krk's, even with a camera mic. the changes should reflect for the viewer to have an idea.
GMC:er Posts: 25.297
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Planning on putting up a room mic using a condensor micrphone to give folks a better idea. The mis on handycams are notoriously crap. Im always amazed when I see speaker demos recorded with low quality cam mics as it just sounds like the cam mic. So not to worry, I"ll be using a real mic Todd
QUOTE (Mertay @ Oct 20 2018, 04:15 PM)
If possible, recording music playing through them isn't a bad test when reviewing monitors for youtube. Since you have the popular krk's, even with a camera mic. the changes should reflect for the viewer to have an idea.
GMC:er Posts: 25.297
Joined: 23-December 09
From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
This is a short "Unboxing" video of the KALI LP6 audio monitors that I just got in. I was able to get them set up and have been doing listening tests. I'm frankly blown away by these. I can't believe these are $300 a pair. They are $100 per pair cheaper than my krk rokit 6 monitors which I've trusted for many years. The sweet spot is HUGE. They have a larger mid range thank my KRK and more air Also the bass extension is greater. I'm going to do some mixing / recording and see how it goes!!
