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Re: Portable reverb unit for Polytone Mini Brute?

 

I have a Hermida Reverb pedal made by Alf Hermida of Zendrive fame:



I use it with my LunchBox amp and it sounds wonderful...
Re: hand exerciser

 

On Nov 12, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Bob Hansmann wrote:

On 11/11/2010 4:03 PM, Ron Becker wrote:
Bobby's monthly check
doesn't cover it anymore.
Hey,
Times are tight. Give a guy a break!
`K

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.




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Re: Gibson Classic Les Paul 57s

 

Thanks Brian and Jeff and everyone for the suggestions.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.




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Re: Gibson Classic Les Paul 57s

 

Have you seen what Dave Stephens has been up to in his "Vintage Lab"
series?
Nope I'll check thanks.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.




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Re: hand exerciser

 

On 11/11/2010 4:03 PM, Ron Becker wrote:
Bobby's monthly check
doesn't cover it anymore.
Hey,
Times are tight. Give a guy a break!
Re: Portable reverb unit for Polytone Mini Brute?

 

The Digitech RV-7 is a stomp box w/ reverb algorithms by Lexicon. It is about $150. As far as the TC Electronics gear goes, it is top notch as well. Their old school chorus unit, the SCF stereo chorus flanger, had the best chorus sound out there. It is still available. Plus, their NM-1 nova modulator pedal supposedly has the same chorus and flanger sounds as the SCF, plus a bunch more. I haven't had a chance to A/B test them yet.

I haven't seen any reverb pedals w/ delay, unless you are looking at a multi-effects unit. The POD series from Line-6, are pretty good. I've played around w/ a few of them and they are good sounding and compact.

-- Mike V.

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "rguitarjj" <rpjazzguitar@...> wrote:

I use a Boss ME50. I generally like its reverb better than the amp's reverb (except for my 1964 Ampeg). That includes various Roland, Fender and Polytone amps.

I also have a Korg PX5D. I don't recommend it.

Somebody I trust praised the TC Electronics reverb.

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "john" <deanwork2003@> wrote:

I have this Polytone Mini Brute amp, the one with the big speaker, I think it is 14". Anyway the reverb is shot on it. Otherwise it has a very good strong clean sound with good bass response. The reverb makes all kinds of high pitch distorted sounds when I try to use it.

Is there any good small external reverb unit that you guys would suggest to use with this amp? It would actually be nice to have a digital delay as well but that could come separately in a foot pedal.

I used to have one of those Boss digital delay/digital reverb combo stomp boxes years ago that I used with a small Fender amp and the reverb always seemed to thin out the tone of my Es175.

Is there something cheap I could find used on EBay that sounds good?

john
Re: Resources for Jazz musiciens

 

Thank you, Andre!

-Arnold


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Over 35 Hours of Video Uploaded Every Minute to YouTube

 

The amount of video uploaded to YouTube is 35 hours per minute.

"That breaks out to 2,100 hours uploaded every 60 minutes, or 50,400 hours uploaded to YouTube every day. If we were to measure that in movie terms (assuming the average Hollywood film is around 120 minutes long), 35 hours a minute is the equivalent of over 176,000 full-length Hollywood releases every week. Another way to think about it is: if three of the major US networks were broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year for the last 60 years, they still wouldn't have broadcast as much content as is uploaded to YouTube every 30 days."
Re: Portable reverb unit for Polytone Mini Brute?

Brad Rabuchin
 

A great and simple reverb pedal for use with your ploytone would be a
Hermeda Reverb. It's $99 list.


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Re: Gibson Classic Les Paul 57s

Jeff Shirkey
 


It's not a dramatic difference but the
differences are all in the right direction and at this point there
is no
other pickup out there that can equal them at what these pickups do
best.
Have you seen what Dave Stephens has been up to in his "Vintage Lab"
series?

Jeff
Re: Gibson Classic Les Paul 57s

 

I don't want to go into the proprietary details of the design but the higher windings are only one part of the design. In this case one of the benefits of the higher winding is that it make the pickup sound richer and fuller. Many jazz guitar pickups are highwind style pickups including those by Seymour Duncan, including those he builds for Benedetto. One of the most desirable jazz guitar pickups ever designed were designed by guitarist Attila Zollar and they are extremely high wound pickups.

If you like a lighter more detailed sound that someone like Jim Hall (not entirely the best example maybe) uses the lower wound Lollar Imperials are hard to beat but the Highwinds are richer and more cello like in the style of Wes and Kenny Burrell. It's not a dramatic difference but the differences are all in the right direction and at this point there is no other pickup out there that can equal them at what these pickups do best. I heard these pickups pickups in all the versions (more wind, less win, every magnet imaginable and every wire wrapping technique, all sorts of different gauges of wire and all the other tricks) leading up to the final product and I can't see how you could possibly build a pickup better suited for jazz guitar.





Brian

-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Shirkey
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 12:50 AM
To: jazz_guitar@...
Subject: Re: [jazz_guitar] Gibson Classic Les Paul 57s


On Nov 12, 2010, at 12:45 AM, Brian Kelly wrote:

I鈥檝e said this before but I鈥檒l repeat it. The best pickup for jazz
is the Lollar HighWind Humbucker.
High wind? I'm surprised you wouldn't go with the low wind for jazz. I
have a set in one of my Les Pauls. Great for jazz/blues. I'm sure the
high wind is, too, but it is a hotter pickup after all--and would seem
better suited to blues/rock. Not so?

Jeff





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Re: Poignant valedictory interview with Chet Atkins

 

At 07:12 PM 11/11/2010, Mike Detlefsen wrote:
It's his Gibson Country Gent he's playing there at 1:24, not the Gretsch. :-)

Heh, you're right! I figured he'd have been playing the Gretsch partly on the basis of Yandell's comments that you quoted.
Re: Poignant valedictory interview with Chet Atkins

 

At 05:36 PM 11/11/2010, Ron Becker wrote:
On Nov 11, 2010, at 3:11 PM, David B. Klein wrote:


Note also the Gretsch he plays here at the end of his life---his true
preference?
I really like that fedora. What a beauty. With the scarf... Wow what
a combo! Very Italian.
He always had a great guitar sound whenever I heard him.

He'd had brain surgery, you know, Ron. Hence the hat.

d.
Re: Gibson Classic Les Paul 57s

Jeff Shirkey
 

On Nov 12, 2010, at 12:45 AM, Brian Kelly wrote:

I抳e said this before but I抣l repeat it. The best pickup for jazz
is the Lollar HighWind Humbucker.
High wind? I'm surprised you wouldn't go with the low wind for jazz. I
have a set in one of my Les Pauls. Great for jazz/blues. I'm sure the
high wind is, too, but it is a hotter pickup after all--and would seem
better suited to blues/rock. Not so?

Jeff

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Re: Gibson Classic Les Paul 57s

 

I鈥檝e said this before but I鈥檒l repeat it. The best pickup for jazz is the Lollar HighWind Humbucker. The HightWind name throws people off but this pickup was designed for one of my guitars ago and was specifically designed for jazz although in truth this pickup just sounds great on anything but especially so in a jazz guitar application. It was designed several years ago and was the result of pretty extensive testing against some of the of the best known designs available and this pickup wins hands down in my opinion. I use them on all my archtops, my 137 and on the Telecaster that I sometimes use for jazz or blues.



Brian



From: Ron Becker
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 1:27 PM
To: Jazz Guitar
Subject: [jazz_guitar] Gibson Classic Les Paul 57s


Anyone have experience with this pickup? They are a C note on the
gear slut pages. Are they what they claim? Got a chinese cheapie and
the neck pu is muddy sounding compared to a real non vintage LP I
heard a while back.

Ron

Living and playing outside the box.







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Re: Portable reverb unit for Polytone Mini Brute?

John Amato
 

I highly recommend the Lexicon LXP-1 ... it's been discontinued for years, but
it's on E-Bay, where I got mine.

A few years ago I was beat out on E-Bay a few times right at the literal last
few seconds.

This unit is the best reverb I've found for jazz guitar ...

It's a half rack ...




... my other choice which I sometimes take on gigs is the Boss-Fender Reverb,
FRV-1 -- it gets very close to that '63 Fender Reverb .... they also have the
FDR-1, for that '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb ... but I like the FRV-1 (has that cool
"Spring" sound of the '63 Reverb.)





John Amato
Isaiah 55:11








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From: john <deanwork2003@...>
To: jazz_guitar@...
Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 10:09:03 AM
Subject: [jazz_guitar] Portable reverb unit for Polytone Mini Brute?


I have this Polytone Mini Brute amp, the one with the big speaker, I think it is
14". Anyway the reverb is shot on it. Otherwise it has a very good strong clean
sound with good bass response. The reverb makes all kinds of high pitch
distorted sounds when I try to use it.

Is there any good small external reverb unit that you guys would suggest to use
with this amp? It would actually be nice to have a digital delay as well but
that could come separately in a foot pedal.

I used to have one of those Boss digital delay/digital reverb combo stomp boxes
years ago that I used with a small Fender amp and the reverb always seemed to
thin out the tone of my Es175.

Is there something cheap I could find used on EBay that sounds good?

john







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Re: MP3: "Sway"

John Amato
 

Thank you, Kevin ....


John Amato
Isaiah 55:11








________________________________
From: Kevin <kevro2000@...>
To: jazz_guitar@...
Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 7:55:46 PM
Subject: [jazz_guitar] Re: MP3: "Sway"


John, that is awesome. One of my favorite songs, too.

--- In jazz_guitar@..., John Amato <jamato316@...> wrote:


________________________________

"Sway" ... a.k.a "Quien Sera"






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Re: Portable reverb unit for Polytone Mini Brute?

 

Cool, I never really liked the Polytone reverb anyway.

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "groovetube66" <groovetube66@...> wrote:

A used TC Electronics M300 will do what you want and more, and you should be able to find one for $80 or so. Excellent quality.

S.

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "john" <deanwork2003@> wrote:

Thanks Bobby,

I was thinking about a digital reverb and that price is what I was looking at and I want a delay with it. I'm not even close to being a professional musician, or ever will be, or I would be using a rack mounted effects processor.

But I guess I should take this in and see if I can repair it. On this amp it is very difficult to get to. It might be just a spring that is not correctly in place but you have to take the whole amp apart to get to it and then it wrapped up in all this foam insulation of some kind. I don't think I'm qualified to do it my self but I will inquire about that. Thanks a lot.

john

--- In jazz_guitar@..., Bob Hansmann <bobbybmusic@> wrote:

Hi John,

Is there any good small external reverb unit that you guys would
suggest to use with this amp?
There are some good ones out there, but they are not cheap. On EBay, the
Peavy (now discontinued) Reverb/Tremolo comes up from time to time for
around $300 (it was originally around $800 new), but I've heard mixed
reviews. Most everything else out there is rack-mounted, or fair at
best. If you can live without a spring, there are plenty of used digital
reverbs out there for a song. For example, the Yamaha REX-50
multi-effects processor has a pretty good digital reverb sound, and it's
got other effects also, most notably the harmonizer (not diatonic,
though). Mike Stern still uses his, if you want to hear it. They go for
under $100 on EBay.

Anyway, it doesn't sound to me that your reverb is "shot". It's probably
Op-Amp driven, and is probably a repair that won't put you in the
poor-house (unless you didn't like its sound in the first place). I
would check that avenue first, if I were in your shoes.

hope this helps,
Bobby
Re: Portable reverb unit for Polytone Mini Brute?

groovetube66
 

A used TC Electronics M300 will do what you want and more, and you should be able to find one for $80 or so. Excellent quality.

S.

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "john" <deanwork2003@...> wrote:

Thanks Bobby,

I was thinking about a digital reverb and that price is what I was looking at and I want a delay with it. I'm not even close to being a professional musician, or ever will be, or I would be using a rack mounted effects processor.

But I guess I should take this in and see if I can repair it. On this amp it is very difficult to get to. It might be just a spring that is not correctly in place but you have to take the whole amp apart to get to it and then it wrapped up in all this foam insulation of some kind. I don't think I'm qualified to do it my self but I will inquire about that. Thanks a lot.

john

--- In jazz_guitar@..., Bob Hansmann <bobbybmusic@> wrote:

Hi John,

Is there any good small external reverb unit that you guys would
suggest to use with this amp?
There are some good ones out there, but they are not cheap. On EBay, the
Peavy (now discontinued) Reverb/Tremolo comes up from time to time for
around $300 (it was originally around $800 new), but I've heard mixed
reviews. Most everything else out there is rack-mounted, or fair at
best. If you can live without a spring, there are plenty of used digital
reverbs out there for a song. For example, the Yamaha REX-50
multi-effects processor has a pretty good digital reverb sound, and it's
got other effects also, most notably the harmonizer (not diatonic,
though). Mike Stern still uses his, if you want to hear it. They go for
under $100 on EBay.

Anyway, it doesn't sound to me that your reverb is "shot". It's probably
Op-Amp driven, and is probably a repair that won't put you in the
poor-house (unless you didn't like its sound in the first place). I
would check that avenue first, if I were in your shoes.

hope this helps,
Bobby
Re: MP3: "Sway"

 

John, that is awesome. One of my favorite songs, too.

--- In jazz_guitar@..., John Amato <jamato316@...> wrote:


________________________________

"Sway" ... a.k.a "Quien Sera"
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