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Post by sixchannel on Mar 14, 2011 8:49:00 GMT
Just a post script to Johns thread based on my settings. I do find that the Middle knob is the one that makes the difference between Early Hank and Modern Hank, and those settings above are more for the Modern tone. BUT - if you want that clonky, scooped tone, just simply turn the Middle OFF!. Atlantis - use the Compressor effect set of the Korg Ampworks at about 11 o clock (for starters) to give that fatter than usual tone. Have fun! cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Mar 5, 2011 11:24:04 GMT
Having had it all from new, in 1975 I sold, probably for beggar all, my 62 sunburst Strat, Vox AC30TB (one of the first ones with the TB switch in the panel) and an unloved Binson as I was giving up Gigging forever. Yeah! Right!! I dont remember getting a lot for it and wish I'd kept it all. Also my Harmony H75 went for a song to a lad up the road who earnestly wanted to learn to play. I saw it a couple of years later and it looked like he'd been playing cricket with it. Heart Breaking!! cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Mar 1, 2011 8:14:07 GMT
Hi Glen Its through my good old Zoom2000EFTP (same patches as the 2200) into Korg Ampworks on AC15 setting. Guitar is an Alan Brason Strat with Kinman FV's fitted. cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Feb 28, 2011 10:34:35 GMT
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Post by sixchannel on Feb 21, 2011 11:47:37 GMT
Its here - SITE REMOVED AS ITS DEFINTELY DODGY cheers Ian
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Post by sixchannel on Feb 9, 2011 16:08:39 GMT
Just my two penn'orth. On my KInman FV's I have Middle pickup with the tone rolled off slightly to 7. Does the business for me. But then again, i do play the modern Hank version. cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Feb 5, 2011 13:51:13 GMT
Having read all the Hype on the link (including the oxymoron that he had worked on "thousands" of rare guitars over the years (eh?), would this be the same ultra special and totally Holy Grail of the Buddy Holly sound (that he got with all other 3 Strats and I suspect any Strat of the period that he picked up ) that his Missus has had all the frets ripped out of in order to put ONE fret into each of yet another "Special Series" guitars for so-called Guitar Celebrities? It must have been really special to her to do that to it!! Why was he holding it so carefully? It'd been hung up on a pub wall for years and BH had only played it a couple of times. It wasnt even responsible for the sound on any of his recordings. Oh Boy!! Ian
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Post by sixchannel on Feb 4, 2011 16:49:05 GMT
Maurice I'm usually there - (they even moved venues to try and hide from me!!). The lure of June's Coconut Slices and a bit of gentle fun all round makes me endure the 120 mile round trip and the joys of the M6. Its not the busiest Club in the world, but caters happily for all abilities and styles, even Singers get a look in. No not me - they put me on in pubs at 11pm to empty the place! Format is (usually) mixed - ie - play to BTs or live band - your call. There is a resident drummer Rocket Ron, who also lives in the Mist Wedlands and he can play most styles and knows lots of Shads and related tunes. Paul, the Organiser is a Bassist and between the rest of us we can rustle up at least 3 Bruces and at least one more Jet. If you do want to try something Live its best to collar Paul on arrival and ask him if the tunes are known and can be accomodated. Usually can. The banter is often dreadful - Pauls jokes all come from Christmas Crackers I am sure. Its all very informal. Cost is £4 for Players and £2 for non-players. If you need any more info you can always PM me. cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Feb 4, 2011 13:24:01 GMT
Hi Peter, hope your keeping well. No Shaddicts Club in Manchester any more - packed in c2009. Congleton Guitar Club next meet is March 19th. Starts at 1pm prompt. If bringing own gear get there AT LEAST 30 mins early or you wont be able to get your kit on. Just 10 mins from J17 M6. Nice crowd, tea, coffee, bikkies and smashing cakies . Backline available if you just want to bring your guitar. BTs (CDs only - no Minidisc facility) or own Walkman, ipod etc provided you have the leads and connectors to 1/4 jack for the PA system. Not a big drive from Merseyside - I go up from the West Mids. cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Feb 3, 2011 14:21:27 GMT
Maurice I think you might be confusing this site with the ShadowMusic site, which does have a Club area. cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Feb 3, 2011 14:19:12 GMT
NIce website Paul ! cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Feb 2, 2011 16:23:12 GMT
If this is the picture on your front cover, you'd be wrong, Peter. It was one of the rosewood necked Strats / P Bass that they were "issued" with in order for them all to have matching kit - as was the norm in the 60's. The famous maple necked Strat was still around of course, and still is, and was sometimes the weapon of choice by Hank for certain numbers when the Shadows were recording.
HTH Ian
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Mixers
Jan 30, 2011 21:52:53 GMT
Post by sixchannel on Jan 30, 2011 21:52:53 GMT
Dick - better yet - these guys are in Newcastle On Tyne. I thnk I'm right in thinking you are a Geordie but are you near enough to N-O-T to go and see one? cheers ian
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Mixers
Jan 30, 2011 20:02:28 GMT
Post by sixchannel on Jan 30, 2011 20:02:28 GMT
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 30, 2011 16:51:46 GMT
Hi Tommo (long time no hear - how is my old home town "LL" these days?) and Paul.The guitar was built by Alan Brason to a specific requirement - The body is a Fender Alder body (ex the well known auction site for seriously cheap (lucky) and originally Olympic White), stripped and re-finished in that wonderful colour by Ian Harper. I reckon its as close to how I remember it too. Alan made the neck from scratch from a selected piece of B I maple from his stock, medium jumbo frets and finished in that lovely golden 'antique' colour. The locking Sperzels were supplied to him. Pickups are Kinman FV's - again an the well known auction site purchase. Electrics are NOT standard Fender arrangement. The Tone pots are middle one for Neck or Middle pup and the bottom control is for BRIDGE. Seriously useful mod is that. Also the bottom pot is push/pull to give pickup selection of Neck + Bridge (for that Burnsy or even archtop sound) or all three pups on (a nondesript sound though). Bridge has solid steel Callaham block and full Easimute system. Everything that was not gold plated when they were bought - bridge parts, easimute, Sperzels, jack socket, countless and sundry titchy screws etc were all gold plated to a good thickness in Hull. All put together and set up by Alan in Newcastle and for a fraction of what it might have cost to buy the REAL Fender example (if one existed). HTH cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 27, 2011 8:14:36 GMT
Goran shows his Tab and Chords against the wrong one - they are the Tab and Chords to the D key version. I've dropped him a note. (probably Eb to D ;D ;D ) cheers ian [/b][/quote] He's fixed it now. Good for you Goran! cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 26, 2011 19:40:49 GMT
On Goran Tangriing's site he has two backing tracks for Don't cry for me Argentina One says Eb 1979 One says D goran.tangring.com/Interesting Best regards Andy Hi Andy Probably for that very reason as discussed. However, Goran shows his Tab and Chords against the wrong one - they are the Tab and Chords to the D key version. I've dropped him a note. (probably Eb to D ;D ;D ) cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 26, 2011 18:42:06 GMT
It is indeed in D. WHo's tab are you using as there is no UBH tab. The reason I ask is that there once was a tab done in Eb which was weird, and of course incorrect. I thought it had disappeared years ago. cheers ian I'm answering my own question here. The Tab must have been done from the "S O H" recording. I dont think it would be much fun to play in Eb. Nowadays we can speed up or slow down recordings at will without losing the Key - Adobe is good at it and I guess many others too. If you are going to do it, AND / OR use it to change a Key by a semitone or so, use the WAV rather than an mp3 as it comes out so much better. cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 26, 2011 16:58:20 GMT
It is indeed in D. WHo's tab are you using as there is no UBH tab. The reason I ask is that there once was a tab done in Eb which was weird, and of course incorrect. I thought it had disappeared years ago. cheers ian
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On TV
Jan 25, 2011 20:02:06 GMT
Post by sixchannel on Jan 25, 2011 20:02:06 GMT
Hi Watty What a great atmospheric pic!! Memories! To go back to the previous thread, here is what happens if you copy and paste the "IMG" code on your photobucket pic - now EVERYONE can see you with hair! lol ;D Wish I still had some.
cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 25, 2011 19:38:58 GMT
Hi Watty Photobucket does work very well and you CAN resize the pics if you want - unlike me - lol !! Les - the Brason is on Elixir 11s. Good luck Ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 25, 2011 16:14:37 GMT
Les Sorry to Shanghai Wattys important thread a little but it is a prime example of Alan Brason's work. Plays as good as it looks. cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 25, 2011 13:18:02 GMT
What I did was to open a Photobucket account and uplaod the pic to there. Then, when you write your text on here you can call the image in to here by copying and pasting the IMG - -IMG tag directly in - like this - Hope this helps cheers ian No - you cant have the guitar !!!!!!!
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 23, 2011 17:02:57 GMT
Hi Steven running your CD player throught the VT120 will be horrid. I tried it , only once, with my VT60. They just arent designed for the sound dynamics range and Input characteristics. There ARE some amps that have a CD input on them but the VT's arent amongst them. I suspect that the amp dynamics for the guitar are compromised though in order for those of the CD to come through. Solution - A mixer into your PC soundcard. I dont like a lot of kit in my room but I found this item essential. I have a small (and it IS small) Behringer UB802 (there is a larger brother UB1002). It will cost you around £20 to £30 on the well known auction site - thats all. Plenty of similar other brands I am sure. Run the amp into the Mixer via Line Out,and also run the CD player through it on a seperate track. You will need to kill the speaker from the amp by plugging a jack into the headphone socket, unless you want to hear the amp "Live" as well. Sometimes I do, and sometimes I dont. This works very well if you dont want to store your CD tracks on the PC and always play them with your CD player - but why?. Save them on your PC and keep your CDs pristine. If you do, Free DL "CDex" off t'Internet and save the tracks as WAVs or mp3's (as you wish) and play them via WMP (or whatever) whilst the amp runs through your speakers via the Mixer. Thats what I do - Simples! cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 23, 2011 10:14:07 GMT
Andy I have "CCleaner" now which I have just DLd off t'Internet. WIll that help keep these tracker adverts away? cheers Ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 21, 2011 22:12:28 GMT
Thanks Gary. Hope your keeping well. cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 21, 2011 21:17:35 GMT
As a dedicated Kinman user (FV's in my Brason Strat) can someone cut through the b---s on the Kinman site and tell me, in simple terms ,what "scooped mids" are??How does one scoop a Mid? Does that mean they are designed with a Mid CUT? Does the tone curve look like a letter "M"? If they sounded anything like right for 54s I think they may well go nicely in my 57 Re-Issue but what does it all mean? cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 21, 2011 20:18:47 GMT
For those interested in the UB Hank vol 5 CD's to make the series complete. Some of you will know that I ran the UB Hank Club for Holland, Belgium and Germany for many years. I still have some stock left (all new and original of course) that I would be happy to part with for a very reasonably price. You can contact me at martin@ubhank.nl cheers, Martin Follow up - I just bought one from Martin using Paypal. It arrived faster than my current supposedy First Class mail service in the UK. Its the REAL DEAL - the GENUINE article and now I can dispose of that dog of a RipOff CD I bought on the well known auction site in 2005 when I was naive and knew no better. cheers ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 19, 2011 8:19:44 GMT
They ARE UBH, Mustang Music, Casting A Shadow, Shadows Workout etc etc. Snag is - they are Rip Off copies and have been reported time and time again to the well known auction site who do absolutely nothing about it other than take the money. cheers Ian
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Post by sixchannel on Jan 18, 2011 21:42:21 GMT
Hi Sheendigs I tried them. The Jury is out at the moment. It will probably sound better in a larger room but for me it was too Bassy to be "my" Modern Hank. I liked the higher Gain and Full treble (and I'll continue to use that idea - thanks) but I have Middle set at 12 oclock and Bass at 10 o clock for the sound I'm looking for. Remember I have Hank Kinman FVs on and Elixir 11 strings and that may make the diference from "your sound". I have a gig on Saturday where I can let the amp run on its 60 watt setting. I'll report back if that makes a significant difference. cheers ian Strange thought - I just realised that the tiny, battery powered Korg Ampworks that I use for recording makes a better job (IMO) of getting the Hank modern sound than my gigging amp!!!! Go figure that one!!
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