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Comment on The History of EMT and Plate Reverb by Tim

Tim — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:51:47 +0000

The valve EMT 140 St really was rather special, another sounding than the solid state ones.
EMT plates were not only large, they needed to be houses in a quiet room away from the recording area and other sources of noise, the large steel plate acted like a microphone and added any ambient nose into the returning reverb. They also required occasional free tensioning to sound their best.
EMT did produce a smaller version of the 140, the EMT 250 gold foil. It was never as popular as the 140 as it didn’t have the brightness and sparkle of the original, although it was a lot smaller and still sounded very good.

Comment on What Is A Chromatic Guitar Tuner and Why Should You Use One? by JB

JB — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 01:24:36 +0000

In reply to John. The difference in different ears is some ears hear accurately because Bruce brain is trained properly to hear the difference of beats Vs no beats at all and no beats is perfect tuning and o do this and hear tuners are not accurate. Very close though. It’s not the ears it’s the person how they think or see what they are hearing and you can train to get it right. All ears are the same and hear the same but it’s the mind that sees things differently is all. Untrained or badly informed mind is the problem or that the person may just not listen critically also. They just say that sounds about right and that right there tells you it’s not perfectly right and only about as good as a tuner coils be. Or worse even.

Comment on What Is A Chromatic Guitar Tuner and Why Should You Use One? by Todd

Todd — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 20:56:59 +0000

I know I’m late this but I wanted to clarify a couple items. In science there is a differentiation between precision and accuracy. Precision is the ability to replicate a result with same value. Accuracy in how close one gets to an absolute standard. On an instrument, I think it is most important that it is tuned relative to itself. So when I tune my guitars, I use a digital recording of a 440 hz pitchfork to tune my A string (absolute pitch) , and then tune the rest of the guitar to that pitch (relative tuning) using string harmonics for more precise resolution.

Comment on 10 of the Most Famous Recording Studios in History by Heights Studio.

Heights Studio. — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 04:38:24 +0000

Le Studio was amazing in it’s heyday!

Comment on The 5 Best Humidifiers for Singers to Help Dry Vocals by Faye

Faye — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 21:25:11 +0000

My choice fell on the everlasting comfort humidifier. Love that I can put the essential oils at bedtime, it’s my new passion. Overall, not too loud and easy to use. Thanks!

Comment on The 7 Best Sounding Martin Guitars for the Money by Steven howard Sussman

Steven howard Sussman — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 18:24:30 +0000

i have a Martin D15 bought new in 2001 if i have Guitar Center add a Fishman pickup will it adversely affect the sound?

Comment on 10 of the Most Famous Recording Studios in History by Jim Hare

Jim Hare — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:17:55 +0000

I believe most of Queen’s Night at the Opera was recorded at Rockfield. Their first three albums were recorded at Trident and I would love to have heard Bohemian Rhapsody played on Trident’s famous Bechstein piano. Hey Jude, Elton John’s early collections and David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust were all recorded on that one piano. Trident was the first to use an 8 track board. As a side note The Beatles never recorded at Abbey Road. It was EMI during their sessions. EMI changed the name to Abbey Road in the mid seventies if memory serves me correct.

Comment on The 10 Best Reverb Delay Combo Pedals by Joe

Joe — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:59:42 +0000

Very cool selection choice of pedals!!

Comment on 10 of the Most Famous Recording Studios in History by Hayward Parrott

Hayward Parrott — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:05:20 +0000

I think all of the RCA Studios… Nashville, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and Montreal were instrumental in recording studio’s history.
CTS studios in London was an amazing studio as well, I recorded Roger Whittaker with an orchestra there in the 80’s and it was one of the finest and quietest sounding rooms I have ever been in.

Comment on The History of EMT and Plate Reverb by Dead-eye the Jedi

Dead-eye the Jedi — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 23:31:34 +0000

Damn, but I didn’t like the EMT 140!
I worked for the Who — way back when (1973), building their new studio in Battersea (London). It was a really hot summer day and I had to work around the huge and very heavy 4ft x 8ft box, housing ‘The Beast’ in a *very* narrow little room, dedicated to just this device, and nothing else…

The surrounding sound isolation / insulation was made from fiberglass and I had to install thin plywood sheeting over the top of this… Due to the heat, my back was bare and I was really sweating, so having to lean against the fiberglass meant my back was covered in VERY itchy fibers ……. blooming —> OUCH!!!
The EMT 140 was then used in the recording of the Who’s ‘Quadrophenia’ album; they recorded it as we were still working on the studio; they were a but desperate — and broke, at the time! so urgently needed the cash…