Big ukulele?
far right is a regular old uke and to the far left is a Little Martin. The two guitars that look like Gibsons are actually made by Greco. Japanese company that made Gibson copies in the 70ās that are way better than 70ās Gibsons, in my opinion.
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If theyāre betterā¦ 
Is the picture distorted?
Not that I know of. Could be. Does the uke look larger than normal? BTW, I just had a profound revelation on my OT.
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Iām thinking of ordering a Submarine. I guess a Boss OC-5 octaver pedal would not cost much more - it apparently remains the only octaver pedal that can be set to only play for a certain pitch range on the guitar.
OTOH, the Submarine opens up other possibilities besides just running the low E and A strings through separate FX chains than the rest of the guitar. It could also be used for only the high strings.
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Interesting! I planned to separate sounds like this since a couple of years, eventually with switches on a hexapickup I received recently.
Bass sound for EAD, Octatrack low pitch / manglings for higher stringsā¦
I also have a Yamaha G50 guitar to midi converter with it. Have to order a GK cableā¦
I know how it works with midi, but Iām curious about results using different mics with different strings with audio signal.
I checked the specs of the OC-5 but didnāt see that possibility. Can you explain how itās done on the pedal?
Bought this Reverend Charger 290 couple of years back, and by quite some way itās one of the best guitars iāve ever played and for the money they are fantastic value.
Also, if your in the market for a decent Fuzz the Orange Fur Coat is amazing. Has a really handy EQ on it, really helps stopping the fuzz being too brittle sounding and the switchable Octave up really makes it something special
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Itās here
- Poly mode for chord playing; Range knob sets the note range where the effect is applied
- Lowest Range setting in Poly mode applies the octave effect to only the lowest note in a chord
My Boss Katana 100 amp has a virtual OC octave effect. The polyphonic mode with Range setting works quite well.
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I just saw your Jazzmaster.
Which model is it ?
IĀ“m thinking about getting a Jazzmaster, but I donĀ“t know which model I should look for (used, up to 1500ā¬ ).
I like thick necksā¦
Any recommendations ?
Does it apply only when you play a chord? Or could you have it like it applies one octave down whenever you play the two lower strings (although i guess it would be limited until the C#) ?
No it works fine with single notes.
Iām guessing youāre talking to me.
I have an American Professional II. The storeās initial asking price was around $1520, so just a modest discount for being a display guitar. After they let me try it, they reduced the price to $1400 without asking me. I think it was a reward for not playing Eruption, Stairway to Heaven, or poorly executed blues licks. I played some post-punk riffs and other rhythm guitar stuff mostly. Gotta play post-punk something on a Jazzmaster, amiright?
They also did a free setup job to lower the action, which I felt was higher than I was used to from the 10th fret and up. I think they replaced the strings because they had that slick new string feel that they didnāt have when I first tried the guitar.
The neck is thicker than the one on my Am. Elite Tele or my DāAngelico Deluxe SS. The 9.5" radius is very agreeable with my hand for playing a wide variety of chords. Even feels great for solo fingerstyle/chord melody tunes. I have yet to apply extra pressure to compensate for gaps under my finger when I play barre chords, unlike the other guitars.
One thing I should emphasize is the rhythm circuit is for parallel-series switching, unlike vintage Jazzmasters. I think the more usual rhythm circuit is in phase vs. out of phase switching. When you switch to serial pickups, the witch-hat knobs donāt work anymore and you have to use the thumbwheels to manage volume and tone. In theory serial mode should be great for heavy riffing and other louder stuff. Iām not sure thoughā¦ might look into having it modded for in-phase vs out of phase, as Iām thinking phase switching might be more useful to meā¦ The electronics are noisier than on my Eric Johnson Thinline Strat - probably because of all the time this Jazzmaster has spent on display in the store, being tried out by all kinds of people and plugged in and out. So when the time comes have the electronics serviced - cavity shielding, maybe wiring change, etc. thatās when I might consider the change to phase switch.
The American Original 60s Jazzmaster is the other new American model that I consistently see great reviews about. Iām not sure it has exactly the same neck, but it does have the 9.5" radius. Also it has a higher price and doesnāt have the Miami Blue color option like mine 
. I have an acquaintance who has an Original 60s. Heās worked at various guitar shops and owns a nice guitar collection, including a respectable stable of offset guitars. He raves about his Original 60s like the others, except he changed the pickups to Lollars.
Speaking of pickups. I do love the stock V-Mod pickups and the push-pull knob that taps the bridge for a lower output tone, on my Jazzmaster.
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Is it safe to assume I can record directly using a DSM Simplifier to the OT with good quality? No other equipment needed other than a guitar? I read a review somewhere that you still needed a preamp for direct recording. Thanks in advance!
The OT inputs are designed for line level so any device that can raise your guitar signal level to line level should be fine. Preamp is one possible solution.
I use my OT in the aux bus of my Mackie mixer. Iāve had viola (with pickup) and guitar plugged into a mixer input, and just used the mixer preamp to get the level up. Of course just using the preamp of a typical mixer wonāt give you the āguitar ampā sound that most guitarists would consider to be āgoodā.
I also like using an ART SplitMix4 to split my guitar/electric violin signal so that one goes to guitar amp and the other goes to Octatrack. This way, I have the āgoodā (traditionally speaking) guitar sound with the amp, in parallel with the mangled guitar sound coming out of the Octatrack.
I also have the option of taking line out from my guitar amp and putting that into Octatrack but I donāt really feel the need, because I use the Octatrack to destroy and remake my guitar tones, not preserve them.
I believe sezare runs his guitars through an HX Stomp on the way into his Octatrack. HX Stomp is a relatively affordable multi-effects unit with pretty good amp modeling.
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That sounds comprehensible.
Thank you for giving me some orientation and inspiration on jazzmasters.
Unfortunately, the American Original 60s Jazzmaster is 1840ā¬ here in Germanyā¦thatĀ“s a bit above my budgetā¦
I thought that was an H9.
There are much cheaper FX units, iād say that one is middle class price tag already. If it is just to reach line level, an MS-70 from Zoom would do the job with some neats FX (a hack allows it to load any existing Zoom FX as well).
Thanks for the detailed reply @GovernorSilver . I have a DSM Simplefirer in route, want to use with DAW, and the way too many samplers I have. I was using a $30 American sound pedal but want to upgrade options/quality. I just needed to hear itāll do what I intended after reading an obviously wrong review. Thanks Again!
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I really like this thing:
https://shop.fender.com/en-US/guitar-amplifiers/headphone-amplifiers/mustang-micro/2311300000.html
Iāve only used it for practicing but it seems like it could be a really simple way to get decent guitar tones into a sampler.
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Naw, sezareās post have been pretty consistent in mentioning his Line 6 HX Stomp. Heās even tried to convince me to forget about the Line 6 HX Stomp XL.
Iām thinking of the XL for myself because it also has MIDI controller capabilities to go with the extra footswitches. Itād be pretty handy for use with both Octatrack and Zoia.
And my other instrument is electric violin - Matt Bell over at Electric Violin Shop sells a bundle of violin-oriented presets for Line 6 Helix-compatible units. Violinists are always having to make their own patches on FX units because the guitar-oriented presets donāt quite match the frequency characteristics of violins. I figure Iād save myself some time and just get Mattās presets and work off of those. They include some IRs of acoustic violin and cello that sound pretty good too.
Yet another motivation is lightening my load when I drive to Philadelphia to meet up with the rest of the band. They live downtown so I have to park at least 10 blocks away from their place and carry just about all my gear to their apartment. The load has gotten heavier and heavier as Iāve added pedals. I guess thatās an even greater argument for the Zoom MS70R, haha.
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