Latest Purchase...Non-percussion

[Lee-Bro]

I picked this up on Wednesday. I drove from NKY to Marietta, GA on Tuesday, went to the dealership Wed. afternoon after picking up a one-way trailer rental. I would've preferred to "fly and ride" but timing and weather didn't work out. I've been able to get about 350 get-to-know-you miles on it since getting it home.

 

[Vintage Old School]

I finally got around to finishing out the missing pieces of sound absorption in my control room/editing bay and recording room:
Two Auralex Bass Traps
Two Auralex 2-inch Wedge panels
One box of Owens Corning 703 2" rigid insulation (six 2' X 4' sheets)
8 yards of FR701 acoustic fabric
106 linear feet of select white pine 1" X 4" and 1" X 2"
I took a few leisurely days to build and assemble two clouds (5' X 3' and a 6' X 4') and a single panel (4' X 2'). The 4' X 2' is mobile for placement in the recording room and is mounted on a short C-stand with a short gobo arm so it can be lifted up and down, angled and rotated as needed.
I used four C-stands as a "lift" to get the clouds into position so I could anchor them to the joists. Worked solo without a helper on hanging them.
The Auralex products were a straight out purchase, the rest was a DIY build and assembly.
Result: I was truly surprised at how noticeable the difference was listening to my reference monitors. They are more focused, fuller and richer sounding, (especially the bass and mids). Nothing earth shattering, but definitely an improvement sonically.

Pictured below is the 5' X 3" cloud being assembled, installed and the finished product.

 

[cbphoto]

I finally got around to finishing out the missing pieces of sound absorption in my control room/editing bay and recording room:
Two Auralex Bass Traps
Two Auralex 2-inch Wedge panels
One box of Owens Corning 703 2" rigid insulation (six 2' X 4' sheets)
8 yards of FR701 acoustic fabric
106 linear feet of select white pine 1" X 4" and 1" X 2"
I took a few leisurely days to build and assemble two clouds (5' X 3' and a 6' X 4') and a single panel (4' X 2'). The 4' X 2' is mobile for placement in the recording room and is mounted on a short C-stand with a short gobo arm so it can be lifted up and down, angled and rotated as needed.
I used four C-stands as a "lift" to get the clouds into position so I could anchor them to the joists. Worked solo without a helper on hanging them.
The Auralex products were a straight out purchase, the rest was a DIY build and assembly.
Result: I was truly surprised at how noticeable the difference was listening to my reference monitors. They are more focused, fuller and richer sounding, (especially the bass and mids). Nothing earth shattering, but definitely an improvement sonically.

Pictured below is the 5' X 3" cloud being assembled, installed and the finished product.


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Yet another use for c-stands. Nice!

 

[Vintage Old School]

Yet another use for c-stands. Nice!

One more C-stand shot on the 4' X 2' panel.

 

[cbphoto]

One box of Owens Corning 703 2" rigid insulation (six 2' X 4' sheets)
8 yards of FR701 acoustic fabric
106 linear feet of select white pine 1" X 4" and 1" X 2"
I took a few leisurely days to build and assemble two clouds (5' X 3' and a 6' X 4') and a single panel (4' X 2').

Do all your panels have a 4” depth? Did you consider 6” depth?

 

[Vintage Old School]

Do all your panels have a 4” depth? Did you consider 6” depth?

All my panels have a wooden frame depth of 3.5 inches (1 X 4s). That leaves room for 1.5 inch (1 X 2) cross pieces mounted above the 703 to keep the sides from bowing in when under pressure from pulling the fabric tight on all sides. I only used a single sheet of 2" thick insulation in each panel as I was only trying to tame some of the cymbal frequencies. I'm not an acoustic expert but from what I've been told 4" depth of 703 would start to affect mids and possibly upper bass. 6 inches (or more) of 703 would be really aggressive sound absorption better suited for bass traps. I have an 8-foot tall ceiling in a 160 square foot room so the cloud over my kit hangs 4 inches from the ceiling to the top of the panel. That leaves me plenty of room for my overhead mics not being too low over the kit and the single sheet of 703 should remove any wonky frequencies from the cymbals that would otherwise be bouncing back into the mics from the ceiling.

 

[Bozozoid]

I am dangerously close to ordering either a Schecter PT special or a Fender J mascis blue sparkle Tele. I'm gonna learn to play guitar if it kills me. If anyone should have an opinion on either of these teles holler.

 

[cbphoto]

I am dangerously close to ordering either a Schecter PT special or a Fender J mascis blue sparkle Tele. I'm gonna learn to play guitar if it kills me. If anyone should have an opinion on either of these teles holler.

I like the blue glitter but prefer the setup of the Schecter.

 

[SVBJECT]

I just ordered (hasn't arrived yet) an ergonomic, left handed mouse.
I'm right handed but I'm getting a bit of rsi from using my mouse a lot, so I figure I can develope my ambidexterity while relieving some strain on my right.

 

[Bozozoid]

I like the blue glitter but prefer the setup of the Schecter.

Hmm?...thanks for your input.

 

[jarom66]

I bought a picture hanging kit. A set of assorted picture hangers, nails, wire, screw. I was trying to hang my wall frames with help of nails which kind of messed up and then I found this kit online.

 

[drumnut87]

new (to me) phone for myself.....huawei p40 lite. well, it*would* be a new (to me) phone for myself if i hadnt gone through the whole buying process and actually bothered to read what network it was locked to (its locked to a different network than what im on)!!!!! im a derphead!!!!!!!!!

*EDIT*

got the original order cancelled, and got a unlocked model on order instead

 

[larryace]

I bought a picture hanging kit. A set of assorted picture hangers, nails, wire, screw. I was trying to hang my wall frames with help of nails which kind of messed up and then I found this kit online.

Can you elaborate further?

 

[MrInsanePolack]

Can you elaborate further?

Those things are awesome. They allow you to hang a picture with wire instead of those toothed metal tabs that most frames come with. You can either attach the wire to the back of the picture, or the wall itself. I used a heavy duty one to hang a large mirror with.

 

[Jeremy Crockett]

I recently traded away a Fender Blues Deluxe amp and a Gretsch 2622 for a Fender Vintera 70s Jazz bass. And just this afternoon its brother, a Fender Player Precision arrived.

Here are the Brothers, Fender:



Bass GAS has abated.

 

[Neal Pert]

Some books: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen and Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard.

 

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

Force Protector Gear Tac Pack.

 

[GetAgrippa]

 

[Icetech]

Just ordered some more Dr. Bronners soap... the stuff is amazing.. and lasts for ever too

 

[Old Dog new Cans]

I am dangerously close to ordering either a Schecter PT special or a Fender J mascis blue sparkle Tele. I'm gonna learn to play guitar if it kills me. If anyone should have an opinion on either of these teles holler.

I've never owned a Schecter, but always like their looks and feel. I liked my Fender tele ONLY after I put a Seymour Duncan stacked bucker in the bridge. I'm not familiar with the J Mascis.

So I looked at an article you may enjoy. OR, you may want to kick me in the knee after, I dunno.

The Best Telecaster-Style Guitars Not Made By Fender

The best Fender Telecaster guitar alternatives, featuring boutique t-style guitars from guitar makers not named Fender.

vividguitar.co

I personally, would go for a humbucker or mini humbucker in the neck. Or just go straight P90s instead of singles. I just swapped in Wilkinson P90s in a Epi Les Paul Special I picked up for a bill. Sounds SO much better than those stock Epiphone pickups. Sorry, rambling.


And to participate in the thread, I purchased some used 58/15s humbuckers for my PRS SE. I believe they are out of an American made S2?? I considered Seymour Duncans, Porter Gatekeepers, a guy on Ebay makes some really wicked hand wound humbuckers according to the reviews I found online. But, in the end, I wanted to keep the PRS sound. To be honest, the former owner was a sweaty bastard. The old pickups have a little rust here and there. The bridge's finish is 1/2 gone. I'll be dressing it up a little.

Also grabbed a custom wiring harness for the PRS from https://gunstreetwiringshop.com/ Sean is meticulous from what I can see from the first harness I bought from them. I'm adding a push/pull tone pot for coil splitting. Just, having fun.

Cheers