Comments for Music + Technology = Pete Lacis

Comment on Alder vs. Swamp Ash – what is better on a Strat style guitar? The tale of two Suhr Classics. by Sam G

Sam G — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:09:42 +0000

Thanks for doing this! Currently agonizing over what combo to go for for a self-build and this helps enormously. Thanks!

Comment on Gibson Les Paul VOS 1960 vs Edwards Les Paul LP130 by A

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:40:55 +0000

I appreciate the efforts man.
I think the Gibson sounds a lot better in every clip. Maybe becuase I like the authentic LP tone. The Edward sounds like a guitar trying to sound like an LP, it does not sound like an LP, the difference is in the details.
Also as a producer let me suggest you’re doing something wrong to cpature the sound, it’s very muddy and boomy, it could be a small room problem, settings on the amp or mic positioning. Thanks again!

Comment on Gibson Les Paul VOS 1960 vs Edwards Les Paul LP130 by mikerw

mikerw — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:19:05 +0000

Hey Pete, great review. Im quite a beside myself at this time. I cant decide if I should go all out and get a Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty, (most likely a used one on eBay for about 2500 bucks). Or should I get one of the Edwards Les Paul Black Beauty model guitar, (ESP EDWARDS E-LP-92CD). Ive been playing for 10 years know, and in fact are getting ready to go to school for a guitar performance degree and I think its time for a upgrade for me since Ive taken my playing to a professional level. So what do ya think, should I save some green and get the Edwards, or should I go all out and get a Gibson.

Comment on People for a Compressed Trey by Robin Eatman

Robin Eatman — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:38:24 +0000

This makes me happy. So happy. Welcome back to the awesomeness of your old school tone Trey!

Comment on Alder vs. Swamp Ash – what is better on a Strat style guitar? The tale of two Suhr Classics. by rutger

rutger — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:08:53 +0000

Hi,
Im rutger from holland, and did also a lot of experimences with different kind of woods. I used to have the jeff beck customshop Alder strat. It had a rolingnut and fender noiseless pickups. Well, with distortion this was a really bad sounding guitar. I replaced the nut by bone, and the sound was good. I changed for kinman pickup’s and the sound was better, but still, i couldnt get the feeling like I had with my other guitars. So I sold it and bought a Van de Haar Stratocaster (Dutch built). This one is made of Swamp Ash and has maple neck. A total different sound, much closer to my telecaster, more twang and warmth. Together with kinman avn56, the best sounding Strat I played. The sound was much sharp and cutting through the mix, and live sometimes to hard to mix with other instrument’s. I have to say, Alder is an easyer sound.
Now I also have a mahogany /rosewood strat. In my opinium the most attractive sounding strat I have, but of course, less stratocaster then Alder or Ash. It has a strong, biting sound, less twang, but extreme long sustain and beautifull defined high. I made a switch with parallel posibilities and there it is, a strat with real gibson sounds too. The other strats ware to warm/fuzzy for this function. Mahoganny is perfect for serial switchings.
One last thing,
a strat is a strat, and you have to like it or not. Actually the whole systems sucks of the guitar. I always lock the tremolo with all springs. The difference is incredible. Allthough the sound is more strat, with open tremolo, it looses a lot of defined high and sub low. For me I like to here all whats in a guitar, so I lock it with all springs. Im still curious to the effect of screwing pickup’s to the body (like tele).
Anybody experimence?
yo, greetings (time to work again)

Comment on How to record off your Motorola DVR with OS X and Firewire by Mick

Mick — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:54:16 +0000

What if I have a PC, not a Mac? Any way to copy a show off my Comcast Motorola DVR into MPEG or AVI format?

Comment on Flying with a pedalboard (a.k.a. “Love notes from the TSA”) by Pete Lacis

Pete Lacis — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:51:05 +0000

It’s one of the boards from Pedal Pad – http://www.pedalpad.com/ – its great and would not have come apart had I used dual-lock in lieu of velcro to secure everything.

Comment on Flying with a pedalboard (a.k.a. “Love notes from the TSA”) by Tbone

Tbone — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:17:55 +0000

Just wondering, what’s the name of your pedalboard flight case in the pic and where did you get it? It looks different than the ones I have come across.

Comment on How to record off your Motorola DVR with OS X and Firewire by Shredr

Shredr — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:43:56 +0000

I too have been using this procedure on my TimeWarner DCT-3416 using my MacBookPro and Firewire cables and it works fairly well. However, when I check the audio properties of the resulting m2ts file, the audio has only two (2) channels. The high-def HBO movie was recorded in the DVR with Dolby 5.1 surround. The video component looks great and in true 1920×1080 resolution. I’m wondering if anyone has been able to record true six-channel sound using this procedure. Thanks in advance!

Comment on How to record off your Motorola DVR with OS X and Firewire by Alex

Alex — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:04:37 +0000

The instructions were great, but for some reason, I get video, but no audio on my mac.