Posted on January 28, 2015 by v2or
Recently with some travel gigs I’ve wondered if I could strip down my pedal-board and get something very small to fit on the pedal train-nano pedalboard I’ve been able to do so coming in from my guitar cable I go into a TC electronics poly tune then the TC electronic spark then the Neunaber Wet stereo reverb then the Digitech jam man solo XT out to my Bose tone match mixer.
I’ve also come across a new string that I’m really enjoying on my DeVoe Negra and my JD Z Blanca they are the D’Addario Pro Arté Composite Core EJ 205B strings they are silverplated wound on a copper core, and black treble strings. I think they feel great they look great especially the black trebles with the cedar top guitars. The strings are very smooth and the tone is very warm with the base being very snappy and bright with a quick response. Thanks goes to my friend Yannakie Arrizzia for sending me a set of D’Addarío EJ49 That set made me want to try the D’Addarío EJ25B.
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Posted on August 15, 2014 by v2or
Pedal Board is Complete, from the input from the guitar it’s the K&K Trinity Preamp, BBE Acoustimax from the FX Send on BBE 1. TC Electronic Spark, 2. NT Neunaber Wet, 3. Didgitech Jam Man Stereo, back to return send. And a TC Electronic PolyDrive Tuner that runs from jack on BBE. I will be mounting this all on a Pedaltrain JR and to power it all will use the Decibel Eleven Power Brick. Once all the stuff is hear I will hook up a power jack on the side as well as a XLR and TRS input on the side of the pedal board. I will be mounting some jacks on the side of the pedal board that will make it cleaner looking from the side and front as well as easier to hook up to whatever system I am using.
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Posted on May 15, 2014 by v2or
Posted on April 22, 2014 by v2or
The Luithier Jorge De Zofia in FL is making me a custom made flamenco Blanca with wider neck 55mm at nut and a bit wider at the side of the body. He is great to chat with and work with. We’re also going to put a K&K Trinity system in it.
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Posted on November 8, 2013 by v2or
I wanted to see how the Bose L1S & T1 ToneMatch would work with a mic Beyerdynamic M 201 TG and Cloudlifter CL-1. Wow I’m about 3-5 feet in front of L1S and no feedback or ring.
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Posted on July 8, 2012 by v2or
I’ve started to use silk wrap (3 layers) on my thumb, index, middle and ring finger on my right hand when I know I’m going to be playing allot of flamenco style technique on the guitar. I use 3 layers of silk wrap on 30-50% of the nail. Between each layer of silk wrap I put on a thin coat of crazy glue. The below first pic is before they are trimmed and filed. The second pic is three layers and trimmed and shaped.
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Posted on June 16, 2012 by v2or
This week I hope pick up my DeVoe Blanca that has been outfitted with new RMC Acoustic Gold Tall Pickups and a Poly-Drive II Preamp that is a remote polyphonic active electronics for acoustic guitar. RMC Pickup Co.The Preamp is not installed on the guitar. The pickups are being installed by Paul Schwartz of Peekamose Guitars in NYC Peekamoose
This should be able to work very well with the Fishmam Aura Spectrum DI as well as the SA220. I will also be using the Roland GI 20 to act as a interface between the RMC Poly-Drive II and the world of midi. I will be using Spectromics Omnisphere and a Korg Trition Rack.
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Posted on April 23, 2012 by v2or
Posted on March 18, 2012 by v2or
This week I picked up the PreSonus Studio Live 16.0.2 to use live and in the studio. Set up has been fairly easy and so far sounds great.
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Posted on February 14, 2012 by v2or
I picked up one of these from Sweetwater to use with Dr. Compas see pic for the app running on my iPhone. I will use this mainly for a live monitor and for practice with Dr. Compas very small less that 8lbs.
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Posted on February 9, 2012 by v2or
I just put DAddario EJ 45TT on my DeVoe Blanca, I like the way they feel, they set in very quickly and were easy to tune. As far as tone goes them seem snappy and bright. As with most strings when new they seem bright too me and take a day or two to set in and mellow just a bit. I also tried a new way of tying the treble strings see pic.
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Posted on February 3, 2012 by v2or
I just revived my Apogee Mic and wanted to use a mic stand for better placement. Apogee has not started to sell the adapter so I have been looking for a solution. I remembered that I had a mic adapter for my Enderol R-09 and tried it and it works perfectly. It’s now called a Roland OP-MSA1 that you can order from Sweetwater for 20.00. See pick below
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Posted on January 9, 2012 by v2or
I recently watched a movie on Netflix and was inspired by the story, the movie is “Fat Sick and Nearly Dead” where Joe in the movie juices for 60 days. The results were astonishing to me he lost 80 lb. and was healthy. From my reading there were a few things that were going to be hard to put down, Coffee and Cigars as well as Pizza. Its day 4 now and I’ve made it through detox and have started to lose some weight. The detox was very hard especially after 24 hours in. I normally drink about 6 shots of espresso and drink Coke 0 thoutout the day. And can smoke 2-5 cigars in a day. If your interested hear are two links to help you see what I am trying.and for as medical perspectiveLet me know what you think. So far in my journey to lose weight and get healthy I have tried Atkins with success in loosing the weight but gain it back pretty easy. So far its been about 15 lb. Ive lost and feel very good right now.
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Posted on December 3, 2011 by v2or
Posted on August 7, 2011 by v2or
I tried something new today. I hooked up a DPA 4099 G Mic to an Art Phantom II Power Supply then to the QSC K 8 Speaker Channel A with Mic Switched on and EQ Normal and Vocal Boost On. It sounded great with my DeVoe Blanca.
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Posted on June 6, 2011 by v2or
Today I decided to try the new Lexicon LXP Native Plug ins, I think they sound fantastic.
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Posted on May 31, 2011 by v2or
Posted on May 22, 2011 by v2or
For live performance I will try this rig out. A DPA 4099G or Shure KSM 141mic, Mackie Pro FX 8, DBX 265XL, BBE 882 Sonic Maximizer, Carvin 1500wt Stereo Power Amp, 2 Carvin 15in Speakers.
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Posted on May 19, 2011 by v2or
Posted on May 19, 2011 by v2or
I needed to get a smaller mixer as I had sold my older Mackie 12VLZ and only have a larger Carvin Board. I’ve seen a few people using this mixer with great sound. I spoke with Mark Magdich at Sweetwater and he was pretty confident that would be a good small footprint mixer. I will use the mixer with the DPA 4099G and DeVoe Guitars, Shure KSM 141, and the Cordoba F7 Fishman Ellipse Blend and Aura Nylon. Looking forward to the EQ and effects as well.
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Posted on May 12, 2011 by v2or
I used my Lester DeVoe Blanca with a DPA 4099G mic going to the Boss RC 30 with 48v phantom power on. Then to a Digidesign 002 Sig Mod from Black Lion into Pro Tools 9.0.2
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Posted on April 16, 2011 by v2or
The Fishman Aura Nylon # 16 sounded great with the Cordoba F7 using the Fishman Ellipse Matrix. I used 100% UST Matrix and 50% Blend. Very happy with the sound. I used the Roland BA 330.
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Posted on March 31, 2011 by v2or
Posted on March 3, 2011 by v2or
I have moved my office from Newtown PA to Princeton Jct. NJ and am no longer practicing in Newtown PA.
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Posted on March 2, 2011 by v2or
Starting today I am no longer seeing clients in the 12 Peens Trail Newtown PA office, I will be seeing clients in my new office in NJ.
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Posted on February 13, 2011 by v2or
I put on the bass strings from the DAddario Pro Arte Composite Flamenco string on my DeVoe Blanca replacing DAddario EJ45C strings. From what I can see they are slightly wider than the EJ45C and for about an hour while they were settling in there was a slight buzz at the nut, however it did go away within the hour.
DAddario EJ25C 6th String 1.118mm. VS EJ45C 6th String 1.112mm
5th String 0.864mm. VS EJ45C 5th String 0.89mm
4th String 0.737mm. VS EJ45C 4th String 0.71mm
3rd String 1.041mm. VS EJ45C 4th String 1.024mm (Coffee)
2nd String 0.831mm. VS EJ45C 2nd String 0.818
1st String 0.724mm. VS EJ45C 1st String 0.711
I have not put trebles on yet but will follow up with an update later. My first impression of the strings are favorable. There is a nice brightness which I’m used to from DAddario they settled in very quickly and were easy to tune and strings seem very even and no high or low spots which might cause buzzing. The strings stay in tune and have excel ant tone.
Update on Treble Strings: I just put them on and they feel great and have a warm mellow tone yet when pushed just a bit you can get that bright flamenco tone. I think DAddario did an excellent job on these strings. The trebles are very smooth on the finger tips as well. I will let them settle in for a few hours and write an update after a day or two.
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Posted on February 7, 2011 by v2or
Posted on February 3, 2011 by v2or
Charlene and I took a trip to Capitola and had lunch at Paradise Beach Grill. The service and food were excellent.
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Posted on February 1, 2011 by v2or
DeVoe Flamenco Guitar
European spruce top
Spanish cypress back and sides
Spanish cedar neck, neck shaped on the flatter side
Santos rosette and purfling
Ebony fingerboard, 57 mm @ nut, 66.5 mm @ 12th fret, 20th partial fret over the sound hole
Ebony pegs for tuning
660 mm scale length,
Double hole bridge tie block
Two piece tap plate and piece behind bridge tie block
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Posted on December 29, 2010 by v2or
Just had a nice IPA from the Stone Brewery in San Diego, what a nice refreshing IPA that is smooth with nice bite of hops. I really liked it.
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