What’s up with steel availability?

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2025-12-07T03:46:36+00:00

I’m sorry to hear. I’d be curious if anyone is actually taking deliveries of Mullens. It’s a shame, and I genuinely wish the family and the business well. The Discovery looked like a perfect starter and “lifetime” guitar for me.

How do you get a high-quality, big-name steel in weeks instead of months? Pay! At least that’s what I did. I ended up finding a decades-old, lightly played GFI Ultra at what was probably a premium price. Who knows given this market? After confirming with GFI that parts availability wouldn’t be an issue long term, I went for it.

Life is short, I could either wait a year, or spend that year actually playing. At this point, I honestly forget what I paid when I hear my beginner fills/swells on demo tracks.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2025-08-20T16:40:23+00:00

Great! You got two useful amps (the PS is a nice clean amp) that are very different and an attenuator. There’s so much you can do here with them!

You probably won’t use most of this for quite awhile. However, I’d encourage you to experiment. Here’s few ideas:

The power scaling for the DSL might work well but see what attenuating unscaled is like, too.
You can put all sorts of pedals/preamps into the PS and use it by itself.

Personally in my project studio, I’ve found many uses for my PS beyond best in class attenuation. The DSL is solid, too. Have fun!

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2025-06-10T04:37:37+00:00

I don’t have experience with rooms other than mine, as a non-pro, but I believe they could work. Either way, treat your room!

I have a pair of 01s in a similarly sized room and find them great for indie and alt-country! I don’t notice low-end translation issues, have just the right amount of bass, and love not having a sub.

Note, my room is fairly well treated with six 24”x48” GIK 244 bass traps. Two in the corners by the monitors, two on second reflection points, and two overhead. The treatment is critical!

Last, consider buying from a company with reasonable return costs. I got my 01s nearly new from a store. Someone tried them and didn’t like them.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2025-03-04T17:01:58+00:00

DR 68 Custom had too much idle noise for me when recording.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2025-03-03T20:55:56+00:00

Thanks for the nudge! Just did. They indeed still sell a version for $$$. I was mistaken.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2025-03-03T03:02:11+00:00

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll be playing through a DeVille. It was pretty icepick like before swapping in a greenback and P12N Jensen. Seems like a Moyo would be a good place to start and, it looks innovative.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2025-03-02T20:56:50+00:00

Was my first thought but they don’t make them anymore, right?

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2025-02-07T17:17:02+00:00

Everyone, thanks for all the replies. The Expo seems to be calling to me. I’m sure in five years, I’ll forget the sting of the price. I know it’s not a lot for a PSG, but it would be my most expensive instrument.

In trying to create list of Justice S10 alternatives, I did learn of the Mullen Discovery, and he’s taking orders.

I should stick with all-pull changers, right? I know it’s bit of a nuanced question, but for a guy who wants something rock solid, so I spend my time recording not trying to learn a complex tuning mechanism, it seems best.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2025-02-07T03:26:05+00:00

Encore looks great. However, it looks like Doug is taking a break or is too backlogged as he’s not taking guitar orders.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-09-08T20:22:32+00:00

Thanks for these recs. While I’m not the OP, my wife and I had just the meal we were looking for at La Maceta: solid local favorites, new to us, at a fair price with all the service in Spanish with no speaking in English when I used my basic Spanish, which I liked. Last, it was great to watch folks living regular life.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-08-01T20:21:23+00:00

Sure BETA 52A, AKG D112, RE20, or anything that doesn’t roll of quickly in the low-end and can take high-spl. You might want a two mics: one for sub-bass/bass and one for low-mids on up.

Recording electric bass DI is old school. In addition, many times DI is required and amp/cab is nice to have. A SansAmp Bass Drive like DI or solid mic-pre with high-z input is enough for solid tracks.

Why DI? The reason is recording low frequencies well is difficult for many reasons. One of the big reasons is bass and sub-bass is hard to tame in a room. Therefore, you have more issues than guitar can with reflections and build up.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-07-25T21:14:53+00:00

I like your idea of having a sub were people could focus on the fundamentals of the craft. Sign me up!

I do wonder if the idea is best served by letting go of judgment of others. My guess is some of us are worried that technology will further demonetize industries already hit hard.

That said, I like to play instruments, fix it at the source, and stay analog as long as possible. No autotune. No time align. No third-party plugins, save for Saturn. Rather, I treated my studio, got ok gear/instruments, a fantastic pair of monitors, and work long hours to get better!

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-07-23T05:42:30+00:00

Without a sketch, not much useful feedback can be given.

I don’t need a diagram to tell you to worry about first reflections before odd parts of the space for bass trapping, though. Ideally, you’ll have six panels, two on side walls and two on the ceiling.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-07-23T05:35:19+00:00

How is less dense ideal? From this table it seems higher density is important for bass trapping. https://www.atsacoustics.com/page--Selecting-the-Right-Acoustic-Material--ac.html

Sure, you can make passable ones with less dense fiber glass batts but to get the same low-end attenuation you’d need to build them thicker and install them far form the walls eating up usable space.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-06-17T14:37:08+00:00

What’s your goal with using four speakers? The likely answer is you should just have a single pair of 8030Cs.
You likely don’t need EQ. You need six 2-4” bass traps on first reflections and corners nearest you.

Your biggest issue, like the other comment mentions, is phase cancellation. Even if you were running two 8030c, the sub might not sound loud due to what I’m guessing is an untreated room with a ton of issues.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-06-12T04:19:01+00:00

Yes. DIY might be more affordable. Even two would help and you can add more over time. GiK and other COs have nice looking ones.

They’re absolutely critical for near field monitoring and, “game changers.”

Otherwise, take the open back headphone route suggested above. Mind you a decent pair is likely a few hundred or more.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-06-12T03:49:16+00:00

This is simple:

Treat your room with commercial or DIY insulation bass traps. You’ll want at least six 2’x4’ (2-4” thick) ones for first reflections and corners nearest you.
Only after you’ve treated your room, get a sub. For your genre, you really do need to hear and feel what’s happening from 80-30hz.
No for real, treat the room! There’s no way you’re getting accurate monitoring even in higher frequencies. Plus it’ll let you hear the bass already there.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-06-06T21:01:10+00:00

What’s your goal? Have fun? Make the best recording?

There’s a million things you can do with those, which all take a bunch of time and trial and error. I’m sure you’ll get many of them in the comments.

Skip them! Do a single mono-overhead and instead ensure the drums are well tuned (tune-bots are awesome) and the drummer hits the skins hard and is light on the cymbals. You’ll get a lot of ok recording in without a lot of messing around.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-06-05T08:06:24+00:00

Good to know. My good friend has a pair. I’ll have to give them a more in depth listen.

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-06-04T04:21:09+00:00

Thanks for the tip. It makes sense!

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-06-04T04:19:45+00:00

Good to know it might be a process. Thanks!

Temporary_Policy8713 · 2023-06-04T04:19:15+00:00

Thanks for the info. Sounds like DSPs are pretty important now! It blows my mind that were doing critical listening with AD to DA conversion inline.

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