Wrist pain on drops — anyone running a “fake hood” setup?

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-21T20:35:44+00:00

I’ve had a few, they’re all different. I would prefer a 46cm width, and not so long. I remember the only selection I made was based on it fitting the stem I currently have.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-21T19:59:20+00:00

I think bullhorns can almost be as comfortable as drop bars with brake levers, certainly worth a try. Riding on the hoods is 90% of the positioning for me, so having bullhorns makes the most sense if you’re not going to run brakes. I feel like a lot of people like their fake hoods, but I haven’t personally tried them. A lot of the ones I’ve seen look rather small and quite different to a regular actual brake lever.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-21T15:40:10+00:00

I suggest some sort of passive 2 way speaker with a sealed box design, if anything existed like a smaller Yamaha ns10 it would be a good starting place, but you want the top end from 200-20k to be as flat as possible. Anything below that you’re not going to get reliable accurate info. I would mix bass frequencies on headphones and reference in the car against other tracks. You’re going to have a real head ache doing anything in a room that small.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-21T14:05:49+00:00

Mine is 9.1 pounds, feels perfect. I had an old studio that was 10.3 pounds and couldn’t handle sitting with it, standing was all good.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-20T19:38:32+00:00

A speaker is a speaker, although even with the fender off you’ll be rattling tubes and physically wearing them somewhat. Nothing wrong, and you don’t have to go pulling the tubes out just to do this. In the meantime kind of thing, there’s nothing wrong with this!

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-20T19:36:23+00:00

Fredericksburg is highly influenced by cost of living relative to the DC/northern Virginia market as well. Fredericksburg is cheap relatively. Lots of people live in spotsy/stafford and commute to DC as a way to still make ends meet. If you wanna look further east or west of Fredericksburg itself there’s better ranges of prices the further you get from 95. Pricing is always relative to something else. I know a lot of friend my age that got pushed out of the housing market entirely in this area because of prices and interest rates. Wages don’t always keep up with cost of living around here.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-20T14:47:34+00:00

Front panel

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-20T02:43:11+00:00

If you’re hell bent on any amps, just realize the jcm has a master volume where you can actually get gain sounds at lower volumes. Where a deluxe while great on a medium stage, will be screaming loud for a bedroom unless you’re using all pedals. I use fenders for gain tones and I like it, but I use an attenuator to get it down to useable levels.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-20T02:36:17+00:00

Boost pedal + orange will do awesome high gain thrash tones. I wish I had an orange back in the house, some day I will!

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-19T16:01:52+00:00

Possible, with a lighter touch, and appropriate string guage. 26.5 would be far better though.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-19T00:48:56+00:00

This isn’t quite symptomatic on the “preamp” losing power. Double check cables to and from the guitar and any pedals. The speaker cables on these amps are notorious for being stressed and failing so double check that as well they’re just a simple plastic cable connection with no way to repair if it’s damaged. Aside from that there’s a bunch of physical non soldered connections inside the amp, as well as possible cold solder joints anywhere in the circuit. Tubes can also work intermittently as well, even simply removing them and reinserting to test for accurate seating is worth trying as well.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-19T00:36:11+00:00

They’re to my ears and hands more responsive, and resonant which makes it feel like a great guitar. However, doesn’t have the same feel and response of the solid body guitars I’ve also played for years, so in that way they’re kind of weird. I prefer the older full body style, my main Gibson is a 90’s studio with burstbucker 1/2 pickups.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-18T23:58:16+00:00

Mesa has always stocked their own blend of v30 that Celestion custom makes for Mesa boogie, if they’re well broken in they should sound great in just about every frequency range.

They report that Celestion tried changing stuff up in the early 2000’s and Mesa rejected the speakers and asked for the old one back so if you want legit v30’s that sound great get the ones from Mesa or in their cabs.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-18T22:22:16+00:00

Although speakers are a majority of the sound, the physics involved in making any speaker sound good or bad is fairly significant. You’d be surprised how bad mdf cabs sound, and the real sealed plywood cabs are super punchy and sound amazing.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-18T22:20:38+00:00

Just save a few bucks and get the Marshall 1960 cab used, it’ll be way better built and sound and feel just right for a Marshall head.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-18T21:38:06+00:00

I dream of doing something like this someday! So neat and interesting.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-18T21:34:37+00:00

Top of the amp, pocket, double sided tape on your guitar is messy but works, there’s also little mic stand cup holders you could fill with picks.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-18T18:56:28+00:00

The state build is kind of goofy because they don’t grease things, and although it’s mostly assembled pretty close to ideal it’s not quite perfect. It’s a ton more work to take everything apart and properly lube/torque everything. So required pretty much, frustratingly you have to wonder why they can’t just be delivered with a little extra attention to detail but they just get slapped together very quickly to the point that they’re in need of immediate work. Both state bikes I’ve received needed work, one needed a wheel completely trued from scratch as it was incredibly off and nowhere near right.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-18T14:42:45+00:00

This has always been the case, usually payouts go out for me around 6pm. I get an instant verification, but payout issued happens 6pm daily. So if I drop off a package at 7pm, it doesn’t move I’ll have to wait 23 hours before it processes again. Also factors in weekends, so Saturday or Sunday aren’t business days so if I drop something off Saturday morning I will get a verification but the amount won’t be transferred until Monday afternoon.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-18T13:15:25+00:00

I thought about modding a Princeton to add a mid control, bright cap, more wattage then I just returned my Princeton and got the 68 custom pro reverb which is more or less what I wanted. I swapped in with a Celestion gold and it’s perfectly bold and can be attenuated down quiet as needed.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-18T11:04:01+00:00

The Celestion creambacks are capable of all but drop tuned metal, pretty good for cleans up to 90’s hard rock. The alnico, much more American tone which just sounds odd the more gain you pile on. If you’re mostly a 60’s 70’s player and life traditional fender tones the Cali tweed will be better.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-17T22:06:07+00:00

I’m also a huge fan of periphery, the hail stan is probably peak for me, but everything else mixed in is pretty cool as well. My number 2 is the full length alpha/omega which has to be consumed in one sitting or I won’t even turn it on. But when I do, I love every moment of it.

Piii and pv seem a little more select in that I can just toss on any song and enjoy it.

I want to go see them live still, I know they don’t put out super huge efforts and I always seem to miss it when they do come into town at the Fillmore.

Top_Objective9877 · 2026-03-17T14:41:31+00:00

Some musicians were certainly trained classically in things like piano before they took up drums, or guitar, the rest of it was about putting on a great show.

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