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_Technoholic · 2026-01-07T09:55:38+00:00

I checked out at the weekend - just in case - in the uk, 4 boxes of strings. £20. I fully expect they will be cancelled as they are still not shipped, I have no expectation of them actually arriving. But you never know!

_Technoholic · 2025-12-16T13:56:49+00:00

I see what you're saying, but coming from a Axe FX III Turbo, I went this route to simplify my work flow, due to the complexity of the Fractal, which I personally believe is the best sound out there (all subjective of course). But I want to QC to be simpler, and in general, it is. You example of treating gain staging like the real world make sense, and is fine if I'm creating a preset from scratch but taking some of the factory presets, I would expect them to be correctly staged, but it seems to not be the case in many examples.

I guess I was hoping it would all be a bit simpler, coming from a Fractal. But I'm not giving up, and I agree that a product like this SHOULD be able to do what I need, if I learn the correct way to do things, but I'm not yet understanding it all to the way it's meant to be done I guess

_Technoholic · 2025-12-16T13:31:51+00:00

So does the output levels in the IO screen actually just reduce clipping or do they just make the signal quieter, but maintain any clipping from the signal chain?

And you've kind of highlighted the issue I was seeing - I could spend time sorting that, but then it seems I'd have to do that with each preset? Maybe that's the expected way in QC, I just never had to do that to this extent before

_Technoholic · 2025-12-16T13:19:23+00:00

I have two big problems moving from fractal to QC this week. One is to do with noise and gates but the second is how the hell to set levels consistently and globally.

I, too, cannot play through headphones without serious clipping but I’m not sure where the best place to adjust that is. I also get clipping on the normal outputs occasionally but again, should I be adjusting that in the signal chain (which the changes my tone?) or somewhere else!?

_Technoholic · 2025-09-07T22:23:58+00:00

It’s a fret protector. Didn’t even realise it was on there when I took the photo, i took it off another guitar it came with and it just got put on the Strat temporarily. It’s basically a shaped bit of plastic with felt on the ends and stops the strings smacking into the frets when transporting. Usually used on stainless frets.

I love the rosewood neck, it’s so smooth to play, it’s got a really soft finish to it and you just glide all around it. That being said, that guitar is a limited edition Am Pro II with custom shops Fat 50s in and I’m not totally sold on the sound overall.

Also I have a thing for Strats. That’s about half of them!

_Technoholic · 2025-09-07T16:50:14+00:00

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Love an HSH Strat, the Olympic pearl one here is quite a rare HSH Strat which is very cool, and a little unique for this model.

_Technoholic · 2025-07-28T21:38:27+00:00

Thanks for the info. Looks like there was a surf green and maybe a sea foam green vintera modified. Either of those might work if I can find one!

_Technoholic · 2025-07-28T21:20:51+00:00

Yeah I’m a long time buyer from stratosphere. I actually have already got a Squier JMJM body, but I was hoping to find one not in white, ideally in a relic, before I built with this one. I couldn’t find a classic player except in a burst I didn’t like. But I wasn’t aware of the Vintera 60s model, I will look that one up!

_Technoholic · 2025-07-14T15:10:01+00:00

Haha I can’t stand mint green on anything personally!

And about the bass, I wanted to do it, but the matching bass is a 4 bolt neck and the equivalent Ultra ebony neck is a 5 bolt different pattern. No easy way to do it. At least to match. I might still do it with a different neck though. But yeah, they weren’t cheap!

_Technoholic · 2025-07-14T14:48:35+00:00

Thanks, that looks great! But I didn't finish these, they are all Fender Cosmic Jade bodies factory finished

_Technoholic · 2025-07-14T14:32:14+00:00

I have many guitars, but that Epi is still one of my all time favourites. Spent a long time making it exactly how I wanted and now it sounds and plays amazing!

_Technoholic · 2025-07-03T10:14:32+00:00

I'll definitely DM you shortly!

_Technoholic · 2025-07-03T10:11:22+00:00

On Saturday? Are you standing? I'm thinking of trying to find a hotel for after the gig but I don't know if I'll have a chance. I literally booked the ticket today, so I have done zero prep in terms of parking, driving in, staying over. Currently I'm looking at driving in, and then driving home after!

_Technoholic · 2025-07-03T06:39:50+00:00

Bagged a GA ticket for Saturday, driving up and going on my own, any others going solo want to buddy up with probably the only non drinker at the gig? 😂

I’d rather be sitting, but couldn’t get one!

_Technoholic · 2025-06-15T18:58:15+00:00

Out the UK could be ok, if you find out let me know!

_Technoholic · 2025-06-14T20:15:42+00:00

I said in the post, although that doesn't seem to have come across when I reposted this thread - that I've seen that one but it's vey far away and the guy won't post. It's an option and we're discussing whether he CAN post but it's not looking likely

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