Gear News 2006

[snuffleupagus]

Thanks SUb !

No shredcow, ignorance is truly bliss

 

[17wil]

i wonder, fender jag-stang, mustang and jaguar availble in singapore?
and who is the rickenbacker dealer here?

 

[Gr3y]

New! RC2.. a looper in a boss compact pedal. up to SIXTEEN MINUTES of looping!!!! Cool! 8)

http://www.bosscorp.co.jp/products/en/RC-2/index.html

rumoured list price US$189.99

is it availiable in sweelee or some shops already?

 

[Guest]

Twin Tubes, say hi to big brother: :twisted:

Read abt it here 8)
http://www.pedalgeek.com/cgi-bin/new_shop.cgi?config=&uid=RI75LwAA1125565113&command=link--kpdt4

Ahh. I almost got that unit once. Problem was that the shop somehow lost the adaptor and I couldn't try it out. Not that I was going to end up getting one anyway. It's freaking HUGE and HEAVY. You need a lot of pedalboard real estate to fit that mofo.

But it has nice specs. 2 12AX7's for preamp distortion and 1 12AX7 run at 0.5 watts to simulate power amp distortion = authentic cranked tube distortion at controllable volume. You can't use it like a head to drive cabinets though, otherwise it would've made a nice pedal replacement for a tube head.

And there's always this:

(Sorry for the huge pic.)

 

[subversion]

is it availiable in sweelee or some shops already?

very good question. if you notice, i always make Gear News an anouncement avenue for products already here in S'pore...

 

[karfty]

New! RC2.. a looper in a boss compact pedal. up to SIXTEEN MINUTES of looping!!!! Cool! 8)

http://www.bosscorp.co.jp/products/en/RC-2/index.html

rumoured list price US$189.99

Yozz.....digitech went few steps further...

up to 6.5hrs of looping.

http://www.digitech.com/products/JamMan/JamMan.htm

 

[Guest]

6.5hours of recording/playback, that's provided you put in a 2GB CompactFlash card into the Digitech JamMan. Anyway, 6.5hours is really overkill... do we really need that? :wink:

Function-wise, in the looper arena, nothing can beat this:

Having the ability to record,loop,play,stop,select different layers/tracks is more important. More hands-free control is a better design than just high recording capacity.

 

[karfty]

6.5hours of recording/playback, that's provided you put in a 2GB CompactFlash card into the Digitech JamMan. Anyway, 6.5hours is really overkill... do we really need that? :wink:

if you are too lazy to play and want the pedal to do the job for you.

 

[popeye]

6.5hours of recording/playback, that's provided you put in a 2GB CompactFlash card into the Digitech JamMan. Anyway, 6.5hours is really overkill... do we really need that? :wink:

Function-wise, in the looper arena, nothing can beat this:

Having the ability to record,loop,play,stop,select different layers/tracks is more important. More hands-free control is a better design than just high recording capacity.

how much?

 

[Guest]

I got no idea on the price. The RC-20XL Phrase Recorder (BOSS Twin Pedals series) already cost more than S$500, this bigger brother should be quite expensive.

btw, the RC-20XL is this:

However, these loopers are really for 'live' performances. For bedroom musicians, just use software to record your phrases/rhythm guitar tracks and playback to do your solos. e.g. N-track is a great tool:

http://www.n-track.com/

The eval version of N-track is good enough for the job.
just record your rhythm track (e.g. 12-bar blues in E)
copy & paste & copy & paste the recorded phrase into a long track
playback
solo over it
happy
zero cost
(assuming you already have a PC with sound card, speakers and "mic in" or "line in" point for suitable guitar effects to plug in)
super satisfied

:rock:->:smt024->:rock:->:smt041

No need to buy expensive loopers just to do solos over recorded rhythm tracks.

 

[ShredCow]

I'm with sqoobs on this....

Aside..
I started with N-track.
I have some of my old stuff around too... while the quality is really early 1980s at best, it was good enough and I had great fun + many hours on that piece of software.

 

[Guest]

New toy from Line6:

TonePort KB37 <- Click to go to its product page.

Now, with a keyboard, this makes the home recording experience more complete and satisfying.

Cool gear. 8)

Not available in stores yet.

 

[audio]

http://www.incasemusic.com/

anyone wants to order?

 

[namle]

how much is that line6 keyboard?????

wow im very interested leh... got UX1 if buy that will sell away... hur hur hur

the incase one where to buy also?

 

[Guest]

namle, gotta wait for CityMusic to bring in the Line6 TonePort KB37.

 

[detroit_red]

Am i suppose to like use that to kill somebody

 

[namle]

namle, gotta wait for CityMusic to bring in the Line6 TonePort KB37.

oh sorry didnt realise its not in stock yet

thanks anyway

 

[snuffleupagus]

sigh, gas attack again,

anybody heard of the new VOX VIBRAVOX and DOUBLE DRIVE-COOLTRON series.?

http://www.voxamps.co.uk/products/pedals/cooltron.htm

Have you guys seen it at citymusic yet?Any info so far?

Thanks

 

[XJAPAN]

The blue glowing tube and mirror finish definitely visual candy...

 

[drownedout]

Is the H&k pedal available in Singapore? Would love to try it out.