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I saw some click bait videos about how Reaper is better for track management and more modern than Logic. I think Logic's strength is the sheer amount of software instruments and plugins it comes with. It makes little sense to buy it if those aren't necessary so your point is great.

Reaper is only $60 but I don't think it comes with all the bells and whistles as Logic. Garageband is great but it irks me that it doesn't have a proper mixer. Still, I think Lee Sklar records his remote sessions on it using an SSL 2 interface, and I think John Oates uses GB as well. For simple...

Sure you want to sound like this guy? ;)

I considered it, it's a simple circuit, but from the demos I heard I actually preferred the tone of the speaker so I didn't bother. I also don't have space inside the phone for the board. I do have the carbon mic, however, so I might still do it one day, maybe in another enclosure.

Also get an old phone and use the speaker in the earpiece as a lo-fi mic. It's two wires, no polarity. Just solder an XLR plug and you're good. For maximum lo-fi I crank the preamp gain into clipping as it doesn't sound as bad as I'd like.

Free/cheap plugins could be a thread on their own, there are so many. Logic is absurd value for the price. It has great instruments (worth the price of admission), several good EQs, compressors, reverbs, synth engines, plugins, mastering tools. It's a no brainer on Macs, especally if you don't...

I recently upgraded my Scarlett 2i2 to an SSL 12. 4 inputs, two of which are also in the front for guitars. It has MIDI, which allows me to use my 2008 Casio digital piano as a MIDI controller again - it's too old to work over USB. 4 inputs so I can use two for guitar, one for bass and one for...

Outies were so controversial here we have a dedicated emoji :outiejack: :)

I built mine with the first 3 JFETs I had without testing them. SMD. I socketed the biasing resistors anticipating a biasing tour-de-force but the stock values did it for me. I have a full range on the Gate knob so the pedal is quite usable with all my guitars and it sounds just like the demos...

You made breadboarding possible for me years ago with your Fuzzrite tutorial. I can't thank you enough.

Is this an OCD clone?

Tremolo rigorously after reverb please. I need that throb

I first set mine to the published Taco settings but I kept adjusting the trimmers until I found voltages that work better with my rig. I encourage you to tweak those suckers till you're happy. I really love this pedal, it's got so much range. Enoy!

I bought an axial 25uF for a vintage fuzz build and it measured exactly 22uf. Son of a bitch :) Tolerances are high in caps, just stay in the ballpark of the desired value and you'll be good.

Who needs labels on a compressor? No one can tell what the knobs do anyway! What a great build. Can't go wrong with a nipple bezel and a sheepy daughterboard!

We ain't getting younger or better at guitar, I fear. Michael, I hope you keep kicking ass for a long time. While you recover, the best thing to do is suck in those solder fumes. The second best thing is to record music. Nothing like recording to help improve our musicianship, I've found. But...

It's D standard. That's all. Only flatwound strings do that thing on the slides because of how stiff they are. It has nothing to do with the tuning or the rig.

Is it an international thing? I first heard it on a George Carlin record. We sure don't say it in Italy and Poland.

What if they say Salutations? Howdy? How's the old hammer hanging? Well well well, look what the cat drug in?

Beato is interviewing iconic musicians and producers who are going to pass away in the next two decades. Preserving their memory of classic recordings and songs is important work. Dislike Beato all you want for his other content but in his interviews he prompts the artist and then shuts up so...