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Also, because this is a guitar forum, GEAR:

The acoustic is a Taylor 214CE-DLX-K.

Nearly every electric guitar sound on the album is an American Standard Tele with upgraded pickups (Fender Original Vintage - fairly cheap, but I shot them out with CS Nocasters and others and they just work better in this guitar than anything else/anything more expensive) and a Callaham vintage-style bridge (which is really the biggest and best upgrade I ever did - what a noticeable change!).

I did use a 1972 Fender Strat (also with a Callaham bridge) in a couple of places. The other guitarist also used his Gibson Les Paul Standard for his parts.

Drive sounds were nearly all provided by a Klon KTR, with an Xotic Effects SL Drive and occasionally a BB Preamp used to thicken the stew. I also used an EP Booster, though very sparingly, to change things up.

Amp was a Dr Z Maz 18 NR combo, along with a Vox MV50 through a Jensen C12K-loaded cab.

  • V8 replied to this.

    Bluetone Thanks - no, the little three-dot menu button to enable editing has disappeared for my posts now...

    Well, that mystery is now solved thanks to @NorioDS 😅 - I'll make some formatting today and then you can let me know if there's anything you'd like to change - happy to hammer into a shape that you prefer.

    Bluetone The rest of the album is at whatever service you may use, here: [https://songwhip.com/luckypacket/ancient-history]

    Cool - thanks! Feel free to talk about/promo the band on the forum, we're cool like that. More ears is always good.

    Nice!

    Bluetone because this is a guitar forum, GEAR:

    Heh, always good - again , feel free to start up a 'gear porn thread' @guidothepimmp usually insists on pics 😉

          @Bluetone Right-o that's my first draft of formatting - really simply, I tried to follow your flow and just group things into related bite size chunks that grab the eye but also make it easier for peeps to zero in on topics/concepts (not only on first reading but for future reference.)

          Happy to change anything or revert to previous version (I made a copy 😉 ).

          And I only spotted ONE typo (jell = gel), which is mighty, mighty impressive. Even with spell check I make plenty! 😅

          V8 Thanks, V8. It is jell, though. 😆

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              Bluetone Potato - potato 😆 - reverted 👍️

              ..and yes I did google it - eish, I can't believe 😉

                Indeed, and small potatoes, really. 😅 Thanks for investing the time, V8.

                • V8 replied to this.

                  Bluetone No worries, great post - little time spent - you had it well laid out!

                  But Jell.... 🤦‍♂️ 😆

                      guidothepimmp I've tried a few times but it just says something went wrong... Can't seem to attach anything.

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                          Bluetone Ack, it happens. I know @NorioDS has done some fixes, so the usual things I used to run into don't apply no more.

                          Just done a test and I can upload attachments.

                          Just some troubleshooting quickly : Size of attachment (in mb) and file extension (e.g. bmp, jpg, jpeg?) and browser (Chrome/Firefox/etc). info please Can't promise that'll help us, but any info could be useful.

                          thanks! 👍️

                              Two pics (.jpg) of around 4MB to 5MB each, via Edge. I did also try with Chrome, though, with the same result.

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                                Bluetone Good news - I also (finally) encountered errors - with any image size over 1mb. I tried 10mb, 5mb, 3mb, 2mb & 1.5mb - all failed.

                                Then succeeded with any image under 1mb.

                                Last time I bumped into this @NorioDS corrected me - so let's wait till he weighs in (or re-size images to < 1mb, total pita, I know!)

                                    Bluetone OK, that works. Here are the main tools that got everything done:

                                    Sweet, Norio just fixed it too, anything up to 20mb will work.

                                    I perved that strat. And the Klon KTR. And the EP booster. I'd be jealous, but I'm not sure what I'd do with them. 😅

                                    Ok, the tele too... 🤦‍♂️ Quite like that grey-ish green!

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