Was this forum down?

No login either when it came back until 10 minutes ago.

was fine for me
 

The message I got last night was in a red script saying too much traffic. At least it back now.

ive been able to access the site since last night a little after midnite but only about 20 minutes ago could i post,seems i had no comment box here on ie 8

i could not get on yesterday...

It was down for me here,for over a day,but if I went to google,and asked for "last hour" it showed that people were making posts,yet I could not get through,just the blue circle[chrome]going "backwards" forever.

Bob

@bobguitkiller... If you look at all the time stamps of the comments there is a gap so no one was able to make comments. Google must have been reading the forum all weird to give you that result. BTW I never replied to your post about the Ernie Ball EVH Music Man guits. I'm curious what you meant about the less expensive models versus the $3000 ones. Anyway my opinion on those guitars is that they are so simple, versatile and play so well that they would replace pretty much most axes I would want to use for live or recording so the inflated price is worth it. However I'd prefer to find a used one for under $2000 if possible. When it comes right down to it I think they are worth $2000 despite what the market seems to think they are worth. That's why I'm curious about those less expensive models you mentioned. Cheers.

What DAW does he use? And actually my old rig is a P4 and once I get it all cleaned up, updated, backed up, ghosted, etc... I'll be tossing my Echo Layla back into it and locking it down. It is still an awesome recording rig with an old version of Nuendo on it and I'm actually quite interested in revisiting that system with my new found knowledge. For now though I really want to wrap my head around all the modern stuff I bought so I don't feel like such a dinosaur. lol

I actually made a notepad document with HTML paragraph tags just to post here. lulz...

Sounds like the type of guy that would really appreciate a Mac Mini set up with Garage Band. I've never used GB or Mac but for just straight ahead recording that would probably tickle his fancy and be inexpensive/easy to use. I was really contemplating going that route when the Mini first came out but realized I wanted just a little more as far really digging into production stuff. I probably should have just went for it though as I'd likely have WAY more recordings now.

@bobguitkiller... Ah, I see. Yeah, buying gear outside of the US can be daunting at the best of times and I've heard Australia is one of the WORST places to have to buy gear in as far as price and availability in the "Western" world. I think the only thing you can do is find someone in the US willing to ship to you (which will cost a fortune anyway) or get someone to physically bring the guitars to you. Even then from the sounds of Australian customs even that could cause problems or incur extra expense. I have to pay premiums on gear as a Canadian to avoid hassles like that and I'm right across the border. It's silly. As far as tuning down the Les Paul the obvious solution would be to use heavier gauge strings (which I think you said you have already tried) and adjust the truss rod and intonation to the new tension. However what would probably be better if you like your higher strings to be a little more flexible is to look at the "Light Top/Heavy Bottom" sets some string manufacturers put out or even more ideally snag TWO sets of strings when you intend to replace them. One thicker gauged and one thinner gauged (the thinner gauge could be Ernie Ball Slinky's for extra give while bending which means you could maybe go for a even higher gauge strings for your unwounds and maybe the D string as well). Once you find a combo that feels right at the desired tuning reset the truss (if necessary) and intonation (this is necessary) and you should be golden. I use just a straight set of .11 D'Addarios and they work well for both standard tuning and dropping down one semi tone in most on most guitars in scenarios but I find Les Pauls are very finicky with stuff like that and it's best to find a tuning and string gauges you want from it and stick to that. Very rigid guitars and yet another reason why I don't really like them ( even though I currently own an LP copy). When they are set up properly though they are great. Personally though I find SG's to be much more versatile and forgiving. Just my opinion though. Cheers.

Yeah, man. Sounds like you've tried everything you can on the Les. They are really rigid guitars and indeed want what they want in the end. When they are doing what they were designed to do they kick ass but try to make them do something else... well the results aren't that great. You mentioned Iommi and the drops he did with the SG and that is exactly the tuning I used for years on various SGs. They just bend to the tensions better partly because of the thinner necks. I never used a whammy bar until recently... I just bent the neck instead and with the SGs I could go a tone and a half and do rather delicate vibratos that way. They are a super light guitar so generally you don't get the massive resonance or bottom end you get out of some of the other Gibby's like the LPs, Flying Vs, Explorers or whatever but they play awesome and really lend themselves to far more styles and with the right pickups and amps they'll do almost anything you want. I think it really is a far superior design than the LPs. That said there is only one way to get that LP tone... and that's to play it with an LP. Personally if I had the money to sink into Gibby's I'd get (in ascending order of priority) an SG, ES-335 and a Flying V. Dare to dream. ;-)

Cakewalk site is hosted on Amazon and they experienced a big outage yesterday.

and there i was thinking it down to upgrade this rubbish forum software... ho hum