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  1. Like another earlier post I use the Presonus monitors and find them really good for the price. I have the Eris E8 as they replaced a Roland system that employed a sub. I tried the E5s and was concerned that they also sounds like a sub was required. They were OK without but somehow I felt I would always have a nagging doubt. The E8s were, at the time, just too expensive as my budget was similar to yours. However, keep your eyes open for a deal as I got mine from Source (the UK distributors) as an ex-demo pair and paid £225 including shipping. The E8s are full range and definitely do not require bass reinforcement. I also use mine with Nord keyboards and they are very smooth and responsive across the whole range.
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    Gibson ES175.

    My only, pup-equipped, acoustic at the moment is an Avalon Carl Verheyren signature. One of, and possibly the best electro-acoustic that I've owned. If you are using it live then the lack of volume in the bass shoulder takes away a lot of difficult to EQ bloom. It is fitted with BBand electronics - not the latest ones but still very adjustable. These will also go straight to desk without DI but I don't - I use a Tech 21 Acoustic DI for that. Is it better than miking up a really good acoustic? In a studio setting, no. I find miking up to be so variable though - I'm probably just not so good at it. For pure tone, unplugged, the ACVS is more like a parlour guitar but with added sparkle. My normal, purely acoustic guitar is a late 90's Lowden with Cedar top and that has stayed with me from new. The Avalons are stunning though and, if buying new then talk to them as they will likely voice it for you.
  3. I have a USA 2004 Tele with the tapped (or split) hum buckers. I used it a lot for gigs where I only needed to take one guitar as I can get a huge range of sounds from it. Is it the same as a '67 blonde maple neck Tele with single coil lip pups? no. Does it do a reasonable job? Yes. If you are looking for a really good single coil though I'd look at a EB Music Man Axis super Sport- love mine and much more of a contrast to humbuckers than even my S/C equipped Tele. Depends where you are coming from and what you want to achieve though. One the one hand if you have powerful, clipping humbuckers that need little gain to get dirty, then a shrill and piercing bridge s/c is at the completely opposite end of the scale. A vintage s/c neck pup on a Strat can be as creamy as a more laid back, less reactive to gain, humbucker and if you have the latter then you're probably not missing a s/c unless you want that Steve Cropper tone - but that is a pretty special tone and doesn't just come from the guitar!
  4. [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1477057774' post='3159582'] Normally between this time and Christmas, including Black Friday, Presonus do really good deals. Usually the upgrade from 'Artist' to the Full version is heavily discounted - Keep your eyes peeled. [/quote] Thanks for the tip! I will!
  5. I have it, mainly because it is synced to a StudioOne 16.0.2. Having said that I have it, I "think that I have it" as I use Studio One 3 'Artist'. It isn't exactly 'free' but comes packaged with Presonus hardware and it is certainly a light version of 'full'. From what I have seen and used of it so far, it would appear that the only place that my version is really lacking is on the Mastering side. The Presonus learning resources are, as has been mentioned in an earlier post, readily available and they certainly helped me find my way around it. I'm new to DAW use - but have had 20 years using a Roland VS 880. It's a very different world but I've not found the SW too difficult to work with. I've definitely not got the results that I'm looking for yet, and use the Presonus Tutorials frequently, but I am getting there. One thing that I have noticed is that, in the Roland world, I made good use of the in-board effects in the expansion pack but I'm already thinking in terms of buying a good rack mounted external reverb unit (and probably more).
  6. Mine has Texas Specials on it (they came fitted from new as it's a '93 SE) and I really only use positions 2 and 4 - neck and middle blend or bridge and middle blend. Most of the time it is set to neck and middle. It also has a Rosewood neck - I find the maple necks on Strats make the bridge only PUP too harsh for what I want from the Strat. I use a Tele for that (evilly bright!) tone. It is my only Strat - but it has an important tone that I don't seem to get from other guitars
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    Gibson ES175.

    I have a 2000, Vintage Sunburst, Gold Hardware, ES 175 and if you only paid £1500 for it back in the day then you got a very good deal. I've had mine since 2003. If yours is anything like mine then they are very good instruments. They are very sensitive to bridge placement and string choice which can make intonation initially hard work to get right, but once dialled in, and respect given to the floating bridge, then they deliver fantastic tone. I've seen people have the bridge pegged or even stuck down - I can understand the reason if gigging hard but personally I wouldn't want one that had been modified in such a way. If in good condition then this is worth at least what you paid for it. These turn of the century Nashville ES 175s are generally very good instruments indeed. £2K ??, at a push - but even then the buyer is getting a lot of guitar for the money. £4500 new - no, I'd probably go for a used L4 - CES instead - I'd love one but it would mean selling the ES-175, and I like it too much! If you want something a bit more flexible then try and find a Howard Roberts Fusion III to demo. These give you the smooth tones of the ES 175 and will deliver a clean bite too. They are, generally speaking (as it depends what PUPs are in place) not as aggressive as the 335/345s. They are also a smaller body and so more comfortable. I much prefer HRFIII to the 339/359 series'. They aren't easy to find, but can definitely be had for the value of the 175 - and are much easier to gig with.
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