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No pics as I can see... sorry, am I missing something?

Yup, I'm happy to go with the flow...

Removed an old link and put my current one [url="https://soundcloud.com/lucy-hastings/bc-mix-final"]here[/url] to save you time...

A video with a Les Paul and Esquire(single pickup tele) jamming together - a fairly good comparison between the two tonally. [media]http://youtu.be/5Iaja78k8kY[/media] *warning* Phil X and Chappers from Aldertons content.....

As Lozz said above - If you have a Strat already, then a Les Paul type would give you more variety of sound over a tele (in comparison). I can highly recommend the Rally Les Paul - made by the same factory that turns out Epiphones. Get one before Gibson waves the lawsuit.... Comes with a set neck, pckups that are way better than i expected,real flame maple cap , great fretwork (only needed polishing) and was set up ready to go.. It's that good that I'm selling my Gordon-Smith and using the Rally instead... the best bit?.... I paid £139 new for it! And yes,they do them as right handers! Off to blast out Parisienne walkways through a valve amp now...

The headstock decal has been applied in the wrong place - copy imho...

Not a fan of stickers then - to each his own... I was thinking that there is no point in trying to refinish an old ply piece of japcrap - may as well embrace the 'turdiness' instead of trying to polish it.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1353749235' post='1878000'] Melda Productions has got a whole load of Free VST stuff, including a Drum sampler. Both x32 & x64 bit. Go get............... [url="http://www.meldaproduction.com/freevstplugins/"]http://www.meldaprod...freevstplugins/[/url] Garry [/quote] I really want to use the Melda stuff - they just shut Reaper down every time I try to load one.....

[quote name='fumps' timestamp='1357822296' post='1928909'] ho right......I may replace then just to make it look a little neater, I was thinking it looked a little featureless [/quote] In fact. I just treated myself to a cheapie LP - no guard as standard....

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1357820798' post='1928866'] Some of those Hondo les pauls (and I've gone through a fair few) have some utterly lovely Di Marzio pickups in them. Which is why I get through so many, cos I keep buying them, nicking the pickups and using them in Epiphones (which are nice guitars with sh*t pickups) It is bound to be ply under there, there are very few non-ply hondo's out there. [/quote] Sounds like the pickups may be keepers.... If you are getting no sound at all from amping up - the wires at the jack are a favourite suspect. Four screws to undo to check....

Only 2 screws to hold an LP scratchplate - and they stick out from the body. I've seen quite a few removed to suit the owners taste.

[quote name='fumps' timestamp='1357817270' post='1928788'] Will post some pictures tomorrow, it's a bright yellow colour, which part of me would love to change but I'm worried about stripping it down. Cheers guys..... as i say I've never done anything like this before. Because I'm a soft hearted git a big part of me wants to put a nice neck on it & make it a really nice guitar but because i know naff all about this kind of thing I'm gonna go for the easier option. [/quote] You'll struggle to find an aftermarket bolt on Les Paul Neck - even then the quality of the body doesn't warrant this imho... If you don't fancy a refinish - how about ratting it with a stickerbomb finish?

Nitromors (if it'll touch it) and sanding (lots of this).... fill any blems>high build primer> top coats>laquer. My mate (Rejectfly) has just stripped back the Pink B.C Rich Eagle bass he got from the forum adds here. Back to bare wood in two evenings with sanding alone...

As I remember the Hondo's were ply bodied but quite useable. Might rule out a natural finish

Yeah do it! Go to [url="http://guitarfetish.com/"]Guitarfetish[/url] and order everything you need at a nice price, grab a soldering iron and a few basic tools and create.... I have a leftybody Strat with RH maple neck loaded with 2x p90's and a lipstick in the middle position, quality pots,jack and wiring. Cost under £100 for every thing (including the body and neck from the bay in at £45). It rocks! [url="ftp://thefamilyhastings%40tiscali.co.uk:[email protected]/Mick/bitza.jpg"][/url]

Reaper's compressors are very excellent at clean,transparent type of stuff, for sure - I'm also experimenting with the likes of [url="http://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/molot/"]Molot[/url] and [url="http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/announcing-density-mkiii-providing-depth-and-dimension-mastering-grade/"]Density3[/url] for character/colour. And yeah I love a shiny new toy! Plugins are great as the free ones tend to be really good these days - much better on the wallet than GASsing for Basses and Guitars.

I have a cheap pair of 205's - they sound good and survive repeated abuse. No complaints here....

Great job, as above on balancing levels... for grittier bass you could duplicate the bass track and treat that with a NoAmp or B.O.D type vst - then mix it in low and bring it up until you get enough dirt, while still having a good clear bass track to punch with. [url="http://www.theserinaexperiment.net/software.html"] http://www.theserinaexperiment.net/software.html[/url] B.O.D [url="http://www.mokafix.com/noamp.html"]http://www.mokafix.com/noamp.html[/url] NoAmp Edit for linkage .

And Bootsy's reverb ,delay, comp,exiter etc,etc

Using it on every track of 'Stripers BC mix..

Thanks RS, I uploaded a mix to soundcloud in wav format previously. I didn't really want soundcloud to ''process'' my final mix render ( rendered to mp3 @ 224 VBR).... Anyways, Hobson's choice leads me to SC again - but it hasn't killed it totally, so here goes... [url="https://soundcloud.com/lucy-hastings/bc-mix-final"]https://soundcloud.c...gs/bc-mix-final[/url]

another failed try... I don't really want to use soundcloud for mp3's as I'm under the impressiion it will compress it again when I upload, I currently have the file on my ISP webspace but can't seem to link to it - any other suggestions?

quick reply! see edit above...

looking for a free file host for the mp3 version of my mix... any ideas peeps?

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