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I've said on previous posts that I'm rather new to a lot of IT (except Audio, which, where I'm no slouch, I'm not Einstein and have a lot to learn (prefer hardware!)). It took me a couple of goes to get the above right! I might have to go back and try redigitising ma photies and get it right this time!

The guy in the middle "Osama bin Jarratt" otherwise known as Tony Jarratt or J-Rat to his friends, died last year and left a huge gap not only on Mendip where he lived, but to the world as a whole.

He was responsible for discovering more cave systems than just about anyone in history and, as a true Gent, you would never have known it because of his modesty.

I hope that Mack someday says "I met J-Rat once," (I'm sure he will, he's a Gent too!).

I'm just proud to say that he was my friend from when I was a reefer to when he died!

And it was a very memorable day too!

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Thank you sir

No worries G S E.

It's always good to know that these responses help - happy to!

I checked and I had the name wrong in the post in Guitars and Accessories.

That's changed now!

DOH! DOH!

Don't be too hasty. I could be wrong (I often am) and repeated tuning might solve it. Some of the other guys are better equiped to tell you about electrics and string tension/adjustment.

I think the excellent Russell or Pix might be able to help.

(Pix is excellent too as are just about everyone here; my phrasing didn't state that accurately!)

Hey Detman.

Remember that heavier strings where they will have less tendancy to break it will be harder to fret notes and may require some neck adjustment because of Coefficience of Expansion (Thanks Russell ) or how wood reacts to different tensions.

On the plus side they will sound warmer and a little louder.

(That sure is a cool signiature you got, hee hee )

These are ones I've known for a long time by rote. Would it be enough to tell you that Copperheah Road is D & C for the riff and verse and G, C, G, C, D x2 for the bridge/second part of verse.

Man of Constant Sorrow is D, G, A.

Do ya need more?

Thanks again Russell!

I couldn't remember what it was called or anything other than how to do it.

Sorry aabb, I've just been back to your question and skimmed over one detail that it was lead VOX NOT GUITAR!

Nevertheless, the answer "Yes!" still stands with some considerations.

Namely that you need to bear in mind the input is for an instrument so is therefore unbalanced - it takes an instrument jack with a tip (signal) and sleeve (earth). Most mics from pretty naff to high quality come with a balanced connection - XLR, one point being earth the other two both signal but one positive and one negative (it uses phase cancellation to clean up any noise accrued on the cable run, but you might not need to know that).

What you do need to know is that if you get an XLR to Balanced Jack (Tip, Ring, Sleeve - TRS) you can plug it in and it should work as the negative signal will flow to earth, but on the output the signal will be unbalanced also.

The best way to use it for Vox will be as an auxilliary effect - mic signal goes into mixer, some of which is tapped and fed into an outside device and returns either to an auxilliary or to its' own dedicated mixer channel/s (mono/stereo). As most auxilliaries (on all but top end mixers) are unbalanced, this would be the way to go.

The other thing to bear in mind is that a lot of gear for guitars has a reduced frequency response (CD is 20Hz (bass) to 20KHz or 20,000Hz (treble)) and this is useful for Vox but a lot of guitar gear will have a response of less bass-end to treble rolling off at around 15KHz, although this is not a hard and fast rule and I couldn't see the frequency response in the specs or manual of the link in my last post!

There are lots of things that are designed especially for Vox and some have features built-in to handle a guitar as well - including Mic and Guitar pre-amps and seperate effects for both signals too! These will give you better vocal results but you will have to pay for it!

Get back if any further explanation or help is required

The Bank Holiday tradition over here is nearly always a Monday and it is just that - banks and (most) shops close for the day and the whole country has a one day holiday.

Most of the Bank Holidays it rains.

It's a tradition.

Hey Zurf, where in the UK are these naked Maypole rituals? Is it the pole or the participants that are naked? I think I'm livin' in the wrong area!

Monday night music was great. We had loads of regulars turn up and some newbies. Good Sesh!

Hope wherever you are you had a great time!!!