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It's an Ibanez X series DT-380 The 380's came in a number of graphic finishes several different stripes and a japan rising sun one

Pictures of guitars don't scare me....(Well too much) Touching on Ibby's from our other discussion here are two guitars I no longer have. This is a guitar that I used to own,.,,, And this was another guitar I used to own Both Ibanez

Re JS,,,, They are expensive and honestly I don't think they are worth the money. If you are looking around for a js satriani first think about an S model it has the same slim profile. The S series was released at the same time as the original RG series. It has the same slim contoured body as a JS and the new ones have the new ball bearing trem system. Meaning longer life then the older knife edge system I've had ibby's in the past and they weren't my cup of tea. Granted that was many many years ago. Nonetheless a lot of my friends on other forums have returned new ones due to a myriad of reasons.

Dammit I'm going to have to get a new camera. My sanyo cam and my android phone are crap. No matter what I do I can't get the headstock in sharp focus it always wants to focus in on the background.... Anyway here's my Raven West Guitar 450 A funny thing about Raven West Guitars. It's really just one guitar tech out west. He sends the designs off to a Korean manufacturer and places an order. Then when they come back he does a basic setup and sells them. God awful website but actually rather nice guitars. The setup was perfect when I got it but the frets weren't polished so It had that scratchy feel until I broke it in. It's a solid maple top with mahogany back, sides and neck. The neck is super slim "D" profile with 24 frets (would have preferred 22) My only complaint is that the pickups are somewhat weak.

I'd get another before doing so. That way you have a sister act. Still cool idea.

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Re Michael Kelly. I believe mine is a prototype that was never developed. No serial number or country of origin stamped on it anywhere MK is a new brand name mostly known for "modern" looking variations of Les Pauls Many Guitar makers will build a prototype take it to NAMM and see if it generates any interest. If it does then they'll go into production. If dealers don't bite the a maker won't build. Collector types will often show up at the last day of NAMM and buy the display guitars. Sometimes the guitar goes into production and the Collector has the first one ever built thus... Raising the value of what he bought. And sometimes they don't and the collector is stuck with a guitar that has no collector value. I bought my guitar used on ebay. The seller told me that he bought it from one of these collectors. Unfortunately the guitar took a dive outside of the box and the neck was seriously messed up. The neck was repaired by a luthier but there is some visible damage to the neck and the headstock. It plays "Okay" but the patchwork on the neck is visible along the top. I got it for cheap and still had to do some minor work to get it into playable condition (I'm finicky when it comes to action)

Wow. Digging your little friends there. Thanks for sharing the pics. Re ibby (Ibanez) I've had a few in the past and ...they weren't my cup of tea. Re Jackson. Back in the 80's I always wanted a Jackson or Charvel but I never bit Re Peavey. I had one I really really liked back in early 91 and then I fell victim to a burglary where most of my prized guitars and a few amps I was at a gig when it happened so at least all were not lost Godin -- Go Dan I've got other Godin's as well. The LR Baggs is still my prized Godin This is what it sounds like. The Baggs version came before the acoustcaster and later multilac versions from godin. It sounds nothing like a tele or most acoustic electrics or for that matter later godin acoustic electrics.

I am really hating working with my camera. No matter what I do I can't get a sharp focus. Anyway, This is my Michael Kelly Phoenix Vibe The image doesn't due justice to the trans black

Here's my Godin L.R.Baggs I kick myself everyday for putting a GK3 on it then taking it off then putting it on again.

Gary to the rescue. Impressive collection. I want to introduce mine one at a time to stretch out the thread a little longer. Mine aren't top of the line like yours are. What's the Rick? Is that a 60th anniversary strat I'm looking at?

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@Gary I hope so. Nice collection of Gibsons you've got there. Making me miss my LP's Baseman.... Have no idea. Looks like an early yamaha. The one Carlos Santana used after the SG and Before the PRS

<edited> that was a lousy pick of my Tele <edit> Here's my Godin Freeway Your Turn

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As many prolly know... I'm a regular at kvr. It's the only place I trust for freeware and the first place I look when considering payware. Many places become very unscrupulous. The only thing that really ticks me about kvr's plug in search is going through the form. Yes it will save you from a bazillion useless products but you have to use the form wisely. http://www.kvraudio.com/q.php

Even the big name expensive keyboard workstations are a pain for setting up and recalling loops. Most are designed around performance. You have to go deep deep into the editing features just to get things like recalling loops.

Well yeah there used to be things like Emu Command stations. I had one. It had a lot of great sounds in it and some gawd awful loops. One cup of coffee ruined it for good. It's actually a bit of a pain to get a handle on with the small display area for scrolling through sounds and or patterns and or other stuff.

Try loading one of the virtual instruments into a track. Simply click on a virtual instrument and drag it onto the track view then start hitting keys. If the track/object is highlighted on the track view then it means that track is active. If you arm the track and hit the record button it should record. If it's not making a sound it could be the midi settings not accepting the midi channel. In general most daws default to omni (all 16 channels) for midi input per track, so you don't have to worry about which midi channel your device is sending on....In general. Sometimes they specify to receive on channel 1 or allow you to assign which channel is used to receive the midi signal. I only had S1 for two weeks and I can't recall it's details for how it sets up channel receive. You might want to discuss that over at the presonus forums.

I can't stress this enough. If you can't work ableton live without a controller it's not worth getting a controller for live. Ableton live is not your average Daw. It didn't come easy for me and it may not come easy for you. First watch a bunch of "ableton live basics videos https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ableton+live+basics Then download a trial of the program and go through those same basics till you know how to import clips, create loops etc etc. You don't "need" to purchase the full version of ableton live if you buy launchpad new from a retailer (online) or locally. Ableton "Live Lite" will be included. I'm currently running live lite 8.(something) I got live lite 6 with something I bought and have been given free updates through the years.

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If you didn't get the dvd with the drivers... The first thing you need to do is get the drivers.... http://us.novationmusic.com/support/product-downloads?product=Launchpad%20S If you didn't go as far as to select the program to receive the device you have to do that after you have the drivers With some devices it requires more then just plugging something into a usb. If you are able to use launchpad in a simple straightforward host such as ...Cantible lite - http://www.cantabilesoftware.com/download/ Then it may be the way S1 is setup to handle midi input. For that I would suggest you post at the presonus forums. http://forums.presonus.com/forums/list.page While evaluating S1 I chose not to buy it for a few reasons. (have to upgrade to use third party vst's) I can recall some issues with S1 not working with my midi device. I can't recall how I fixed it. So... use the presonus forum

Launchpad is really designed for FL and Ableton live.