The Parlour - Moncton New Brunswick

Playing Your Amp Pt. 6: Trusting Your Tone

MattL — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:16:35 +0000

The Parlour tone trolls are doing the tone patrol again for this month’s blog.

OK! We know how to adjust our amp. We found a great guitar that sounds awesome and responsive at any volume through the amp. We have quality lead and patch chords, and our pedals don’t suck away our tone. We have even gotten rid of the plastic bread tags, dig a little deeper in the old pockets, and bought some real guitar picks. String gauge feels great.

We plug in, turn up, and… still sound like ourselves. Not Kirk Hammett, Kerry King, Dimebag, SRV, Danny Gatton. We still sound like ourselves.

This the point that separates the men from the boys. Accept and trust your own sound. Be the best you can be.

S’later Travis

Ovation Double Neck Acoustic Guitar

IngridM — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:53:14 +0000

Double your pleasure, double your fun, double neck, double neck,

double neck…ovation acoustic! It’s this simple. Buy this guitar and you

instantly become a rock star. I’m serious.

12 + 6 string necks, quilted flame maple top, gold hardware, ovation high

output pickups and ovation double neck hard shell case. This thing

sounds and plays awesome.

Build it big, or just stay home.

Travis

Remember We Accept Trades!

Suggested Retail: $1000.00

(sku 66524-1)

Gibson Les Paul Premium Plus

IngridM — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:43:21 +0000

The Parlour is very exited to present a gorgeous Gibson Les Paul

Premium Plus. This tone monster was made Sept 21/2004 and is

#293 of the production line. It has an “AAA” highly figured book

matched maple top, the pickups are burstbuskers, and the

nitrocellulose finish is starting to age ever so beautifully.

This guitar is a players dream. Every note from every pick up selection

is articulate, the notes have a bloom when bending strings, chords and

single notes ring out, and cranking this guitar through an overdriven amp

is Parlour Tone Heaven !!

Suggested retail-$ 3000.00

Remember, We accepts trades !

Energy Subwoofer

IngridM — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:22:32 +0000

High End Subwoofer in excellent condition. Gold plated high and low

RCA in-puts/outputs. 0-180 phase control. Audio Video switch.

Incredibly deep and detailed sounds with 12″ heavy duty driver.

180 WATTS.

Remember, We Accept Trades !

Suggested Retail: $699.99

(SKU 68277-2)

Playing out your amp

DennyA — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:35:08 +0000

If your playing at a big show or festival, and your amp is mic’ed over a large p.a., chances are your amp wont be heard by the crowd exept through the p.a. Angle it back and face it toward you. Its a great idea if you use small amps like I do. Not so good if your playing through a stack!

Angling your amp back behind you is also great. In a small to medium sized club, the audience doesn’t get clobbered with hi-end from your amp. Its good to keep your amp from being pointed straight at the audience or the sound man. Aim it at you and all is well. Watch the volume. Hearing loss SUCKS!

S’LATER

Travis

Custom PC Builds.

BrianJ — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:40:54 +0000

One of the joys in the Computer Department is building new systems from scratch. Alot of you will agree that there’s no greater feeling than putting a super computer together and seeing it power up for the first time. No beeps? No error codes? Time to install your OS. Now you can sit back and watch as your newly built superbeast installs the OS in record time. After building a few of these over the last little while, we thought we would offer that service to you. Looking for a custom built pc? Come talk to me at The Parlour on Mountain Road. There’s lots of ways we can deal. Either in trades or even in layaways, we can make it happen. Have a Great Day.

Game of the Week:

JasonB — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:33:12 +0000

Green Day Rockband

“It’s Green Day: Rock Band.” If all of those words together appeal to you, this is your game. What is worth noting is that Green Day: Rock Band is more akin to The Beatles: Rock Band than it is to Rock Band 2. This is a game about the alt-punk trio’s career, a loosely chronological journey through their best known songs. It’s set in three venues over about 15 years, and lets you play as Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool. The presentation is very similar to the Beatles version, as is the career mode. You earn photos and videos of the band as rewards for doing well on the songs.

If you like Green Day and Rock Band, go get this. If you’re getting bored of playing fake instruments or you’re just not a fan of the group, then don’t expect to be won over. It’s not as polished or as lovingly handcrafted at the Beatles: Rock Band, but a lot of the songs are way more fun to play. Now, if only there were more of them.

RC or Game?

BrianJ — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:54:42 +0000

With the weekend around the corner, I’m in a dilemma of what to do. If the weather holds out and it isn’t too windy, I’ll be taking the rc planes to the Magnetic Hill Concert Site for some fast jet flying. Unfortunately, the Maritimes have a way of changing from sun to rain in as little time as an hour , so, if said rain were to fall, the planes will stay grounded and the PC will be fired up for some close combat in Bad Company 2 or the ancient Desert Combat. Sounds like a no lose weekend. Except, no matter what, I have to fix the car…….rain or shine. See ya next time.

Playing Your Amp Pt.3

MattL — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:10:02 +0000

Getting an over-driven tone.

You will first want to find the high gain channel on your amp. Or, if you only have one channel… TURN THAT SUCKER UP!!!

The degree of overdrive you want is a personal thing. Turning up the mids (mid range) helps the amp to overdrive any brittleness that maybe cased by turning the amp up and cranking the mids can be smoother out by rolling off some highs on the guitar controls. Remember we are using the amp and guitar as one unit. Team work here.

Bass controls on amps are used to compensate for when an amp is turned down. When cranking an amp, turn the bass down, or your tone will mush out. Adjust treble control to taste.

S’later, Travis

Playing Your Amp Part 2

MattL — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:14:33 +0000

Getting a clean sound.

Hi from the Parlour,

Before fussing with the control knobs, lets pick a channel. If your amp only has one channel… it’s a no-brainer! If your amp has more than one pick the quietest one ( lowest gain). Turn the amp up until it distorts, then back it off until it just cleans up nicely. Now we can twiddle with knobs.

Gain (overdrive) is dependant on tone controls also. Most amps have controls that substact. Turn the treble down and the treble goes lower. You can achieve a cleaner sound by scooping mids , as well as turning your guitar’s volume down, and the amp up. Especially if you have hi gain pickups. Thanks from The Parlour.

S’later

Travis.