re: Gear Head Thread

Question for fretshack or anyone really. I’ve been looking at getting a new acoustic and I keep getting bombarded with ads for zager guitars I finally went down the rabbit hole and looked into them and people seem to love them. Do you have any experience with them? I’m real skeptical about buying something I can’t play first.

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Question for fretshack or anyone really. I’ve been looking at getting a new acoustic and I keep getting bombarded with ads for zager guitars I finally went down the rabbit hole and looked into them and people seem to love them. Do you have any experience with them? I’m real skeptical about buying something I can’t play first.

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+1 to FretShack's comments.

I've only encountered one Zager in the wild and it was very average.

Their target audience is older beginners with money who want something easy to play.

A local shop can make any quality acoustic just as playable with a good setup.

Might need to look into the costs of outfitting my band with in-ear monitors. Our current wedges are trash

Speaking of gear, I needed a new beater/spare bass. I had a parts Pbass in this capacity, but I have played it consistently for over ten years and it is just starting to fall apart. Got me a Harley Benton Enhanced bass. OMG, for $275 before shipping, this thing is a beast. Holy crap what they can do in Indonesia these days. Is it as good as my USA Fenders? Heck no. Is it as good as a Mexi Fender? Yep. Go check these folks out.

I picked up a pair of QSC CP8s and an EV elx200 12SP subwoofer for a shop PA last weekend. Sounds great, sub thumps and the QSCs are very powerful for their size.

I was using 2 JBL EON column arrays which sounded good. My new setup is just way more powerful now and way more punch. I love it.

Man, I’ve totally revamped most of my gear since just a year ago. Sad. Maybe it should be the gear whore thread. LOL.

Ok, update almost a year later, a few things have remained:

- USA Geddy Lee Jazz
- USA 75 Reissue Jazz FSR Candy Apple Red with matching headstock
- Custom made by me classic 60’s Jazz (except I put a Badass bridge on) in my version of Sonic Blue
- Mesa D800 head
- Ashdown Rootmaster 500 EVOii head
- Mesa Subway 2x15 cab
- 2 Hartke HD 2x10 cabs

On the board:
- Origin Effects Bassrig 64
- Origin Effects DCX Bass
- Origin Effects Cali76 CB
- SushiboxFx Elementary (tube preamp based on a Hiwatt DR103)
- Petersen Strobostomp
- Zoom B2-Four multi-effects (my first baby step into digital gear)

Thoughts?

What exactly are you looking for in an interface? 24 inputs is quite a lot. I would typically recommend quality over quantity as a general matter. I have an 8 input interface and rarely use all 8 simultaneously. I keep around 8 mics on hand just in case though.

The preamps in your interface will be one of the most important parts of your signal chain. Quality of A/D conversion is important too. Most recommendations I come across involve focusing funds on these two aspects.

Do you have a preferred budget?

I like that interface because it serves as a digital mixer as well as an interface and you can also use it as a stage box.

A lot of it is me being lazy and not wanting to constantly plug and unplug everything all the time. I like that it has lots of inputs and outputs so I can get creative with routing and mic-ing.

The features and versatility are amazing. The only "con" is the sample rate which maxes out at 48 kHz, which is good but not the best.

I have an 8 channel right now which has 24-bit/192 kHz, so I don't think I need to upgrade or replace that.

Ultimately, its a piece of gear that's been swirling around in my hear for a long while now. Not sure if I'll ever buy it.

I've got an old Crate 18 tube amp and a Blues Driver pedal.
Am I allowed in this thread?
Oh yeah, I've got some pretty good cables and stuff too.