May 2025: One more tune written by J. S. Skinner: "Tommy`s Tarbukas" uploaded as tab and notation. See in the Gaelic - Celtic Music section, here.
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June 2024: Transcription of "Bovaglie`s Plaid" uploaded as tab, notation and GuitarPro-file. See in the Celtic Music section, here.
See also my video on the Midiguitar channel on Youtube. |
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Sep. 2023: How I managed to get authentic Knopfler, SRV and Hendrix tones out of a small Marshall combo, with 3 pedals in front and 1 reverb pedal in the FX loop: my first video with the Studio Vintage 20 combo. | |||||||
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May 2023: Which modern Plexi-style amp to choose? These 2 are under 900 eu/lb/usd, so I had to make a decision... The winner is Marshall, because the SV20 has an FX-loop, it is loud enough for gigs and it can be used at home with an attenuator. If you like "on the edge of breakup" sounds, you will love it. Takes pedals very nicely. The compression is exactly the way I need it. | |||||||
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Feb. 2021: serbian
folksong "Ajde Kato" uploaded as midi, tab and sheet. See here.
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Jan. 2020: serbian
folksong "Kad Te vidim po sokaku" uploaded as midi, tab and sheet.
Also: serbian song "Himna Svetom Savi" uploaded as midi and sheet. See here. ![]() 10 years old mexican tube amp, that sounds way better than any digital gear I ever used: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III. After exchanging a couple of tubes (valves) I enjoy a super organic and warm sound. All my pedals sound fantastic with this amp!
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Nov. 2019: "There, Far Away" (Tamo Daleko), serbian song, arranged for 1 guitar and "Menuett in G" by J. S. Bach, arranged for solo guitar, uploaded in PDF, midi and GuitarPro formats. See here.
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Aug. 2019: Old folksong with 7/4 rhythm "Eleno Kerko" uploaded. See here.
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Oct. 2018: What
should be included in a tube amp?
1.: At least 2 channels, with separate EQs. 2.: Built in reverb, with separate leveling for both channels. 3.: FX-loop. 4.: Power soak - this amp has no effective power-soak, the wattage-control allows you only to control the breakup points of both channels. 5.: Silent recording mode. |
Oct. 2018: Serbian
folksong "Oj Golube Moj" uploaded. See here.
Mar. 2018: High
quality for a moderate budget: ENGL amps! |
You may find these amps used for some 400 euros today. Engl Rockmaster 20 head is: all tube design, made for almost every rock sound from clean to "hard rock". Maybe it is not gainy enough for "heavy metal", but you can always put a "metal pedal" in front of it. I love it for its natural, warm sound, dynamic response to my playing and plucking style. Has everything I need in gigging and living-room conditions. FX-loop, built in reverb, power soak, silent recording mode etc. Engl Gigmaster 15 W head: ![]() Engl Gigmaster 15 has a few features less: no reverb, less power and it sounds a little muddier than the Rockmaster head. It is cheaper, you can find it on the used gear market for some 300 euro, today, March 2018. |
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Oct. 2017: Complete
analogue rig for only 300 euro, new? Jan. 2017: Very
good real tube sound for only 250 euro (used) or 370
euro, new: With a cabinet that
includes a Vintage V30 speaker it is perfect for me. Nov. 2016: Good guitar sound for almost no money spent? Part 3: Cheap all-tube-amps don't sound perfect, but changing the speaker may be a significant improvement. Even pedals sound much better with my new "low budget rig" than with all digital or transistor rigs I had. See my Youtube video with 3 sound examples here. ![]() Okt. 2016: Good
guitar sound for almost no money spent?
Part 2: ![]() Number 2 is Kuassa Vermillion, which sounds really good on clean settings and smooths too much distortion from pedals. ![]() August
2016: New
version of "Flora, the Lily of the
West" uploaded. See here. July.
2016: New
arrangements of "Ajde Jano"
and "Ej, čija frula" uploaded.
See
here. Oct.
2015: New
arrangements of "Navali
se Šar planina" and
"Raslo mi je badem drvo
(Hajduk Veljko)"
uploaded.
See here. Good
guitar sound for
almost no money spent?
Okt.
2014: With
1 VST plugin I
was able to get
some fantastic
guitar sounds I
always wanted.
Never found a
good enough
solution in the
digital world
until X50 by TSE
appeared. With
this I can
reproduce some
sounds I like by
Steve Morse and
John Petrucci,
clean, crunchy
or lead. ![]() August
2014: "Puče
Puška Iz Goru
Zelenu",
"Prošeta
Djordje Kroz
Lojze", "Idi
Dojdi Asan
Aga", "My
Boonie" and
new
arrangements
of "Jutro
Rano", "Kad
Cujem Tambure"
and "Moj
Milane"
uploaded.
See here. Aug.
2013: With
a good guitar
and cheap
hardware it is
possible to
get very good
results. I
used Sonar as
VST-host, but
it works with
almost any
DAW. The
signal went to
a Fame OD-10
(Biyang OD-7)
overdrive
pedal (mode 3,
warm) and to a
homemade
Hi-Z-adapter,
which was
necessery to
convert the
guitar signal
to the
audio-interface
of my
computer.
There is an EQ
in the
recording
channel to
reduce the
high
frequencies
and for a
little boost
of midrange.
Because
Studiodevil
sounds too
direct, I have
used
additionally
the Mercuriall
cab-simulator
and a little
reverb.
C-Tuner is
also free, so
this rig was
really not
expensive. ![]() First lick is neck pickup only, second is neck pickup plus OD-pedal. Third lick is bridge humbucker plus OD-pedal. Aug.
2013: So
far the best
amp-simulator
for computers,
and it is
free: "Studio
Devil British
Valve Custom"!
Hear a short demo
improvised by
myself. Yeah,
it is the old
demo from
2012, but now
I found this
excellent
speaker/mic
simulation
plugin: "Mercuriall
Cab v. 3."
(freeware) and
remixed the
clip with it.
Hear, what a realistic
sound, and
those distorted,
but clear
chords...
This is my new
rig for almost
no money
spent! May 2013: New video with VG-99 synth-sounds on Youtube: DP-synths for VG-99. See also "VG-99 patches" for librarian files: clean library, rock library, basses etc. March. 2013: Greek instrument bouzuki now for VG-99 available. See VG-99 patches. "Scatterlings of Africa" guitar accompaniment excerpts in the tabs section. Dec. 2012: "The Ten Penny Bit" in a new arrangement, with chords. Nov. 2012: "Slavic music" added with new arrangements, as examples for a different way to create harmonies. Sep.
2012: "Ijwanasibeki"
(chords),
"Lily Of The
West" added
and
"Tarantella
Napolitana" in
a different,
longer version
available, as
midi and
notation. Apr.
2012: "Santana-style"
singing lead
for the
VG-99. June
2011: Experimental
stuff:
programs for
the Korg PS60
workstation.
This is an
uncompressed
piano for
recording etc.
In the editor
you have to be
in program
mode, then
load and write
this patch to
any location
you want: GP-UncompPiano. Nov.
2010: Finally
found some
good settings
with Marshall
amp-sim in the
VG-99 for
Jimmy Hendrix
tones. My
test-recording
in style of
the album
"Band of
Gypsys: Geepsees.mp3. June
2010: For
more accuracy
in the
conversion of
guitar-tones
to midi I
bought an Axon
AX50,
which works
fantastic
after the
calibration. ![]() Dec.
2009: Using
the advanced
limiters in
the
FX-MOD-section,
you may put
more life in
the sound of
VG-99. Here a
patch
with optimized
bass and
rhythm-guitar.
Oct.
2009: After
many
experiments, I
made a
realistic
lead-guitar
tone, in style
of the famous
band "Cream",
for the VG-99.
Hear a sample
with drums and
my emulated
"stiff bass".
March 2009: Lead-synthie for 80es pop-music and a warm, tubey lead sound, a la "early Santana" - check out the mp3s! Also drums and basses playable with a VG-99, see "VG-99 samples" and patch-downloads. January 2008: 7th set of patches for VG-88 updated. Kind of "Best of GPs". Hear some "dual-path-sounds" - yes, the 88 can process 2 guitar sounds in the same time, tough not as flexible as the VG-99... |