Free Guitar ][ $25 Amp ][ $5,000 Tape Recorder

[@travisraab]

My free Music Theory Cheat Sheet - tinyurl.com/7wj3cjmj

[@bonemasterj]

Very avante-garde to use a teal handkerchief on the snare. Most people go with red or black. True trailblazer.

[@travisraab]

it POPS on camera, J

[@mrmansville9340]

Great sounds Travis you’re channeling some real pimped out vibrations. The ghost of John will be shaking his groove thing.

[@travisraab]

thanks man you gotta rip it and lay down some vox

[@zeusolympus1664]

@@travisraab yt just randomly reccomended your channel. I contemplayed becoz of the title but after watching it, i didnt regret it. Instant subscribe!

[@travisraab]

@@zeusolympus1664 thats cool glad to have you ~

[@Tallstreehouse]

bruh im with you on the beta 52a. I'm not a big fan of the 7b on kick because it always seems to be listening through the kick drum, but you didnt have that issue it sounds like. One of my fave productions of yours so far, good stuff man. The creativity and DGAF approach is always refreshing, especially during this rutt contemporary music has found itself in.

[@travisraab]

I mainly use the re20 on kick now

[@Tallstreehouse]

@@travisraab I havent snagged one of those yet, how is it overall? Ive been using a GAP R1 & AT4033a combo as of late. The 4033a is more of a crotch mic but it gets all the attack I need.

[@ultimatefunktimegroovystan7885]

It is possible to make great music on an extremely limited budget, especially if you have a $5000 tape recorder laying around

[@travisraab]

lol

[@proprintct7183]

You can get a Tascam 38/48/TSR-8 and a vintage mixer for less and actually have half inch tape that goes 15 ips... for less than the 388. 388s are really cool, but too much for my budget. I have a Sony MXP-390 and Tascam TSR8 and that is a pretty cool setup. I do have other parts include preamps and usb interface, but even adding them in I'm in way less.

[@alexs-mind]

I literally just got myself another honeytone because I like it so much, nice to see such a cute and cheap lil amp getting some love and good use out of it :)

[@travisraab]

It's a sleeper! Danelectro honeytone baby

[@RoyalBlue43]

This is awesome Travis. I miss my Honeytone that blew up when my buddy used the wrong type of AC adapter with it 🤬

[@travisraab]

good thing they are cheap! linked below

[@tallmccartneymusic]

I have beef with the beta 52a. For live it’s good to get that sub to really punch, but in a recording setting it’s too colored and static. It’s almost as tho placement or the kick you use doesn’t change anything about the sound.

[@travisraab]

Yeah i stopped using it a while ago. I agree

[@Simonebardazzi]

Brilliant ideas, as ever!

[@travisraab]

Thank you, Simone! 😊

[@JohnDuncanfiddler]

I really enjoy these kinds of vids!

[@travisraab]

oh cool john! thanks

[@doctordanger4143]

Nice moves Raab

[@travisraab]

Thanks Doc!

[@jonesgarrett5]

I dont think Ive heard your attempt at vox on the 388 - DO IT

[@travisraab]

i'm not much of a singer. but someone else recently sang so you'll get a chance to hear it

[@ThePinkLadyAppleHouse]

Nice, drums and bass sound so good.

[@travisraab]

hey man thanks! i got some hip hop drums comin up we should do something on that

[@Mute67]

Impressed of the leslie sound on guitar. Nice! But why do find drums crappy sounding? I'm a bit tone deaf..

[@travisraab]

yeah that leslie sound is great on the m9. did I say the drums were crappy? i don't think so. they are trashy old drums and i am getting really close to a drum sound that i like! i have a video coming out where i'm pleased...

[@Mark_Williams300]

How are the actual parts of the drums themselves? Like the shells, the rings that hold the skins in place and the tuning lugs? If they're all okay then maybe new heads is the way to go.

[@travisraab]

@@Mark_Williams300 yeah could be! i changed a few things and i think i came close to cracking the code.

[@Mute67]

@@travisraab I must have miss understood what you meant. I think it sounds great!

[@Mute67]

@@travisraab 👍looking forward to hear it.

[@Jerkyhammerstopwatch]

Can you tell us about the Snare Bandana you've got there?

[@Jerkyhammerstopwatch]

...meeting Friar Raab was great too!!

[@travisraab]

that's a pre-CBS bandana right there

[@Jerkyhammerstopwatch]

@@travisraab I meant what it does to the sound. Thanks!

[@travisraab]

@@Jerkyhammerstopwatch it mutes it

[@brooke9297]

That’s funny - I got a weird glockenspiel a couple months ago and it changed my entire understanding of song composition. 🤯😂 there can be a whooooole other spritely melody up top!

[@travisraab]

I can't wait to hear what you make :)

[@SuperMikefun]

What effect/pedal did you use to get the Leslie sound on guitar?

[@travisraab]

line6 m9 pedal - imp.i114863.net/jWgNnn

[@spencersmallbridge1496]

try putting sm7b on kick in and an ldc on kick out

[@travisraab]

I never tried that!

[@spencersmallbridge1496]

​@@travisraab for narrow track tape condensers on kicks has been my go to sound

[@travisraab]

@@spencersmallbridge1496 i never even tried that. i know people do it but i can't fathom it. i'll have to try it

[@spencersmallbridge1496]

@@travisraab yea just be careful with the spl from the kick, and give it a lil compression on both mics

[@Mark_Williams300]

Doing the Lord's work! 😃

[@travisraab]

haha mark

[@Mark_Williams300]

@@travisraab Did you really pay five grand for the 388? I always assumed you'd paid more like 1 to 2K.

[@travisraab]

1k

[@Mark_Williams300]

@@travisraab And $4k for a service?

[@travisraab]

@@Mark_Williams300 lol what? I do all my own service work on my machines. Tascam themselves, when promoting the 388 plugin, claimed that the machine was worth over 5k. that was november. And today on reverb you will see a 388 listed for over 5k. In a year from now, 5k might look like a great deal.

[@oscarpeters5309]

i wanna know where you're getting your free sgs

[@travisraab]

someone gave it to my dad. he wasn't playing anymore. it's only 199 imp.i114863.net/5b3R61

[@JulianFernandez]

nice!

[@travisraab]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@massesesclaves644]

The 388 is $5000 now?! Shit, I paid $600 for a mint one 6 years ago, it was a great machine, but nothing a good console and a good eight-track linked together can't do.

[@travisraab]

In november, with the release of their and IK's 388 plugin, Tascam prematurely stated that 388s go for over $5k. They did not then. I am starting to see some listed for over 5k. They are selling for over 3k for sure. Who knows who high they will go. I'm not sure why they cost so much

[@massesesclaves644]

@@travisraab Oh I see. I had the original receipt from the store it had been bought in, in southern France in the mid-80's and it was 10,000 euros (roughly $10,000) street price (in today's dollars of course) So it wasn't cheap, but nothing was in those days, even in "semi-pro" world. I reckon they've gone up in price because it is a one off design, that is still seductive today, neither Otari or even Revox attempted the all integrated reel-to-reel idea, and it caught-on with project studios (I remember reading that Madonna did the pre-prod for a late 80's album on a 388, and a lot of 'roughs' from the machine made it into the final album). Still, prices are slowly matching that of the original price, (we have to remember that a Neumann U47 when new was 3500 dollars/4000 dollars (now it fetches 20 or 30 thousand dollars) and It has nothing to do with the intrinsic quality of the tool but rather the seductive appeal, increasing scarcity, etc... Offer and demand. You can get a great Otari 8-track deck (that is superior in many ways), and a very good broadcast console filled with transformers for the equivalent or even less than $5000 today, but hey, that's just me.

[@travisraab]

@@massesesclaves644 10k? is that accurate holy moly

[@jbonillaguitar]

That's good music!!

[@travisraab]

thanks taco !

[@DrJohn123]

Why are you so dissatisfied with the drums? They sound awesome! Great song, it's so in the pocket! FUNK!

[@travisraab]

I actually have a video coming up where I finally like the drum sound lol

[@djwiggles2835]

I figured I’d ask you here, but what are some of the most unlikely places that you’ve gotten cheap music gear that actually was very useful? I love repurposing old stuff

[@travisraab]

the town dump!!

[@Ashishsharma123]

👌👌👌

[@travisraab]

whoooo

[@BernardBotejue]

nice

[@travisraab]

Thanks!

[@stuartholden6163]

That guitar sounds very Super Tramp!!!

[@travisraab]

man i should listen to them more. i used to take lessons with their guitar player. he was douchey lol

[@angelruiz8796]

song would have alot more space if you turned the hihat down great song nonetheless

[@travisraab]

Thanks!

[@brooke9297]

That’s pronounced “ghee-taur”

[@travisraab]

lol

[@MobiusMinded]

$5K? Pretty funny

[@travisraab]

Take a look at reverb

[@MobiusMinded]

$5K for reverb? In 2023? Even funnier. When I started recording in the late ‘70’s we were all about making the best music with the best tools. Not looking for wire recorders in search of some faux vintage fade. But whatever makes you happy.

[@travisraab]

@@MobiusMinded You used to do 8 balls off the console with david bowie and you had a pony tail