JMA-1 First timer..

Great work! How does it sound?

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Originally Posted by JohnH

Great work! How does it sound?

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At the moment it still sounds a little off tuning wise because i don't have a decent tuner to do the intonation and i haven't set the pickup heights properly i have a little buzz in the g & d strings as well. So its difficult to get a good idea just yet.

Oh yeah, that’s fair enough. Good to see I’m not the only one up this early lol

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Originally Posted by JohnH

Oh yeah, that’s fair enough. Good to see I’m not the only one up this early lol

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Haha yeah just about to shoot off to work.

It's come up really well, well done! Setup takes a while to get spot on while everything settles. There are a couple of reasonable tuner apps you can get for your phone. I use Guitar Tuna. But generally for intonation I plug into the computer and use GarageBand as the built in tuner is really accurate.

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Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain

It's come up really well, well done! Setup takes a while to get spot on while everything settles. There are a couple of reasonable tuner apps you can get for your phone. I use Guitar Tuna. But generally for intonation I plug into the computer and use GarageBand as the built in tuner is really accurate.

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I never thought of that are you using an iRig to plug into the computer? I have garage band but no interface

As long as you can put the guitar through an amp, then the app will just use the phone's mic. I use the Peterson iStroboSoft app (you have to pay a bit for it but I like it). Garageband will use a phone or tablet's mic as an input if there is nothing else.

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Originally Posted by Simon Barden

As long as you can put the guitar through an amp, then the app will just use the phone's mic. I use the Peterson iStroboSoft app (you have to pay a bit for it but I like it). Garageband will use a phone or tablet's mic as an input if there is nothing else.

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Ok thanks Simon ill check it out [emoji106]

I have an M-Audio interface I got from JB for about $150. It's excellent, lets me multi track record as well. There are loads of different ones. The USB input is a lot more reliable (and sounds better) than using the built in mic or line in.

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Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain

I have an M-Audio interface I got from JB for about $150. It's excellent, lets me multi track record as well. There are loads of different ones. The USB input is a lot more reliable (and sounds better) than using the built in mic or line in.

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Ok ill have a look. I have looked at the iRig a few times and had considered buying one. I only have a small 10w Marshall amp and its not bad but you really can't do a lot with it either i don't really have the pennies to buy something more versatile at the moment so getting an interface that i could plug into the Mac seems like a reasonable option. Marshall have their range of small modelling amps i would love to try one of those but ill have to save some cash first.