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GuyLaCroix wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:30 am Stand for a Yamaha CK88

I'm in sticking this big mother fucker in a corner and not moving it.

This is my fave stand for heavy keyboards.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... lsrc=aw.ds

It will hold up a Yamaha YC30 with a Hohner String Performer and an Arturia Mini Brute sitting on top, although It is a little curious with all that on it. It's and absurd thing to ask of a single stand though so I am awaiting the consequences.

Sold

GuyLaCroix wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 11:09 pmSold

I just realized that is the wrong one but I bet it's fine. The one I have has a clutch release up at the top to lock it.

Yea should be okay

Tuners for my Squier Jazzmaster. The tuners are p bad.

My old-ass Macbook Pro is no longer cutting it for recording. Is anyone here using an M4 Mac Mini for recording w/ UA interface (Apollo, etc)? If so, do you have a recommendation for monitor/mouse?

GuyLaCroix wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 1:50 am Tuners for my Squier Jazzmaster. The tuners are p bad.

Hard to go wrong with some plain old vintage style Gotohs or Klusons, imo.

https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardw ... 91ff99a953

https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardw ... 91ff99a953

Dr Tony Balls wrote:

GuyLaCroix wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 1:50 am Tuners for my Squier Jazzmaster. The tuners are p bad.

Hard to go wrong with some plain old vintage style Gotohs or Klusons, imo.

https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardw ... 91ff99a953

https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardw ... 91ff99a953

I think the issue with the vintage style Gotohs or Klusons is that they're genuinely "vintage style" and made for an 11/32 (~8.8mm) hole in the headstock and that's the one size the Squier headstock holes are least likely to be, with 8mm and 10mm more likely candidates. If the holes are 10mm, Gotoh and Kluson sell "conversion bushings" that you can use with the vintage tuners. If they're 8mm holes it would be much easier to get 8mm replacement tuners.

kmc wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:47 am My old-ass Macbook Pro is no longer cutting it for recording. Is anyone here using an M4 Mac Mini for recording w/ UA interface (Apollo, etc)? If so, do you have a recommendation for monitor/mouse?

This doesn't require nearly as much thought these days as Mac connections are way more standard than the old days. Any bluetooth mouse will do the job and any HDMI monitor.

Monitors have become extremely affordable, get the biggest one you can afford/fit in your space. You don't need anything fancy for audio. If you're also doing video/graphics, then maybe more homework is needed, but at my previous employer they gave me 2 of the cheapest $99 27" monitors and while I raised an eyebrow, they were absolutely fine throughout my tenure. If they die on you, open it up, look for bulging/leaking caps, same as any amplifier.

I'm a fan of the Logitech M720 mouse (& keyboard) just because there are 3 pairings for multiple machines. My day job had me flipping between computers a lot so it was a very useful feature for me.

W.L.Weller wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 3:22 pm

Dr Tony Balls wrote:

GuyLaCroix wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 1:50 am Tuners for my Squier Jazzmaster. The tuners are p bad.

Hard to go wrong with some plain old vintage style Gotohs or Klusons, imo.

https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardw ... 91ff99a953

https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardw ... 91ff99a953

I think the issue with the vintage style Gotohs or Klusons is that they're genuinely "vintage style" and made for an 11/32 (~8.8mm) hole in the headstock and that's the one size the Squier headstock holes are least likely to be, with 8mm and 10mm more likely candidates. If the holes are 10mm, Gotoh and Kluson sell "conversion bushings" that you can use with the vintage tuners. If they're 8mm holes it would be much easier to get 8mm replacement tuners.

I believe Kluson Deluxe tuners will fit in the existing ferrules in a Squier Classic Vibe. No experience on other Squier models. What I will say, is that if you get the Kluson Supremes, these will absolutely not fit in those ferrules. You have to use the ones that come with (the shaft is way bigger. AND you will have to ream the peg holes slightly to get the new ferrules to fit.

As some advice for anyone thinking of getting the Supremes… I had a set on a guitar and they’re great. So I order more. Pay attention to what you get. The new ones were staggered (not my fav) instead of the same height. But more importantly those had a LOT of slop. Just terrible. I ordered another set that wasn’t staggered and they are tight and awesome. So… the good ones were in a very green box. The shitty ones (either newer or maybe fake?) were in a light blue box.