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nathanlee

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Just listening to Radiohead, which apparently means I'm getting old, but nevertheless, it's making me really want to have a guitar session. I gave both of mine away when I moved on to the boat. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Sold my keyboard... and my turntables (kept all the lurvely vinyl though).. sold all my kit.

You know what I miss most though. A decent sound system. Listening to music on one's laptop is just rubbish. As soon as I get some money, I'm doing an install into Kudu. She's going to sound absolutely crystal clear.
 
You could use the vinyl to make some wheels so that you can haul her out when you settle on the east coast mud. It could save you haul out fees. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Or you could make a anchoring basket or even a sail boat proceeding under engine cone. Cheaper then the Swindeleries.

Try making a non-reflective round radar reflector by cutting slots in three of them and slotting them all together. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Rubbish sound from laptops - quite so. How much difference would a pair of half decent external speakers make? Or is it the clockwork inside the lappie itself that doesn't produce good sound ?
 
As a little winter project last year I bought a guitar with the aim of teaching myself and being able to make music again as I used to play the piano and double bass. However I have struggled to be able to put my fingers in the right places for the cords and to remember from one session to the next what cord I had learnt! Very frustrating when my nearly 18 yo lad with no musical training at all has managed to teach himself to a very good standard in the same time on MY GUITAR! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

My next boat will have something along the lines of an ipod with speakers in the cockpit (switchable) as well as the cabin so I can enjoy my rather varied musical tastes when at sea.
 
Hi Natham,

When sons sail with us, guitars including small practise amp are part of the equipment.Suggested they start the Horse Sand Festival,only last hour between tides.

Rob
 
Emergency solution for strumming withdrawal....

Take plectrum in right hand; hold left hand across tummy, strum knuckles whilst humming favourite tune.
 
I always carry a Yamaha travel guitar on board. I plug it through our stereo (Bose!) when I want to actually hear it /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I could carry my full rig but I'm worried how the valve in the amps would react to a sea trip /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
I started just after christmas, and am not doing too bad. Started off with just learning myself but now do lessons once a week, 2nd oldest in our class of 4 but only by about 6 months.

The amount of time you get for practice does make a huge difference.

I suffer a little timing issue and my left hand is too tense to be able to move quickly and freely around the neck. Can't understand why this is though as my right strumming hand move freely!!!.

SWMBO says she can hear the difference from when I first started.
 
We run our Ipods onboard through a radio link to the radio .. Pick a clear channel .. Tune in the little radio transmitter gizmo and away you go ..
 
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We run our Ipods onboard through a radio link to the radio .. Pick a clear channel .. Tune in the little radio transmitter gizmo and away you go ..

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Noo. Never. Quality is essential. The kind of music I listen to usually has a very talented producer behind it, and unless you have a totally flat sound system, you're just going to miss all the subtle bits out of the track.

Honestly, pick some tunes from the mid 80's since they were a fairly safe bet for being produced well. The late Michael Jackson's tracks or something. Listen on a standard car stereo, which tends to really muffle everything, then listen on a proper set of studio monitors. You hear things that you simply cannot hear at all otherwise. It really makes your ears stand up.

Anyway, I'm ranting. When I get the money, I'm going to do a custom build in Kudu, and while it won't be super loud because or power and space, it will be as flat as I can make it.
 
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Nathan what sound system would give you the quality you are after on the boat and what would you have at home.

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At home, I had Yamaha HS50 studio monitors. I was never rich enough to afford ridiculously high priced audio kit, but they sound so very stunning nonetheless. I also had a pair of huge three way Genexxa GX-206 speakers running on a 500w Technics amp when I wanted volume over quality. They're only rated at 60w, but don't let that make you think they're not good. Bloody hell can those things pack a punch!

On the boat, I'll have to keep it pretty cheap, and power friendly, so I might do away with the head unit, and run it off a 4 channel amp fed by my laptop. A bluetooth headunit would be nice though. I'm not sure yet.

For the speakers, probably some SPL Dynamics 4" components in the forepeak, and coaxials in the space where the sea toilet was. The hard bit is getting the boxes right though. It's not going to be the most impressive install ever (I hear full circle packs quite a punch) but it will sound more than OK considering where it is, and what my budget will be.

Still, it's all a pipe dream at the moment. I can't afford any of it at the moment. It's nice to have the plans though, it keeps one motivated. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
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