DiY "Skyline diffuser"
Miles Manglos • May 8, 2018
Doubles as art!!
These were fun to build-- great room treatment when you need to tackle problem areas around your room. In this case I mounted these directly behind the mixing position. Diffusion is a great alternative to absorptive panels as they scatter reflections evenly rather than kill the reflections. The result is a room that isn't so dead from too much absorption and retains a bit of that "live" room sound.
My landlord will appreciate this mounting technique-- These things weigh about 25 pounds each so hanging them on drywall is way to risky. I instead used a mount that i drilled into the studs of the wall and let the weight of the panels sit on the mount.
This is my view from the FOH at the Woodshed Live. This was an awesome day and so many awesome performances.
This man is amazing and one of my favorite vocalists to record. Using the Slate- VMS one microphone to emulate a U67 = sonic greatness. Check out this Fox 7 news spot where he performs with his new band-- https://www.facebook.com/BrianScartocci/videos/168465563967065/
String action was a bit high and there was plenty of headroom for the saddle to be lowered. Plus a slight tweak of the truss rod and this thing became very shred-able. I love it when setups go this easy!
The customer wanted to swap the pups for these custom vintage-style handwound "reliced" pickups.
Nut slots wore too low(or were cut too low) so the customer wanted a new one. Since this has a floating vibrato I needed a super slick nut material, so Graphtech TUSQ XL it is!
Built a few more bass traps and some quadratic "skyline" diffusers! The diffusers help get rid of harsh reflections without deadening the room too much. I put them on the backwall behind the mixing position. The guitars and gear shelf being where they are also help even things out.
This bridge was apparently lifting when the customer tried putting new strings on after is had been sitting in storage bare without strings for a few months. Carpenters glue like Titebond works well here because it dries very hard, can be melted with fairly low heat if service at a later date is required, and cleans up very easily. I left it clamped for 2 days and its solid as a rock.
This looker came in for a setup. My experience with Bigsby vibratos are that they will stay in tune exceptionally well if set-up properly.
Testing the first blog post with pics of the repair shop...