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From: eomc40@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Allan)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: ACTION
Date: 9 Apr 92 11:45:45 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Edinburgh University

simmonsb@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Dazed and Confused) writes:

>In article <19896@castle.ed.ac.uk> eomc40@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Allan) writes:

>>Is it my imagination or has the action on my guitar started to get
>>higher in recent weeks ?  The guitar I use is a Fender Jap Strat with
>>Fender super bullets guage .09's. I bought the guitar last November and
>>had it set up, whereupon it played really well. It now seems to be a bit
>>higher than it was then.

>Ok, Ok, You caught me! I raised the action on your guitar last night. I travel-
>ed across the ocean to England and took your guitar out of its case and changed
                        ^^^^^^^



Sorry, Edinburgh is in SCOTLAND, you know the little piece of land just
to the north of England, that most people outwith the UK don't seem to
have heard of !!!!!!!

Nice try though, :-)



>the action on it when you weren't looking.
> 
>later,
>Brian


>For the humor impaired -- :-)  :-) :-)

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Malcolm Allan
University of Edinburgh
SCOTLAND!!!!!!!
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tuesday, 7 Apr 1992 23:43:29 EDT
From: <RTH2@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: WANTED: Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton.

Anyone TABbed this yet? Please post! Thanks in advance.
-Don
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: yy@cbnews.cb.att.com (alan.j.lapenn)
Subject: Re: Homebuilt amps?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 14:02:44 GMT
Summary: dyi

In article <9APR199208211562@rosie.uh.edu>, st1hz@rosie.uh.edu (Meyers, David C.) writes:
> 
>  There are usually op-amp powered circuit's schematics in those 
> books that have 101 electronic projects/schematics. I'd only recommend
> this route for those who know about power supplies, grounding, heat
> sinks, etc. Also you need to be a competent solderer (sp?). Otherwise,
> you won't end up with a quality product and wasting your money.

If you can get a copy of the National Semiconductor Audio applications book
it has a ton of info on amps and filters. It also has a section on guitar
effect devices ( granted the copy I have is a bit old ~1982). I covers
reverb, phasing( Flanging), Fuzz, Tremelo .... and some othe things.

Another place to check is some of the library books like those that have apps
for all kinds of circuits. I may be dating myself here, but you should be able
to find books on tube amplifiers at any good library. Tubes are not really
complex devices to use if you choose the correct one and stay within the design
limits.

-- 
Alan LaPenn      att!mvuxd!yy          .signature not found!
From: csp55@seq1.keele.ac.uk (VaMpIrE)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: About SB-pro MT32
Date: 16 Apr 92 00:11:30 GMT
Organization: University of Keele, England


 

  Well , I have a problem and I hope that I will be able to solve it
using your help ....

What I have is a 386-25Mhz 2Mb RAM  ,SB pro and MT-32 ...
My problems are ...

1: If I use the SB-pro and I sample a sound can I use this sound
   to play music with ?? Like if I sample my guitar .. Can I use my
   this sound to play some music via for example Voyerta or TRAX ??

   I would like to know , if it can be done , how it is done , how do I
   store this sound and how to I use it with the sequencer ....

2: If 1 works then can I use this sound with the MT-32 ??? how do I load it
   in the MT-32 's memory  ????

3: Given a .mid file I believe that ( in the case of the MT-32 ) it has
   somewhere written wich sound is used when playing for example the 4th
   bar .. Does anybody know the format of a .mid file ??? or how can I
   find these "instrument codes" using a HEX editor ??? or if I can
   alter them using a sequencer program or whatever else ....

Humble request ...

4: Please E-mail if you know of any anonymous ftp site that has anykind
   of software  for the sb pro and the MT-32 and if possible any titles
   that you know and you have used ....

Well I hope that I don't ask 4 2 much ...  

Thanks in advance
Gino.
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: cfrbj@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Bob Jorstad)
Subject: Ovation 12 strings
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 17:48:35 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Eastern Illinois University

	I recently saw a used 12 string Ovation for sale ($250). Is this a
good deal or a rip off?  The instrument was in decent but not cherry shape
and seemed to play all right.  There is a case that goes with the guitar.
There were 2 "wear marks" on the plastic back like  it had been rubbed by
a belt bickle perhaps and the wood front was in desparet need of some
polish.
	Any comments?  Thanks for the info.
		BOB
From: cc@cs.strath.ac.uk (Chris Conway)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: More Than Words chords
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:09:15 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland.
Originator: cc@kelvin

This is just a rough guide to some cords that seem to work alright for
"More Than Words". You'll have to work out the exact no. of
repeats, timing, slaps etc. I'm a bit pushed for time so can't include all
the info. 

Verse.
     G  C9  Am7 C D  (repeat a few times)

     Em Bm7 Am7 G D/F Em Bm7 Am7

     C G7.

    ** Carries on like this **

Chorus.
     G D/F Em Bm7 Am7 C G Am7 D7 (repeat)

 
My apologies for any mistakes, but that's all I can remember at present.

BTW, the TAB (no flames please :-)) is available in a songbook for the 
Pornographiti album. I'm afraid I wouldn't by it though. It's a bit 
pricey (in Scotland anyway) for the number of songs I'd be interested in.

Chris.
From: jonathan@mantis.co.uk (Jonathan Egre')
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Where does the fretted (left) hand thumb go?
Date: 7 Apr 92 14:50:08 GMT
Distribution: world,public
Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.

df@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (Dave) writes:

> In article <92094.124449AGH103@psuvm.psu.edu> <AGH103@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
> >also, if you play any Stevie Ray or Jimi Hendrix, chances are that you will
> >come across many chords utilizing the thumb for the bass note, for instance.
> 
> And then of course there's the Richie Havens method for people
> with REALLY large fingers, whereby you barre with your thumb ;-)

Ironically, Jake E. Lee sometimes barres with his thumb because he has very
*small* hands.  But when he does it, he brings the whole of his hand round
to the front of the neck, whereas I assume that Richie Havens keeps his
hand behind the neck and brings his thumb over the top in the "normal" 
fashion (I've never seen R.H.).

--
Jonathan Egre' / jonathan@mantis.co.uk / jonathan_e@cix.compulink.co.uk
From: ghamlin@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Griffith Askew Iii Hamlin)
Subject: Re: Yamaha Or Ibanez??? Help!!!
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Reply-To: ghamlin@ics.uci.edu (Griffith Askew Iii Hamlin)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 16 Apr 92 20:06:22 GMT

>>In conclusion, DON'T BUY A LOW-PRICED IBANEZ!!!  The expensive Ibanez guitar's
>>are great; I mean JEMs, RADIUS models, etc....anything over $1000.00
>>Beginner-priced Ibanez's are a joke, that's all......everyone I've
>>mentioned this to has concurred.
>>BTW, my first name-brand guitar was a KRAMER....and buy did IT suck!!!
>>Crappy electronics, LOUSY intonation (i mean TERRIBLE!!!!), the bar didn't
>>stay in tune, etc...
>>
>>BOY, ALL THESE 'AXES' HAVE GREAT PAINT JOBS, THOUGH, DON'T THEY?!??!!!!??!???
>>
>>(HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEHEEHEEE)
>>
>>                                   Chuck "buy a charvel" Farnsworth
>
>	I've recommended this before, but if you are looking for a first
>	axe, look at the Peavey Predator.  It's not as flashy as some of
>	the other axes around (no skulls, naked women, etc.) but it is a
>	very solid guitar, good sounding, easy to play.  A Strat copy, to
>	be sure, and if you aren't particularly into that, then this is
>	probably not the guitar for you, but check it out.  You could save
>	enough money for a decent case and some effects.

I am new to this group, but an 11.5 year guitar vet, and yes, I also
swear by Charvels (actually an old U.S. made Jackson is my favorite),
but anyway, I don't know about the Peavey Predator, it may be great.
My experience with Peavey has been very good (except for their guitar
amps). As far as Ibanez or Yamaha, I think that the assumption that
any Ibanez under $1,000 is a bad assumption. I used to work in a music
store that sold both Ibanez and Yamaha, and noticed that a lot of
people really like the RS540 as opposed to the RG series Yamaha's.
Personally, I liked the Yamahas better.

I will agree with the Kramer remark (I hate them too). But just because
the intonation is bad, don't just junk it. My newest Charvel (one of those
cheap little fusion models with the two slanted sindle coils) wouldn't
stay in tune for s**t. All I did was replace the locking nut that came
with it with one of the Khaler ones. I have found that to be the best
move I ever made as far as tremolo systems go. Point being, don't junk
a guitar just because one little piece does not satisfy you. If it is
easily replaced, and the guitar FEELS good, go with it. Don't expect
to have a killer axe off the shelf. You almost always have to have it
set up before you take it home!!

Anyone can attack my opinions if you so desire.

Griff Hamlin
From: abby@ravel.udel.edu (Louis Abbruzzesi)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Question on Fret Wear
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:09:55 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Delaware

In article <ADA.92Apr6115558@zip.larc.nasa.gov> ada@zip.larc.nasa.gov (Anthony Arviola) writes:
=>I just bought my first new guitar and I'm wondering how I can avoid
=>prematurely wearing out my frets.  There are certain position at which
=>I always bend notes (not to mention use vibrato) and I'm wondering if 
=>there is anything I can do to keep those frets from pitting.

You shouldn't be concentrating your playing around one area on the fretboard.
If you get extremely uneven wear on your frets- start playing in a different 
key(s).  

<Stuff Deleted>
=>Tony Arviola


Lou


abby@brahms.udel.edu
From: v056rcrx@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Chuck, the Fencing God)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Yamaha Or Ibanez??? Help!!!
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:37:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Apr5.191704.1@acad3.alaska.edu>, fsmlw1@acad3.alaska.edu writes...
>Okay all you guitar hounds out there... I have a question regarding a new
>players first electic guitar... I have been looking at both Ibanez and Yamaha
>guitars... I am either in the market for an Ibanez 550 or a Yamaha Pacifica...
>Could any of you give me some specs on either of these guitars.... Any help
>would be greatly appreciated... I am in the market for one or the other... But
>since both have several variations... Any incite on the variations would be
>helpful as well... 
>Please help...
> 
>Axeless in Alaska,
> 
>Mike

A friend of mine bought an IBANEZ 550 for HIS first guitar.....well....
The pickups sounded thin and tinny, no fullness at all.  With cheap
pickups, you can't really expect too much tho'.
As well, the Ibanez "Floyd Rose-style Tremolo" NEVER stayed in tune,
whether you used the bar or not!!!  (that's a whammy bar, BTW)
You could just strum a soft, gentle chord and the sucker went out of
tune.....even if you had only 2 strings on it, those 2 couldn't stay
in tune!!!!!
Lastly, the joint where the neck was bolted to the guitar body got
SEVERAL stress cracks, just from normal use.  Those cracks made it even
harder to keep in tune, plus the quality of the guitar's tone and
sustain was worsened DRASTICALLY..

In conclusion, DON'T BUY A LOW-PRICED IBANEZ!!!  The expensive Ibanez guitar's
are great; I mean JEMs, RADIUS models, etc....anything over $1000.00
Beginner-priced Ibanez's are a joke, that's all......everyone I've
mentioned this to has concurred.
BTW, my first name-brand guitar was a KRAMER....and buy did IT suck!!!
Crappy electronics, LOUSY intonation (i mean TERRIBLE!!!!), the bar didn't
stay in tune, etc...

BOY, ALL THESE 'AXES' HAVE GREAT PAINT JOBS, THOUGH, DON'T THEY?!??!!!!??!???

(HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEHEEHEEE)

                                   Chuck "buy a charvel" Farnsworth
From: ian@ohm.york.ac.uk (Ian Stephenson)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Gerry Donahue
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:50:41 GMT
Organization: Electronics Department, University of York, UK

In article <2373.9204160938@thor.cf.ac.uk> scogpw@thor.cf.ac.uk (Gordon Walker)  
writes:
> In article <1992Apr14.112501.13470@bradford.ac.uk> N.M.Gore@bradford.ac.uk  
(NM GORE) writes:
> |
> |Apparently Gerry Donahue has recorded an album called 'Telecasting'.
> |
> |I saw him playing, on his own, on a documentry on the guitar, called
> |Equinox. He was pretty amazing ( to say the very least)!!
> |
> |Anyway, has anybody heard this album?  I have been led to beleive that it's
> |all him doing this amazing stuff on his telecaster.
> |
> |It seems impossible to get a copy of the album in Britain.  Help!!!
> |
> 
> Just an idea......(seeing as I haven't seen a reply to this yet)..is
> that, as Gerry is a good friend of the Fairport Convention crowd, might
> the record be distributed through Woodworm Records?
> Gordon

_J_erry's album is easily available in this country (Britain - it is'nt so easy  
in the States, cause this question has been osted before). It's available  
through music maker records, which are tied up with Guitarist magazine. The  
magazine shouldbe available at any newsagents, get their phone number from  
there, and just ask em for a copy - you'll have it in about a week !

The album is all intrumental. He's currently playing with the Backroom Boys  
(JD+Doug Morter+others). They're album is a little harder to get - I've only  
seen it at their gigs. They tour quite regularly, playing venues like Leeds  
Duchess (which you should have been able to find out about!). Unfortunantly  
you;ve just missed 'em by about a month, so you may be in for a long wait on  
that score.

Ian
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: jf@decuk.uvo.dec.com (Jason Flowers)
Subject: Re: distortion boxes?
Reply-To: jf@decuk.uvo.dec.com (Jason Flowers)
Organization: Digital Equipment Co. Ltd. CSC/UK
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 15:07:27 GMT




	9 volt batteries at $2 a go......

	jeez you lucky sod........over here they go for about 3 and a half
	quid ($5-6)


	J
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From: ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: bang on de drum? help!
Date: 6 Apr 92 23:27:24 GMT
Organization: MacDTS Mongols

In article <9701@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu>, edwards@bgsu.edu (Bruce Edwards) writes:
> 
> In article <28363@brahms.udel.edu>, abby@brahms.udel.edu (Louis Abbruzzesi)
writes:
> > In article <1992Mar20.092012.1@vax.sonoma.edu> greenspa@vax.sonoma.edu
writes:
> > =>        I don't wanna work, just wanna bang on de drum all day?
> > =>it's a great tune but i don't know anything else about it. did johnny
> > =>paycheck do it? or pachecho? anyway, thanks is advance to anyone out
> > =>in netland who can help. e-mail or post.
> > 
> > Wasn't it Todd Rundgren?  If anybody DOES have the music, could you post it.
> 
> Yes it was Todd Rundgren who, just as an interesting aside, a friend of
> mine ran into at a party and tech-support gathering for AUTO-CAD, that's
> right AUTO-CAD in SF a few years back ... seems Todd is in addition to
> being a musician quite a Mac programmer.

Yes, he wrote the front-end to the Video-toaster for Mac. Also 'Flowphaser',
the psychedelic color screen saver. The name of the SW company he has
is called 'Utopia Gronkware', a funny name.

More trivia, Utopia will have a reunion concert in early May here in Sunnyvale.
I just wanna bang on the drum in on the Tortured Artist LP.

Speaking about guitars, Todd has always had esoteric setups, using Gibson
SGs and Fender Jazzmaster guitars. His tremolo is very much noticeable
immediately when you listen to one of his solos. Well, I copy-cat:ed 
his style for a while, until I found my own.

Cheers,
Kent Sandvik
From: SELDHANS@HASARA11.BITNET
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: CHORDS14.ZIP
Date: 8 Apr 92 04:08:47 GMT
Organization: SARA - Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum Amsterdam

I just downloaded Chords14.zip; it seems like a handy programm (even the
Demo version is usefull, though some features aren't supported and the
chords-library is limited).It supports midi-cards and cga (?vga?) and
the user can set a range of options  and instructions  ( strings, notes
,intervals, tuning etc.)
 
So my advice would be: get it while you can!
 
 
 
 b.t.w. This is my first posting to this great
newsgroup  ====>>>>alt.guitar====>>>>>> keep it going...!!
From: dcampbel@timshel.austin.ibm.com (David L. Campbell)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Question about midboosters
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:30:39 GMT
Organization: IBM Austin, TX


In article <74019@netnews.upenn.edu> karle@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Kathleen R Arle) writes:
>I'm posting this for a friend who is considering putting a mid-booster tone
>control on his guitar.  Does anyone have one?  Please specify brand and the
>type of pickup you use.  Specify noise levels, frequencies, etc.  Thanks.

I have an active mid booster in my Charvel 475 Special.  Its standard
issue on the 475 and is made by Jackson..  I don't know the specs on
the circuit so I have to describe it in subjective terms. There's a knob
which controls the amount of boost.  The effect is more subtle than I
thought it would be even when the knob is fully engaged.  It just adds a 
bit more warmth & "sting" to the sound and increases the output some.
With overdrive, the effect is quite nice -- it smooths it out and the
extra output increases sustain.  The taper on the boost knob is nice
and linear, allowing me to add just the right amount.  I'm not too fond
of the effect when used with a clean sound -- I like a bright & pristine
clean sound and the mid boost causes a slight loss in clarity.  But for
solo tones, the mid boost gives me quite a bit of mileage out of three
pickups.  It is somewhat noisy -- although I don't know whether its the
mid boost circuit or the active Jackson pickups (which I'll probably end
up replacing one day).

The mid booster is the only thing that keeps me from ripping the rest of
the electronics out of the guitar and replacing it with stuff that I
like better.  It makes the guitar really great for recording solos, so
I'm a bit concerned that I may lose some of that...

David.
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From: sbc@netcom.com (Spencer Clark)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Chords and guitar
Date: 17 Apr 92 04:50:30 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1992Apr16.143547.7208@sequent.com> cliffw@sequent.com writes:
>
>people - 
>
>i think all this chord software is neat, and i'm sure it took
>lots of work, but let me tell ya.....(speaking as an old crank)
>
>if ya can't mount the computer inside yer guitar and take
>it to the bandstand, that stuff is useless.
>
>you have the finest chord computer ever created,
>right between your ears. Learn to use it!
>
>a little time spent learning chord spellings, a little
>time learning the fingerboard, a simple piece of
>paper, and you can have *billions* of voicings
>for any chord in seconds. (i can show you how to get
>every voicing for any chord in minutes using only 
>one piece of paper...write me)
>
>as long as you relay on a chord book, chord computer or
>whatever, you are using a crutch- and you will never know
>more then whoever programmed the box, or wrote the book.
>
>learn how to think chords, and you will always be able
>to find the chord you need, even if you are alone on
>a dark stage with no other tools than your guitar....
>
>straight ahead...
>cliffw

I can't count the times I've told my students the same thing (in different
wording).  It's the same with any other endeavor: seek out the answers 
yourself, asking questions when necessary, but if you are really motivated
to do something, you won't be afraid of a little hard work (or a lot of 
hard work).

Once I gave a student the assignment of writing out all the notes on the
fretboard, doing the two E strings to get him started.  When he discovered
that *he* had to write them out, and that I refused to do it for him (at
least until he tried it), he looked at me and said "What am I paying you
for?".

I have asked myself the same question time and time again...

sbc



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From: eomc40@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Allan)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: ACTION
Date: 8 Apr 92 09:47:33 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Edinburgh University

Is it my imagination or has the action on my guitar started to get
higher in recent weeks ?  The guitar I use is a Fender Jap Strat with
Fender super bullets guage .09's. I bought the guitar last November and
had it set up, whereupon it played really well. It now seems to be a bit
higher than it was then.

I take really good care of my guitar (keep it in its case and never
leave it beside a radiator) and it is slightly worrying to see this
happen. The only real change in the last few months is to put slightly
heavier bass strings on (.42 instead of .40 etc.) but this shouldn't
cause the change that occured?

I'd appreciate any comments on the above and would like to know how
often other people have to get their guitars set up ?

Malcolm Allan
University of Edinburgh.
Newsgroups: alt.guitar