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Newsgroups: alt.guitar.bass
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:00:50 -0500 
From: Andrew B Stellman <roo+@CMU.EDU>
Subject: Pickups

I have an old Yamaha BB300 four-string bass. I pulled off the frets and
had the neck refinished, and now it's fretless, currently strung with
Rotosound Swing Bass standards. I want to replace the pickups, but I
don't know much about the mechanicks of the fretless bass, as far as
pickups are concerned. Anyone have any suggestions? It's just got the
one split-pickup, which isn't very good.

Andy
From: silver.e@zooid.guild.org (Eric Silver)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.bass
Subject: Re: Dream Theatre
Date: 25 Jan 93 04:53:04 GMT

From: bigdave@joker.tdd.sj.nec.com (David Sweeney  x2987)
>Harry Powell Watson <hw26+@andrew.cmu.edu> regales us with his wit and wisdom:
>>Mike Branciforte's post contains:
>>"In article <EfKBMsu00iUxQ5IVYS@andrew.cmu.edu>, hw26+@andrew.cmu.edu 
>>(Harry Powell Watson) writes:
>>|> I had the pleasure of witnessing one of the greatest bands ever last
>>|> night at the Metropol in Pittsburgh. This Dream Theatre is so tight, and
>>|> [12 lines deleted]
>>|> God, or sold his soul to the Devil!! It's just too much!! Later.
>>|> -Lestat 
>>| 
>>|Harry, Harry, Harry ... give up the drugs, my man.  Tunes are just tunes.
>> 
>>   Mike, my friend, It is so unfortunate that you possess no intellect
>>or sense of reasoning, or for that matter any tact. I suggest that you
>>read the netnews.alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive b-board. You will
>> [129 lines (!) deleted]
>
>
>Harry, Harry... you _definitely_ want to lay off the drugs for a little while.  
>
>-- 
>Dave Sweeney, Hard Worker  [bigdave@tdd.sj.nec.com / bigdave@netcom.com]
>         -- VIVID ANIMATED TONGUE WILL SHOCK YOU GREATLY! --


This sort of banter is not constructive nor informative nor enlightening. 
In short, please cease.

Eric Silver - York, Upper Canada.
From: v035550@stortek.com (Steve Monroe)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.bass
Subject: "Dean Peer featured on radio"
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:38:30 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Storage Technology Corp.  Louisville, CO
Originator: v035550@stcvax


         


   "Music From The Hearts of Space"
    will be airing a special called 
             'Space Bass.'

           Featured in this
      radio show will be bassist 
      Dean Peer  with selections
        from his CD 'Ucross.'
                

        Check local listings for
            broadcast times 
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.bass
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 10:57:53 -0500 
From: Andrew B Stellman <roo+@CMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: <None>

> Has anyone got any tips on how to build up your speed.

> I am mainly refering to slapping and tapping.

There's only one way to do it: practice, practice, practice. For
slapping, I'd practice some very basic licks, get them down. Maybe just
some two and four measure lines, keep 'em simple. Some octave thumb-pop
patterns, maybe a few triplet patterns. Listen to Sly and the Family
Stone rather than the Chili Peppers. 

As for tapping, you're proably best just going through triads and
arpegios on one string, then two, then across the neck. 

Remember to keep it simple. I'd suggest doing the same pattern over and
over... and start SLOWLY! Once you get it slow, you can always get it
fast. If you can do it ten times out of ten, you're set. But that all
applies to practicing any style on any instrument...

Andy
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.bass
From: jpainter@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jeannette Painter)
Subject: Band neexded
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: cmh
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:58:37 GMT

Two keyboardists/singers looking for a bassist, lead guitar and
drummer to start a band.  For more information, please e-mail to
jpainter@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu.
Xref: sparky alt.guitar.bass:2289 rec.music.makers.bass:732 rec.music.classical.guitar:889
From: timk@meaddata.com (Tim Klein)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.bass,rec.music.makers.bass,rec.music.classical.guitar
Subject: Re: Help!  Finger Technique Conflict
Date: 27 Jan 1993 17:16:27 GMT
Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
NNTP-Posting-Host: quasar.meaddata.com

In article <1993Jan17.202847.28426@midway.uchicago.edu>, kamartin@quads.uchicago.edu (Kai Anthony Martin) writes:
|>	I'm a guitarist who has long fingernails (for classical finger
|>picking), and I've just recently started to play bass.  When I'm playing bass
|>with my fingers (no pick), my nails get pretty trashed.  Anyone out there have
|>any suggestions on how to resolve this conflict (without having to cut my
|>fingernails)?  Thanks a lot.


Hey, wow, someone in the same boat as I am!

I've been asking variations of this question in various newsgroups for
months.  There are no real good answers to your question, but here are
the solutions I've gathered:

(1) Learn to play with a pick instead.

(2) Learn to play every note by slapping the strings with thumb or knuckles
    instead of plucking.  Can this really be done?  I dunno.

(3) Learn to play your bass with a very light touch.  Will this sacrifice
    tone and expression?  Probably.

(4) Buy a bass made by Godin in Canada which uses piezo pickups instead
    of magnetic ones, and put nylon strings on it.  Where can you get
    nylon bass strings?  The best answer I can give is to look for concert
    harp strings that are the right thickness.  (They do exist, but I've
    never looked very hard for them.)  If you do find nylon strings, will
    they sound good on that bass?  I dunno.  (Also, I'm told there are
    nylon-wrapped steel bass strings, which could be used with magnetic
    pickups, but I've never been able to find any.  And what do those
    big beefy guitarron things they play in Mexico use for strings?)

(5) Buy a certain rare, short-necked, fretless bass that uses silicon
    strings.  It was made a few years ago, but is out of production now.
    Good luck finding one.  Good luck finding replacement strings too.

(6) Wait for there to be such a thing as a nylon-string acoustic-electric
    bass guitar.  Will there ever be such a thing?  I dunno.  Who would
    ever have thought there'd be steel-string ones?

(7) Learn to play your bass left-handed.

(8) Cut your fingernails, and use false ones when you play your classical
    guitar.

(9) Give up playing the bass.


As for me, I considered option (4) for a while.  Right now I'm doing (9),
but soon I'll try (1).  I can provide more info on the Godin basses with
piezo pickups if anyone wants it.  And I might even be able to scrounge
up some possible sources for harp strings, provided to me by the good
folks on the harp mailing list.


===========================================================================
Timothy Klein                 "Mellow yellow" is slang for "really groovy".
timk@meaddata.com                                         -- Jimi Hendrix
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.bass
From: whale@leland.Stanford.EDU (Stephen Schmidt)
Subject: Re: Pickups
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 17:24:04 GMT

In article <wfLgWm200Vo9NY8W9a@andrew.cmu.edu> Andrew B Stellman <roo+@CMU.EDU> writes:
>I have an old Yamaha BB300 four-string bass. I pulled off the frets and
>had the neck refinished, and now it's fretless, currently strung with
>Rotosound Swing Bass standards. I want to replace the pickups, but I
>don't know much about the mechanicks of the fretless bass, as far as
>pickups are concerned. Anyone have any suggestions? It's just got the
>one split-pickup, which isn't very good.
>
In principle, the mechanics of fretless bass pickups are no different
than those of fretted basses. You use the same pickups, same controls,
etc. etc. etc.
 However, because of the lack of frets the acoustic sound of the instrument
is rather different, and you might want to choose a different set of pickups,
and place them differently than you would for a fretted bass. In particular,
you'll probably want to have one pickup very near the bridge. This is because
the fretless bass doesn't produce a lot of high harmonics and the get the
fat growly sound (a la Jaco) you need to place the pickup to get all of them.
I'm not suprised that a neck-position split-coil doesn't do so well...
  Also, I'd stay away from active pickups for this combination: first, the
BB300 doesn't realy justify that kind of $$, and second, I don't think
you're going to be able to get the bright peppy sound that actives are
good for on a fretless. This is all IMHO, though. People wanna share their
fretless electronics experiences?
  I have a '79 P-bass, stock pickup (passive split-coil in the usual Fender
location) and wouldn't change it. Then again, I prefer a boomy, almost
acoustic sound. It doesn't pick up harmonics at all. Your preferences may
dictate other pickups/placements.
-- 
Steve Schmidt			<><		   whale@leland.stanford.edu
I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist
indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the international Communist
conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids!
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From: alh@tekig1.PEN.TEK.COM (Al Hooton)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.bass,rec.music.makers.bass
Subject: Re: <None>
Date: 22 Jan 93 01:10:47 GMT
Followup-To: alt.guitar.bass
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.

In article <wfLgU1u00Vo9NY8Vg2@andrew.cmu.edu> roo+@CMU.EDU (Andrew B Stellman) writes:
>> Has anyone got any tips on how to build up your speed.
>
>> I am mainly refering to slapping and tapping.
>
>There's only one way to do it: practice, practice, practice. For

	<lots of good stuff deleted>

I have one thing to add to this: use a metronome!  It's critical to
keep the timing smooth, at any speed, *especially* while you're trying
to train your fingers, hands, wrists, brain, etc., to play these more
percussive types of things.  If you get the pattern learned with uneven
timing at slow speeds, it only gets worse as you get faster... 

I, unfortunately, learned this lesson late, and am now busy unlearning
certain things because they are very sloppy from a rhythmic standpoint.

Good luck!!

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From: satkins@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Shannon Atkins)
Subject: Re: Stu Hamm Music
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:42:08 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

aesbl1ajm@dct.ac.uk writes:

>In article <AfLXOCu00iV04_Q3dq@andrew.cmu.edu>, hw26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Harry Powell Watson) writes:
>> Berklee grad, and fellow classmate of Steve Vai, Stu Hamm currently has
>> three solo recordings.  1988's Radio Free Albemuth, 1989's Kings of
>> Sleep and 1991's The Urge. He played 3 years touring with Joe Satriani,
>> and has played with Steve Vai. He is on Vai's recording of Passion and
>> Warfare.

>Not to mention his _munchkin_ vocals on the track Little Green Men, 
>which can be found on Steve Vai's Flexable.
>Adam McCormack

Did he or did he not also do the "Jailroom Rape Moans" on that album as
well?  I seem to remember reading that on the album...

-S. Atkins-

Organization: Freshman, Design, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.bass
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 00:37:18 -0500 
From: Harry Powell Watson <hw26+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Stu Hamm Music

Berklee grad, and fellow classmate of Steve Vai, Stu Hamm currently has
three solo recordings.  1988's Radio Free Albemuth, 1989's Kings of
Sleep and 1991's The Urge. He played 3 years touring with Joe Satriani,
and has played with Steve Vai. He is on Vai's recording of Passion and
Warfare.
-Lestat
Organization: Freshman, Design, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
From: ameen@swi.psy.uva.nl (Ameen Abu-Hanna)
Subject: Re: TAB: Hey hey my my update
Organization: Social Science Informatics, University of Amsterdam
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:40:04 GMT

In article <93018.074929RSNDLH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com> <RSNDLH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com> writes:
>Question about the two versions of Hey Hey My My
>1. Out of the Blue Acoustic?
>2. Into the BlackElectric

The acoustic version is called "My My, Hey Hey (out of the blue)" and the
electric is called "Hey Hey, My My (into the black)".

>Any way .. Are they in the same Key ? Are there slightly different
>chords in the electric version.  I just borrowed an old alblum and checked thes
>these songs out last night. Something is slightly amiss from some of the
>posting here for the eledctric version. Any help ???????

The acoustic version is played with the strings tuned a whole step down
(i.e. from E A D G B E  to  D G C F A D). The electric version is played
in standard tuning. So if you want to play along the acoustic version
with the record you've to either 1) tune down the strings and use the "Am,
G and Fmaj7/A" chords or 2) you've to play "Gm, F and D#maj7/G (= Ebmaj7/G)".

As for the question about the riff along the C chord, I'll try to
check it out and update you soon.
From: hertzberg@levers.enet.dec.com (Marc Hertzberg (History: Love it or leave it!))
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: Living Colour
Date: 24 Jan 93 21:17:07 GMT
Reply-To: hertzberg@levers.enet.dec.com (Marc Hertzberg (History: Love it or leave it!))
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation



The new album, "Stain," will be released March 2.
From: euakan@eua.ericsson.se (Theo Kanter)
Subject: How obtain songs from ftp-sites?
Summary: How obtain songs from ftp-sites?
Keywords: guitar, tab, song, ftp
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 10:43:06 GMT

For some time ago there was an article that appeared containing an 
instruction on how to log on to an ftp-site and require a specific song. 
Would anyone be so kind and repost this article or explain the procedure.
I would also be grateful if you could include adresses of ftp-sites. 

Many thanks in advance, 

Theo Kanter

-- 
Theo Kanter	ELLEMTEL Telecommunication Systems Laboratories
                Box 1505, S-125 25 [lvsj| (AElvsjoe), Sweden
                Office: +46 8 727 35 93	Fax   : +46 8 647 82 76
                Telex : 12452 EUA S	Mail  : Theo.Kanter@eua.ericsson.se
From: marvin@gcx1.ssd.csd.harris.com (Marvin Craig)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: REQ:  "War of Man" by Neil Young
Date: 22 Jan 1993 15:11:41 GMT
Organization: Harris Computer Systems Division, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Distribution: ssd
Reply-To: marvin@gcx1.ssd.csd.harris.com (Marvin Craig)
NNTP-Posting-Host: gcx1.ssd.csd.harris.com

If anyone has the chords/TAB for the above song, would you please post.
THANKS!!!


     Marvin Craig
     "Keep on rockin' in the free world...."

Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
From: s14249nm@UMASSD.EDU
Subject: What is CHORDPRO???
Reply-To: s14249nm@UMASSD.EDU
Organization: UMASS DARTMOUTH, NO. DARTMOUTH, MA.
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:04:57 GMT

At an ftp nevada site, i saw CHORDPRO. I know its a program for something but can anyone please tell me what it does exactly. Any help would be appreciated. please e-mail because i don't frequent this newsgroup often. Thanks...
From:  (Steve James)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: TO ALL THE JAZZ CATS!
Date: 27 Jan 93 17:17:10 GMT
Organization: Bowling Green State University


						I'm afraid its time for all the jazz cats to come out of the closet
and start posting articles!

Being a jazz cat, I would love to see other cats post new and exciting jazz
chord, songs, etc.
 
I'll start by posting a simple jazz-blues progression.  Play it how ya like
and just improvise!

E_________________________________________________________________________
B____8___________________6_______________7_______________9_____8_________
G____7___________________6_______________7_______________8_____7_________
D____6___________________5_______________6_______________6_____6_________
A_________5__8___7____6_____4___3_____________5__6__7_____________7______
E__6_______________________________5__6____________________7__6___________


E________________________________________________________________________
B____6___________________6______________8______7______6______5_______
G____6___________________6______________7______6______5______4_______
D____5___________________5______________6______5______4______3________
A_6_____4____3________________________________________________________
E__________________6________3__4__5__6____6__5___5__4___4__3___________

E__________________________________________________________________________
B___3________________3_______________1________3________3___________3________
G___3________________2_______________1________3________3___________2_______
D___2________________1_______________0________3________2___________1________
A_3_____1___0____________0__3__2__1_____________2__3________________________
E______________3__1_____________________2__3_______________2____1____________


											Your questions and comments would be greatly appreciated!!

																																						Jazz Cat,
                                                                           
 STEVE
From: myth@diku.dk (Martin Koch)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: Monty Python - Bright Side
Date: 22 Jan 93 17:31:10 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

an4929@anon.penet.fi (gonzo) writes:

>Does anyone have the words and music to "Always Look on the Bright
>Side of Life" by Monty Python.

Why on earth are you posting anonymously to alt.guitar? I don't think your
neighbors will laugh at you if they find out that you're reading this news-
group!! ;) 

Anyway, I can only remember the lyrics for the 1st verse, so here goes:

Am                     D7
Somethings in life are bad

G                        Em
They can really make you mad

Am     
And other things 

     D7                 G Em  <---  It's sorta hard to make things fit here    
just make you swear and curse

Am                               D7
But when you're chewing on large gristle

      G               Em
Don't grumble, give a whistle

    A7                                    D
And whistles help things turn out for the best

              and (7th. fret on the high e-string)

G      Em          Am     D7      G     (whistle: Em Am D7 )
Always look on the bright side of life 

G      Em          Am    D7      G     (whistle: Em Am D7 )
Always look on the light side of life


Anyway, this is all from memory, so there are no guarantees as to the 
correctness of the chords. (That is: It's the right set of chords, but 
they might be out of order (Hmm - 6 chords offer quite a few combinations, 
when four of them are used 24 times, and the other 2 are used twice. Good
luck ;-))

Martin
From: 891406b@axe.acadiau.ca (STEPHEN BENNETT)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: REQ: Clapton's San Francisco Bay Blues
Date: 26 Jan 93 16:14:54 GMT
Organization: Acadia University

In article <1992Nov11.164816.1@opie.bgsu.edu> swincup@opie.bgsu.edu writes:
>From: swincup@opie.bgsu.edu
>Subject: REQ: Clapton's San Francisco Bay Blues
>Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:48:16 GMT


>Hey everyone!
>        I was listening to Clapton's Unplugged album the other day and really
>liked his SanFrancisco Bay Blues.  Could someone take the time to figure out
>the chords for me?  My ear sucks, and I can't get them to sound correctly.


well i will post a sloppy version of the song.....meaning that i'm not going 
to show you the correct timing.

well i use barre chords to get the full synco-pated sound
starts:  C...F...C....F....C (then walk down to A)A...D....G
on the first two bars, they hold the D for two counts and the G also...
otherwise it just goes from A to D to G back to C to start over!
hope this helps
flipper
Organization: Rohm and Haas Company
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 07:49:29 EST
From: <RSNDLH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: TAB:Hey hey my my update

Question about the two versions of Hey Hey My My
1. Out of the Blue Acoustic?
2. Into the BlackElectric
Any way .. Are they in the same Key ? Are there slightly different
chords in the electric version.  I just borrowed an old alblum and checked thes
these songs out last night. Something is slightly amiss from some of the
posting here for the eledctric version. Any help ???????
From: aalpern@hamp.hampshire.edu
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: ACOUSTIC BLUES
Date: 23 Jan 93 20:11:45 EDT
Organization: Hampshire College
NNTP-Posting-Host: hamp.hampshire.edu

In article <93021.124032IO20945@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, <IO20945@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> writes:
> I AM VERY INTERESTED IN ACOUSTIC BLUES, FOR TWO YEARS NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO
> SHARE AND LEARN NEW LICKS, BUT I NEED SOME TIPS ON CREATING TAPS TO LOG ON
> THIS SYSTEM TO SHARE WITH OTHERS.
> I KNOW SEVERAL OPENING TUNINGS: G,D,A, C,Dminor, Gminor, E ETC.. I HAVE BEEN
> EXPLORING AND LEARNING SLIDE TECHS.
> I LIKE TO FINGER PICK RATHER THEN USE A FLAT PICK.
> I KNOW SOME RAG TIME COUNTRY BLUES
> SOME ROBERT JOHNSON STYLE BLUES
> MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT COUNTRY BLUES
> AND AM WORKING ON OTHER STYLES AS WELL AS TRYING TO DISCOVER MY OWN
> PATTERNS. I AM INTERESTED IN SHARING AND LEARNING, I JUST NEED SOME BASIC
> TIPS ON TRANSCRIBING WHAT I KNOW TO THIS NEW FORMAT.
> LARRYC@URSUS1.URSUS.MAINE.EDU

I hope your tuning keys don't stick the way your caps lock key does.
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