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From: Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick@lbl.gov>
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: Strat Plus
Date: 27 Jan 1993 18:38:01 GMT
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Subject: Re: Strat Plus
From: Steve Wyrick, sjwyrick@csa3.lbl.gov
Date: 22 Jan 1993 15:33:08 GMT
In article <28573@dog.ee.lbl.gov>I wrote:

>What I have read is that Fender used ash for the Stratocaster bodies with
>transparent finishes because of the "prettier" grain pattern.  This was
>true back in the CBS days, anyway.  American Standard and Strat Plus have
>alder for the opaque finishes; I believe the Japanese Strats have
>basswood bodies for both transparent and opaque finishes.

In reading  "The Fender Stratocaster" I found out that Fender uses alder
exclusively for the American Standard and Strat Plus, no ash on
transparent bodies.  The latest Fender catalog confirms this. 
Steve Wyrick (sjwyrick@lbl.gov)                                   (Insert
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From: flloyd@l1-a.West.Sun.COM (Fred Lloyd [Phoenix SE])
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: Electronic Tuners
Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:03:30 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Phoenix, AZ
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In article <1jmr6qINNsf0@chnews.intel.com> tjehl@sedona.intel.com writes:
>
>   Just a quick word on a semi-required capability.  I play with a piano
>accompaniment, and it is, of course, next to impossible to tune the piano at
>performance time.  The guitar tuning therefore has to match whatever the piano
>is, so you needa tuner whose frequency recognition can be modified.
>
>TJ


I just picked up the Sabine 1500 electronic tuner and it solves this
problem.  You play an A440 on the piano and then press the calibrate
button on the tuner.  The tuner now uses the piano's A as a reference
that you then tune the guitar with.  Way cool.


-fred


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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
From: dnj@kauai.verity.com (Dave Johansen)
Subject: Re: 57 strat
Reply-To: dnj@kauai.verity.com (Dave Johansen)
Organization: Verity, Inc.  1550 Plymouth Ave, Mt. View, CA 94043
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 18:41:57 GMT


In article <C15szK.JI2@acsu.buffalo.edu>, v201lrxa@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu
(L'Angelo Misterioso) writes:
> 
> 	I tried out a 57 strat (Reissue) at Jackson Music (Grand Island, NY) 
> on Monday, and I'm looking for opinions on others who have tried them or who 
> own one. The one I played seemed to have a problem with the ground -
it hummed
> until I touched the strings. The neck also felt very slow and sticky. Has
> anyone else encountered these problems? Has anyone else dealt with Jackson 
> before? 
> 
> mike


Howdy, yes I have experience with them: I have two japanese reissues
two American reissues and two SRVs (both used) there are pluses to
all, basically for me, breaks down to, I like the neck shapes on the
japanese models, but hate the finish (polyurethane), love the hardware
on the Am. Reissues, but hate the neck shapes.. Sho I bought more 
Am. Reissue parts and had all the necks either reshaped/refinished
or just had them refinished (nitro-celluose lacquer). So I ended up
with four great guitars to my tastes. Now I know this is an EXPENSIVE
path that you may or may not want to go thru all this hassle.. So
if you like the aesthetics of the '57, I would say go with the Am reissue,
but if you want the lower cost, go with the Japanese reissue...
If you go the way I did, they will end up costing about the same..

Manny's had some nice '62 reissues when I was out in NYC a couple of
months ago....

-dnj
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
From: balon@cup.hp.com (Tom Balon)
Subject: Re: REQ:Fender Super Reverb
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:05:17 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Cupertino, CA

In article <1993Jan28.154302.7631@cbfsb.cb.att.com> kew@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (steve.w.askew) writes:
>In article <MADA.93Jan26145117@iridiumx.electrum.kth.se>, mada@electrum.kth.se (Marcus Davidsson) writes:
>> Hejsan!
>> Does anybody know how to squesee the best out of an Super Reverb amp?
>> Which tubes, modifications, speakers, etc.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Marcus Davidsson
>> mada@it.kth.se
>> 
>
>	Well every amp is diff but! Have a competent amp tech go thru
>	it. 
>
>	Depending on age you may want to replace the filter caps(big
>	cans under the rectangualar cover on the outside of the chasis).
>	Clean and or replace all the pots. Might even want to replace
>	the 100k resistors in the preamp section. Also you may want to 
>	replace the output transformer  (they take a real beating). A
>	OEM or direct replacement can be expensive.

	Just a few quick comments.....

	I partially agree with the above. Replacing the plate resistors
	with good metal-film types (RN60) and *also* the cathode bias caps
	(25uf 25V) caps. Look at the big power supply caps, (under the hood
	on the top of the amp) if you see any white powdery gunk, like battery
	corrosion around the ends, replace the cap now. I usually replace the
	cap in the bias supply. It's rated at 50V and the Supers I've worked
	on usually have about 65V on it. Try cleaning the pots first, use
	a good tuner/contact cleaner. I *DO NOT* suggest replacing the output
	transformer. The output transformer has a big impact on the character
	of the amp. I'm not really sure what Steve means by "taking a beating". 

>
>	As far as tubes are concerned get the best you can afford! 
>	Sovtek, Phillips, Tesla, RCA(good luck), Stay away from Chinese
>	Power tubes(My oppinion)
>

	I agree. Make sure they are matched, and have the bias set when
	you install the new tubes.


	Regards,
	 Tom

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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
From: dunne@rtsg.mot.com (Jim Dunne)
Subject: New Fender Basses (was Re: Fender Strats -- List Prices)
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:41:00 GMT


   Joe, thanks for posting the prices... and everyone should remember
   another poster's suggestion of starting at half the list price + 10
   percent when dealing on a new guitar.

   Got any info on new Fender bass guitars?  I am supposedly going to
   get one, sight unseen, at a special deal that is too good to pass up
   (details are secret :-).  It's a new American Standard Jazz bass, in
   the tobacco sunburst color.  I'm told it has two pickups and
   includes the case.

   What's the difference between Jazz basses and Precisions?  Is it
   just a little different body shape?  Pickup configurations?

   Can anyone provide prices for new Fender basses?  Is the quality
   good like the new Strats seem to be?

   As an aside, I have an '83 reissue-Strat that needs a little work
   but is pretty solid, and a '79 natural colored maple fingerboard
   Strat (last of the big headstocks) which is awesome, my favorite
   guitar.  Low frets and action, really good sound.  Paid $600 with
   the case, lightly used, which is not a fabulous deal but it's
   worth every penny.

   Jedman
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From: rost@tecrus.dec.com (My name is Brian Rost)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: Lesson a week (NEW)
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:17:42 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <62j3=xf@rpi.edu>, rogerj@aix.rpi.edu (Diversion (Jeff Rogers)) writes...
>Does anyone besides myself prefer to play barre chords over open chords? I
>prefer them 'cause it's less to remember. 

Well, barre chords are OK, but lead to a rock sound due to the use of parallel
harmonies (considered a no-no in classical harmony theory), so if you want a
different type of sound ("bluesy", "jazzy", etc.) then other ways of fingering
the same chords may be preferable.

I just use 'em in context myself. The more chord formations you know, the wider
range of "colors" in your palette.


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From: provostp@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Provost Paul)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: The Best Midi Foot Controller
Date: 22 Jan 93 14:39:54 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal

mbl@media.mit.edu (Marc LoCascio) writes:

>In article <C15tK1.8yu@csn.org> plyall@teal.csn.org (Pete Lyall) writes:
>>I too use and love the Lake Butler RFC-1 MIDIGator...
>>
>>The only thing I don't like is that sometimes the rubber-bumper/mebrane
>>footswitches are a bit tough to register. I have thought about replacing
>>them with conventional stomp switches.

>ditto.  and ditto.

>Lake Butler has a "mechanical footswitch mod" that you can get for around
>$100 if you send it back to them (or before you order one direct).  it
>replaces the membrane switches with nice, rubber enclosed mechanical switches
>that have about a quarter-inch throw.  i have this mod done on mine and it's
>great.  i even use it in MIDI keyboard mode to trigger samples and synth hits
>on stage.

>Marc LoCascio		(mbl@media-lab.media.mit.edu)

Regarding this thing...  Can you have it send a message on switch closure 
and another one on switch release?  I would like to get one to control
the patch switches on my EPS-16, which can be turned on and off via sys-ex
I would need the unit to send a message when I step on the pedal, and 
another one when I let go of it...  Is this possible? thanks!

Paul

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From: david@infopro.com (Dragon(David Fiedler))
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Guitar Player Tube Preamp
Date: 27 Jan 93 04:11:44 GMT
Organization: InfoPro Systems: Writers, Consultants, and Dragons

Has anyone constucted that neat looking Stack-In-A-Box tube preamp that
Craig Anderton published in Guitar Player magazine? I'd love to know what
you think of it. Thanks in advance...
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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: FOR SALE!!!   Ibanez Super Stereo Chorus SC10 Power Pedal
From: delpinal@netcom.com (Erwin Del Pinal)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 06:23:57 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Summary: pedal 



Brand new Ibanez Super Stereo Chorus guitar pedal SC10 for only $85 + shipping. 
Original price was $119.95 +tax.  
If interested, please e-mail me at delpinal@netcom.com



Mel.



Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar,alt.guitar
From: chris@labtam.labtam.oz.au
 (Chris Taylor)
Subject: ALT vs REC
Organization: Labtam Australia Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:59:45 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.makers.guitar
Keywords: alt vs rec

What is the story with "alt.guitar" and "rec.music.makers.guitar"?

Some people think "alt.guitar" should go now but some people can only
get "alt.guitar" (for some technical reason) so it is going to stay.

Can everyone get "alt.guitar"?
Why then does the "rec" group exist? (It's harder to spell for a start !)

If you want to post a general interest guitar article should it go to both?
(Or only to "alt.guitar" if everyone can get this.)

Am I right to assume that "alt.guitar" will eventually die when everyone
can get the "rec" group. 
Until then should you post to "alt.guitar" to reach the maximum audience?
From: butting@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Reverb/delay circuit requests
Date: 22 Jan 93 12:20:58 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

I picked up a spring reverb unit (only two springs, natch) a while back with
the idea of searching out some schematics for a driver unit.  However, I've
yet to find anything - can someone out there tell me how to take a standard
guitar-level signal, feed it into a reverb, and take it from there to an
amp?  From my experiments with it the transducers in it seem to be extremely
low power, if that's any help.  

And a related question - I've got an ancient ADA digital delay (I like lots
of space around my guitars, ok?) with all of the usual controls except for
a feedback.  If I drive the mix right over to 100% delay, and do the
following:
                 _________       _______   dry out         _________
  guitar -------| 2-input |-----| Delay |-----------------| 2-input |
               _| mixer   |     |       |   _______     |-| mixer   |---
              | |_________|     |_______|--| Fader |----| |_________|
              |                     FX out |_______|--|
              |_______________________________________|  

... will anything blow?  ('scuse my ignorance, but I haven't been able to
figure out what protection the ADA's got against *anything*)  The mixers
& the fader will be simple pots with 10K (100K?  Can't remember...) buffer
resistors.

Thanks.  There are *reasons* I'm in software ;-)
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From: cs163wel@sdcc8.ucsd.edu (Paolo Valladolid)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: sustaniac
Date: 27 Jan 93 17:23:41 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

I, too, would like to know if this device is available as a separate
product.  However, an Ebow lists for about $75 (maybe less) in some
catalogs and you don't have to install anything on your axe to use
it. 

Paolo
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
From: muller@world.std.com (James L Muller)
Subject: Re: Fender Strat
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:09:19 GMT

In <MADA.93Jan26095830@iridiumx.electrum.kth.se> mada@electrum.kth.se
   (Marcus Davidsson) writes:
>I tried a very nice Fender yesterday. It was called Fender STRAT and was
>from the early eighties. It was made in USA and had brass mechanics and
>phase-shift pickups. Does anybody know anything more about it? Price etc.

According the The Fender Book, the Strat model was designed by Greg Wilson.
It tried to copy the original body styling but worn tooling made that effort
slightly less than successful.  It was made from 1980 to 1983.  Circuitry was
modern (as you could tell), the bridge pickup is described as hot (whatever
that means), and the hardware was heavy-duty brass (which was apparently
stylish at the time).  In other words, a decent guitar, a straightforward
Stratocaster with slight non-mainstream styling but otherwise good playability
and sound.
-- 
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From: denio@seismo.CSS.GOV (Dennis O'Neill)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: REQ:Gibson Custom-Shop
Date: 22 Jan 93 15:17:57 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Institute for Obfuscatorial Dynamics

In article <MADA.93Jan22125251@galliumx.electrum.kth.se> mada@electrum.kth.se (Marcus Davidsson) writes:
>Does anybody know anything about the Gibson ES-335 Custom-shop guitar.
>I saw it in a store for used guitars. It was about ten years old and the
>price was something like 1500$.

I have one of these, bought new in 1986, I think.  The maple used in
the body has a nicer figure than the standard-issue ES-335s of the time.
I wish they had chrome-plated the parts instead of nickel-plated them,
as chrome would hold up better.

Apart from the figure of the maple, it seems to be a pretty standard
ES-335 (mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, unbound headstock, two
humbuckers, stop tailpiece, tune-a-matic, and so on).

I don't know how much used 1980s ES-335s are selling for in the US, but new 
ES-335s are less than $1500.
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From: grp@Unify.com (Greg Pasquariello)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar,alt.guitar
Subject: Info on Zoom processors
Date: 21 Jan 93 00:10:51 GMT
Organization: Unify Corporation (Sacramento)


Can anyone give me a bit of info on the Zoom processors so that I am
a bit knowledgeable before I walk into the store?  As I understand it,
there are a couple of different models.  How do they differ?  What kinds
of prices should I expect?

Thanks for any help.
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From: sts@mfltd.co.uk (Steve Sherwood)
Subject: Re: Lesson a week (Organising volunteers)
Reply-To: sts@mfltd.co.uk
Organization: Micro Focus Ltd, Newbury, England
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 10:39:40 GMT

The lessons are starting to sound very good.  What I would suggest is that
not all of the lessons are advanced ones.  Not everyone is a great guitarist
(especially me), and after playing for a few years, I'm lacking in basic 
theory, and I am sure that there are others like me.

What the editor of the lessons could also include is some sort of grade
indicating how difficult/advanced the lesson is.  Better players
can the easily ignore these.

What would also be usefull in the way of lessons, or more accurately advice
sessions, is much more on the other aspects of guitaring... playing in a band,
wriing own music, playing live - what equipement is needed, recording own
music - pitfall etc.  I am sure this sort of information would be valuble to
a lot of people.

Steve

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From: akiam@seed.frc.ri.cmu.edu (Ian Lane Davis)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: 57 strat
Date: 21 Jan 93 18:50:18 GMT
Reply-To: akiam@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu (Ian Davis)
Distribution: rec
Organization: Field Robotics Center, CMU


Actually, it's slightly more complicated than it first seems.
Currently, Fender has two reissue lines.  One is made in Japan and is
called the "reissue" line and there are three models you'll see in
most stores.  On is the "50s" Strat (not "57" - see below), and this
has the maple neck and is designed to be like a '57 strat although the
number 57 is not explicitly mentioned.  The differences between modern
strats and these are the bridge set-up and the fewer windings on the
pick-ups; also the necks are shaped differently.  The Japanese made
"60s" strat is virtually identical except for the rosewood neck.  The
third model made in Japan is the "H.R.R." model which is like the
"50s" or "60s" except it has 1) a humbucker at the bridge and 2) a
kahler (I believe) locking trem system (like a Floyd-Rose).  Why this
is still designated a reissue is a mystery since they had neither of
these 2 things in the 50s or 60s on strats, but it's still an
interesting guitar (more expensive than the other two by ~$150).

The other line is the American made "Vintage" line which is sometimes
referred to in guitar stores as "Vintage Reissue" or occasionally just
"reissue" by those who've missed the Fender product line literature. :)
The two most commonly seen (maybe the only) ones in this line ae the
"57" and the "62".  The general specs are the same as in the Japanese
"reissue" line, but they're made in the US and I would assume they
have alder bodies as opposed to the basswood often used in the
Japanese guitars.  Honestly, I can't say for sure if the wood is
different.

My two cents say that the Japanese "reissue" line is surprisingly
good.  The guitars feel very solid and have a good tone.  Lots of hum
could just be caused by improperly grounded amps (and you ground the
system when you touch the strings).  Some hum is to be expected out of
most single coil systems, though.  I haven't tried the American
"vintage" line at length, so I can't compare them.

Good luck.
Ian Davis
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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
From: jftheysm@descartes.uwaterloo.ca (Jef)
Subject: Re: INFO needed on HAGSTROM guitar please...
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:13:38 GMT

In article <C1GuCr.Ls0@news.udel.edu>, walt@diusys.cms.udel.edu (Walt Dabell) writes:
> Anybody know if Hagstrom guitars (made in Sweeden) have any value to them or 
> are they one of the dime-store guitars? I have one I picked up at a yard sale 
> cheap and it needs a little work. I'm just currious if it's worth it or not. 
> It looks sort of like a Gibson 335.

A friend of mine hafd borrowed a Hagstrom bass for a while. It was a peice of shit. I loved it.  In fact if you decide that you don't want this guitar, I think I am interested in it. (I search out bad guitars).  if you want to get rid of it, mail me and we'll talk turkey.

-Jef-
From: mada@electrum.kth.se (Marcus Davidsson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: REQ:Gibson Custom-Shop
Date: 22 Jan 93 11:52:51 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Hej!
Does anybody know anything about the Gibson ES-335 Custom-shop guitar.
I saw it in a store for used guitars. It was about ten years old and the
price was something like 1500$.

Thanks.

Marcus Davidsson
mada@electrum.kth.se

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From: schultz@stpaul.ncr.com (STEVE SCHULTZ)
Subject: Re: Fender Strats -- List Prices
Organization: Product Marketing
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:25:23 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.050913.19819@netcom.com> jtkung@netcom.com (Joseph T. Kung) writes:

>There a few versions that aren't even advertised. These are the
>"set-neck" Stats which feature Honduras Mahogany with bookmatched
>highly figured maple bodies, ebony fretboard, 22 std frets, etc.
>There's two versions -- a standard and a Floyd Rose version. Then
>there's the Custom Classic Series, a custom order 1954 Stratocaster, a
>1960 Strat, and shop versions of the American Standard.

I have never heard of the "set-neck" Strats...are these set-in and glued 
neck joints, like the Gibson?  Are the necks at a 0 degree angle to the body 
or a 2 degree angle like Gibson?

Anybody have any information about these?  I will try to find more info...

Steve Schultz
NCR NPD
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