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From: rost@rgb.dec.com (My name is Brian Rost)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Hagstrom
Date: 29 Sep 92 08:16:17 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <8elzJJO00WBM8=YlcB@andrew.cmu.edu>, John Adam Nimpfer <jn2i+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes...
>Can anyone out there tell me anything about these Swedish monsters?
>I know Jimi Hendrix had a Hagstrom bass, but what about the guitars?
>When were they made/discontinued? What is their value?  Are they good
>instruments?  Thanks.

I think Hagstrom is still in business, but they have not had US distribution
since about 1978 or so, when they were being imported by Ampeg.  The last new
ones I saw in stores were back in 1981.

There are a couple of different Hagstom lines.

The oldest ones I have seen are the ones with one volume knob and a bunch of
slide switches.  These come in one and two pickup variations, mostly with
Strat-like shapes, in both guitar and bass.  Many of these have a weird
plastic covering and a reflector plate between the pickups, although I've seen
some that are all wood but with the same electronics.  These include the
infamous Hagstrom 8-string bass.

In the early seventies, they started the Swede series, which were Les Paul
knockoffs. They had some famous endorsees including Larry Coryell and Jan
Akkerman of Focus.  Some late versions of these had special electronics
installed to work with an (analog) synthesizer interface called a Patch 2000. 
I've seen both fretted and fretless basses in this line.

I've also seen a few hollowbody Hagstroms, including a fretless bass that
looked like a Gibson 335 body with Swede neck and electronics.

The older models when you can find them used (they are not as common as they
used to be) are worth about $100 if in good shape, while Swedes can range up
into the $300 range. Some dealers may ask more for them, but they have no real
collector's value...not yet, anyway. 

I have found Hagstroms to be good instruments with a unique sound.  They can
be a good deal for a beginner or someone looking for a knockaround axe (the
guitarist in my band uses a Hagstrom bass for recording at home, for example).

					Brian Rost @rgb.enet.dec.com

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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: rstern@col.hp.com (Richard Stern)
Subject: Re: Tube Screamer
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 20:42:19 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

>>BTW, I have the old TS10 and they are far superior to the TS9's.
>>Haven't tried the TS5 yet though.
> 
> 	I too own the TS10 think its great. I never trid the TS9 or TS5
> 	because everone said they don't sound as good as the TS10. The
> 	TS10 is a faithful reproduction of the original Ibanez tube screamer.

I'm confused.  I have 2 Tube Screamers.  One is at least 12 years old
and it's a TS-808.  It has a tiny little square foot switch.  My other
is a TS-9, and it's really old also (maybe 6+ years?).  I'm not sure if
one sounds better than the other, since I have them at different settings.
They both sound great though, IMHO.

Can anyone provide a rundown of years and TS models??
Is the TS-808 the "original Ibanez tube screamer"??

Richard Stern
rstern@col.hp.com
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: META000 <META@UNB.CA>
Subject: Re: MXR Distortion +
Organization: The University of New Brunswick
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:30:15 GMT

In article <Bvnp44.J05@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning) writes:
>
>This it?
>
>    +9v---|1meg|----|1meg|----> Gnd
>                  |         |
>                  |----||---
>                  -   +   1uf
>            1meg | |
>                 | |
>                  -
>                  |
>      10nf        |  |  \ 741
>In ----||---|10k|----|+  \       + 1uF
>     |               |    >-------||----|10k|-----
>     -              -|-  /     |                  |
>     - 1nf         | |  /      -                  |
>     |             |          | | 1meg            |
>     |             |           -                  -
>     |              -----------|                 | |
>     |                         |              10k| |<----- Out
>     |                         - 47nF            | |
>     |                         -                  -
>     |                         |                  |
>     |                         -                  |
>     |                        | |4k7              |
>     |                         -                  |
>     |               ----------|                  |
>     |              |          |                  |
>     |           --------      -  500k            |
>     |          |        |    | |<-               |
>     |   1N270  -   1N270---  | |  |              |
>     |         \ /      / \    -   |              |
>     |         ---       -     |---               |
>     |          |        |     |                  |
>      ------------------------------------------------------------------Gnd
>
>Dave
>
>--
>.
>.
Just about.

The diodes are connected between the input to the "OUTPUT" volume
control, not the input to the "DRIVE/DISTORTION" control, and
ground.  In response to queries sent to me, let me note that the +
terminal of the battery (i.e., +9vdc) is connected to pin 7 on the
op-amp, and the - terminal of the battery goes to pin 4 and ground.
Not all readers are aware of these implicit details.  My apology for
ommitting them.

Mark Hammer
From: 11439106@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (SHAWN FOO)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: request for an old joke....
Date: 1 Oct 92 02:13:01 GMT
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

G'day,
	I was just wondering if anybody still has a copy of `10 reasons why 
a guitar is better than a woman....'
	If you do, could someone please forward a copy to me.... i lost 
mine...... :)

	thanks,

		S.P. Foo
From: carls@Ingres.COM (Carl Stanley)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Sister Double Happiness Tabquest
Date: 2 Oct 92 20:19:09 GMT
Reply-To: carls@Ingres.COM (Carl Stanley)
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501

In article <1992Oct1.015018.28249@midway.uchicago.edu> ses3@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>    Does anyone out there know of or have access to tablature for
>music by Sister Double Happiness?
>	For those who do not know them, I recommend them if you like
>blues/country/texas-influenced rock...They're an Austin band...
>
Actually, they are a San Francisco-based band.. they just sound lame
enough to come from Texas.

I always thought that their songs were so simple you could figure them out
just by listening to it...

Oh well, just my opinion.

carl stanley
ingres
Newsgroups: alt.guitar,rec.music.makers
From: swanger@ducvax.auburn.edu
Subject: Stack pickup question...
Organization: Auburn University, AL
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 13:16:11 GMT

I have a Fender HM Strat.  This guitar has 2 single coil American Standard
pickups and 1 Dimarzio Humbucker by the bridge.  The single coils sound good
but they hum pretty loud sometimes.  I recently bought a Dimarzio HS-3 Stack
Pickup, because it is advertised as being a noise-cancelling pickup.  I
installed it in the neck position of the HM Strat last night.  I was
surprised to find that it isn't all THAT quiet.  It doesn't hum as loud as
the original Fender (middle position) but it isn't nearly as quiet as the 
Humbucker.

Any ideas?  Is this just the way it is, that Stacks are in-between single
coils and humbuckers noise-wise?  I think I hooked it up correctly (black
positive, green/ground wire ground, left the two connected middle wires alone
(taped together)).

Maybe it is the wiring in my apartment...
-- 
David Swanger,   Auburn University, Alabama,   swanger@ducvax.auburn.edu
From: easteee@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Distortion Usage ?!
Date: 1 Oct 92 13:18:53 GMT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

In article <97163@bu.edu>, corvett@csa.bu.edu (Sungyeup Kim) writes:
> 
> Hi everybody,
> 
> Which channel people usually use with distortion pedal? I means, through the clean channel or through the distortion channel? I like very very cruncy metal 
> sounds (like Metallica or Pantana). Probably I can get that sounds if I crank 
> up the volume but I lives in the apartment and I don't wanna bother my neighbor.
> I have a 50watt amp and I always set the volume to 1.5 or 2. Now, how can I get 
> metallic sound with this volume? through clean or distortion channel???
> 
> Thanks in advance.

You might consider getting a preamp..  or you could hook up another
distortion pedal and use it as a small booster by turning down the
distortion on it and cranking its volume, etc..  (assuming you have a
pedal..I can't read part of your first line)
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: jensen@neocad.com (Jeff Jensen)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar,misc.forsale,co.general
Subject: Guitar Amp Forsale
Date: 26 Sep 92 17:27:08 GMT
Organization: NeoCAD, Inc.

For Sale:

1. Guitar Amplifier - VT60  $300.00 (Blue Book Price)

   60 Watts of neighbor annoying solid state power from that Canadian 
   juggernaut, Vibration Technology. Twin 12" Fane speakers, guaranteed
   to get the police to your house within five power chords*.  Overdrive
   channel, line-level out, spring reverb. Three tone presets : "Rock",
   "Jazz", and "Country".  Try the "Country" preset at full volume with
   plenty of crunchy overdrive and become the person in your neighborhood
   "most likely to suffer major hearing loss." Amp is in good condition,
   awaiting your abuse. To ensure user safety, the volume on this amp goes
   only to "10".

   *(1st and 5th tones of a major/minor chord). 


Jeff "Will code for food" Jensen
-- 
  Jeff Jensen   Neocad Inc.   2585 Central Ave.   Boulder, CO 80301
  (303) 442-9121 X116  Internet: jense@neocad.com  UUCP: neocad!jensen
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: kew@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (steve.w.askew)
Subject: Re: Strat pickups
Summary: Classic Fat Strat
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 17:37:30 GMT

In article <92276.095125U58402@uicvm.uic.edu>, <U58402@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
> In article <1992Oct1.135753.29231@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, kew@cbnewsg.cb.att.com
> (steve.w.askew) says:
> >
> >        This is what Fender Frontline magazine (fall issue) says about the
> >        above mentioned picksups, in regards to the new line of Custom Shop
> >        Accessories.
> >
> >        " The `50's Strat set captures that bright sparkly tone of vitage
> >        Fender Stratocasters, while the Texas Specials provide that classic
> >        `Fat Strat' sound."
> >
> This implies that the Texas Specials were modeled after a production
> run. Any idea of when the "classic fat Strat" sound pickups were first
> made?
> 
	There were no production runs of "FAT" pickups. In last months Guitar
	Player I beleive, They defined the Texas/SRV pickup as vintage pickups
	that were overwound do to inconsistancy in the manufacturing of pickups
	. i.e. The guy running the coil winder in 1962 went for a smoke 3 times
	a day, so 3 pickups a day were overwound by the factor of 1.2 ciggy's. 
	(The above is just an example) So there might be a couple
	hundred "hot" factory pickups around.
	What the Texas Special set gives you is three pickups that are 
	overwound by a factor of exactly 1.25577632 ciggy's 8^) 


	Steve
	Doin That Blues ThAng!
> 
> Wilbur Pan
> 
>
From: Tom.Mack@mechanic.Fidonet.org (Tom Mack)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Soliciting Onions: ES 335, 355
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 92 20:26:24 PDT
Organization: Psycho: The Usenet<->Fidonet Gateway oF St. Pete Florida

That's also the prefered model of Steve Howe.
/s
From: rade@next05wor.wam.umd.edu (Robert Evans)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: ftp nevada address
Date: 26 Sep 92 18:07:21 GMT
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park

i lost the site number could some one mail it to me. thanks in advance.
rob
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Wednesday, 30 Sep 1992 09:52:42 CDT
From: <U58402@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Tube Screamer
Distribution: usa
 <1992Sep29.144530.12413@cbfsb.cb.att.com>

In article <1992Sep29.144530.12413@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, kew@cbnewsg.cb.att.com
(steve.w.askew) says:
>
>        I have played thru a couple of diff TS-9's. Most guitar players
>        are not impressed with the Tube Screamer. Its not a hot pedal.
>        Most people want one because SRV used one. Then they try it
>        and for some strange reason it doesnt sound the same! What the TS
>        -5 is used for is to push the amp into distortion. The TS-5 does
>        add some of its own distortion, but the amp is suppose to do most
>        of the distorting.

If this is true, then why not just get a preamp box? It would also drive
the amp into distortion, while adding minimal distortion to the signal
itself.

Wilbur Pan
(aka u58402@uicvm.uic.edu
 at the ever so friendly and personal univ. of ill. at chicago)
From: easteee@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: P.H.  --  ma?
Date: 30 Sep 92 12:27:09 CDT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

In tablature notation when a pinch harmonic is indicated, near it
there is a little, italic "ma 15" or "ma (something)" -- what does
this stand for??
 
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: osminer@spot.Colorado.EDU (OSMINER MATTHEW COREY)
Subject: Onboard preamps????
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 05:03:47 GMT

Well as always the onboard preamps just don't have the slew rate
to stick with those cruisin licks.  I must agree that an onboard
FET is much better and cleaner (not to mention a little more powerful)
than the OPamp circuits.  About the only semidecent thing you're
gonna get out of a opamp IC is active tone controls and even these
aren't the greatest.  I have a schematic for a really good
amplifier in general ( if I can find it).  Anybody interested?  and can       
anybody read PSPICE notation?

laters..

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: kew@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (steve.w.askew)
Subject: Re: Strat pickups
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:29:20 GMT

In article <1992Sep27.042420@disuns2.epfl.ch>, weidmann@disuns2.epfl.ch (Nicolas Weidmann) writes:
> 
> 
>                 What is the difference in the kind of sound produced
>         by the Texas special pickups and those used on the vintage
>         reissues ?


	There was a article in Guitar Player (I think) last month that
	explained the diff. To summary that article. The Texas Special
	Pickups use the same componets as the Vintage reissue, but they
	are wound a little hotter.

	Steve
	Doin That Blues ThAng!
From: loman@cstp.umkc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: thanx
Date: 7 Oct 92 00:40:00 GMT
Organization: UM - Kansas City, Computer Science


Thanx to everyone who responded to my question about tiny guitars!  I might
need to get one for real now.  A small disk in my back had a near blowout...
Major bummer.... shouldnt lift my strat... ewwww this is hell!!!
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: tzcf1@isuvax.iastate.edu
Subject: digital delay wanted
Reply-To: tzcf1@isuvax.iastate.edu
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 18:11:35 GMT

I was wondering if anyone knew where I could purchase a new or used
digital delay petal for around 100 bucks... I need it to play some u2
songs.

My name is Jesse and I have been playing for about 3 months now... I'm
also looking for some help on playing u2 songs... Feel free to drop
me a line:
TZCF1@ISUVAX.BITNET
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: hsu22@wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Tube Screamer
Date: 30 Sep 92 18:38:45 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

The Tube Screamer doesn't just boost volume and add a little grunge to the
sound.  Most of those who claim they don't like the tube screamer don't
understand its use.  Besides pushing power amp distortion over the edge, the TS
is extremely useful for amps with plenty of preamp distortion as well.  The
glory of the TS is not in its stand alone sound, but in the way it interacts
with amp distortion.  The pedal adds midrange emphasis, reinforces the 
fundamental harmonic and cleans up the bass range.  Articulation is improved
when playing fast and with a lot of distortion.  The TS allows you to increase
gain without losing definition.  Unfortunately, it also increases noise.  So,
for those of you out there testing out TS's through completely clean amps,
you're not getting the full impact of the TS phenomenon.  

BTW, I have the old TS10 and they are far superior to the TS9's.  Haven't tried
the TS5 yet though.
From: ses3@ellis.uchicago.edu (Steven Schwartz)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Sister Double Happiness Tabquest
Date: 2 Oct 92 21:08:51 GMT
Reply-To: ses3@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

In article <1992Oct2.201910.8022@pony.Ingres.COM> carls@Ingres.COM (Carl Stanley) writes:
>In article <1992Oct1.015018.28249@midway.uchicago.edu> ses3@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>    Does anyone out there know of or have access to tablature for
>>music by Sister Double Happiness?
>>	For those who do not know them, I recommend them if you like
>>blues/country/texas-influenced rock...They're an Austin band...
>>
>Actually, they are a San Francisco-based band.. they just sound lame
>enough to come from Texas.
>

To be precise, Gary Floyd, their lead singer, grew up in Austin, and returned
to Austin to form the band...he spent intervening time in SF, leading the
punk band the Dicks.

>I always thought that their songs were so simple you could figure them out
>just by listening to it...
>

Not always, and I am a nigh unto beginning guitarist...So, I prefer to
play things from sheet music (lots of classical training, very little by
ear), and things that I know well enough to judge my playing on....

>Oh well, just my opinion.
>

To each his own.

>carl stanley
>ingres


-- 
Steven Schwartz  ses3@midway.uchicago.edu B5 f- w+ g- K+ m  r- p!
UCBU President:  No Power, No Authority, Lots of Scutwork.
"Never say never - especially in 'I'll never sleep with x'.  You're bound
to if you do that, unless, of course, you say it with that in mind." - D.P.
From: pierccm@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: HARMONICA LIST SERVER CREATED
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:31:03 CDT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Hello to all Harmonica lovers,

I have just had a list server for harmonica created.  This list is
open to anyone who plays any type of music, who likes any type of
music and those who are just curious.  EVERYONE is WELCOME!!!

This is for no certain type of music.  Personally, I would like to see
a large amount of diversity.  Blues, Jazz, Folk, Classical, Country
and all other styles of harmonica playing are welcome.

To subscribe to this server write (via e-mail) to:

	LISTSERV@WKUVX1.BITNET

The body of the letter should be this:

	SUBSCRIBE HARP-L "your real name"

The server should send you a help file and any letters already in the
archives (which is not many, YET!!).

If you have any questions or problems write me at:

	PIERCCM@WKUVX1.BITNET

If you know of others who would be interested, please let them know.


Thanks,

Chris Pierce
pierccm@wkuvx1.bitnet
From: jhughes@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Jason C. Hughes)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Ibanez Roadstar II:  What's it worth?
Date: 6 Oct 1992 22:59:51 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigwpi.wpi.edu



I have a beautiful deep red Ibanez Roadstar II that has two Ibanez humbuckers
and a strange tremelo called a Pro-Rocker or something.  It's a 1985 model
in mint condition, not one scratch and no wear marks.  What would it be worth
if I were trying to sell it?  By the way, does anyone know more about the
model type?  I don't have any idea what the knob switch does (they push in &
give more boost or something) and I don't know much about how valuable the
guitar is.  I bought it a while back from a guy for $250, but that included
a case, 25w amp, Rockman portable amp, tuner, cables, etc.  I know it was a
steal, but what is the actual instrument worth?

Thanks in advance,
The Panther!
-- 
[)---->  "What proof can they exhibit that may show it's not too late?
[)---->   It's time to feed the dragon, but our lives' are on the plate."
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: ohtonen@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi
Subject: Stratocaster a'la Warmoth?
Organization: Nokia Telecommunications.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 11:04:16 GMT

I got a catalog of Warmoth guitar products.
They seem to sell every part what a bolt-on neck guitar
requires except microphones. The changing neck radius got me interested.

Has any of you or your friends made or played a guitar using Warmoth's stuff?
I think Warmoth makes quality, but is that just a slogan?

Is it (building) worth the trouble?

Is there other comparable guitar part manufacturers?

-Pasi
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: mhibbard@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Matthew Hibbard)
Subject: Re: bent notes,etc.
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 18:18:58 GMT

In article <4OCT199201154786@venus.tamu.edu> msh7585@venus.tamu.edu writes:
>    I am a beginner and I've been looking at tablature.  I've noticed
>lots of refrences to bent notes, pull offs, and hammer ons.  What are these
>and how can I learn to do them.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>sh

Well, if you buy any music book with tabulature, you will find an explanation 
of all these things and more at the begining of the book. But here they are 
anyway:
Bent notes: Very easy to understand technique.  Simply finger a note and pick 
it, then push your fingure up (or down) to reach that next note wanted.
Pull off:Have two notes fretted on the same string, lets say 1st sting, frets 
10 and 12.  Just use two of your fingers two fret both notes. Pick the string 
and then pull the finger on the 12th fret off to sound the lower note.
Hammer on: Opposite of pull off.play the first note, then strike the next note 
with another finger.

Have fun..
                                                  Matt Hibbard
                                                      The
                                                   Ohio State
                                                   University
Newsgroups: alt.guitar,rec.music.makers,sunyab.misc.musicians
From: cooper@kdx200.enet.dec.com ()
Subject: Re: Read this if you have a Gallien-Krueger 250ML.
Reply-To: cooper@kdx200.enet.dec.com ()
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 19:54:52 GMT


>Does it make it louder ?? 

No.

It may increase the amount of air you move though.  
I used to play thru a 250ML and a pair of 4x12's
and it was PLENTY loud.  The little Pyles are for 
bedrooms only. 


Newsgroups: alt.guitar,rec.music.makers,comp.music,comp.dsp,sci.electronics