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From: hopper@cs.ucsd.edu (Steve Hopper)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Strengthening Fingernails for Fingerpicking
Date: 30 Jul 92 21:00:55 GMT
Organization: CSE Dept., U.C. San Diego
Originator: hopper@empyrean.ucsd.edu


In article <45569@shamash.cdc.com>, dbw@svl.cdc.com (Dave Woerner) writes:
|> saunders@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Kevin Saunders) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> >   I just read a book on skin care which states that:
|> 
|> >	Eating gelatin does NOT strengthen your nails.
|> 
|> Yup - I agree with this statement from personal experience.


I don't know if this was mentioned in this thread, but my ex used to soak
her nails in oil (don't remember which kind), then brush formaldahyde
on them.  She was into flamenco guitar and needed all the nail strength
she could get.

Steve
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: dcovell@intelhf.hf.intel.com (David Covell)
Subject: Re: Phil Keaggy
Keywords: Any Fans?
Organization: Development Tools Operation, Intel Corp., Hillsboro  OR
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 21:36:38 GMT

dfriga@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David R Friga) writes:


>Are there any fans of Phil out here?

Probably lots of us!

>If there is, maybe you can tell me where he will
>be playing concerts.  I have a couple of his cd's.
>A friend of mine told me he is incredible in concert.

One of the best. However, he usually does a solo tour, which means none
of the electric guitar work he used to do. He uses an amplified steel-string
acoustic and a lot of effects, but no electric guitar, no sequences, no
drum machine, etc. Good for him! It would be nice to hear some of the fine
Les Paul work he used to do, though.

>I will say this from what I've heard, he is pretty
>diverse.  I've heard him play really mellow acoustic
>stuff and heard him play nice somewhat jazzy tunes
>as well as the more pop sounding variety.  One thing
>remains a mystery though.  How come he really never does
>anything flashy, ie show off abit on any of his things?
>	Dave

He does in concert. He uses some sort of sample-and-hold device to layer
a bunch of parts together in realtime. Takes a while for him to get it all
going, but once he's happy with it he locks it in a loop and plays some
astounding lead lines over it. I've seen him do this twice, and it was really
something.

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: peugh@wam.umd.edu (General Napolean)
Subject: Re: Pricing for Jackson Soloist XL
Keywords: Coffee is >good< - not evil
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 16:06:59 GMT


  Jackson soloist XL - $779 at Victor Litz in Gaithersburg MD.  They do mail order if you want it.
  The number is 1-800-828-5518.

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: timster@brahms.udel.edu (Timothy P Brennan)
Subject: Martin Thinline
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 16:47:34 GMT

I just got a Martin Thinline put in my Fender Cutaway 6 string.  It sounds
pretty good but the E string sounds about 30% louder than the other strings.
Is this normal for this pickup?  I am running it through an EQ pedal to my
amp and this helps a little with the sound but their is still a noticeable
difference in volume.  Has anyone else had this problem?  Does anyone know
how I can fix this?

Thanks.
Tim             timster@brahms.udel.edu
From: mbreen@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Michael Breen)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: U2:The Edge
Date: 30 Jul 1992 05:24:35 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
NNTP-Posting-Host: sdacs.ucsd.edu
Keywords: U2:the edge

In article <Bs1D05.DF2@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Michael.Bremford@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Mike Bremford) writes:
>
>E+-0-----0-- Play the first one over and over, then switch to the second one.
>B+-12----10-
>G+-9-----9-- Can't remember which song is from... should recognise it.
>D+---------- This style stuck in my mind when I saw it for some reason.He seems
>A+---------- to play a lot of two or three string combos,carrying the tune/riff
>E+---------- on just one of them.
>
(edited a bit)
Here's another 'Edge-like' thing that sounds cool.  The funnest thing to do is,
instead of 'over and over', mess with a delay. That's the main reason he seems
to do these 'triads'; they work well delayed-ayed-ayed-ayed-ayed-ayed-ayed....

E+-10----10---10---10--
B+-7-----8----10---8---
G+-7-----7----7----7---
D+---------------------
A+---------------------
D+--------------------- <- tune this down to a 'D' and strum all 6!!

Of course, this 'pattern' works all over the neck (if you ignore the lowest-
souding three strings, and only play the traid).

Michael Breen
singing and philosophizing
(and proud to NOT be a lead guitarist; rhythm only please)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: bx372@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mr. Arthur J. Musgrove)
Subject: SLASH- Great or WHAT??!!?
Reply-To: bx372@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mr. Arthur J. Musgrove)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 01:23:19 GMT


I was just wandering how many Slash [GNR lead guitarist] admirers are out
there....  I personally think that he must be one of the greatest hard rock
guitarists alive...  And if you hear him in concert, you'll probably think
the same...
							Peter.
-- 
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: heiser@fretz.enet.dec.com (Michael A. Heiser)
Subject: Re: Phil Keaggy
Reply-To: heiser@fretz.enet.dec.com (Michael A. Heiser)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Phoenix, AZ
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 22:32:05 GMT


Time to enter the '90s folks.  In the 20+ years after leaving Glass Harp,
Phil has released 16 Christian albums, 2 instructional videos, and lots
of great guitar work.

He has 3 instrumental albums, all of which one him Dove Awards for Best
Instrumental Album.  His latest, "Beyond Nature", is an all acoustic instrumental
album ala Michael Hedges (just as good too!).

His instructional videos are dedicated to Electric and Acoustic respectively.
I have the former and its decent.
--

    Mike
    
    "in this day & age...music performed by humans...hum?!" 
       - wilde silas tomkyn
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: grlee@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Greg Lee)
Subject: Re: BC Rich, NJ Series, comments?
Keywords: BC Rich
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:56:26 GMT

In article <spray.711671838@convex.convex.com> spray@convex.com (Rob Spray) writes:
>Last Saturday I found a BC Rich, NJ Series in a pawn shop.
>It's two tone cherry red with two humbuckers and a non whammy
>bridge.  There's some scratches down to the wood on the horns.
>
>It's marked down to $225.  It played real nice though the
>two tone knobs were a bit sloppy and the selector switch needs
>tightening/replacing.  The seller said they're hand-made.
>I'm not real familiar with BC Rich's.
>
>Comments?
>
>--Rob   spray@convex.com
>

Well Rob, I personally won't give BC Rich the time of day.  I wouldn't
play their guitars unless of course they payed me too.  I've played a
few and have not been impressed.  They spend too much time trying to come
up with cool shapes for the bodies than making quality guitars.

Of course this is my two cents worth...

Greg.
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: littlefield@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: Re: THE MOST DISPENSABLE GUIT
Reply-To: littlefield@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 18:42:48 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.163442.19817@athena.mit.edu>, ebshen@athena.mit.edu (Eric B Shen) writes:
>In article <1992Jul24.151553.23986@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> jhakala@lonestar.utsa.edu (Jay S. Hakala) writes:
>>Dispensable:
>>
>>How about that other guitarist in MegaDeath...Cause
>>pompus bastard Dave Mustain insists on doing lead-vocals
>>and playing lead-guitar....while the other bozo just
>>plays rythem.....
>
>What?? The other "bozo" is the LEAD guitarist Marty Friedman.  Marty
>plays pretty much all of the leads.  Mustaine only plays a couple leads.
>As for the "bozo" just playing rhythm, sorry, Mustaine plays pretty much
>all the rhythm.
>
>Marty is a phenomenal player.  Mustaine is a great rhythm player (and
>good at leads, too).  Mustaine may be cocky, but he is undeniably good
>at playing and writing... and singing? :-) yeah, I like his voice, too.
>
>Megadeth is THE speed metal band out there, especially from a guitar
>point of view.  Metallica can't touch these guys anymore.  Of course, my
>opinion.
>
>Eric Shen
>ebshen@athena.mit.edu
> 


	Following not taking issue with Eric, but the original poster.

	What's with this "rake on rhythm guitarists" sh*t??? Just because
you don't play solos doesn't make you a bad guitarist. Also, if playing
lead is the criteria of determining best guitarists, then C.C. DeVille was
amazing whereas Peter Buck (whose solos tend to be chords, and his playing is
more rhythm intensive) is terrible. Rhythm is GOOD, dammit!

--Kevin
littlefield@binah.cc.brandeis.edu


ps. The Beatles didn't need Lennon; he was a rhythm guitarist who wrote many
songs, but with Paul's writing and George's soloing, John's position became
expendable. If you buy the reasoning that rhythm dudes are useless.

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: ricegm@ecf.toronto.edu (George Matthew Rice)
Subject: Repair help needed
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:53:54 GMT

I don't know what you call the thing but it holds the ends of my steel strings
in place with pegs.(This is an acoustic)

My question is does anyone know how to get the thing off my guitar
without damaging it. And what do I use to put a new one on ??

Thanks,
Matthew


Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: omar@wucs1.wustl.edu (Omar El-Ghazzawy)
Subject: Re: THE MOST DISPENSABLE GUIT
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 20:45:17 GMT

In article <35998@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> frazo@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (%$!#@!*%@#!) writes:
>How about Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, their pretty
>dispensable...

Neil Young is one the the all time greats.  He has had more success appealing
to a wide audience over more than 25 years than anyone else who comes to mind.
Do you not like his rhythmic acoustic sound, or is it his 'to the point'
electric leads that have lost you?

Tom Downey	downey@tripos.com
From: jhakala@lonestar.utsa.edu (Jay S. Hakala)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: THE MOST DISPENSABLE GUIT
Date: 25 Jul 92 05:56:34 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio

Dispensible guitarists stuff deleted:

>>
>
>
>	Following not taking issue with Eric, but the original poster.
>
>	What's with this "rake on rhythm guitarists" sh*t??? Just because
>you don't play solos doesn't make you a bad guitarist. Also, if playing
>lead is the criteria of determining best guitarists, then C.C. DeVille was
>amazing whereas Peter Buck (whose solos tend to be chords, and his playing is
>more rhythm intensive) is terrible. Rhythm is GOOD, dammit!

Agreed!

-original poster
From: acura@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (james.r.feeney)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Bonnie Raitts' open tuning
Date: 27 Jul 92 13:10:27 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

Does anyone know the open tuning(s) Bonnie Raitt uses?

Thanks

Jim Feeney
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: cdj@iti.org (Chris D. Jennings)
Subject: Re: Phil Keaggy
Keywords: Any Fans?
Organization: Industrial Technology Institute
Distribution: usa 
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 18:37:50 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.195850.24569@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dfriga@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David R Friga) writes:
>
>Are there any fans of Phil out here?
>If there is, maybe you can tell me where he will
>be playing concerts.  I have a couple of his cd's.
>A friend of mine told me he is incredible in concert.
>I will say this from what I've heard, he is pretty
>diverse.  I've heard him play really mellow acoustic
>stuff and heard him play nice somewhat jazzy tunes
>as well as the more pop sounding variety.  One thing
>remains a mystery though.  How come he really never does
>anything flashy, ie show off abit on any of his things?
>	Dave
>B
> 

Yes, Keaggy is very diverse; he plays fluently in most any popular
style.  And, he is outstanding in concert.  I had a chance to have
breakfast with him (1:00 a.m.) after a concert he did in my area
about 4 years ago, simply because I knew someone who knew his
nephew, who was mixing the sound on that tour.  I haven't heard
anything he's released since that time, but I have all his early
material, going back to his days with Glass Harp in the '60s (which
by the way is some of my favorite music from him).

If you want to hear him show off a bit, check out his instrumental
releases (there are 3-4 of them that I know of from various points
in his career).

- Chris


Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: sag4r@palm.cs.Virginia.EDU (Scott Gietler)
Subject: Re: Blues Net group
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:41:58 GMT

In article <84586@netnews.upenn.edu> rsk@aspen.circ.upenn.edu (Rich Kulawiec) writes:
>In article <1992Jul27.181245.4212@ultb.isc.rit.edu> whc2993@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>>	Does anyone know if there is a news group on blues music.
>
>Rec.music.bluenote is the appropriate newsgroup for discussing jazz and blues.
>
>I recommend that you also subscribe to news.announce.newusers, where lists
>of newgroups and their intended topics are posted on a regular basis.  You will
>find that reading the articles there will alleviate the need to bother the
>entire network with trivial questions.

Perhaps you should stick to that newsgroup also. Then we wouldn`t be bothered
by your trivial answers to trivial questions that no one forced you to read.

Scott
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: mongeau@ferrari.nmc.ed.ray.com (Mike Mongeau)
Subject: Re: Fingerpicking Guitar
Organization: Equipment Division, Raytheon Company
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 15:57:18 GMT

In article <10086@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> cc@cs.strath.ac.uk (Chris Conway) writes:
>Does anyone know of a good course in fingerpicking guitar, preferably
>one that comes in a book/cassette combination ? 
>
>Chris.

I would recommend any of the book/cassette offerings from Stefan Grossman's 
guitar workshop.   I've learned a lot of blues/ragtime fingerstyle arrangements 
from 2 books in particular:

         Fingerstyle Guitar Techniques
         Masters of Country Blues Guitar

Both are available in CD or cassette and come with tablature of
the tunes.  They may be a little difficult follow if you're just
beginning to learn fingerstyle guitar.    All the tunes are played
at full speed and some of them are really uptempo.  They also
offer a series of beginner lessons where the songs are slowed
down and examined verse by verse.

I posted the address of Stefan Grossman's Guitar workshop about
a week ago.   If you can't find it I can post it again.

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   Mike Mongeau                           Raytheon Equipment Division
   mongeau@nmc.ed.ray.com                                Marlboro, MA
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: dweber@crow.qualcomm.com (Dan Weber)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Strat pricing
Date: 27 Jul 92 19:08:43 GMT
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA

|> >In article <1992Jul21.230318.13374@qualcomm.com> dweber@crow.qualcomm.com (Dan Weber) writes:
|> >>From: dweber@crow.qualcomm.com (Dan Weber)
|> >>Subject: Strat pricing
|> >>Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 23:03:18 GMT
|> >
|> >
|> >> Well some weeks ago I asked for pricing on American standard strats
|> >>heres what I found in the San Diego area, anyone seen better? Overall
|> >>comments?
|> >
|> >> Moonlight Music (Encinitas, Ca.) Best Price: $550.00 (tax inc/no case)
|> >
|> >> Guitar Center (San Diego, Ca.) Best Price: $575.00 (tax & case inc)
|> >>                 Japanese Vintage reissues: $475.00 (tax & case inc)
|> >>                     
|> >> I have visited other dealers, but prices and or selection were too
|> >>awful too mention.
|> >> I did find an '83 used Standard Stratocaster with freeflyte trem
|> >>going for $550.00 (tax & case inc) that I really like. I am not to
|> >>familiar with this type of trem and would appreciate comments from
|> >>any of you that may have had dealings with these.
|> >
|> >
|> >>Dan
|> >
|> >>dweber@crow.qualcomm.com
|> >       


   Well, in conclusion; I didn't by a Strat but a worthy Strat clone!
 I decided after playing a number of American made Strats, that a Bill
 Lawrence Strat clone I found sounded just as good and the neck felt
 even better! So, once I got over the name thing of it not being a 
 "Fender" (took about five minutes) I took home my beauty for $300.00
 out the door. And I haven't wanted to put it down yet!

 Dan
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: cc@cs.strath.ac.uk (Chris Conway)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar,rec.music.makers,rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Re: Berkeley
Date: 22 Jul 92 12:02:53 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland.
Originator: cc@kelvin

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who replied to my original post.
The replies were most helpful.

Secondly, as many of you pointed out , I really meant "Berklee". Working in
a computer science department, I am familiar with "Berkeley", and so
subconsciously typed this instead. I'm not the worlds greatest speller anyway!

The reason for my interest in Berklee and other such institutions is 
two-fold; first of all, I am currently learning from "A Modern Method For 
Guitar" which is a Berklee press book. (Is this taught at Berklee?) and other
texts used at Grove etc. Secondly, since buying a guitar, I repeadedy 
encounter people who boast that they are self taught and that lessons are
useless, only to find that they
have studied piano, violin etc. since aged four, and are surrounded by three
guitar playing brothers (this is in fact the case with one guy I know).
In general, there seems to be an 'attitude' towards lesson amongst guitarists.

I started lessons out of frustration with my progress, (I didn't know any
decent players from whom I could learn) and have found them to be very 
benificial, especially since my teacher is young, and very willing to teach
me anything I'm interested in. I don't believe you can learn in a vacuum, and 
most "self-taught" players, actually do learn from others, if not from formal
lessons. This is why I am interested in well-known players who have had a 
formal musical education. 

Although I would encourage lessons, if you have the attitude that the teacher
will do it all for you, and you don't think for yourself, then lessons would
be a waste of time. I think to get the most out of lessons you have to
drive them yourself, and investigate things that interest you on your own.

I'd be interested in opinions/experiences by others concerning guitar lessons.

Chris.
From: cczdvh@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (David Valentine-Hagart)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Recording Guitar
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:43:07 GMT
Organization: Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham

In article <1992Jul19.040954.6218@wam.umd.edu> loffit@wam.umd.edu (Dixie Cup) writes:
>In article <1992Jul18.035655.12072@intacc.uucp> jmacd@intacc.UUCP (Jason MacDermott) writes:
>>
>>  Can anyone suggest an inexpensive setup for recording guitar without a lot
>>of noise?
>>
>>  Thanks.... Jason MacDermott
>
>Mike the amp.  I don't like using direct inputs because I don't think you
>get a good sound.  Just my opinion.  What do other people think?  I  like
>miking the amp from two or more positions.  Usually one nearby in front
>and another far away behind.  Don't know if this is common or not, just
>experimented and found it got really good sound when you mix them right.
>

I'll second that, also experiment with mikes, I get a good sound with an
AKG D20 hung over the front of the amp so it's very close but pointing at
the floor (!) and/or a Tandy PZM on the floor in front of the amp. I also
run the output of this into one of those Fostex mini 4 track mixer/compressor
units which gives a really full, even sound (clean or distorted). Also don't
underestimate the power of controlled feedback, recording with the amp in the
room with you then winding up the monitoring and playing near the speakers can
make the guitar come alive in your hands if used with care. 

Dave V-H
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From: v107smub@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Balakrishn Nair)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: SWEEEP PICKING APPREGIOS: Last part ANYONE ??
Date: 22 Jul 92 19:16:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


Hi there folks,

I seem to have missed this last part of the sweep picking appregios
that was posted.  I was wondering if anyone out there who had a copy
could kindly mail it to me?  I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks 
a lot.

Bala
Organization: Graduate School of Industrial Administr., Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 09:05:57 -0400 
From: Christian David Lehr <cl2s+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: SRV Unplugged Clarification Info Pulleeez


Stevie Ray Vaughn did appear on Unplugged with Joe Satriani, but I can't
remember what songs he played.  All I can remember was thinking, "I
can't believe that I don't have a blank video tape!"  Also, I don't
think that I have seen them replay the show ever.  So if someone out
there has a tape...

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it is I who am MAD!        *  cl2s@andrew.cmu.edu      *  a woman who is 
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                           *  Aspiring to the achieve  *
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From: mcgrathm@Software.Mitel.COM (Michael McGrath)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Dixie Dregs - Bring 'Em Back Alive
Date: 23 Jul 92 17:54:57 GMT
Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.


Just a note to all Steve Morse fans - picked up the new Dixie Dregs CD
'Bring Em Back Alive' yesterday. Haven't listened to the whole disk yet
but what I have heard is very impressive. They do primarily Dregs' tunes,
plus a cover of Kashmir.

Particularly impressive is the intro to 'Take It Off The Top' which features
a medley of 'Mississippi Queen', 'Gimme Good Lovin', 'Summertime Blues',
'My Sharona', and 'Freebird'. I was fortunate enough to see the Steve Morse
Band in Ottawa in spring '91 and Steve did a similar medley during his 
encore, doing 'Heartbreaker (Zep)' instead of 'Freebird' !! excellent !!

So, to all Steve Morse fans, I don't think you will be disappointed !

Happy Listening,

    Mike.

-- 
Mike McGrath
Mike.Mcgrath@Software.Mitel.COM
Newsgroups: alt.guitar