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From: pd2@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Philip Duvalsaint)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: *** PRS guitars ****
Date: 9 Apr 92 20:39:17 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Univ. of Florida CIS Dept.

In article <11054@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> bmeyer@wilkins.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu 
(Barry Meyer) writes:
>
>My PRS does have the 5 way rotary and I agree with you, not knowing what
>position its in is a pain.

Sounds like a simple electronic modification is the answer. I don't own
a PRS so I can't tell you how to do it, but I'm sure that someone out there
has a PRS and could figure out the mod. I'll stop by a few stores and see 
what I can dig up on how the rotary works (I've never seen a rotary used as
a toggle switch, but it's probably similar to the standard slide switch 
(electronocally that is).

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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: bkeating@jarthur.claremont.edu (Fool With A Plan)
Subject: Ralph Spright
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 01:26:03 GMT

You guys want to hear a good guitarist?
Try Ralph Spright from Victims Family.
Available on Alternative Tentacles records.
This dood has true talent

-brett
From: egj00@cd.amdahl.com (Edward G Johnson)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Sans-amp
Date: 10 Apr 92 23:50:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA


This is a question for anyone who has or has used the Sans-amp.  

Does it give good distortion/overdrive sounds?  Can it be used like a 
a distortion pedal into an amp, or is it just for going direct?  Is it
worth the money?

-Ed
From: yudof@widget.seas.upenn.edu (Seth A Yudof)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Wanted Dead or Alive
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:50:48 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1992Apr16.083015.19083@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> ua1cs110@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Geoff Inget) writes:
>Here is how I think Richie plays it, at least it's the way I do!
>
>-----13---|---12---|---10---|---8---|---5---|---3---|-3---1-----
>----------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-----------
>---14--14-|-12--12-|-10--10-|-9---9-|-6---6-|-4---4-|-4---2-----
>-0--------|0-------|0-------|0------|0------|0------|-0---------
>----------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-----------
>----------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-----------
>
>Geoff Inget
>ua1cs110@troi.cc.rochester.edu
>-

You're very close.  but change the 5th measure from 

	|---5---|
	|-------|
	|-6---6-|    
	|0------|
	|-------|
	|-------|
 to

	|---5---|
	|-------|
	|-5---5-|    
	|0------|
	|-------|
	|-------|

	Also, listen carefully to the rythm of the last measure.

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 what you do... there you are!"               ||      ||
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From: platt@watson.ibm.com (Daniel E. Platt)
Subject: Re: scales
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 14:44:41 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Keywords: scales

In article <hjv.702813107@groucho.phil.ruu.nl>, hjv@phil.ruu.nl (Hendrik Jan Veenstra) writes:
|> jasdzews@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Gary James Jasdzewski) writes:
|> 
|> >Sometimes these major and minor scales sound to mainstream or
|> >something in my songs.  What can a person do?  How do you know if you
|> >can use a diminished scale over major and minor chords, etc.
|> 
|> Just listen. If it sounds right, it IS right. This is 1992, not 1892. Forget
|> about the theory (which doesn't imply all theory is worthless - but it can be
|> very constraining... Some of the nicest pieces I've written (IMHO of course :)
|> don't fit in any theory, scale, etc. whatsoever)

Just a few comments:

1)	Music theory was created to try to provide a way to talk
about how musicians wrote music, and to try to articulate what
was it that did seem to work, and maybe even find some
underlying ideas that tie it all together.  It still works in
'modern' music.  Even Bach was doing all kinds of modulations --
almost never sticking to a scale or key signature.

2)	The music of 1892 tended to have more accidentals and
otherwise weird harmonization, modulation, etc that most modern
pop music (jazz and modern orchestral music being some of the
only exceptions; while blues riffs often have a lot of
modulation, the underlying chord progressions tend to be rather
simple).

3)	Music is ART.  As such, any 'theory' is there mostly to
try to describe rather than 'explain' how it 'works' (even here,
the lines between description and explanation can get fuzzy...).
Theory can give hints as to why something DOESN'T work as well
as how it DOES work.  Sometimes it doesn't say much more than
'this is dissonant,' without getting into whether dissonance is
desirable...

Bottom line: enjoy the music.  Theory can help; its a guide.  It
is likely that some really nice ideas can emerge from studying
theory.  But it isn't the end -- just a means.

Dan

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: inde6r3@jane.uh.edu (92S02648)
Subject: Re: Whats 'F' spacing??
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 04:31:00 GMT

In article <1992Apr2.053948.7667@cam.compserv.utas.edu.au>, cmurray@esk (Christopher John Murray) writes...
>     Title says it all really...  What is F spacing (as apllies to pickups
>of the electromagnetic variety as used is guitars of the solid pointy
>variety????)
> 
> 
>                Am I posting too much?  Should I stop?
>           Is it ever worth asking rhetotical questions?
> 
>-- 
>                                       /  Choose the day..
>        Email to:                     /  And choose the sign of your day..
>     cmurray@esk.compserv.utas.edu   /  The days divinity..first thing
>      (Austrailia)..shock.horror.   /  you see ...     The Doors.
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: littlefield@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: Re: CANDY AND THE BITCH
Reply-To: littlefield@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 14:19:58 GMT

In article <YdsF0oy00WBOE5Rm8d@andrew.cmu.edu>, pp21+@andrew.cmu.edu (Paul Andrew Platosh) writes:
>>	No. What kind of person names their guitars? They're a hunk of
>>         wood. HeLLO!
> If your guitar is a hunk of wood, I suggest you get a new guitar.
>Great guitar legends name their guitars (BB King - Lucielle[sp?])
>==Paul Platosh

         That stings coming from a guy who can't spell Lucille. I
         wasn't aware that I was in the presence of "guitar gods."

         hyeah, you're a god. . . NOT. You *must* play a "terminator"
         from service merchandise. . . the one with the built-in amp,
         right? You probably call it Arnold or something.

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: larryh@cabezon.uucp (Larry Huntley)
Subject: Re: Homebuilt amps?
Organization: Logic Modeling Corporation - Beaverton OR & Milpitas CA
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 17:29:56 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.211029.23540@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> s893971@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Volksie Wagen.) writes:
>
>The question of DIY guitar amps has been asked for quite a while but with no
>real answer yet (at least not the answer we want)
>
>I am damn sure that there are people out there who have built guitar amps
>....why dont they share that with us?
>
>Bill, why are tube amps so expensive? is it the sheer amount of parts that

	One reason is that the parts for these beasts are becoming scarce.
	Electrolytic capacitors of the proper voltage (usually 450V) are
	hard to find, power transformers of the 350-0-350 w/filament winding
	variety are not growing on trees and even construction tools that
	were easily available in the 60's and before are becoming unknown.

	Walk into a local electronics store and ask for a chassis punch
	for an octal socket - a Greenlee 1 11/64" round - and watch the
        reaction of the 23-year-old radiation mutant behind the counter
        who considers himself a whiz-kid because he can install a hard
        drive in a PC.

	People - this CAN be done.  It is not difficult for someone with
	a fair amount of homebrew construction experience (NOT KITS.)
        However, unless you are prepared to spend a considerable amount
        of time and expense tracking down parts and tools, I would recommend 
	buying a used amp just to see if the tube sound is really what you
	want.  Talk to radio amateurs (HAMs) about construction and get a
	used copy of the "Radio Amateurs Handbook" for construction tips
	and tube data.

	If you're really convinced you want to do this, I'm sure that there
	are enough people on the net who would be willing to offer
	guidance (me included), but please remember - this is not trivial,
	and that tube voltages are DANGEROUS.  This not like changing
	the battery in your fuzz-box...


	(Me?  I use old Twins and Bassman amps and Hammond organs with
	 Leslie tone cabinets - all tube; I like the glow...)

-- 

    Larry Huntley / Logic Modeling Corporation / Beaverton  OR
    Fire and Chains and/Fire and Chains and/Fire and Chains and...
                      [Stop Continental Drift!]
From: yy@cbnews.cb.att.com (alan.j.lapenn)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Sweatty fingers
Summary: GEE!
Date: 10 Apr 92 11:12:36 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

In article <N0syiB7w164w@mantis.co.uk>, jonathan@mantis.co.uk (Jonathan Egre') writes:
> bogstad@imhfhp16.epfl.ch (BOGSTAD Mark IMHEF DME EPFL) writes:
> 
> [That he is tired of changing the strings on his acoustic guitar.
>  I had some probems including the original text, hence the summary.]
> 
> This may surprise you, but changing strings once a month is considered
> quite normal.  Professionals usually change their strings at least once
> a week in order to ensure a good sound.
> 
> Jonathan Egre' / jonathan@mantis.co.uk / jonathan_e@cix.compulink.co.uk

Well, I play only for my own enjoyment and I usually change strings about 
every two weeks. I think it really depends on how much you play and how much
stress you put on the strings when you play that determins wear. If I were
to string the guitar and not play it at all I would guess that they might 
last at least a couple of months ???
-- 
Alan LaPenn      att!mvuxd!yy          .signature not found!
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: andre@rurutu.wri.com (Andre Kuzniarek)
Subject: Re: MUSIC AND TAXES? I DECLARE!!
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 02:51:46 GMT

In article <45668@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> stevenra@feserve.cc.purdue.edu  
(needs changing) writes:
> In article <1992Apr15.091056.1@vax.sonoma.edu> greenspa@vax.sonoma.edu  
writes:
> >does anybody know anything about declaring oneself as a musician for  
tax
> >purposes? you know, buying equipment and getting the tax write off?  
(right
> >on!) 
> >guitarfooly yours, thrashmaster rustafari aka russ 
> 
>   	I saw last year that if you become a professional musician, you
> can write off all your equipment as deductions.  However, that
> can only happen once!

You can only write things off against any profits you are declaring. If  
you made $200, you can only depreciate that amount from your equipment.  
However, you can depreciate over a number of years, so maybe this is  
helpful, but you can also only declare a loss for 2 out 5 years, and need  
to pay some taxes on profit in those 5 years or it's just a hobby in the  
Fed's eyes. It's all pretty complicated, and declaring yourself a business  
is a pretty good audit flag. Better have all the records to back all your  
claims up.

AK
From: paul@everest.tandem.com (Paul Duffy)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Screamin' Demon ?
Date: 15 Apr 92 01:27:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: dsg.1992Apr15.012750.17896
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino CA

In article <1992Apr14.121311.1331@wkuvx1.bitnet> easteee@wkuvx1.bitnet writes:
>Does anyone have George Lynch's "Screamin' Demon" pickup (Seymour Duncan)?
>How does it behave?  What does it sound like?  Is it worth the price?
>
>-Treewire

Yes, I recently installed a Screamin' Demon.  I was dissapointed
with it - it was kinda thin and weak sounding, in my opinion.
However, the bottom end was just right.  I called Seymour Duncan
to get their opinion on what to switch to.  One great thing
about SD is if you don't like the pickup you can switch it for
another, and if you tell them what you didn't like they can help
you find the right one.
The Demon is a moderately low output pickup, by the way.
They recommended I switch it for a Blues Saraceno Trembucker, 
but I went and traded the pickup for a JB Trembucker.  I like the JB
much more!  It is a moderate to high output pickup, and it's fatter
and bigger sounding than the Demon.
But what I would do if I were you, is buy the Screamin Demon, and install
it without cutting the extra wire off.  Then, if you don't like it, just
call Duncan, tell them what you didn't like about it, get their recommendation,
and trade it back at the local store!

Cheers, Paul.
From: ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: A question of Amps: Roland vs. Something Else
Date: 17 Apr 92 01:13:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: goofy.23451
Organization: MacDTS Mongols

In article <CHRISB.92Apr13094650@lynx.ps.uci.edu>, chrisb@lynx.ps.uci.edu (Chris
Barrus) writes:
> I have been in the market for a new amp for awhile.  After some wavering,
> I think I am going to settle on a Roland JC-120, but I would like to hear
> any reports on them good or bad.  What is a good price new?  Used?  What
> should I look for when buying them used? etc.

JC-120s have a very clean sound, clean to the extreme. It really depends
on what kind of music you would like to play. I guess heavy rock style
is not suitable for the Jazz Chorus amps. Long time ago when I had more
money I had a JC-120 and an old MusicMan tube amp in parallel. I got
exactly the sound I wanted, the JC provided the clear sound, and the 
MusicMan the grunt distortion. Bliss...

Cheers,
Kent
From: harden@acsu.buffalo.edu (Alex Harden)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Drivin n Cryin
Date: 16 Apr 92 22:26:36 GMT
Organization: UB

cbray@isis.cs.du.edu (chris bray) writes:

->Hi again...
->I was wondering if anyone knows any chords/riffs off of Drivin n Cryin's
->"Fly Me Courageous" album?

->I figured out that the intro riff from "The Innocent" is these chords:

->A G G C G A A  whereis they are barred and each chord is one strum...

->Does this sound right to anyone else out there?

i'm a bassist and have learned a few of their songs; i think 'the innocent'
is one step higher than you said above, i.e. B//A/A/B/A/D/D.

that riff goes something like
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------3-----------------------------------------------------------------
-4---2-2---2-----------------------------------------------------------------
-4---2-2---0-----------------------------------------------------------------
-2---0-0-----------2-0-------------------------------------------------------
-------------0-2-3-----3-----------------------------------------------------
 B5  A5   D5 E F#G B A G   [not sure, don't have the song or a guitar with me]

the album is for the most part, cool.  if anyone wants any more 'off-the-cuff'
d'n'c tab, mail me.
-- 
alex harden             | "one morning walking down the street where nobody   
harden@acsu.buffalo.edu |  walks, nobody can hear; started list'ning to a sound
v409epk3@ubvms.bitnet   |  so clear, to the world around me..." -king's x
Newsgroups: alt.guitar,rec.music.makers
From: paul@everest.tandem.com (Paul Duffy)
Subject: FOR SALE: MESA Boogie Mark III
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino CA
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 00:18:50 GMT

I have a Boogie Mark III that I'd like to sell.
It is loaded: EQ, reverb, simul-class, long chassis.
Excellent condition, tubes are in good shape.

I paid $1300 for it new (plus tax).

Asking $875...is that about right ?????

Cheers, Paul.
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: cmurray@esk (Christopher John Murray)
Subject: Re: nuts.silly.inuendo
Keywords: nuts
Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 15:49:06 GMT


>I have always been happy with the two I was born with. How about you other
>guys?

>As far as differences, they are mostly genetic.

>Graphite has very low friction - great if you like to play with your whammy!

I've got a locking nut!! I can whammy all night and nothing gets stretched
or broken (should be standard equipment).

     Seriously though.. wilkinson roller nuts(snigger)(shut up), how well
do they work?? can they actually manage to keep those nasty strat whammys
in tune??

     First person to give me a rolling nut innuendo gets my whole 6 meg
of uuencode GIFs E-mailed to them!!!! This is a threat...

-- 
                                       /  Choose the day..
        Email to:                     /  And choose the sign of your day..
     cmurray@esk.compserv.utas.edu   /  The days divinity..first thing
      (Austrailia)..shock.horror.   /  you see ...     The Doors.
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From: ctso@wam.umd.edu (CT Shock)
Subject: Re: Fretboard problems
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 05:44:36 GMT

fkam_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Kevin McFadden) writes:
: Hi, all.  My problem is this: I have a Washburn Festival series 6-string
: acoustic and after I am done playing my fretboard fingers are covered
: with black stuff looking like graphite.  It is probably just the finish
: coming off but what can I do to stop this?
: 
	Buy new strings. Even though they call them 'steel' strings,
they've actually got a lot of nickel and other stuff in them. When they
rust, they rust black, not red. One way to minimize the problem is to keep
a cotton rag in your case and wipe down the strings after every session.
The oils from your fingers contribute significantly to the rust.

: I lied. Two Problems.  The action on this guitar is very nice, but the low
: E string buzzes a lot more than I would like (every fret except the F has 
: some significant amount of buzzing).  Could this be an intonation problem?
: I did not notice this when I was trying it out in the store.
: 
Hmmm.... was it tuned to pitch when you played it in the store? Have you 
changed the strings to a lighter gauge? For starters, intonation has to
do with scale length, your problem is action. Every time you put a different
brand 'o strings on the instrument (esp. different gauge or material) you
change the tension on the neck when the guitar is at pitch. Lighter strings
won't bend the neck as much, so you get fret buzz. The low E has the greatest
travel when you pluck it, so guess which one the problem will show up in
first? If the guitar is a recent purchase, choose the flavor of strings 
you're going to play with, take them and the instrument back to the 
dealer and have him/her set the action for you. They should do this for 
free.

	-Todd

: Thanks,
: 	Kevin
-- 
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|	Carter T. Shock		|	"Democracy is but a thin veneer,    |
|	ctso@wam.umd.edu	|	 Feudalism is alive and well."      |
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From: cbray@isis.cs.du.edu (chris bray)
Subject: Drivin n Cryin
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 16:08:22 GMT

Hi again...
I was wondering if anyone knows any chords/riffs off of Drivin n Cryin's
"Fly Me Courageous" album?

I figured out that the intro riff from "The Innocent" is these chords:

A G G C G A A  whereis they are barred and each chord is one strum...

Does this sound right to anyone else out there?

Thanks
Chris Bray
csb1@engr.uark.edu

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: ada@zip.larc.nasa.gov (Anthony Arviola)
Subject: Question on Fret Wear
Followup-To: alt.guitar
X-Md4-Signature: 5d310177e29ed81da815b9d8fa5f445d
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 16:55:58 GMT

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.

On my old, used guitar, I had to file and recrown the frets once, and about
a year and a half later, I had generated pits again.  Instead of having to 
go through the process of taping, filing, reshaping (leaving very little
metal left), and having no instrument while work was being done, I decided 
to buy a new guitar.

I'm wondering, is there anything I can do or is this something that I must
live with and handle every year or so.

Thanks for your help and opinions,

Tony Arviola
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: dizon@plunger.ECE.CMU.EDU (Roberto M. Dizon)
Subject: 12 string songs
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:42:49 GMT

"Wanted Dead or Alive" goes like this:

-----13---|---12---|---10---|---8---|---5---|---3---|-3---1-----
----------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-----------
---14--14-|-12--12-|-10--10-|-9---9-|-5---5-|-4---4-|-4---2-----
-0--------|0-------|0-------|0------|0------|0------|-0---------
----------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-----------
----------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-----------

Of course Richie plays this song on a twelve string which sounds infinitely 
different from playing it on a 6 string. 

Other 12-string songs that sound great are Extreme's Hole Hearted (a great 
workout on the hands and fingers, and very difficult to play clean),
and the Eagles' Hotel California. Don Felder uses a capo at I think the 
ninth fret of a 12-string for that song. It's so impossible to keep twelve
strings in tune as it is, but with a capo that high it's gotta be hell!

Any other recommendations for great 12-string songs??

-Bob Dizon
dizon@ece.cmu.edu
From: jgray@balboa.eng.uci.edu (Jeff Gray)
Subject: Re: 7-string guitars (was Re: Buying a GOOD guitar...)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 17 Apr 92 18:32:06 GMT

>>>Anyone else know of other good 7-string players to listen to?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Ali Brown	
>> 
>>  Didn't Vai get the idea from that acoustical play, Adrian Below 
>>  (his name was something like that Adrian ???)
>
>	Adrian Belew?
>
>	Anyway, 7-string (acoustic) guitars have been widely used in 
>	East Europe. Eg. the late russian songer/songwriter, Vladimir
>	Vysotski
>	America
> jP M{kel{	({'s are a's w/ umlauts)	  jpmakela@cc.Helsinki.fi

Steve Vai decided to design a 7-string after seeing Michael Hedges play
live.  Michael uses a harp guitar that has 6 regular strings and a fretboard
plus seven or so longer bass strings that are not fretted but are played
open to provide pedal tones (way cool).  He uses this on the "Watching My
Life Go By" album, by the way.  Steve wanted the seventh string to
provide a deep droning bass (it's a great guitar, too).
--
Jeff Gray
Dept of ECE, University of California, Irvine
jgray@balboa.eng.uci.edu
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