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From: jon@cyclone.MITRE.org (J. E. Shum)
Subject: Re: Libertarians, guns, etc.
Originator: jon@cyclone
Organization: The MITRE Corp. McLean Va.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:08:20 GMT


In article <15SEP199214522116@sscvx1.ssc.gov>, godfrey@sscvx1.ssc.gov (LAURENCE GODFREY) writes:
> In article <BuMt53.5o5@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>, pjohnson@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Peter Joh writes...
> >In article <fulton.716495198@silver> fulton@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Ben Fulton) writes:
> >>I contribute money every chance I get to those who need
> >>it.  I make no value judgments.
> > 
> >	Why not?
> 
> I need it.  How do you want to send it to me?  bank draft, telex transfer,
> bullion?
> 
> Laurence
> 

I need about $50K.  I'll gladly take a check...


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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: schubert@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Alex Schubert)
Subject: Re: help
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 08:51:36 GMT

Michael.Bremford@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Mike Bremford) writes:
: 
:  
: 
: 	Party on Dude, and... 'Kick out the funk, mothajammers...'
: 
: 	Mike


Ey, t'was fuckin' good work dude!  That should 'em keep goin' on!!!
*grin*

alex
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From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: Re: Crossovers
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 19:22:22 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.181902.17716@ichips.intel.com> pturner@sedona.intel.Com  
(Pete Turner) writes:

> What I want to do is divide the *post* amplified signal
> between the two  cabinets, similar to what the GK-800 does
> (or any other bi-amp unit). 

"any other bi-amp" unit that I've seen uses it's active
crossover to divide the PRE-amped signal.

--
Nathan Janette		"I'm a NeXTstep man,
Dept MB&B, Yale Univ	 I'm a NeXTcube guy"
New Haven, CT
nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (NeXT)
From: rogerj@aix.rpi.edu (Jeffrey C. Rogers)
Subject: Re: YAMAHA PACIFICA!!
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 21:39:51 GMT

rob@dragon.acadiau.ca (Rob Hutten) writes:

><UJD100@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

>>Does anyone own or tried a Pacifica!..the new axe from Yamaha? I'm
>>contemplating buying it....although I don't know about it's sound.
>>Comments would be appreciated.

>I only played on for ten minutes or so but I liked it quite a bit,
>except for the trem bar.  (It was likely a very good one, I just prefer
>fixed bridges.)

>The neck played really well, and the overall craftmanship seemed
>good.  There's a bunch of different models however so there may
>be some range in the quality & price.

I own a Pacifica 921. I've been quite pleased with it. It's not really new
tho - it came out like last January or something. The neck joint is really
nice - there's no block. 

The neck joint is on the 700/900 series, while the 1400 series is neck-thru.
Floyd rose bridge on the 721/921/1421. DiMarzio pickups on the 900/1400.
The 700's are basswood, the 900's are swamp ash. I'm not 100% sure about the
configuration of models other than the 921. 

Overall, it's an excellent instrument. It's very light (nice when playing
for extended periods), and very playable. 

Diversion

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From: basinski@biosci.arizona.edu (Mark Basinski)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Recomendations for Classical Guitars (High End)
Date: 11 Sep 92 18:26:55 GMT
Followup-To: alt.guitar
Organization: Univ. of Arizona

In article <1685FAD86.M23231@mwvm.mitre.org>, M23231@mwvm.mitre.org wrote:
> Another maker you might want to consider at the high end is Tom Blackshear
> in San Antonio, TX. His instruments are some of the finest I have ever played.
> They are beautifully crafted and in sound are very much like the finest 
> Spanish instruments.
 
 I'm always interested in hearing about classical guitar builders, 
especially those in the $1500-2500 range, as that's the usual range
that a serious student can afford. Mony of our students here at UA
merit a better instrument, but can't afford to shell out $3500 for
a Ruck or a Byers or a Thames (much less the higher prices for things
like Gilberts or Humphreys or Fletas!)
 
 So, I've never heard of Blackshear. What are his instruments like? Do
you own one? what are his prices? what materials does he favor (for
example does he tend more toward spruce or cedar or either or what?).
Will he build short-scale instruments? Do you have his address?

M

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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: peugh@wam.umd.edu (Arthur Dent)
Subject: Re: Slide Guitar
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 23:25:20 GMT


  Are you sure about Duane Allman?  I remember reading in an interview that
he said he was shit at playing slide in standard tuning.  I'll have to find it.
From: U19807@uicvm.uic.edu
Newsgroups: alt.guitar,rec.music.industrial
Subject: Re: Big Black question: how does he _do_ that?
Date: 8 Sep 92 21:26:09 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago

In article <LANCER.92Sep7025230@wpi.WPI.EDU>, lancer@wpi.WPI.EDU (Stephe Lewis
Foskett) says:
>
>My question is fairly simple:
>
>How did Steve Albini get his guitar to make that lovely metal-on-metal
>noise?  Is is all pick scrapes?  Steel picks?  Did he mess with his guitar
>somehow?  Raise the pickups to touch the strings or something?  How?

It probably has more to do with effects pedals and choice of amplification/
speakers than any of the goodies you've mentioned,unless he's using a mon-
strously heavy gauge string in order to make his guitar sound more precussive
as well as the sound treatment(s) I just mentioned.

A real good example of Albini's geetar mutilatin' technique appears at the end
of the GUITARRORISTS compilation. In typical Steve fashion,he just _had_ to
name an instrumental track "Nutty About Lemurs".  >:)

      ** Chris Krolczyk,esq.  * DISCLAIMER: My opinions are in **
      ** Maniac-at-Large      * no way endorsed by the Univer- **
      ** U19807@UICVM.BITNET  * sity of Illinois at Chicago.   **
      ** u19807@uicvm.uic.edu * So there. Nyaah.               **
From: kew@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (steve.w.askew)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Signature Strats, take two.
Summary: Custom Shop
Date: 15 Sep 92 14:37:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Sep15.144335.22059@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>, rxkgre@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Geof Evans) writes:
> JAP8@psuvm.psu.edu writes:

	A number of the Sig series guitars are only available thru the 
	Fender Custom Shop and Retail for a Couple a grand!
> 
> ****>How about these signature series.........
>      Stevie Ray Vaughn
	Production Model


>       Robert Cray
	Custom Shop

	
>      Albert Collins (tele)
	Custom Shop
	
>      Buddy Guy
	Custom Shop
	
>      Eric Clapton
	Production Model

	Jeff Beck
	Production Model

	Danny Gatton Tele
	 Custom Shop

	Malsteen (SP)
	1 production model
	1 Custom  Shop			Not completely sure about this one.

	Theres also a semihollow Humbucker model for a blues player named
	Robert ??????.
> 
>      And that's just for starters !
> 
> -- 
>   ___________________________________________________________________  
> || Geof Evans                 | DOMAIN: rxkgre@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au  ||
> || Melbourne,Australia 3000   | Tel: +61 3 663 3663		     ||
> ||   If they *really* wanna know...tell 'em that God was drunk.      ||
Newsgroups: alt.guitar,rec.music.makers
From: warren@apl.washington.edu (Warren L. J. Fox)
Subject: Do-it-yourself 4x12" ?
Reply-To: warren@apl.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:45:05 GMT

Has anyone out there built their own 4x12" guitar speaker
cabinets?  I'm looking into doing this, so if anyone has any
advice, I'd be more than glad to hear it.  If you know of
published references, that would be even better.  Anything
you have is great, but I'm especially interested in: speaker
brands (which are best for the money?), wiring (series or
parallel, etc.), and type of wood for the cabinet.  E-mail any
replies and I'll summarize to the net if there is any
response.  Thanks in advance!!   

--
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Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
(206) 543-1300 or (206) 685-2125
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca (Derek K. Miller)
Subject: Re: Signature Strats, take two.
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 18:24:42 GMT

Those interested might also like to know about the Signature Series Telecasters
which include the Danny Gatton, James Burton, and Albert Collins models.

      :=:=> Derek K. Miller                 dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca
      Researcher, Alma Mater Society        thegrodd@tz.ucs.sfu.ca
      University of British Columbia, Canada

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: aeg@vixen.uucp (24104-gronczewski)
Subject: Ovation Guitars
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 11:39:17 GMT

Greetings,
I have been reading this new net for a while now and have noticed
that most of the opinions concerning Ovation guitars are not of a
positive nature.  I have a 1987 Ovation Legend Acoustic/Electric
which I purchased new.  This model is one notch below the top of
the line model Ovation made in 1987.  
The only thing I don't like about my Legend is that
it has a tendency to roll upward when played in a standing
position.  I do not play my guitar frequently so I follow the
directions in the instruction manual and back off the tension on the
strings one complete turn on each tuning peg when I store the
guitar (I usually don't play for months at a time).  I would appreciate 
any info on anyones' experiences with Ovations especially any
problems with the neck.  My Ovation has the Kaman bar truss rod in
it.  It came from the factory strung with light guage strings.  I
still continue to use this guage when I restring. 
Thanks in advance.

Adam G.
aeg@vixen.cc.bellcore.com
From: pvallado@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Paolo Valladolid )
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Matheny and/or Satriani Setup
Date: 8 Sep 92 00:12:45 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <1992Sep7.011412.10391@cc.umontreal.ca> cormierj@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Cormier Jean-Marc) writes:
>In article <.16.0@nd.edu> @nd.edu (Bob Dobalinia) writes:
>>Could someone indicate what effects Pat Matheny uses to obtain his signature 
>>sound?  Isn't the box he's using a 1960'ish ES175?  

Metheny uses a Lexicon Prime Time delay unit. In the studio, he
plugs his 175 directly into the board. Live, he uses a triple amp
setup with one amp effectless and the other 2 set to different delay
times. 

Cheers,
Paolo
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: masanag@athena.mit.edu (Masahiko Nagamiya)
Subject: Re: how to play by ear
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 15:40:02 GMT

Well you can tape a pick onto your ear and try to 
pick the strings. :)

Masa

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From: v201lrxa@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (BILL S. PRESTON, ESQ.)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: re: favorite guitars
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:34:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

although i'm partial to gibson guitars, my favorite guitar is 
my memphis. i bought it from a kid for $75 when i was in high school.
in the 4 years i've owned it, i've added a floyd rose, a kramer
style neck (21 frets, ebony fingerboard), a double coil pickup
from my friend's fender squier, a single coil in the middle, and
i've rewired it so each pickup has its own switch. i've had lots
of compliments about it. most everyone likes it because it's light,
but still has a lot of balls on the low end, and has a great deal
of tone variation.

does anyone know if memphis is still in business? i know one other
person who owns one, and have only seen one in a store (a bass). no
one else i know has ever heard of them.........if they are still in
business, how can i get in touch with them?

thanks for any help.

mike
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: pquince@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Peter Quince)
Subject: Re: NON-DISTORTION RACKS-OPINIONS?
Organization: Image Analysis Systems Group, JPL
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 22:31:37 GMT

hsu22@wharton.upenn.edu writes:

>I'd like to hear from those few rare beasts like myself that actually trust and
>appreciate the sound of their amp and have thoughts, feelings, divinations
>about studio efx processors, i.e., no distortion, just delays, choruses,
>reverbes, eq's, etc.  Just pure efx loop racks.  

I am using my buddy Scott's ART DR-X; it is the only such device I have ever 
used (I am sort of a one-data-point-equipment-enthusiast on most counts).  
So for what its worth, the User Interface is reasonable, the effects are 
chainable (as I understand chaining), and the sound quality is just fine.  
I can hear different background noise levels as a function of how high I
crank it and which voice I choose, but they are generally minimizeable.
Particularly nice are the 100-odd preset configurations, each associated 
with an effect name (e.g. Machine Gun Snare or Medium Warm Hall or Large 
Tank and so on); for home studio work I think its a good box.  No idea 
how it would translate to a stage.   pq
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: kang@stolaf.edu (Joseph S Kang)
Subject: Re: Help with Chord program
Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 22:02:38 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.214047.7271@news.stolaf.edu>, kang@stolaf.edu (Joseph S Kang) writes:
|> Hi.  I have the Chord program and I got it to compile but I do not understand how you're
|> supposed to get it to do what it's supposed to do.  Could someone out there please help 
|> me out?  Thanks in advance.

Well..ater some experimenting it seems that I have figured out how the program works.  So
I will no longer need any assistance.  Thanks anyway.

Joe

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kang@stolaf.edu  |               expressed in the above article are all mine.
                 |  		 Unless I've been brain-washed and don't know
St. Olaf College |    		 it or don't notice the difference. :-)
From: darkman@cats.ucsc.edu (Axeman)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: *HELP* Need info. on Jackson...
Date: 6 Sep 1992 18:42:16 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu


koontz@iasdv1.iasd.honeywell.com (Sean C. Koontz) writes:

>Hello,

>I need some quick information concerning a Charvel Jackson.  I'm seriously
>thinking about buying one, and I want to make sure I'm getting a good
>deal (isn't that always the case).  Here is the specs:

>	Brand new Jackson Professional
>	Shark tooth inlay
>        Sunburst finish
>        Active pickup(s)? (There is a battery inside the guitar)
>	
>The guitar is beautiful.  Plays very well.  The guy is asking $880.00
>for it.  They have it marked as $1520.00 retail.  I'm asking anyone
>who knows the facts if this is a good deal.  Does yone out there own
>a Jackson Professional, and, if so, how do you like it?  Any disappointments?

	This sounds like it might be a Jackson Dinkey or a Jackson Soloist
Pro.  $880 is about what I paid for my Solist, and I've never played a
better guitar.  You might be able to talk the guy down to $830.  Insist that
they give you hardshell case that fits it.

-jq

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: michael@monitor.com (Michael Johnson)
Subject: Re: Kinds of Slides
Reply-To: michael@monitor.com (Michael Johnson)
Organization: Monitor Company / IE
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 16:13:47 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.161240.25348@uc.msc.edu> dpm@msc.edu (David P. Mottaz)  
writes:
> In article <Bu6FK5.LuF@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, rgp39716@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Rahul  
G. Patwari) writes:
> |> 
> |> Kinds of slides
> |> ---------------
> |> I know that there are two kinds of slides available, glass and steel.

There's some really nice glass slide on the older 10,000 Maniacs album, "The  
Wishing Chair" if anyone's interested in some non-Blues, non-R&B sliding.  The  
sounds have an interesting glassy, chiming quality which is very obviously not  
steel.  They combine it with a volume pedal and a bit of delay for some great  
atmospheric stuff.
-- 
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so obviously my opinions do not represent/ / Monitor Company, Cambridge, MA
those of my employers" Johnson           \ \ michael@monitor.com
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: ins141f@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Adam Bradley)
Subject: Purchasing my first guitar
Organization: Monash University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 03:03:00 GMT

An avid Queen fan I picked up my old guitar the other day (a _really_ small one):) a promptly broke a string whilst tuning it.  (Oops)  

What this means is that im in the market for a _cheap_ guitar.  Remember Im a
beginner !

I wan't to start learning (or teach myself) to play at least 1 musical 
instrument and figure that learning the guitar would be IMO the best. 
(Maybe thats why im posing this here :)

Any help would be nice.  Especially correspondance from people in Melbourne
Australia, but any assistance would be welcomed.

Thank you for reading and I look forward to your responses.


Regards,

Adam Bradley - 2nd Year Comp Sci            |       ///
 Monash University - Clayton Campus         |      /// Amiga makes it 
  Melbourne Victoria, 3192.                 | \\\ ///    possible ! 
   email - ins141f@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au  |  \XX// #include "std_disc.h"
    "The time will come, one day you'll see, that we can all be friends" Queen89
      "The great thing with standards is that there are so many of them..."
From: news@times.aux.apple.com (News Subsystem)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Y.A.C.T.Q (Yet Another Chord Therory Question)
Date: 9 Sep 92 22:03:33 GMT
Reply-To: eriks@apple.com
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <28924@sophia.inria.fr> glaurent@wombat.inria.fr (Guillaume 
Laurent) writes:
> Just got this great "Guitar Handbook" by Ralph D. (forgot the name), and 
while
> skimming though it, I went across "the 3 chord theory".
> 
> (by now, you experienced players know that I'm a beginner. So don't 
laugh :-)
> 
> Basically, it says that, given a key, a nice chord progression can be 
obtained
> with the chord built on the key note, then on its 4th, and then on its 
5th.
> e.g. for the key of C, you get: C F G.
> 
> What I didn't get is that the given examples in the book contain 7th 
chords:
> C F G7.
> 
> 
> Ok, it still sounds pretty nice, but just for my information, I'd like 
to know:
> why 7th? Just because it sounds nice, or is there any harmonic rule 
behind it
> that I didn't get? (if it happens to be the case, what is this rule?)
> 
> 
> 				Thanks.
> 				Guillaume.

That'd be the dominant seventh I believe.  It sounds good because of it's 
resolving quality.  And it resolves nicely because it's only a half-step 
away from the root.

Erik                <eriks@apple.com>
From: David.T.Greenfield@dartmouth.edu (David T. Greenfield)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Kinds of Slides
Date: 8 Sep 92 20:22:33 GMT
 <1992Sep1.123736.8919@cbnewsi.cb.att.com> 
 <1992Sep5.235534.4627@wam.umd.edu> <Bu6FK5.LuF@news.cso.uiuc.edu>  
 <1992Sep8.161240.25348@uc.msc.edu>
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
X-Posted-From: InterNews1.0a5@newshost.dartmouth.edu

I have also seen brass slides in music stores and I bought one once.  I
don't use it much, though, because I'm more comfortable playing with a
steel bar in the lap position due to my pedal steel and dobro
experience.

David
david.t.greenfield@dartmouth.edu
From: steveo@think.com (stephen anthony)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Recommendation needed
Date: 11 Sep 1992 20:56:48 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
Distribution: ne
NNTP-Posting-Host: olen.think.com


I'd like to get a decent used guitar; most likely acoustic byt I'm not
ruling out electric, either. My playing mostly centers around blues, slide,
etc. I need to get me a new axe!

Any thoughts for places to check out in the Boston area? Southern New
Hampshire is ok, too.

Thanks for any advice; if there's enough interest I can post a summary.

-- 
Steve Anthony                     |  "Ain't nobody gettin' outta here |
Application Engineer              |   with out singin' the blues"     |
(617) 234-4000                    |                                   |
steveo@think.com                  |  - Albert "The Iceman" Collins    |
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: rblander@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca (Robyn Landers)
Subject: Re: Speaking of Strats, Whuzza Deal on the Clapton?
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:19:10 GMT

In article <pquince.715987646@blacks> pquince@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Peter Quince) writes:
>
>My gitar teacher told me that Fender or somebody is now 
>producing a high end strat which is like an Eric Clapton
>signature model or something.  I got the impression is runs
>around the $1500 price range and has some good stuff in it/
>on it.  Comments?

	My comment is that I think it is ridiculous for Fender
to have equipped this guitar with junky non-sealed non-self-lubricating
non-high-precision wobbly 25 year old tuning pegs just for
the sake of "vintage authenticity" when they charge so much for the
guitar and include lots of non-vintage pickup and electronic tricks.   
There's no excuse for this on a guitar that expensive.

	I'm close to the same scorn for inclusion of a completely
unimproved vintage type bridge, but maybe I'll let that one go on the
basis of its contribution to tonal character.   Or maybe not.
After considering the differences the pickups and TBX etc make,
what's the point in sticking with the old bridge to try to capture
the old sound?

	Now, the neck profile, fretwork, body wood, etc. -- sure
I'll grant you that sort of stuff might be worth a premium price.
But not junky machine heads and cheap vintage bridge.

	But wait until you see the new Strat Plus Ultra Deluxe Special
Triple-Eric(Clapton, Johnson, Idle)  model Fender unveiled at the
NAMM show in Rutland!

-----
Robyn
rblanders@math.uwaterloo.ca
	"I'm just doing my rock'n'roll duty." -- Dubois

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