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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 10:24:54 -0400 
From: Thomas.Sullivan@cs.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: Gary Moore

I love Gary Moore's playing.  I stumbled on to him in 1981 while he
toured
with Greg Lake (from ELP) on Lake's solo tour.  I wondered who the
incredible guitarist was?!   Greg introduced the band, and I had never
heard of Moore, though I started tuning in immediately.

Gary plays some of the most melodic rock guitar I've ever heard.  He can
be fast and flashy, but more often he's just a very tasteful player. 
He's
got some beautiful ballads on some of his albums (Corridors of Power is
one of my faves) as well as some really heavy rockin' stuff.  He was one
of the Thin Lizzy guitarists in the 70's.  He also always pops up on
these
progressive hard rock projects that guys like Don Airey, Cozy Powell,
Bernie Marsden, Neil Murray, ex-UFO guys, etc. all put out from time to
time.  He was in Collossium II (sp?) in the late 70's as well, a really
cool
prog. hard rock band, with a great line up (John Heisman's pet project,
if I remember correctly).  

Lately, Gary has been much more blues based than hard rock based.  He
has always had elements of the blues in his material of course, but he's
really been hitting it straight on lately, rather than coming from the
metal/
hard rock side as in his past.  But, his heavy history lends a lot of
energy to
his blues playing.  

If you liked what you heard, go get some samples of his stuff from
different
parts of his career.  I think you'll be impressed at his diversity, and
I'm sure
a solo or two will bring tears to your eyes and/or send chills up your
spine!

--Tom
From: greenspa@vax.sonoma.edu
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: re: SLASH- great or
Date: 28 Jul 92 17:53:15 GMT
Organization: Sonoma State University

uh...what

        cheers, russ
Newsgroups: alt.guitar,alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers
From: jamesb@nevada.edu (James Bender)
Subject: Re: ** New at ftp.nevada.edu for 7/23 **
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 18:59:26 GMT

>>	The Television directory has been changed to TV.

>Does that mean someone might post some Television, ie Tom Verlaine and the
> gang?  Someone posted a request for some but with no reply.

	That is the specific reason that it was changed.

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Newsgroups: alt.guitar,alt.guitar.tab
From: aharder@jarthur.claremont.edu (Alan Keith Harder)
Subject: Iron Maiden TAB?
Keywords: tab
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:50:22 GMT

 Does anyone out there have the music/tab book to either Fear of the Dark or
 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden?
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From: ccb@axemax.zk3.dec.com (Senor Bennett)
Subject: Re: Strat pricing
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Nashua, NH
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:08:58 GMT

In article <detchay.3.711977565@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au>, detchay@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au (TONY CHAY) writes:

|>            
|> 			To all you americans, think yourself bloody lucky.  
|>   Here in the great land down-under (Australia)  we have to pay through the 
|> nose for an american strat.  A standard without case weighs in at a hefty  
|> $1400 .(Aus dollars)  A Jap is closer to you price at about $700.  Amps are 
|> pretty hefty as well.  I recently purchased a Marshall Valvestate 8080 which 
|> was retailing for $1250, but on a deal I got for about $1100.  How much is 
|> the same worth in the US roughly.
|> 
|> 			Yours,  Tone.... (deaf)

Here's a case where it might do some good to write your MP. You're
getting butchered by import duties, taxes and the like. Here in the
US we have a thing about "free trade" which keeps tariffs at a minimum.

What do domestically manufactured instruments go for? What is the US to
AUS exchange rate?


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From: dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca (Derek K. Miller)
Subject: Re: DIFFERENT STRATOCASTERS
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Distribution: alt
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:51:06 GMT

 those of you wondering may wish to grab a copy of Fender Frontline, the
somewhat trashy promo mag found at Fender dealers. Ignore the articles 
and look through the complete product listing. If that's insufficient,
ask the dealer to look at the catalogue. It should describe everything
you need to know about the various Squier, Fender, Squier II, Heartfield,
etc. models, including the Stratocasters, Strats, Plusses, Deluxes,
Ultras, American Standards, Standards, etc. etc. ad nauseam.

      :=:=> Derek K. Miller                 dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca
      Researcher, Alma Mater Society        thegrodd@tz.ucs.sfu.ca
      University of British Columbia, Canada
From: ak10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andrew Joseph Kompanek)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Q: What are power chords?
Date: 27 Jul 92 21:32:33 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


I've seen reference to "power chords" in a couple of tablature
transcriptions people have done.  I think the definition (for a major
chord anyway) was just a major triad without III.  Is this right?

Does anyone know what the history is behind these "chords" and clarify
what they are for me? My original guess that power chords are the
very thick sounding "notes" in a lot of electric guitar work which aren't
quite chords.

Any insight appreciated,
Drew
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: dizon@plunger.ECE.CMU.EDU (Roberto M. Dizon)
Subject: Satch's new album! was: Re: Always With You Always With Me
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:54:44 GMT

In article <76223@ut-emx.uucp> ginsu@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Wes Simonds) writes:
>This is totally, totally ridiculous, but...
>
>Does anybody remember the fantastic guitarwork present on a (brace yourself)
>Nintendo Game Boy commercial?  It was VERY reminiscent of Satch's AWYAWM... 
>I read once that there was a song Satch deliberately left off of Surfing
>because he thought it was too similar to AWYAWM, and I wonder if, somehow, it
>wandered into this commercial... It was out about a year and a half ago.

Yeah, I remember that! Although I seriously doubt it was Satch, I was very 
impressed with the guy's phrasing. I was considering taping it and figuring
it out. Nice tone, too.

-----------------------------


SPEAKING OF SATCH...

Went straight to the record store to pick up "The Extremist" this morning,
ran home, and gave it a once over VERY loud. All in all, very impressive,
obviously a must for any Satch fan. As he indicated in GFTPM, definitely
more melodic and song oriented as opposed to the mind blowing shredding in
Surfing for example. Personally my favorite Satch stuff is when he dives
off into some strange and nontraditional mode and plays some kind of hybrid
scale over some sinister chord progression (Hordes of Locusts for example).
Therefore my favorite (subject to change) on this album is "War", although
the funk rhythms of "Why" are really cool.

I should have taped it and brought it into the office (damn). 

SO GO BUY IT! and tell everyone what you think...

-Bob


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From: neufeld@med.umich.edu (Russell Neufeld )
Subject: Re: Strengthening Nails for Fingerpicking
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 15:28:21 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan, Mathematics Department, Ann Arbor
Originator: neufeld@wolverine.math.lsa.umich.edu


I've found that if you work up callouses on you picking hand, especially your
thumb, you get a better tone on an acoustic.  It also saves the hassle and
worry if your nails break, since you keep your nails short.  Also, you can forget about doing anything fancy like fret-board tapping with long nails.

Russell Neufeld
neufeld@math.lsa.umich.edu
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From: jeff@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Jeff Skaletsky)
Subject: Re: Different Strat(ocaster) Models (was Re: Strat pricing)
Organization: Quake Public Access, San Fernando Valley, CA (818)362-6092
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 08:33:02 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.203729.1935@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl> templon@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl (Jeffrey Templon) writes:
>spray@convex.com (Rob Spray) writes:
>>Mexico is in North America.  Maybe that was "american Strats"
Umm... y'know - that's a REAL possibility - I wouldn't put it past them...

>Anyway you have to be very careful with what you call it if you
>are trying to talk about a specific model!!
Tell me about it!

>Maybe the "which Strat" question should be in some FAQ.  I'll
>volunteer to scrounge up at least part of the info (how about
>the different types of "Standard Stratocasters" I'll do if
>there is interest, somebody else can do the "Strat" section
>since I don't know anything about any of the "modern" versions.)
>Please email me if there is interest.

Well, I'm definitely interested... I figure it's not too long before
there's an "alt.guitar.fender" or somesuch, though I hope not - I like
other guitars too, it's just that owning two Strats kinda biases me
at this time...

I have a book on Stratocasters, UK published, that details them up to
about 1984 or so.  I don't know if there's been an update.  It includes
the serial numbering, too...  I'd be happy to help out with a FAQ as well...

I have a few of those marketing "magazines" around as well, so we can
use those for some updating...

btw, I stopped into Norman's Rare Guitars today, in Reseda, CA; this
is something I've been meaning to do for a while - I'm intending to 
submit a separate posting talking about it a bit.  But apropos of
Fender Stratocasters, Norm's had some "classics" hanging up behind
the counter, I didn't price them for fear of getting sick.... :-)
The assistant manager did tell me that early 70's models are starting
to fetch around $1000 plus in good condition...  I guess I should
have seen that coming.  Norman's is a MUST SEE for anyone interested
in guitars...  I'll resist saying any more right now...

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: vrkaramc@mtu.edu (Karamchedu)
Subject: Re: Led Zeppelin
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 02:46:57 GMT


Oops...... My last name is Karamchedu but I signed off the last response
admitting that it might be Keith Moon with my first name Raj.

I guess I got a bit loony while talking about the "Moon the Loon".
From: mlester@ducvax.auburn.edu (Miles Lester)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Gary Moore
Date: 23 Jul 92 20:52:27 GMT
Organization: Division University Computing, Auburn University

>How "gooood" guitar player is Gary Moore (Or however you spell it) ?
>I heard an incredable solo played by him, and I want to buy a CD, if he
>is allwais that good.
 
Absolutely, Gary Moore is one of the finest and most talented Guitarists
alive today. I didn't say he was "THE" best, but in my opinion he is
certainly worthy of top praise.
 
Lately he has been in a blues kick, but I prefer his earlier stuff. He
has a song called Empty Rooms (it appears on no less than 3 albums) which
is nothing fancy, but the guitar riffs are haunting! Very smooth and nothing
is wasted.
 
Oh well... I chatter too much sometimes.
 
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar,alt.guitar.tab
From: dti@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Daniel Robert Mittelstadt)
Subject: Requests
Originator: dti@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Keywords: Requests Cure Smiths 
 
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
.path: csd4.csd.uwm.edu!dti
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 06:50:33 GMT

 


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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: loffit@wam.umd.edu (Dixie Cup)
Subject: Dating a Custom Re: 63 Les Paul's value
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 13:09:35 GMT

In article <spray.711950121@convex.convex.com> spray@convex.com (Rob Spray) writes:
me:
>>...  Also, is there a way to date your Les Paul from
>>the serial number?  I'd like to know how old mine is. 
Rob:
>From the late seventies on, it's a piece of cake.  The serial
>number is an eight digit number.  Digits 1 and 5 are the last two
>digits of the year, digits 2,3 and 4 are the Julian day.  Digits
>6,7 and 8 identify the plant - 0-499 were made in Kalamazoo and
>500 up were made in Nashville.  (Now, you can really impress
>some kid in a pawn shop!  "Oh yeah, let's see, this made on the 6
>of January, 1982 in Nashville.  Tenth one they made that day!"
>80062509)
>
>Before that, it's a black art.  I once had three "experts" in Charley's
>Guitar Shop in Dallas arguing over my late sixties gold-top reissue!.
>
>Post the info and we'll try.  Please post an accurate description,
>sometimes even the number of screws holding the pickguard can matter!
>

Well, let's see.  I guess I have something older than I originally thought.
The serial number is 902965 (only 6 digits).  I purchased this guitar about
4 years ago used.  It's a Les Paul Custom with a normal sunburst (red and
gold).  It has gold hardware (it's worn off on the pickups though).
It also has Grover machine heads which were on the guitar when I bought
it but I don't know if they are original.  It has two humbuckers.  I don't
know specifically what kind.  They look like they're what originally came
with the guitar.  Ugh... I really don't know what else is relevant.  Now I'm
pretty interested in figuring out it's birthday so I'd really appreciate any
help you can offer.  Tell me anything else you need to know.

Daniel


Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: vai@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Aloke S Chakravarty)
Subject: Re: Stanley Jordan
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 06:17:57 GMT


I can't echo enough the benefit of a good Stanley Jordan Discography.
Often, he is left unmentioned in the logs of our contemporary guitar
heroes, which is unfortunate, as his two handed tapping has, and will 
continue to revolutionize the guitar world.  Maybe if he used more
distortion he'd be rich and famous (more than he is), but I'm more than
happy to listen to his soothing and swirling chops as they are.  I think
he's a definite addition to the Vai, Malmsteen, Van Halen, Clapton quartet
of current heroic axemen. (Of course there are others.)

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: mreed@nynexst.com (Michael Reed)
Subject: Advice on Boogie Studio .22 amp wanted...
Organization: Nynex Science and Technology
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 15:32:55 GMT

  

I played a Mesa/Boogie Studio .22 the other day, and loved the sound.  Does
anyone have any opinions of this amp that they might like to share?  It's
pretty expensive for its class...on the other hand, the sound...

One thing I forgot to check it for is an effects send/return.  It does
have one, right??  Well, when I go back I can check...

Also, is the eq option really useful?  Or could I just use the effects
loop (assuming it has one) to bring in an outboard eq, and achieve the same
quality result.  The thought of paying $160 for a 5-band eq is a little
nauseating..

Michael
From: ann@guitar.Berkeley.EDU (Ann Di Fruscia)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: For Sale: Acoustic Guitar Pickup
Date: 30 Jul 1992 22:29:57 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: ba
NNTP-Posting-Host: guitar.berkeley.edu

	DEAN MARKLEY, ARTIST MODEL ... Acoustic Guitar Pickup.
	Brand New. $45 Firm ... Call Michael 524-3176.



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From: melissa@voyager4.sdsu.edu (Melissa )
Subject: Re: Syd Barrett
Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 01:22:28 GMT

bash@tware.com (Paul Bash) writes:
: In article <1992Jul30.190956.5672@news.Hawaii.Edu> wilcox@cfht.hawaii.edu (Dan Wilcox) writes:
: >I swear I saw an album by Syd produced by Roger Waters a couple of
: >months ago in
: >my local record shop. I'll have to go and see if they still got it. I think
: >it was copyrighted 1991 or 1992. But then again I could have been
: >hallucinating.
: >;-)
: >
: 
: That record is "The Madcap Laughs" and was produced by David Gilmour and Roger
: Waters (??). The copyright is 1990. I love the Floyd and I really don't care
: for this recording at all.
: 
: -- 
: Paul Bash                                                   Techware Design 
: bash@tware.com                                            Boulder, CO U.S.A.


(Please send mail to mike@cadme2.sdsu not melissa)
	Hi, this is Mike again.  
You guys must have looking at a cd rerelease, this album was released
in January of 1970. His other solo albums are "Barrett", released in
November of 1970, produced by David Gilmour and Richard Wright.
And the last one was "Syd Barrett", a repackaging of "The Madcap Laughs"
and "Barrett" sold as a double album.

						Michael Whittington
						mike@cadme2.sdsu.edu

Boulder, CO  U.S.A.
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: acsdtd@UMASSD.EDU
Subject: Question about epiphony les paul
Reply-To: acsdtd@UMASSD.EDU
Organization: UMASS DARTMOUTH, NO. DARTMOUTH, MA.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:59:50 GMT

Well I went to the music store the other day just to browse around
and I stumbled across this epiphony les paul.  I picked it up
and tooled around with it for awhile and it was quite a cool
guitar.  Now the only thing that stopped me from purchasing the 
guitar was I wasn't sure how good the price was.  So of course I 
have decided to let the experts on Alt.Guitar to help me out again.
Any and all replies about this guitar would be appreciated.  (price
wise that is) Any way the store owner was asking $399 for the 
guitar.  Now remember I played it and liked it alot... perhaps somebody
could comment on the durability and quality of the workmanship besides
the price????   Thanks for all your help

Dan   umass guy
From: chrisvh@med.unc.edu (Chris G. vanHasselt)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Blues Net group
Date: 30 Jul 92 15:33:54 GMT
Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine

In article <1992Jul28.091810.22394@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning) writes:
>whc2993@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>
>
>
>>********************************************************************************
>>"I'm the Hoochie Coochie Man! Everybody Knows I'm Here!"  Willie Dixon
>>******************************************************************************
>
>Whoa!! just noticed your .sig!!
>Shouldn't that be Muddy Waters?
>
>-- 
No!  Willie Dixon is correct - Muddy could play guitar, sing and
occasionally write,  but Willie gets songwriting credit for a lot of
Muddy's material.  By the way, check out both the Muddy Waters and Willie
Dixon Chess boxes - expensive, but worth it.

Chrisvh@med.unc.edu
Chris van Hasselt
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From: loyola@bnr.ca (Nelson Loyola)
Subject: Sweep picking arpeggios
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 21:33:45 GMT

[ Article crossposted from alt.guitar.tab ]
[ Author was Nelson Loyola ]
[ Posted on Fri, 17 Jul 1992 22:02:34 GMT ]

peterl@xenitec.on.ca (Peter Lauda) writes:
: 
: O'k... this is the finishing part to the series on the Diatonic
: arpeggios for the key of "C"... of course this is just one
: excercise and you can try any of these arpeggios over any diatonic
: chord from C... in fact.. you get some nice tonalities if you play
: one arpeggio over a another chord ...ie: Em7 arpeggio over an Am7
: chord... 
: 

Ok, I'm  relatively  new to this  guitar  playing  stuff  and I'm  still
learning all the  terminology.  Could  someone out there  please be kind
enough to tell me what this means:

  o  What is an arpeggio?

  o  How do you play one arpeggio over another cord?


Thanks a lot in advance for your responses.

Nelson Loyola
loyola@bnr.ca
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: mikem@col.hp.com (Mike McTigue)
Subject: Re: Carvin wiring
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 20:01:23 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

muzik@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (joseph.t.maggelet) writes:
> 
> I recently ordered a Carvin guitar, with a humbucker that has
> an optional coil splitting switch.  When using the single-coil
> mode I get an unacceptable level of hum.  Is there a way that
> I can check the wiring simply?  Also I notice that when I place
> my hand on the bridge the hum diminishes slightly.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
>  joe


Hummmmmm. I have a gutiar I built that uses Carvin humbuckers
and they work fine. Alittle more noise pickup in single coil,
but not quite as much as my strat. This is normal.

You said "unacceptable". When I first put together the guitar
the ground connection to the strings via the bridge was not
reliable and sometimes it would get pretty bad hum. I fixed the
ground and have had no problems since. 

Carvin shields their electronics cavities quite well so you 
shouldn't be getting alot of electric field noise pickup (like
from flourensent lights). The noise pickup in single coil
however is magnetic pickup (this is what humbuckers reject) and
might come from the orientation of the guitar versus the 
power transformer in your amp, etc.  

Anyway, I'd check your string ground. I'm pretty sure Carvin 
ground thier strings. Use a DVM. If no connection you might
call Carvin and ask them.




       Good luck!


Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: vrkaramc@mtu.edu (Karamchedu)
Subject: Re: Led Zeppelin
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:27:13 GMT


Some one mentioned about the original formation of Led Zeppelin and a comment
over this formation:


In fact it is Jethro Tull which said that the group Led Zeppelin would fall
apart like lead Zeppelin.

I may be mistaken, but it is also the case that Pink Floyd gave one of their
first stage shows with Jethro Tull sometime in 1967 or 66, along with 
Jethro Tull and I have heard some people attribute the starting of the road
by Floyd to this incident.



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From: mc21@ellis.uchicago.edu (Moo-Town Snacker)
Subject: REQUEST: TheWeddingPresent--Brassneck
Reply-To: mc21@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 05:39:21 GMT

I am looking for either the chords or TAB (preferably TAB) to
Brassneck by The Wedding Present. It ain't that tough of a song but I
just can't figure out the D and the variations on D. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,



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