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From: s892011@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Mr.Scary)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Fender Heartfield info wanted
Date: 11 Nov 1992 05:23:21 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
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Hi all !

I was at a local guitar shop today and I had a twang on one of the new
Fender Talon V guitars.  Although I didn't get to plug in, I was still very
impressed by it's feel and playability.

I'm looking for a new axe, and the Talon is definitiely in contention.  Does 
anyone have anything experience with these guitars ?  Any horror stories ?  

Also, what's the going price for them in the US ?  The Talon V (Floyd Pro, 
double humbuckers, reverse headstock) works out to be US$1400 here

Thanks,

Mr.Scary (Gary Chapman)
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: rfries@sceng.ub.com (Robert Fries)
Subject: Re: Trainwreck/vintage rock tone
Keywords: low power tube amps
Organization: Ungermann Bass
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:32:51 GMT

In article <1992Nov7.024800.22971@ncsu.edu> npstewar@eos.ncsu.edu (NATHAN PHILLIP STEWART) writes:


>Has anyone out there ever hear Ken Fischer's Trainwreck amps? 
>I'm a blues/rock player(Cray/Clapton/SRV/Raitt influence) looking around for 
>low power, low gain tube amps, that blend in nicely at full tilt.  From what
>Guitar Player said, Trainwreck sounded wonderful, but that's about the extent of what
>I've heard.

> Any reccomendations for sweet & crunchy, VERY DYNAMIC!! tube amps 
>- heads or combo's from vintage snobs out there are welcome.

>PS. Do 20 watt Marshalls really exist outside the magazines?

I have a Rivera M60 - 60 watt combo. Sounds great, all tube, very versatile.
Switch selectable power and output tube configuration. 60 watts in pentode
high power, 15 watts pentode low power, 30 watts triode high power, 7 watts
triode low power.

Very flexible channel-switching preamp. The two channels are voiced
differently from each other, one more Fender-like, the other more Marshall-
like. Most of the pots have pull-switches or push switches, so it can take a 
while to dial the sound you like, but it's there.

I bought it 'cause I've never been able to get a Boogie Mark IV to sound 
right for me. 

There's only one thing that bothers me about it - it's TOO DAMN HEAVY. 
For a 1-12" combo, it's a little large, and weighs quite a bit. If this
bothered me much more, I'd probably get a Boogie .50 Caliber.

The Rivera costs about $1100, which is less than a Trainwreck head.

Robert
	

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Ungermann-Bass Inc.

DISCLAIMER:
    Opinions contained herein are my own, and are not necessarily those
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From: stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca (Steve Portigal)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: MAILING LIST: Rolling Stones
Date: 6 Nov 1992 21:22:54 -0600
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Steve Portigal
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Wednesday, 11 Nov 1992 15:17:56 PST
From: <WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Arch tops vs Flat tops
 <1992Nov11.042247.17595@reed.edu>
 <basinski-111192120543@lully.biosci.arizona.edu>

In article <basinski-111192120543@lully.biosci.arizona.edu>,
basinski@biosci.arizona.edu (Mark Basinski) says:
>
> Note that the best arch tops are carved, solid tops. For example
>the OLD Epiphones, and of course top of the line guitars like
>D'Angelico. I don't know exactly if all, some, or none of the L-5
>guitars were solid carved tops or what.

All of the L-5s have carved spruce arch tops.  The backs are also carved but
from maple usually.  The inexpensive arch tops do indeed have pressed tops
and backs (the ES-125, ES-175, ES-295, ES-350 and their like) but as they are
intended to be primarily electric instrumentst this makes little difference to
their amplified tone.

Brian
From: dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Tube Power Amp Recommendations?
Date: 9 Nov 92 11:22:34 GMT
Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept.

pkor@phoenix.oulu.fi (Pasi Korhonen) writes:

>Mike Woo (mike@vm1.mcgill.ca) wrote:

>: about the Mesa-Boogie 50/50, 295 and 395.  I'd really appreciate any and

>	There was a new Mesa power amp mentioned in Guitar Players JMP-1 vs.
>	Mesa TriAxis test. I heard that it's a two unit Simulclass power amp

The JMP-1 and Mesa TriAxis are both MIDI pre-amps, not power amps.

Dave
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From: mctkew@dct.ac.uk
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: RE:Roland Gr1/Gr50 Query
Date: 10 Nov 92 11:48:26 GMT
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology

In response to Gr1 questions I would hope to be in a better position to give a
more lengthy review in a couple of weeks - I've had the GR-1 for about 2 weeks
now - and I haven't explored all of it yet but...

The 4 track sequencer in the GR-1 is limited - but very good to use as a
sketchpad - the sound quality is very very good !!

It can loop constantly around an up to 8 measure phrase allowing you to layer
onto one track. This I find very useful to put down drum tracks - writing the
snare/bass drum part, then overlaying hi-hat etc afterwards. You can also use 8
measures of any time signature from 2/2 to 16/16, (only multiples of 4 for the
note length - ie 7/4 but not 12/3 - I dont yet know how to add different
"songs" together to give a more structured piece of music (not a strong point
of mine anyway - I like Ornette Coleman !!!)

In the first experimentation with the sequencer I wrote a drum part, a fretless
bass part, and a marimba part which were all fairly fluid (and not too tonal
!!) - and a deep breathy grunge sound which was a background filler adding
nothing to the (non) melody. I taped about 5 minutes of this onto the 4-track
tape recorder and recorded a trumpet solo on top of it. The outcome was a bit
like Miles Davis meets Tom Waits !!

As for the MIDI question - I'm not sure but I think the manual states that the
MIDI channels can be both POLY and MONO - the GR-1 can control external MIDI
devices which have less than 6 (or whatever multiple it is of 6) voices. I'm
relatively new to SYNTHS so it may take a little time for me to experiment with
connecting the GR-1 to an external MIDI device - I may soon have access to MIDI
software on a PC (Atari or Amiga), a sequencer and an EMAX sampler !!  - I'll
post the results and comments to this newsgroup when it happens

Hope to have been some help

Ken Whelan
MCTKEW@UK.AC.DCT

"Fire Engine Number 3"
From: frink-andrew@yale.edu (Andrew Frink)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: home builder questions
Date: 6 Nov 1992 13:46:42 -0500
Organization: Yale University Science & Engineering UNIX(tm), New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Distribution: na
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I have a question...I am currently building a telecaster-style guitar
using a warmoth compound radius neck and I have a question about neck
angle.  Since I am building the body from scratch, I am going to have
to rout the neck pocket (obviously).  I am using a Fender tele bridge.
Do I need to have the neck angled down (the strings pass through the
body, so downward pressure on the bridge shouldn't be a problem).  

The telecasters that I have looked at (as well as my jazz bass) have a
flat pocket.  But some guitars I have looked at do have angles...

needles to say i am confused.

Any help or suggestions would be most welcome.
(not just on necks, but on other aspects of building as well: if
anyone has a schematic for a good active preamp I would like it)

thanks,

drew

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From: jepstein@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Cheez Whizard)
Subject: Re: What does Mark Knopfler use?
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:35:13 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.000841.654@Csli.Stanford.EDU> pedwards@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Paul N Edwards) writes:
>
>Does anyone know what kind of equipment Mark Knopfler uses now,
>and/or what he used on the first Dire Straits album?

	Mark, I believe used a Strat on the first album. His latest
	albums have featured his Pensa Suhr strat. Other models
	include a few Fender Strats, a Schecter Strat, maybe a
	Telecaster and at least two Pensa Suhr Strats. As far
	as amplification he uses, if I remember correctly, a fews
	Soldano heads, and I forget what kind of cabinets, but I
	can look some of this up and get back to you.

	Hope this helps.
>
>-- Paul Edwards
>pedwards@euphrates.stanford.edu



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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: need a new neck for an old SG
From: mab@icarus.lis.pitt.edu (Mike Banfield)
Date: 12 Nov 92 16:27:43 GMT
Organization: rockin' librarians association
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hi

due to an unfortunate incident in columbus, ohio, i need to put a 
new neck on my SG.  i need to know what my  options are for choosing
a replacement neck.  i assume i could buy one from gibson.  can anyone 
provide adresses for other companies?  has anyone ever done this before?

thanks in advance
mike b.
mab@icarus.lis.pitt.edu
From: mbreen@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Michael Breen)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: van halen's variac
Date: 9 Nov 1992 17:52:05 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
Distribution: usa
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In article <evh5150.720996356@camelot> evh5150@camelot.bradley.edu (Andrew Eckhart) writes:
[all the meaningful stuff deleted]
>if you put those things on wrong, you can get a hot lead on the chassis,
>and "poomp" one roasted gutiar player.

Hmmm...I always though 'guitarist roasting' was more of a 'whumph' or
a 'frzzatzl' sound.  Thanks for straightening me out; at a lower lethal
current would it be more of a 'phoomp'?

Hey, it's Monday, and I used to play in a band called Armageddon (we were
as children then).  We were always waiting for the guitarist to fry, as
we had heard that happened to the original Armageddon's guitarist.

Michael
singing and philosophizing
(and fully grounded)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: mvoysey@nyx.cs.du.edu (Matt Voysey)
Subject: Re: Joe Satriani in England
Keywords: Satch!
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 13:26:44 GMT


DOes anyone know who Satch is playing with in the UK?
From: dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Joe Satriani in England
Keywords: Satch!
Date: 5 Nov 92 12:17:50 GMT
Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept.

neilg@cee.hw.ac.uk (Neil MG Gall) writes:

>>The four dates for Satch concerts in England are ...
>>
>>Edinburgh Playhouse             1.2.93
>	.
>	.

>Sorry for being picky, but Edinburgh is actually in Scotland.
>Maybe someone else noticed.

Yup! But everyone knows that Scotland is just another district of England
just as Wales and Northern Ireland are, don't they?

Ahh! The Empire, the Empire! G & T on the veranda of a bungalow somewhere in
the Raj, croquet on the lawn, the sun never sets ....Oops...sorry....

Yes, Edinburgh is most decidely in Scotland... unless there's a small village
somewhere in England called Edinburgh which happens to have a theatre called
the Playhouse and Joe Satriani has decided to play there... you never know!

Dave
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: elee@lambert.uwaterloo.ca (Salty Freckles)
Subject: Re: Tremolo system -- HELP !!!
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:55:57 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.085345.24026@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl> templon@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl (Jeffrey Templon) writes:
>>In article <BxGvtL.DxA@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> elee@zeno20.math.UWaterloo.ca (Salty Freckles) writes:
>>>
>[...]
>>>factor - don't forget to stretch the strings out once they're fitted). It
>>>normally takes five or so passes to tune a newly-strung guitar with any kind
>>>of tremelo system. 
>
>Gotta be careful with the "any kind" there - a lot of players play
>with the tremolo springs so tight that the bridge plate rests against
>the body of the guitar.  Thus the trem can only be "pushed down"
>to lower the string pitch (you can still make it shimmy, but you

Point taken. 

>Note with most guitar trems, you have the option of installing more
>springs.  You might play around with a tradeoff between more springs
>(thus more tension) or the fewer springs but tighter screws (again
>more tension.)
>
>I'm running four springs in my Strat ... it came with three installed.

Just a footnote: The number of springs you have on your trem system are mostly
dictated by the gauge of string you use. After switching from extra-lights to
a heavy gauge string, I noticed that while doing agressive string bending the 
other strings dipped in pitch, which is kind of annoying when you're playing
more than one string at a time. An extra spring solved that problem. 

Gene Lee
elee@descartes.UWaterloo.ca
From: keitha@spider.co.uk (Keith Aitken)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Wah pedal interference
Date: 6 Nov 92 10:43:40 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK.

>In article <1992Nov1.220600.21276@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Jeffrey.J.Olson@dartmouth.edu (Jeffrey J. Olson) writes:
>
>   Anybody know anything about picking up radio stations with a wah pedal?
>    Every once in a while I can hear (quite clearly) some local station
>   over my amp when my pedal is on.  What can I do to correct this?

I had this problem too, with my old Coloursound Wah/Fuzz/Swell, which
used to pick up Radio Moscow pretty well! I cured it by making a
secure electrical connection between the -ve lead of the battery and
the metal casing of the pedal. Voila! No more intereference.

Keith
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From: dcovell@hfglobe.intel.com (David Covell)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Fender Amps
Date: 6 Nov 92 22:12:11 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation

peak@abacus.Columbia.NCR.COM (Bob Peak) writes:

>I'm somewhat of a beginner when it comes to guitars and amps, but I've 
>managed to convince myself that it's time to move on from my current
>Squier II Strat and Squier 15 Amp. So, I've been reading as much
>literature as possible (magazines, forsale ads, net articles, etc)
>and have run across the following items for sale here in Columbia:

>Fender Bassman amp $200 - no year given - no idea of the condition

Bassmans can be used as guitar amps but lack reverb. No master volume either,
but that's okay since the Fender master volume doesn't sound very good anyway
IMHO. You'll need to factor in the cost of a speaker cabinet since only the
older Bassmans were combo's and you won't likely be finding any of those
for $200 (if you do, though, count your blessings!)

>Fender Twin amp $250 - says 1972 model - no condition given

If you like the clean Fender tone and this amp's in decent condition this is
a very good price. I believe the '72 was the first year for the Twin with
pull-pot distortion on the master volume; these are widely regarded to be
inferior in tone to the older Twins but they sound good clean. Be aware that
Twins are pretty heavy... 

>Fender Twin Reverb $450 - says 70's model - good condition

"Good condition" means different things to different folks; if this amp
sounds good and looks nice this is a decent deal. I've seen '70's Twins go
for as much as $700 in excellent shape.

Fenders have a great clean tone, especially the older Twins, but many players
don't like that sound. Most metal and hard rock players just can't get the tonesthey want out of them, regardless of the amount of processing they do.
Also, the open-back speaker sound of the combos is not to everyone's taste.
It's a lot thinner than the sound of a 4x12 and will require more power to
get the same projection.
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From: cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Howard Black)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Bloomfield Recommendations?
Keywords: Bloomfield
Date: 5 Nov 92 15:36:51 GMT
Organization: Eastern Illinois University

In article <rfries.120@sceng.ub.com> rfries@sceng.ub.com (Robert Fries) writes:
>
>Essential Mike Bloomfield (IMHO):
>	Super Session - with Al Kooper, Steve Stills
>	The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper
>
>'Live Adventures' has some GREAT Bloomfield blues. This is the album that 
>made me buy my first Les Paul, back in about 1968.

    Does anyone know if this is out on CD yet?  I agree that it's great,
and it also turned me on to the Les Paul blues sound.

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     Department of Chemistry                  Eastern Illinois Univ.
From: v201lrxa@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (NOWHERE MAN)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Crate amps
Date: 6 Nov 92 20:30:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


	I will soon be getting my hands on a used Crate stack. I've
played through this amp before (belongs to a friend), and I don't
see any reason why salespeople should be busting on them. The only
problem I have is the chorus - it tends to affect the pitch if you
hold a note or chord for more than 3 or 4 beats. I guess I'm happy
in acquiring it since it's a few steps up from the Gorilla practice
amp I've been using for 4 years (now *those* amps can take a pounding!).
	A word in favor of Peavey.......The guy I'm getting the Crate
from is now using a peavey head (forget which, but awsome tubes!), and 
a 5150 cabinet. Man, I've played loud, but I've never acually felt
the entire building shake with the volume on 3! Maybe it's just me.
Actually, yeah. I think it is just me :)

mike
From: bk233@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jack W. Weinmann)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Frampton Talkbox Schematic (Other Performers)
Date: 7 Nov 1992 14:58:48 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bk233@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jack W. Weinmann)
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In a previous article, timk@meaddata.com (Tim Klein) says:

>In article <weyJsna00WBNE3kmkF@andrew.cmu.edu>, Paul M Mcelwee <pm3w+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

[stuff deleted.....]

>By the way, I'm a great fan of this little gadget, and am trying to compile
>a list of all the recordings in which it is used.  Are you aware of
>any recordings of someone using  it with a violin (or any other non-guitar)?

Tim and anyone else OLD enough to remember,

There used to be a steel (slide) guitarist in the '50's that used one to
make his steel guitar talk.  I can't remember his name, but I remember that
one of the songs that he did was something like:

"I'm just a guit-ar.... why does ever-y-body pick on me!"

He really made it sound good, and with a steel guitar he got more constant
tone and less percussive effects.  It was the clearest, most understandable
talkbox usage that I have ever heard.

If anyone remembers who he was I'd appreciate hearing from you.  I'd like
to find some of his recordings.     AHHHHH nostalgia - ain't it great?

Jack Weinmann
bk233@cleveland.freenet.edu
Newsgroups: alt.guitar,aus.music
From: carl@montebello.ecom.unimelb.EDU.AU (Carl Brewer)
Subject: Bass guitar and delay pedals etc
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 14:35:06 GMT


I've been fooling round a bit with an old Boss Analog delay pedal
with my bass,  and have't been able to come up with any settings
that do anything but turn the sound into absolute mud.  

I've heard of delays being used to good effect on much of Pink Floyds'
stuff, and numerous other bands,  are they using the delay in sync with
a flanger or T-wah ?  

Any hints as to how to effectivly use this effect is much appreciated 

cheers

carl


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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: altman@fraser.sfu.ca (Tymoteusz Altman)
Subject: Re: Joe Satriani in England
Keywords: Satch!
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:34:42 GMT

heiser@fretz.enet.dec.com (Michael A. Heiser) writes:


>I was at the tour kickoff show in Phoenix last Sunday.  go see him, you won't
>regret it!
>--

>    Mike
>    
>    "in this day & age...music performed by humans...hum?!" 
>
       - wilde silas tomkyn

i just saw him last night here in vancouver. he is just incredible. so much emotion. he played for about 2 and a half hours. i had 5th row tix. right infront of his setup, so he played infront of me for almost the whole concert.
i was only dissappointed that i didnt manage to get a pick, being so close to the stage. oh well , maybe next time.
the opening band was Bad 4 Good. i bought their cd a week ago and was excited when i heard that they will open for him. they were absolutely great. im sure theygot some new fans after they played. people were talking about them even after stch's set. if you havent heard the 13 year old thomas McRocklin play, check him out with satch, or better yet get the cd - its great! He will be the next great guitar hero.
tim
.

Newsgroups: alt.guitar,comp.music
From: kamartin@quads.uchicago.edu (kai anthony martin)
Subject: What can I do with my guitar and MIDI?
Reply-To: kamartin@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:04:26 GMT

Hello out there,

	I'm a guitarist who has recently been turned on to the notion of all 
this MIDI stuff, and possibly putting songs in my computer, etc. (please bear
with me, I'm a complete novice to MIDI and computer music).  Now, I will be
looking for a pre-amp very ssoon, and I noticed that most pre-amps (rack-mounts
from ART, Digitech, ADA, Marshall, etc.) have full MIDI capablility.  This
brings me to my question - is it possible to get the same sound I get out of my
amp to come out of my computer with the right set-up?  If possible, I'd like
to know what equipment I'd need to do this, and also, about any readings,
publications, etc. that would help me get a grip on all this MIDI stuff.
Thanks in advance.

			-Kai Martin (kamartin@midway.uchicago.edu)