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From: till@acid-rain.lucid.com (Don Tillman)
Subject: Re: Which Fender Strat is best ?
Reply-To: till@lucid.com
Organization: Lucid, Inc.
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:42:05

   From: mbreen@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Michael Breen)
   Date: 3 Sep 92 23:16:16 GMT
   Organization: University of California, San Diego

   In article <7bhx024m20XB01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> chc30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com () writes:
   >Can anyone tell me which type of Strat is best American or Mexican ? Are
   >any of the Japanese copies as good ? Also what sort of prices should you
   >pay ? Thanks.

   This has *got* to be a FAQ by now, but here goes:

An FAQ is in the works, hold on for just a bit.  (Jeffrey Templon,
templon@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl, is working on it.)

   I was told one of the biggest diffs is that the USA-casters are bench-tested
   and intoned before leaving home, and that the Mexis aren't.  

Wrong.  The main difference is the type of wood that the body of the
instrument is made from, and therefore for the resonances, sustain, and
weight.  The necks and hardware are also different.  Heck, except for the
shape, they're actually very little alike!

  -- Don
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 21:24:20 EDT
From: <JAP8@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Signature Strats, take two.

First of all, thanks to all those who answered about the special strats.
Unfortunately, no one answered the question of whether there were other strats
other than the Eric Clapton one.  Any takers?
                                     Cheers,
                                     Jean

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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: jonathan@mantis.co.uk (Jonathan Egre')
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Who's in What band (was re: Using a bow?)
Date: 3 Sep 92 09:15:18 GMT
Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.

ebshen@athena.mit.edu (Eric B Shen) writes:

> In article <9B7cqB1w165w@mantis.co.uk> jonathan@mantis.co.uk (Jonathan Egre')

> >    If my memory serves me correctly, the "Still Of The Night" *music* 
> >    was recorded by David Coverdale, John Scott (guitar), Neil Murray (bass)
> >    and someone other than John Aldridge on drums.
> 
> Nope. John Sykes did the guitars.  That's probably who you meant anyway.

Oops!  Yes, that's who I meant.  Thanks for the correction.

> Off the subject, I heard a rumor a long time ago that Adrian Smith (from
> Iron Maiden) was going to join Def Leppard.  THIS OF COURSE WAS NOT
> TRUE.  But does anyone know what Adrian is doing now?

The only thing I have heard is that Adrian Smith is now leading his own
band called A.S.A.P.

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From: hthiew@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Hong Hiew)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: how to play by ear
Date: 11 Sep 1992 09:43:08 GMT
Organization: The University of Westrn Australia
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar,rec.music.industrial
From: lancer@wpi.WPI.EDU (Stephe Lewis Foskett)
Subject: Big Black question: how does he _do_ that?
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 07:52:30 GMT


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?

.s.
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From: Richard.Banks@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Richard Banks)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Cleaning strings
Date: 7 Sep 92 14:03:14 GMT
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service


There's probably no harm in using rubbing alcohol.  It's 30% water.
I don't think it will damage the paint any.

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From: mongeau@NMC.ED.RAY.COM (Michael Mongeau)
Subject: Re: Kinds of Slides
Organization: Equipment Division, Raytheon Company
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 16:29:09 GMT

I read somewhere that Lowell George of Little Feat used a Sears Craftsman
7/16 socket wrench for a slide.  He liked the weight and it fit nicely
around his finger.  Just goes to show that you should try anything you
can find until you discover what feels best.

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 "The Blues has been...the blues is...the blues will be, as long as time"
                                                        -Willie Dixon

   Mike Mongeau                           Raytheon Equipment Division
   mongeau@nmc.ed.ray.com                                Marlboro, MA
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From: cpeckham@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Peckham)
Subject: Acoustic Guitar Magazine
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 02:20:25 GMT

Has anyone seen Acoustic Guitar Magazine for sale here in the UK?
It sounds just my cup of tea, and would make up for Guitarist
magazine's neglect (in my opinion) of the acoustic guitar since
late '86.  How can I take out a subscription?

Chris
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 11:40:36 -0400 
From: Jefferey Allen Shufelt <js8j+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Satriani lessons?


I guess this must be another indicator of the recession.  Back
in '88 or so, after the release of "Surfing With the Alien", Satch
made a guest appearance on Headbanger's Ball on MTV.  In between
maniacal riffs, Adam Curry inquired as to the price of a lesson.
If I remember correctly, the response was $375 per hour.

Times are tough all over, I suppose.

----------------------------------
Jeff Shufelt    js@maps.cs.cmu.edu
From: barrett@athena.cs.uga.edu (Richard Barrett)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: PAIA
Date: 8 Sep 92 19:25:21 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

From RBARRETT@uga.cc.uga.edu Tue Sep  8 13:11:10 1992
To: BARRETT@ATHENA.CS.UGA.EDU

HELLO:

DOES ANYONE HAVE THE ADDRESS AND PHONE# TO PAIA ELECT.?

THANK YOU,

BARRETT@ATHENA.CS.UGA.EDU
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 15:03:12 EDT
From: <BDH113@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Feedback
Distribution: usa

I don't know if you can still get these things, but I once played around
with a pedal which, when depressed, created a sustained feedback note about
two octaves higher than the original note.  You might be able to build some
sort of frequency multiplier device along similar lines, let me know if you
try it.
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From: paul@everest.tandem.com (Paul Duffy)
Subject: Re: Fret jobs
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino CA
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:52:49 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.064759.25833@iconix.oz.au> ajm@iconix.oz.au (Andrew Mack) writes:
>Hi folks,
>
>Any luthiery buffs out there know what is meant by "Don Teeter's
>epoxy fret job"? How to do it, why do it, etc... any references?
>
>thanks
>Andrew

Yeah, the frets are epoxied into the fingerboard instead of just hammered
in as usual.  It's a better fret job because there are no "loose"
spots anywhere.

Paul.
From: ISB202CLOW@redgum.qut.edu.au (The Bard)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Eventide H3000 ?
Date: 4 Sep 1992 22:32:32 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


Could someone give me the lowdown on this machine.  ie what does it actually 
do?  And most importantly, what does it sound like?

Brad
isb202clow@qut.edu.au
n1042947@water.fit.qut.edu.au
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: ryanr@beethoven.CS.ColoState.EDU (richard ryan)
Subject: Re: BLUES AMPS
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 10:08:22 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Colorado State University

     I'm answering through some else's account, so I may not be able
to respond again.

     Just to put in my two cents worth, remember that most of your
tone resides in your hands: how you fret, how hard you pick, your
vibrato, etc.  I just saw Albert King play.  He used a Roland JC120
(solid state) and sounded great.  B.B. King uses whatever amp the club
provides.  He only travels with his guitar.  Have you ever heard him
sounding like anyone but B.B.?  Be confidant that your
hands/brain/personality/soul will always make you sound like you no
matter what rig you are blowing out of, or what guitar you are
playing.  When you go to different jam sessions, you may want to try
playing out of whatever amp is there.  This is good practice for
learning that a specific amp sound is not that important.  What notes
you play, how you play them, and getting them across with confidence
and emotion is important.

     I saw another response which recommended Mesa/Boogie amps.  Good
choice.  I have an old 60 watt blonde model from 1980 or so.  The
clean channel is good and you can also get a kind of fatter clean
sound by playing the lead channel on low volume.  (this gives you a
kind of big body guitar sound) Like all amps though, Boogie's are
inconsistent.  Some are pretty fuzzed out on the lead channel no
matter what you do.  You may also want to check out Musicman amps.
(another company which started out "hot rodding" fenders)

     I've heard good things about the Bassman re-issue, although I
haven't actually played one.  I wasn't sure which "The Twin" you
meant.  The new one (light grey with tiny red knobs) is pretty awful.
It throws out a lot of sound pressure but little tone.  It's not very
beefy sounding either.

     In sum: Remember, your hands, brain, and spirit are 90% of your
tone.  So don't stress too much about your amp.  Also, amps vary a
lot.  It's hard to say, this model is always going to sound great.
I've played Marshalls that had a great clean tone; I've also played
Marshalls that were so fuzzed out on any setting that you could only
play single notes.

     Best of Luck,
     Paul Niemiec
From: WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Opinions on ES-335 Studio wanted
Date: 8 Sep 92 20:05:51 GMT
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

I owned one of the first ES-335 Studios made, I think.  I bought it in 1986
from a music store in Pacifica, CA whose owner said she brought it back from
the NAMM show that year.  It was cardinal red with an ebony (yes, ebony) finger
board.  Other than lack of binding and the block inlays usually associated with
ES-335s it differed mainly in its lack of pickup covers (known to produce a
little higher output) and lack of F-holes a la the Gretsch Country Gentleman.

I found it to be a nice playing, sweet sounding instrument.  I tried to make it
sound different by installing Duncan pickups (a JB in the bridge position and a
'59 neck in the other hole) and a TP-6 fine tuner tailpiece (like the ones on
the Lucille model ES-355).  I ended up replacing the factory pickups because
they were actually hotter than the Duncans.  I kept the TP-6 though.  It looked
really neat.

I would recommend this instrument for any player who likes the distinctive
sound this thin-line, semi-hollow body style of guitar produces.  It's great
for 50s rock and fat blues.  I sold mine because I didn't play it often enough
to justify its existance to my wife not because of any inherent qualities of
the axe.

Brian Waugh                       |    "What's for dinner?"
WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU    |        Seth Lover
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From: kew@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (steve.w.askew)
Subject: Re: Speaking of Strats, Whuzza Deal on the Clapton?
Summary: E.C. Strat
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 20:48:17 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.144212.4264@scubed.com>, denio@scubed.com (Dennis C. O'Neill) writes:
> 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?
> >
> >pq
> 
> Fender is making a number of artist-endorsed models, including an
> Eric Clapton model Strat.  As I understand it, the EC Strat differs
> from the Strat Plus in the shape of the neck and the vibrato assembly
> used (and is blocked off in the EC Strat anyway).  I believe the EC 
> Strat uses Lace sensors, but I don't know which ones.
> 
> -- 
> Dennis O'Neill (denio@seismo.css.gov)

	The E.C. Strat has a TBX circuit and the bottom tone control
	is a midrange boost control. It gives about 20db of boost. I
	was in Nashville about a month ago and jammed with a guy who
	had one. We traded for about a half hour, my 335 for his E.C.
	I was pretty impressed with the E.C. model Strat.

	Note: I heard last night that the Texas special pickups will
	be available from Fender in about a month. These are the pickups
	in the SRV model.



	Steve
	Doin That Blues ThAng!
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: robin@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Robin Amano)
Subject: Bassman
Organization: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 22:06:22 GMT


Does anyone have a schematic for a Fender Bassman?
If not how about an address or phone number?
Thanks!!


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rob
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: till@acid-rain.lucid.com (Don Tillman)
Subject: Re: CORAL Electric Sitar
Reply-To: till@lucid.com
Organization: Lucid, Inc.
Date: 14 Sep 92 15:26:30

   Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:09:42 GMT
   From: dea@hplb.hpl.hp.com (David Allport)
   Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

   I've heard that the Electric Sitar used by Pat Metheny (among others)
   was made by a company called CORAL.  

No, they were made by Danelectro.  "Coral" was the name for Danelectro's
deluxe line of instruments.
					
					They made them in the 60's, 
   stopped, but now are making them again.

It's not so much that they "stopped" making them, but more like Danelectro
went out of business in 1969.  Rumor has it the company called it quits
when their one large box of surplus lipstick tubes was used up, but that's
real hard to believe.

   Does anyone know where (U.S. or Europe) new ones are available now?

Jerry Jones guitars of Nashville, Tenessee (615 255-0088) is making very
high quality copies of many of the Danelectro guitars including the
Electric Sitar.  These are very accurate with a couple improvements and are
available in more colors.  I have one, and it's very nice.

The Jerry Jones model sells for around $900 list and is not discounted.
A reasonably hip music store should carry them.

   Date: 14 Sep 92 19:51:58 GMT
   From: WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU
   Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

[...]
                                                            I believe they had
   some sort of device that encouraged string rattle creating the distinctive
   sitar-like sound.  It was tuned and fretted like a guitar (a sitar has movable
   frets) and did not have the sitars drone strings.

Yes, the bridge had a flat wooden area, angled slightly down, designed to
rattle against the strings consitantly.  The Jerry Jones version uses hard
rubber for this piece instead of wood.

There were two models; the popular one has 13 drone strings, the unpopular
funny looking one had none.  Jerry Jones makes droned and non-droned
versions of the popular Danelectro model.

  -- Don
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From: jeff@poseur.JPL.NASA.GOV (Jeff Skaletsky - Sun SSE Encino)
Subject: Texas special pickups / SRV's guitar
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. - JPL on-site Software Support
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:47:32 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.204817.8019@cbfsb.cb.att.com> kew@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (steve.w.askew) writes:
>	Note: I heard last night that the Texas special pickups will
>	be available from Fender in about a month. These are the pickups
>	in the SRV model.

I was looking at the circular I got last month from our favorite store
to bash, Guitar Center, and saw that the 28th Anniversary Strat
they were offering for $599 (GC's 28th, not Fender's) *HAD* the 
Texas specials on it, plus Rosewood fingerboard and 60s hardware.

That WAS a pretty nice sounding guitar when I heard it in the store..
Now I know why.

Speaking of SRV's guitar, I was watching the MTV Music Video Awards
and noticed that the guitar player from Pearl Jam (I think - or the
Chili Peppers) was playing what looked like *THE* SRV guitar, or was
it the Fender signature model?  Sorry I'm so fuzzy here, but someone
could probably shed some light...

I heard that *the* SRV guitar was smashed by a light or something
just a week before he died... so chances are it was a Fender signature
or a customized clone...  It didn't look as scuzzed out as the pictures
I've seen of SRV's...  If it's just sitting in pieces somewhere,
I bet it still has a great collector's value - probably in a case
in some Hard Rock Cafe somewhere....

-Jeff
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From: timothy.folkins@rose.com (timothy folkins)
Subject: Identity Crisis
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 00:06:13 GMT
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Date Entered: 09-12-92 18:57
From: timothy.folkins@rose.com (Timothy Folkins)
Subj: Identity Crisis ?
Orga: Rose Media Inc.

Greetings !

I just picked up a Gibson Gold Top copy. It has been carbon dated to
around 1969. It has a great solid body and fantastic intonation.

The name on the head is "Ventura".

Does anyone out there in netland know about this company? Have any
information, drop me a line.

Thanks in advance.

regards,
tef

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From: easteee@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Octave/Pitch Shifting pedals
Date: 14 Sep 92 09:07:06 CDT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

What are the best Octave or Pitch Shifting pedals out there?  I've
only seen the DOD Octoplus and a Boss Pitch Shifter (which was a
disappointment).  Are there many uses for them?
 
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From: tms@cs.umd.edu (Tom Swiss (not Swift, not Suiss, Swiss!))
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Cleaning strings
Date: 7 Sep 92 17:48:42 GMT
Organization: The Reality Liberation Front (pixels to the people!)

whc2993@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>The other day a guy told me that he cleans his strings with Isopropal alcohol.
>I think that is rubbing alcohol.  He said it takes the grime right off.  It
>seemed like a neat idea as long as you don't get it on the paint job. I wonder
>if anyone has heard of this?  It does a good job of cleaning metal tape heads
>so maybe it would work.

     I used to use alcohol to clean my strings; it worked ok, but I do
find that the commercal preparations with naptha work better. I don't think
the alcohol would damage your finish.

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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:19:52 EDT
From: The Cat in the Hat <TXN102@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Y.A.C.T.Q (Yet Another Chord Therory Question)

>para> it's nice because it's only half step away from the root

it is nice, i agree, but the poster meant a half step away from the third
of the resolving root chord.

                        G B D F
                          |   |     aahhh!
                          v   v
                          C   E   G

half step resolution is the basis for western music, yasee.  :-)

Thi
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From: elliott@ncrcol.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Elliott New)
Subject: Re: Kinds of Slides
Organization: NCR E&M Columbia SC.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 12:26:32 GMT

In article <1992Sep7.235948.241@wam.umd.edu> peugh@wam.umd.edu (Arthur Dent) writes:
>
>You could also try to wear the slide on your Index finger and play chords in 
>front of the slide, making the slide like a moveable capo.  I'm the only 
>person that i've heard play like this :) , but i'm sure someone else a bit 
>more famous has thought of this.  If anyone knows of anyone who plays w/ the
>slide on the index finger i'm interest in hearing about it.

Jim Thackery, formerly of the Nighthawks plays slide on his index finger.
He's great!

Elliott New
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From: heiser@fretz.enet.dec.com (Michael A. Heiser)
Subject: Re: Digitech RP-1 Pricing Info/Mail Order
Reply-To: heiser@fretz.enet.dec.com (Michael A. Heiser)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Phoenix, AZ
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:45:57 GMT


The locals are asking $399 before haggling even begins.  Surely MF or AMS
can beat that.
--

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From: swanger@ducvax.auburn.edu
Subject: Strat Plus Ultra question(s)
Organization: Auburn University, AL
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 21:02:19 GMT

I am curious about a guitar, the Fender Strat Plus Ultra (I think that is
the name).  I've seen this guitar in magazines and I saw one in a store but
didn't get a chance to play it.  It looks like a Strat Plus with 1 blue 
Lace Sensor pickup in the neck position, 1 silver (or is it gold) Lace 
Sensor pickup in the middle position and 2 red Lace Sensor pickups in the 
bridge position.  There is a regular strat 5 position pickup selector 
switch plus a toggle switch that I guess turns one of the bridge pickups on 
and off.

Does anyone out there have one of these guitars?  Are the Lace Sensors as
versatile as Fender claims?  That is, does the blue pickup really sound like
a PAF?  Does either of the red pickups really sound like a hot humbucker?  
Do both red pickups together have a high output humbuckerish sound?  How
about the "out of phase" sounds (positions 2 and 4)?  Are they similar to
"real" strat (not trying to start a war) out-of-phase sounds?  While I'm 
at it, can this guitar get many of the "classic" strat sounds along with 
it's other sounds?

If you have one of these, how do you like it?  Great, good, fair, dog, etc?
Fender also has a Strat Plus Deluxe (I think that is the name) that is very
similar to the Ultra but only has one red pickup by the bridge and is a bit
cheaper than the Ultra.  Is the Ultra worth the extra dollars over the
Deluxe?

Thanks for any help you can send!
-- 
David Swanger,   Auburn University, Alabama,   swanger@ducvax.auburn.edu 
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