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From: mek4_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Mark Kern)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: *** PRS guitars ****
Date: 5 Apr 92 16:04:58 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

I love PRS guitars as well.  I used to be a Strat player and one day I went
looking for a deluxe Strat to replace my Japanese made one.  I went to the
store and tried every model Strat I could.  I ended up dissapointed because
they all felt the same...no improvement from my Japanese Strat.  Then the
salesman showed me a PRS guitar. I was instantly impressed with its fast
neck and ability to sound like a Strat or a Les Paul (well, close enough
for me).  I didn't have the money then, but a year later I picked up a 
PRS Custom.  For those who want to know a good price, I think I got one :

			PRS Custom
			Glue-on neck
			10 top (10 top is a flamier maple than the 9)
			Bird Inlays
			Gold Plated hardware (looks great on the tobacco 
						colored flame top)
			Matched case
			$1700 (but I had to fight, fight for it)

There have been few problems with it.  The gold plating does flake off if
you rest your hand on the bridge, but this is inevitable and looks cool in
my opinion.  Also, the model I have (2 years old) has volume and selector
knobs that tend to crack.  PRS was glad to send me replacements, and said
they were aware of the problem and were going to contract a better plastic
knob maker to solve it.  

How does it play?  It plays itself!  Warning : it will ruin you for other
guitars.  The action on a PRS is very low, and the small scale makes the
string tension lighter.  The sound is extremely warm and rich, but you
can get a very wide range of sounds by fiddling with the pickup selector and
sweet switch.  I play through a little fender tube amp, and it still sounds
awesome.  BTW, have any other PRS players noticed that the guitar smells nice
too? When I open my case, there is a distinctive sweet smell of wood or 
something.  The guitar smells like this too.

I plan to get a signature model in the future because I am convinced that
these guitars will become collecter's items.

Markus

P.S. the old-style trem never goes out of tune either!  
C
P.S. the old style trem *never* goes out of tune
D
D
these guitars will become collecters items.
--
Mark Edward Kern==========================================================
|   	Quagmire Studios : "We not only hear you, we feel you!"          |
|	NET : mek4_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu  GEnie : M.KERN1           |
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From: bulger@ug.cs.dal.ca (Fred Bulger)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: TO TAB OR NOT TO TAB......
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:39:47 GMT
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

In article <1992Apr13.153710.15561@cam.compserv.utas.edu.au> cmurray@esk (Christopher John Murray) writes:
>     I haven't been following this thread because I find it boring as hell,
>but I just think I'll bore everybody back for a change and put my .0002 in.
>
>     TAB has shortcomings, sure, it can't show rhythm and its very
>instument specific, to the point of only being useful for the instrument
>it written for (for string instruments, only in the tuning used in that
>case).  
>

   It depends what kind of tablature you are dealing with.  Many lute 
tablatures use "flags" to give each note a time value.  Is this ever done with
modern guitar TAB?  

	      -Fred.


-- 
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  CANADA    B3l 1K8          |  bulger@moon.sba.dal.ca
From: alain@concour.cs.concordia.ca (SARRAF)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: For David Covell only
Date: 6 Apr 92 20:45:26 GMT
Organization: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

Hi.

	I'm sorry that I had to post this, but my mail to you keeps
bouncing back. I have the codes for the amp if you could mail
the date to me that'd be great.


	Well here goes : the speakers have two sets of codes which read:

        064121 and 1376949D

Does that make any sense? I've tried to figure out these codes with
absolutely no luck. Incidentally , the codes are on the speaker
bracket and not on the sticker. Does that make a difference?

	I heard that you can date the amp using the transformer
codes also. They are as follows: 

1. small transformer:
   022921
   -606-0-10
2. medium transformer:
   022699
   -606-0-01 (or 07 its hard to tell)
3. big transformer:

   022855
   606004

4. Huge transformer:

  J022798
   606006 

Thanks for any help that you can provide. I really appreciate it.

Alain


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From: bj_stedm@csd.brispoly.ac.uk (Bruce Stedman)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: alt.guitar.tab anyone?
Date: 11 Apr 92 17:49:44 GMT
Organization: Bristol Polyversity

mcdonghj@unix2.tcd.ie (Nascent Virion.....) writes in article <mcdonghj.702902097@unix2.tcd.ie>:
>In <1992Apr9.185643.22697@acsu.buffalo.edu> psr@acsu.buffalo.edu (Ben the Crafter) writes:
>
>>bergman@glycine.cs.unc.edu (Larry Bergman) writes:
>
>>>In article <1992Mar27.080635.260141@cs.cmu.edu>  rane+@CS.CMU.EDU (Aaron Hughes) writes:
>>>> Since we have so many tab postings and requests, perhaps
>>>> we should consider creating alt.guitar.tabs - anyone?
>>>> 
I thought exactly the same the day before yesterday myself.

BJS
From: swanger@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Battery Price (was: distortion boxes?)
Date: 17 Apr 92 18:12:15 GMT
Distribution: usa

In article <1992Apr10.150727.22260@decuk.uvo.dec.com>, jf@decuk.uvo.dec.com (Jason Flowers) writes:
> 
> 
> 
> 	9 volt batteries at $2 a go......
> 
> 	jeez you lucky sod........over here they go for about 3 and a half
> 	quid ($5-6)

Does anyone know if Radio Shack still has the free battery card?  You could
get one free battery per month with this card.  The card itself was free. 
The batteries were bottom of the line, but were free.  In my poorer days, I
had several of these cards and built up a stash of cheapo 9 volt batteries
from the Shack.  They usually only lasted a few weeks in the stomp box, but
the price was right!

Now I'm into rechargeables.

-- 
David Swanger,   Auburn University,   swanger@ducvax.auburn.edu 
"Slight movement during exposure is often the cause of serious degradation of 
 image quality, although photographers often seem to prefer to blame their 
 equipment, usually criticizing the lens quality!", Ansel Adams, THE CAMERA.
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: tab: more Bryan Adams
From: phys174@csc.canterbury.ac.nz
Date: 14 Apr 92 10:27:07 +1200
Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

It bugged me not be able to give the lead fills in Run To You,
so I sat down last night, and had a listen... here they are:

remember, these are a tone lower than the CD

   in the Intro (before the words)
               g:---7-b9-r7---then--(2)b4 slow release 3.5----  
   after chorus 1 (before the verse words)
               e:-10b12r10-----------
               b:----------(10)b12---
   then (between some words)
               g:---------7--9------
               d:---7-/9------------
   then (over some words)
               e:----(10)b12--------

use heaps of reverb and sustaining overdrive.
From: msb4+@andrew.cmu.edu (Marc Philip Sides)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Mail Order Advice
Date: 9 Apr 92 04:06:59 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Freshman, Architecture, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


 
Rich,
    I always use this place acalled the Musician's Friend.  They 've got
descent prices and they deliver real quickly.  I don't have their number
but you can find it in any issue of Guitar or Guitar World.  Check in
the advertisers index.
 
Marc Sides
Sideez
From: fkam_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Kevin McFadden)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Scales and Music
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:28:31 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)


	Someone back there a few messages said that music theory is not
music, music comes from the soul.  This would be true if all muscicians
had an inborn talent of understanding music theory without learning it
purposely, idiot-savantish.  

	I have been playing guitar (I use playing very loosely) for about
10 years or so.  Back when I first started taking lessons I was only 
interested in learning songs, but my teacher was intent on teaching the
basics and theory before getting into that.  So I made my first mistake:
I quit taking lessons.  A couple years later I took lessons again
and this teacher catererd to both songs and theory, so I stuck around  
longer.  After a while though I just couldn't make time to practice
because of high school and sports.  Eventually I gave up guitar for
a year or two until I regained interest again in college.

	I have a half decent knack for coming up with neat little riffs
or chord progressions but I can never link anything together.  After 
playing for a while with one of my friends who had years of piano theory
and is now playing guitar, I could not believe the stuff he could create!
I could always think up great stuff in my head but I could never transfer
it via my fingers to the guitar.  Now I am realizing the benefits and
starting to learn the theory so I am not so upset about my playing.  Of
course if you are happy playing without the theory by no means change! 

	The moral of this story is to tighten your belt & Learn the theory!
Most people do not have the natural talent to ignore it.  Knowing just
one scale and the chords which belong to it can make a world of difference
in your playing!  You can only play power chords so long before they
get boring.  Of course you can always buy neat effects to make these
chords sound cool :))

Stepping of the pedestal,

Kevin
From: martinec@serss0.fiu.edu (Chris Martinez)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Doors, King Crimson TAB?
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:48:05 GMT
Organization: Florida International University, Miami

I am looking for the Tablature for the Doors "Roadhouse Blues" and
anything by King Crimson.  Will trade...
Thanks,
Chris Martinez

martinec@fiu.edu
From: v125njuc@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (DA BIG FAT FUNKY BUTT-GROOVE)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: RE: trems questions
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:20:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


In article 2401
Dave
bottom@hawk1.enet.dec.com writes:

>Rich
>v125njuc@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
> 
>>I need some info on the following tremelo things,
>>Washburn torsion bar tremelo, mosrite/mosley tremelo, and fender
>>jaquar/jazzmaster tremelo.
> 
>None of these are still being manufactured. Today you have a choice of a 
>standard strat type trem, a floyd rose locking trem or a kahler locking 
>trem, or various clones of the above. All require routing of the body of 
>the guitar to install.
>
> 
> 
>dave

Ok, I kinda figured they might not be manufactured, but I can get 
a copy of the fender jaguar/jazzmaster trem. for $40 from allparts.
And I could probably get a Mozrite/Moseley from a vintage dealer
so if you could give me some info on those, I would greatly appreaciate 
it.

Anybody know why they stopped making Washburn Wonderbars?
I saw an ad for them in an old guitar player mag and the idea seemed
pretty cool

Thanks
Rich
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: ebshen@athena.mit.edu (Eric B Shen)
Subject: Re: Acoustic Guitar Pedal survey -HELP ME PLEASE!
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 14:36:31 GMT

In article <19522@chopin.udel.edu>, abby@chopin.udel.edu (Louis Abbruzzesi) writes:
|> If you truly want to look at the business side of this pedal(supply/demand)
|> then your first point above about the difficulty of designing the pedal is 
|> irrelevant.  You don't produce something, then set the price on how difficult
|> it was to make-- You should find out what people will pay for it and compare
|> that to the per/unit cost of the pedal. People don't care what it took to 
|> make the product- they weigh the benefits with the price.
|> 
|> So my point is, if I may be so nitpicky, you can say its complex until you are 
|> blue in the face and it won't have any effect on what I or anyone else is will-
|> ing to pay.

Your point is well taken.  

I guess what I meant to say is that if I wanted to be realistic about this...
to do this kind of effect would take a TREMENDOUS amount of processing.  So a
'pedal' for $150 is impossible.  If such a thing would be available for $150,
that would be an absolutely ludicrously teeny-tiny price to pay.

You know, not even the Eventide can do this. (thanks to Joe K.  :-)

So there would have to be some advertising done, or something, to let people know
that this isn't a little toy they are playing with.  And a price of $1000 - 
$2000 would be pretty reasonable, if not too small.

BUT, as I said, that's not the point of the project.  I just wanted to get a
vague idea of the interests of other people concerning this thing.  The arbitrary
price I chose was to emulate the SansAmp.  It simulates amps, so mine simulates
guitars.  Not a very educational decision, but good enough.

So this project is looking more and more like make-believe, but humor me!  My
professor doesn't need to know these details!  Thanks for the input.

Eric Shen
ebshen@athena.mit.edu
From: hjv@phil.ruu.nl (Hendrik Jan Veenstra)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: scales
Keywords: scales
Date: 9 Apr 92 09:51:47 GMT
Organization: Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

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)

--
Hendrik Jan Veenstra - Department of Philosophy
University of Utrecht - The Netherlands
USENET: hjv@phil.ruu.nl   * don't worry about life; it's not permanent *
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: aash@ms.uky.edu (aash)
Subject: Re: THEORY . .?
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 20:34:03 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
X-Bytes: 

In article <92104.203657WKM101@psuvm.psu.edu> <WKM101@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
> ALL great music comes from the
>         creative soul. . . .
>   NOT from THEORY books!


music doesn't come from the theory, it's the other way around.
theory just gives you more tools to work with.  and the more
you have, the better you will be.

aash
-- 
aash@ms.uky.edu, aash@ukma.bitnet     "the only thing i ever really wanted to
{backbone|rutgers|uunet}!ukma!aash     say was wrong, was wrong, was wrong."
aash@ukpr.uky.edu
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: jamesb@nevada.edu (James Bender)
Subject: Re: nuts
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 20:15:27 GMT

In article <45001@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> jasdzews@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Gary James Jasdzewski) writes:
>Dear recalcitrant netters,
>     Can you tell me what you know about nuts.  I want to replace the
>one I have.  Should I get a brass, a bone, or a graphite one?  What
>are the differences, etc.

	Ouch! Why would you want graphite nuts! Is this some new man thing,
replacing your god given nuts with artificial ones, in that case, make mine
brass.  :)

	But SERIOUSLY, that questions depends on the tone you want to achive.
Brass nut, and other hardware, tend to increase sustain. People with
Fender stratocasters lik graphite, because they help to prevent your tremolo
arm from making you guitar go horribly out of tune. Bone has a good tone, and
usually, it is the standard nut on a new guitar(note I said USUALLY!).

>
>BTW, do gig bags protect your guitar.  They look flimsy.
>

	If it falls out of the back of your truck or something, it wont help,
but if you have to drag your guitar to school, or to gigs or whatever, they
help protect against getting nicks, and little dents, and it protects against
rainy weather(some I can attest to, with all the rain we've had here)


						Hope I could help


From:     		jamesb@redrock.nevada.edu
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: kew@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (steve.w.askew)
Subject: Re: Tuning a Fender Strat + ???
Summary: Strat + tuning problems
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 17:36:29 GMT

In article <ulan.702919535@ee.ualberta.ca>, ulan@ee.ualberta.ca (Dale Ulan) writes:
> iscorp@next12pg2.wam.umd.edu (Jamee Wang) writes:
> 
> >Greetings.
> 
> >Whenever I move the tremelo bar to produce a quivering sound (push bar  
> >down, play a harmonic note, quiver while pulling the bar up), my guitar
> >(Fender Strat Plus) keeps getting out of tune. Can someone tell me how to  
> >solve this problem?
> 
> One (drastic) measure that works is to get an aftermarket trem setup.
> I'veplayed on one that I was totally amazed with: the Shift 2001.
> 
> In any case, the aftermarket parts business has already addressed
> your concern...
> 
> ----
> Dale Ulan   ulan@ee.ualberta.ca
> 
> Computer Engineering Undergrad

	Hold on folks! First, is this guitar a Strat Plus? If it is, it
	should be equiped with locking tuners and a Wilkenson roller nut.
	If the guitar has these items it should stay in tune.
	
	9 times out ten tuning problems are caused by the nut. Tuners
	are rarely the problem as are stock Fender trem units. The reason
	Fender puts Wilkenson nuts on the Strat Plus is so it will stay in
	tune. The tuners on a Strat Plus have no wraps, the string is held
	by a clamp system. So no string wraps to loosen when depressing the
	bar. 

	Steve
	Doin That Blues ThAng!
	Come on Down to the Sippin E-Z

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: mikeh@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (michael p.herlihy)
Subject: Re: Another guy who wants alt.bass...and the Jaco book
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 16:45:36 GMT

In article <1992Apr04.035331.893@haapi.mn.org> clay@haapi.mn.org (Clayton Haapala) writes:
>In article <1992Apr2.113933.28940@newstand.syr.edu> mprisco@lynx.cat.syr.edu writes:
>>What's the real story on his death anyway?  Anyone know?  Also, I'm not
>
>As I understand it, Jaco was shot by a hotel-owner somewhere down ....

Clay,

As I understand it he was thrown out of an after hours club by
the manager. When he tried to get back in the manager hit him.

He hit his head on a doorframe when he fell and suffered massive brain damage.
The last I heard the manager was up on manslaughter charges. Does
anyone know the outcome of the case?




Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: jamesb@nevada.edu (James Bender)
Subject: Re: Suggestion for ftp archive
Organization: University of Nevada System, Computing Services
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:08:42 GMT

>Sorry, I didn't save the address of the person in charge of the
>ftp.nevada.edu archive, so I will broadcast this:

	My address is in the infamous README file :)

>
>Many of the .tab files are not tablature at all.  Could those
>extensions be changed to reflect the files' actual contents?

	OK. This is the way it will work;

		*.tab   -has chords, a few leads, and runs, and sometimes a
			 and sometimes a solo

		*.crd   -has chords only. No fills. No runs. No solo's


						Thank you for you support,
						James B


From:     		jamesb@redrock.nevada.edu
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"UMMMMM, excuse me, could you be a little more vague?"
							-- CROW
From: v056rcrx@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Chuck, the Fencing God)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: HELP BUYING FIRST ELECTRIC (SOLID BODY)
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:45:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <44030@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, stevenra@feserve.cc.purdue.edu (needs changing) writes...
>In article <92095.171920CXK134@psuvm.psu.edu> CXK134@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>I'm looking to buy my first solid body electric guitar and could use a little
>>advice.  Right now I have an acoustic that I sort of taught myself to play
>>
>>CHRIS KIRKHAM     PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
>>
>  	I highly reccomend looking into the lower-line models from Ibanez,
>they  are well made and offer all the best options, that many higher
>priced guitars don't..and they all well built.  I bought an EX 360
>for my first guitar, an I've had it for three years, and it's still in perfect
>shape....recessed trem, basswood, great sounding pickups, locking nut,
>5-way switching, S-H-S config....offered mail order for
>about $295..
> 
>Alex Stevens
>stevenra@fegate.cc.purdue.edu
>:

IBANEZ?!??!?!?  read my last article, Chris, in response to a beginner
who is also looking for his first electric guitar.
If you're into hard-rock/heavy-metal, Charvel guitars are your best bet,
dollar-for-dollar.  The boys who make JACKSON guitars put alot of quality
into their lower-priced CHARVEL guitars.  Now, we're talking QUALITY, not
flashy effects and air-brushed-graphics.  I have a charvel 275, which
i bought after my KRAMER FELL APART and my friend's IBANEZ CRACKED.
It is the only guitar for under $500.00 where the whammy bar (gasp) STAYS
IN TUNE!!!!!! (hard to believe, huh?)  The neck feels great; nice and thin
with jumbo frets and a satin finish for quick action.  The pickups are
above average (although not as good as EMGs), and the electronics are
very reliable.
                            Chuck "but nobody else likes charvels" Farnsworth
From: scogpw@thor.cf.ac.uk (Gordon Walker)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Acoustic Guitar - What to look for?
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:14:26 GMT
Organization: University of Wales College at Cardiff
X-Mailer: Cardiff Computing Maths PP Mail Open News Gateway

In article <2839@faatcrl.UUCP> frankc@faatcrl (Frank Coffman) writes:
|mdbrown@bmera271.bnr.ca (Matthew Brown 1629309) writes:
|
|>I am planning to spend under CDN $800.  I'd like an acoustic with
|>pickups.  I expect that the guitar might get bumped around so I'd like
|>something a bit rugged in construction and finish.
| 
| Nothing comes close to Ovations as far as durability.......

Are you sure? Judging by various comments over the weeks on here and
elsewhere, Ovations seem to crack up after a while for some people.
(Apart from all the acoustical claims about them being a loud of crap,
but thats another story.......!! BTW, I'm not criticising its
electro-acoustical performance here!)

Gordon
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Wednesday, 8 Apr 1992 08:38:15 EDT
From: <BFANTLE@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject:    drum machine

I am looking at buying a drum machine to accompany me and a few friends that li
ke to jam.  Are there any inexpensive, but yet practical ones that any of you w
ould recommend?  thanks in advance...

barry
From: easteee@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: -*> Dokken <*-
Date: 16 Apr 92 05:46:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: wkuvx1.1992Apr16.004646.1356
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Does anyone know if Cherry Lane (or anyone else) publishes TAB for Dokken, or
if George Lynch's "Mr. Scary" appears in any Guitar magazines/publications?
I think George is one of the best guitarists I've ever heard.. He is simply
incredible!
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