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From: dstoll@aragon.stgt.sub.org (Dieter Stoll)
Subject: Playing harp thru tube amp
Keywords: tube amp, harp, harmonica
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 07:33:51 GMT
Organization: Novalis - Laboratoire d'Intelligence Artificielle, Sindelfingen, EUROPE

Hi there,

I'd like to hear experiences from people playing harp through a tube
amp. I have this Shure mic (shaped like a bicylce lamp) and have it
attached to a Boogie MkIV. What I'd like to get is that cool "electric"
harp sound ala Little Walter. Trouble is, the whole setup is extremely
prone to feedback. As soon as even mild distortion kicks in (which I
assume is necessary for a cool sound) it's very difficult to avoid
nasty squeals. I tried a bit of EQ'ing which helped some, but I'm not
totally convinced yet.
Any help?

-- Dieter

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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
From: snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt - K31)
Subject: Battery powered amp
Reply-To: snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil
Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center	
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 19:06:43 GMT

I would like to try my hand at street music and am wondering if anyone
has experience with a battery powered amp?  I suppose another possibility
is to run the guitar output through a pre-amp of some sort and into a
boom box... but this does not seem like it would produce good sound or
that the boom box would live very long.

Also what about those two input karoke machines?  It would be nice to
have the option to play along with keyboard and percussion tracks.

Finally, does anyone have experience with the mikes that you wear on
your head vis hand or stand held... they look like the voice activated
mikes motorcyle riders use.

Thank you!
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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar,alt.guitar
From: piz@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (G G ZIPFEL)
Subject: Re: Metallica in mutant fingers shock !
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:43:38 GMT

>graeme@abekrd.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths) writes:
>>
>>Greetings all,
>>
>>	A friend of mine gave me the TAB for Metallica's last album (you
>>know, the BLACK one) which I was quite pleased about. It's a style I've
>>never really learned and I was keen to pick it up.
>>Anyway in one of the songs (I think its "Through the Never") has a bit
>>from West Side Story (America) at the beginning (You know the bit that
>>goes, da da, da, da da, da, dah dah dah.....) and in the TAB it looks a
>>little impossibe to play. Anyone got any tips....
>>
>>	One of the notes (and they're all about this spread) is:
>>
>>-----------------
>>-----------------
>>-----------------
>>--------2--------
>>--------9--------
>>-----------------


	You could play it like:

Tab               New way
---------------   ------
---------------   ------
---------------   ------
---2--=e-------   --4---  =f#
---9--=f#------   --7---  =e
---------------   ------

	It wouldn't be *exactly* the same, but it should sound really
	good, and maybe even be impressive sounding? You could even throw in
	the open low E string...

	I guess the other alternative is to find another guitarist...


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      Bubby's Back!!!!         | shooters than you can shake a stick at!
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From: drkerns@sony7.sdrc.com (sean kerns)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: Which Strat?  Which Tremelo?
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:38:26 GMT
Organization: SDRC

If what you actaully want to do with this guitar is record, then the Strat Plus
is a good choice. It's quiet, has good sustain, and the lace sensors (especially
the gold ones) are really pretty sounding.
As for the tremolo, the setup on these Strats is pretty good for light use if you
keep it oiled up. If you're recording, you could always stop and retune, right?
While it stays in tune much better, I wouldn't recommend the Floyd for recording.
My experience (I have both types of tremolos) is that the Floyd is more brittle
sounding, and seems to cut sustain. For live performance, you can just turn up
the juice to cover the lost sustain. You probably don't want to do this for
recording.

Snake
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
From: stud9j25@bcars243.UUCP (Steven Kostur)
Subject: Re: Lace Pickups (was Re: Which Strat?)
Reply-To: stud9j25@bcars243.UUCP (Steven Kostur)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 13:48:54 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.212744.21586@news.stolaf.edu>, ninneman@mari.acc-admin.stolaf.edu (Ex-Twin Peaks actor seeks employment) writes:
>In article <274@heimdall.sdrc.com> drkerns@sony7.sdrc.com (sean kerns) writes:
>>If what you actaully want to do with this guitar is record, then the Strat Plus
>>is a good choice. It's quiet, has good sustain, and the lace sensors (especially
>>the gold ones) are really pretty sounding.
>
>I've got a Deluxe Plus with silver, red, and blue lace pickups, so you've got
>me really curious about the gold ones... so what IS the tone like, compared
>to these other three?
>
>scot ninnemann
>ninneman@stolaf.edu
>

The Gold sensors gives you a vintage sound. It is comparable to the vintage pickups on the reissue models, but without the noise. I myself have a Deluxe plus. I prefer the pickups on the Deluxe plus than the Plus. Then again, it's my opinion. What I really want to know is how do the Humbucker sensors sound?
From: larryh@fawlty.lmc.com (Larry Huntley)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: Strat Copy
Summary: Correct taper used?
Keywords: Potentiometers tapers values tone volume
Date: 7 Jan 93 01:32:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: cabezon.1993Jan7.013248.13613
Organization: Logic Modeling Corporation,  Beaverton  OR


    When you replaced the pot, are you sure you used an audio (logarithmic)
    taper pot or did you mistakenly get a linear taper?  The audio taper
    pots are usually somewhat harder to come by, and if you walked into a
    electronic supply house and asked for a "500K pot", you probably got
    linear.

    - Larry Huntley
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Xref: sparky rec.music.makers.guitar:1167 alt.guitar:11159
From: graeme@abekrd.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar,alt.guitar
Subject: Metallica in mutant fingers shock !
Date: 7 Jan 93 12:30:55 GMT
Organization: Abekas Video Systems, Reading, UK.


Greetings all,

	A friend of mine gave me the TAB for Metallica's last album (you
know, the BLACK one) which I was quite pleased about. It's a style I've
never really learned and I was keen to pick it up.
Anyway in one of the songs (I think its "Through the Never") has a bit
from West Side Story (America) at the beginning (You know the bit that
goes, da da, da, da da, da, dah dah dah.....) and in the TAB it looks a
little impossibe to play. Anyone got any tips....

	One of the notes (and they're all about this spread) is:

-----------------
-----------------
-----------------
--------2--------
--------9--------
-----------------

	My fingers ain't that long. I thought it could be a misprint but
like I say the rest of the riff is also spaced this far apart. The TAB
doesn't say to tap it, so do Hetfield and Newstead have fingers _that_ 
long ?
	Inquiring minds etc....

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From: whc2993@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Subject: Re: Battery powered amp
Reply-To: whc2993@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:59:54 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.190643.16968@relay.nswc.navy.mil>, snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt - K31) writes:
>I would like to try my hand at street music and am wondering if anyone
>has experience with a battery powered amp?  I suppose another possibility
>is to run the guitar output through a pre-amp of some sort and into a
>boom box... but this does not seem like it would produce good sound or
>that the boom box would live very long.

I've never tried one but there is an amp called The Pignose which is small and
can be battery powered.  Ralph Macchio used one in the movie Crossroads.  I
imagine it probably distorts easily.  It has a belt strap.  Musician's Friend
has it for around $80 I think.  
	I've also seen a little Marshall Micro stack which is real small. 
Maybe you are looking for something a little bigger though.
									Bill


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From: mrk@gvgspd.gvg.tek.com (Michael R. Kesti)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar,alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Lesson of the Week
Date: 10 Jan 93 16:55:54 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
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In article <1993Jan7.202304.7889@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
                                piz@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (G G ZIPFEL) writes:

>	Since I'm far from an expert, I couldn't give any lessons on
>	advanced topics, but I'd be willing to do a beginner course.
>	I've been thinking about giving lessons anyway, this would be a good
>	way to see how well I'd do at it.

I encouraged the other respondant who said he might be willing to give this
a try, and similarly encourage Zip, but I think we can't expect too much of
this.  In the same way that the Miracle Piano teaching system is limited
(for example, it can tell you whether you played the right notes at the
right time, but it can't tell if you used the right fingering nor if your
hand position is correct), so will these kinds of "lessons".  I feel that
these lessons will be naturally be limited to music theory fundamentals and
explanations of when to use which scales, as one cannot demonstrate technique
in ASCII text.  This is not to say that there is no value in teaching theory
and scales, only that they are not a complete substitute for learning from
a good teacher who can observe, and correct, one's playing.

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From: drkerns@sony7.sdrc.com (sean kerns)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: Strat Copy
Date: 6 Jan 93 14:28:48 GMT
Organization: SDRC

It's possible you used a pot with too much resistance, which might cause this.
Otherwise, it might just be an illusion caused by the change in frequency 
response when you turn it down. I replaced the TONE knob on one of my
Strats with a VOLUME knob for this reason. I would swear it works this way.
BTW, you can get some really interesting tonal effects by intentionally (or like
me ignorantly) using pots with the wrong values.


Snake
Shade Tree Guitar Tech
(and player)
Xref: sparky rec.music.makers.guitar:1181 alt.guitar:11170
From: kevin@sherman.pas.rochester.edu (kevin mcfadden)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar,alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Lesson of the Week
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:05:24 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester

I am definitely interested.  A few ideas:

    1) See if you can collaborate with a few others (I have been reading
here for about a half year and I KNOW there are plenty out there that
know there stuff.)  This way your work load is reduced and perhaps a 
broader view (examples and such) is produced.

    2) My own area of very limited knowledge is chord/scale theory.  My main
interest is in Jazz but at this point almost anything that makes sense
to me would be mana from heaven!

    3) Also, see if anyone out there uses MUTEX (the music tex typesetting
program) and collaborate with them.  Worse comes to worse, I will obtain it and
learn it if anyone thinks it will be a benefit.

Kevin
From: rost@tecrus.dec.com (My name is Brian Rost)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: Battery powered amp
Date: 8 Jan 93 20:19:11 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


>In article <1993Jan6.190643.16968@relay.nswc.navy.mil>, snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt - K31) writes:
>>I would like to try my hand at street music and am wondering if anyone
>>has experience with a battery powered amp?  I suppose another possibility
>>is to run the guitar output through a pre-amp of some sort and into a
>>boom box... but this does not seem like it would produce good sound or
>>that the boom box would live very long.

The Peavey amps that everyone has mentioned are the Solo and KB-15, the first
is a "PA" amp, one channel has an XLR mike inpout, the other a guitar input. 
The KB-15 is intended for keyboards.  There used to be a guitar version called
the Decade, but it was dropped.  That unit had distortion, etc.  All have 1-8",
and push 15 watts with AC adapter (optional) or 10 watts with batteries.

The Mouse and Maxi-Mouse from Lectrosonics are expensive ($200 plus) but are
designed or the street with rechargeable batteries built-in and are wedge
shaped for better dispersion when on the sidewalk.  The Maxi has two channels
with one optimized for a mike.  This is the #1 most popular street amp in
Boston, which allows licensed busking.

The (discontinued) Fender Sidekick 10 was similar to the Peavey amps and had a
battery charger built-in.

For more juice, Radio Shack sells a 25 watt PA head that can run from 12V.
Sporting goods stores sell rechargeable 12V packs for use with portable
floodlights that you can use to power this, then pick the cabinet of our
choice.

A Pignose will work but at only 1 watt and a 4" speaker, it's not loud enough
for clean sounds at all.

To get more volume out of any of these puppies, disconnect the built-in
speaker and hook up a cab with one or two 12" (be careful to match impedances),
and you'll get noticeably more output.

					Brian Rost @tecrus.enet.dec.com

					508-568-6115

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From: juggle@athena.mit.edu (furious axe demon)
Subject: Re: Wanted Boss Flanger
Keywords: Looking for a used Boss Flanger in good shape.  
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:04:25 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.220047.10996@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> arriflex@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (g.e.fister) writes:

>	I'm looking for a Boss flanger.  New ones 
>in my area are going for $89.00  Anyone have a used 
>one sitting around that they would like to sell?  Or 
>can anyone recomend a mailorder co. that has good 
>prices on Boss flangers.  
>
>sorry no DOD flangers!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


Hmm.

What's wrong with  DOD flangers?


	-juggle-,
         curious
From: battle@umbc3.umbc.edu (Rick)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Classic Rock Instrumentals
Date: 6 Jan 1993 15:07:57 -0500
Organization: Univ. of MD, Baltimore County
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc4.umbc.edu

I looked in my local music store that specializes in sheet music
and books for Classic Rock Instrumentals and they had no
knowledge of the book.  Could someone please post the publisher
of the book so I can track it down?
 
Thanks,
 
Rick Battle
Annapolis, Maryland

Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
From: aash@ms.uky.edu (aash)
Subject: Re: Lace Sensor Pickups
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:33:38 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

In article <1993Jan9.004544.25564@berlioz.nsc.com> darryl@berlioz.nsc.com (Darryl Williams) writes:
>With all the discussion that has been going on lately regarding the
>lace sensor pickups, would someone please be kind enough to explain
>to me what the red lace sensor is like? I know that the blue is more
>of a PAF humbucker, the silver is QuarterPound strat, and the gold is
>a more vintage sound. Is the red like a HOT humbucker or just a BEEFED
>up vintage strat sound? Thanks in advance. Please correct if I'm wrong
>about the other lace sensors.

i put one of these in the bridge position of my strat plus (i also
have a blue one in the neck pos, and original gold one in the middle)
this red one is GREAT for the distortion rockin sound (i have a super 60
too)  the clean sound in kinda thin, but i find that with this combination
of three, the variety is incredible.. i can get everything i want
out of my strat with this.

aash
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From: spock@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (Steve Horvath)
Subject: Re: Battery powered amp
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:05:38 GMT
Summary: Peavey


I saw a Peavey used by someone in NYC on the street, he said it
took 6 D batteries,  suppose it would be OK if you used rechargable
batteries.  It sounded pretty cool and also ran on AC.  It had like
a 5 inch speaker or maybe 6.  Don't know the model name, and never
saw it in a store.

Steve

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Date: Tuesday, 12 Jan 1993 15:41:45 PST
From: <WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: Dobro
Distribution: world

In article <1iv1guINNbm8@crcnis1.unl.edu>, msv@unl.edu (mark vanroojen) says:
>
>Dobro did make metal bodied guitars in the thirties, but these are
>different from the ones made by National.
             <stuff deleted>
>Manufacture of
>the metal bodied guitars was discontinued due to steel rationing in
                                                  ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^
>WWII.  The dies for all but the 14 fret neck duolians were melted down.

I believe the metal bodied Dobros/Nationals were made from bell brass which
was then nickel plated.

An excellent pocket history of the many incarnations of the Dopyera Brothers
various companies is included in Groege Gruhn's "Vintage Guitars."

Brian
From: gothick@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Gothick)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: Battery powered amp
Date: 7 Jan 93 13:53:28 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England

dab@donner.cc.bellcore.com (ballard,david a) writes:

>In article <1993Jan6.190643.16968@relay.nswc.navy.mil>, snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt - K31) writes:
>> I would like to try my hand at street music and am wondering if anyone
>> has experience with a battery powered amp?  

>i don't know what size you're looking for but marshall has this real 
>little thing (about 6"x5") that runs on a 9-volt and has a belt 
>clip on the back.  it has an overdrive and cranks pretty good in spite of 
>its size.  you can even get pretty good feedback and stuff.  it's fun 
>to play with...

This amp (can't remember the number) has the best overdrive I've heard
in an amp smaller than a mains practice amp.  It's also got surprisingly
good bass response for its size.

Just my $0.02.

Matt

>dab





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From: keitha@spider.co.uk (Keith Aitken)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: Battery powered amp
Date: 8 Jan 93 12:13:38 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK.

In article <1ii8h6INNjga@dubhe.anu.edu.au> andrewl@cs.anu.edu.au writes:
>My friend and I are designing and building a new busking amp that will
>run for a long time and be pretty loud. Almost as good as a mains practice
>amp. It is powered by a car battery or two.
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

And we all know how light and portable they are, right? :-)

(Of course you could use the old busker trick of mounting your amp and
batteries on a shoppers trolley)

KDA
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From: rost@tecrus.dec.com (My name is Brian Rost)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: Replacement speaker for amp
Date: 8 Jan 93 20:30:58 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <MIZUTANT-291292102145@microlab7.med.upenn.edu>, MIZUTANT@fred.wharton.upenn.edu (Taka Mizutani) writes...
>Judging
>from the expense and time involved installing a new speaker

Huh?  Expense, OK but time?  In an open-back guitar amp it's about five
minutes!

					Brian Rost @tecrus.enet.dec.com

					508-568-6115

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	*						   *
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From: ohumukin@spectra.com (Kawika Ohumukini)
Subject: Re: Metallica in mutant fingers shock !
Organization: Spectragraphics Corporation
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 00:18:15 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.123055.20897@abekrd.co.uk> graeme@abekrd.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths) writes:
>
>Greetings all,
>
>	A friend of mine gave me the TAB for Metallica's last album (you
>know, the BLACK one) which I was quite pleased about. It's a style I've
>never really learned and I was keen to pick it up.
>Anyway in one of the songs (I think its "Through the Never") has a bit
>from West Side Story (America) at the beginning (You know the bit that
>goes, da da, da, da da, da, dah dah dah.....) and in the TAB it looks a
>little impossibe to play. Anyone got any tips....
>
>	One of the notes (and they're all about this spread) is:
>
>-----------------
>-----------------
>-----------------
>--------2--------
>--------9--------
>-----------------
>
>	My fingers ain't that long. I thought it could be a misprint but
>like I say the rest of the riff is also spaced this far apart. The TAB
>doesn't say to tap it, so do Hetfield and Newstead have fingers _that_ 
>long ?
>	Inquiring minds etc....

In my Joe Satriani book they do this to indicate two guitars harmonizing,
either through dubbing or pitch transposer.  They indicate additionally by

Gtr I
---------------------
---------------------
---------------------
------2--------------
------9--------------
---------------------
Gtr II 


cheers,
Kawika 
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