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From: timothy.folkins@rose.com (timothy folkins)
Subject: Les P -> Ventura ???
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 01:23:08 GMT
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Date Entered: 09-15-92 20:18
From: timothy.folkins@rose.com
Subj: Les Paul -> Ventura ???
Orga: Rose Media, Inc.

A friend just gave me a copy of a Les Paul Goldtop. It was made
around the late 60's by a company called Ventura. Does anyone know
anything about them ?

The intonation is great, the fretboard is in great shape and boy, is
this thing HEAVY.

Anyways, if you can supply me with any information, it would be
greatly appreciated.

regards,
tef


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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: st1da@rosie.uh.edu (JEFF PHILLIPS)
Subject: Re: Acoustic Guitar Magazine
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 01:33:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.022025.6039@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, cpeckham@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Peckham) writes...
>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

Well, you could write them in the US and see they will send you a subscription.
The address is:
	Acoustic Guitar Magazine
	Post Office Box 767
	San Anselmo, California 94979-0767
	U.S.A.

I hope this helps.

Reguards,

Jeff Phillips
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: deal_j@apollo.HP.COM (John Deal)
Subject: Re: Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 12:57:47 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Chelmsford, MA

edwards@andy.bgsu.edu writes a great discription of a Ronnie Earls and the
Broadcasters show....

I just wanted to second Bruce's comments on Ronnie Earl.  He is a fantastic
player and a fantastic person.  I consider myself very priliviged to live where
I do since RE & B play at a local bar here in Maynard Ma. called Sit'N Bull
about every Wednesday night.  I have seen him there a few times + at the Lowell
River Festable last summer.  If you are ever in the west of Boston area on 
a Wednesday I would highly recommend giving the Sit'N Bull a call to see if
Ronnie + company are there.

He also gives a blues seminar at the Minor Cord in Acton Ma. on some Saturdays.
Some day I will get up the nerve to go !!

I have 2 tapes of the group, "Peace of Mind" and "Surrounded by Love".  Both
are great.

One last thing, I am not a drummer but I really like the way the drummer in the
Broadcasters plays.  Lots of feeling without getting carried away.

				Thats all,

				John

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From: basinski@biosci.arizona.edu (Mark Basinski)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: gibson guitars
Date: 11 Sep 92 18:33:22 GMT
Followup-To: alt.guitar
Organization: Univ. of Arizona

In article <3111@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>, vivien@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU
(Vivien Bonazzi) wrote:
> I was wondering if I could get some comments on the gibson ES 175 and 
> ES775.
	I've never heard of the ES775, but the 175 is a nice axe for jazz and 
blues, if you like that kind of sound. Being a fan of both Pat Metheny
and Steve Howe, (as examples of players going beyond the "traditional"
jazz sound of Jim Hall or Benson or the blues sound of T-Bone Walker),
I like the straight ahead, no-frills aspect of the guitar. Of course,
if you're going to play REALLY loud, you'll have to deal with the feedback
problem (stuff it with foam rubber or something)....

M
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: Michael.Bremford@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Mike Bremford)
Subject: Re: help
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Victoria Uni. of Wellington, New Zealand.
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 02:02:35 GMT


Well, I'll kinda start the ball rollin', y'know.
To, like, tune your guitar, First you tune your, like, bass string (thats the fat one at
the top of the guitar, dude) to an E note. Totally awesome. If you can't find an E,
like, tune it to a nice sounding note, it does't matter what, just so long as all the
other strings are in tune with it. y'know?!?.
OK, once you've done that bit, put your finger behind the 5th fret on the fat string,
and like, pluck it. Groovy! Then you kinda pluck the string next to it, and tune that
one until its the same note. See on the funky diagram how the notes should be???
the 5th fret on the bass string (E) should be the same as the not-quite bass string(A)
played open (no fingers on frets...) Only excaption is like the B string, dude, which is
the same as the 4th fret on the G string. Bogus.

    Your Guitar
    
Fat Dude     Thin Dude
   E_A_D_G_B_E                
|  +++++++++++    |
|  | | | | | |    |
+> | | | | | | <+-+
   +-+-+-+-+-+
   | | | | | |
   +-+-+-+-+-+
   | | | | | |
   +-+-+-+-+-+
   | | | | | |
   +-+-+-+-+-+
   | | | B | |
   +-+-+-+-+-+
   A D G | E |
   +-+-+-+-+-+
 

	Party on Dude, and... 'Kick out the funk, mothajammers...'

	Mike
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: lonachon@anu.edu.au (andrew longhorn )
Subject: Re: Octave/Pitch Shifting
Reply-To: lonachon@anu.edu.au
Organization: Australian National University
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 00:43:35 GMT

I am also very interested in what's available in this area,
so far the best (for price) I have seen is the zoom range,
they can pitch shift to any semitone within 1 octave above or below.
They achieve it with a DSP (or two) and there is a noticable delay
a few msecs between your playing and the sound.

Apparently, there are much more expensive voice pitch shifters that are
much cleaner, don't chop frequencies as much and have less delay.
(the minimum physically possible is one wavelength I believe).

Any info or thoughts on this would be gratiously received.

I want to know if anyone has tried playing solely through a pitch shifter
without mixing the original input as well. And if it sounded close to "true".
(i.e. shifting A2 down one octave sounds similar to playing unshifted A1).

Lastly, Octavers etc, rely on analogue circuit techniques to "chop" frequencies
in half. They may be cheaper but have limited use, i.e. only single note tracking,
strictly no chords, and the signal must be clear and decernable (no light picking).

Andrew.
From: drf40@cd.amdahl.com (Daryl Fortney)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: PRS
Date: 14 Sep 92 18:05:29 GMT
Reply-To: drf40@cd.amdahl.com
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA


	Has anyone out there played a Paul Reed Smith guitar? I saw one, and it
looks chief, and it had a real solid feel to it.  How are they? I am
thinking about an upgrade from a jackson of mine that is a little too
thrashy for me...

	-df

	Oh, I kinda like the blues. Well not just the blues but a real deep
rich tone. I know fenders have this tone, but I am kinda interested in
the PRS i have seen, are they comparable, or better yet how do they
compare?

-- 
Daryl Fortney						drf40@cd.amdahl.com
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 18:01:32 EDT
From: <JAP8@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Signature Strats, take 3.

Ok, I've gotten lots of e-mail on the signature strats. Only one person has
mentioned the Dave Gilmour strat. Now, the question is:  what's it like, what
color does it come in, what kind of gear does it have in it, how much, when
will it be available, where can I get my grubby little protruberances on it,
etc., etc., etc.
                        Cheers,
                        Jean (the strat fanatic)
From: sumrn@dssv01.crd.ge.com (Robert N. Sum)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Strings Summary
Keywords: acoutsic guitar strings
Date: 8 Sep 92 21:58:01 GMT
Reply-To: sumrn@crd.ge.com
Organization: GE R&D, DICE Program


I recieved only a few responses to my query on acoustic (folk)
guitar strings.  Thanks to those who responded.

Summary:

  2 for Dean Markley with 1 specifically for Vintage Bronze Extra-Lights
  1 for D'Angelico 80/20 lights
  1 for GHS White Bronze either medium guage (013-056) or light (012-054)

And one important tip on when to change strings:  Put them on and let them
stretch out overnight *before* they are played.

Relevant raw data:
------------------------------------------
My personal choice for best quality and sounding guitar strings is
Dean Markeley (take your pick with gauge and material).  Cost
just a little more, but are way-better.
------------------------------------------
I've settled on D'Angelico 80/20 lights.  These strings really give my
Alvarez-Yairi DY-54 a nice sound.  I've also noticed that I get a considerable
amount of playing time out of these strings compared to some of the others
that I've tried.  I liked the feel of Dean Markley Vintage Bronze Extra-Lights,
but they didn't last very long and I had tuning problems with them.  The
Martin Marquis strings are also a good choice, depending on the feel and
sound that you are looking for.
------------------------------------------
i own a Washburn EA-20 electro-acoustic and have used GHS White Bronze
strings almost exclusively for the last couple of years.  i find them to
have a wonderful tone, although i do have a complaint that they seem to die
quickly.

i've been using medium guage (013-056) most of the time, although
occasionally switch to "standard" light (012-054).

incidentally, here's a valuable tip that i learned from Acoustic Guitar
magazine in an interview with David Wilcox.  he was talking about something
valuable that HE had just learned to prolong the life of your strings. 
most of us who change our strings do it when we *first* take the guitar out
for a practice session.  for example, i used to take the guitar out of the
case, take off all of the strings, wipe and polish the stringless guitar,
then re-string and start playing for a couple of hours.

Wilcox says he learned to change the strings *after you've finished playing
that night,* whether it was a practice session or a gig.  this allows the
strings to naturally stretch out over night, without you "shocking" them
into shape with your playing.  he says that since he's started doing this,
his strings seem to last 10 times longer.

i've had *some* success with this, but to tell you the truth, the hard part
for me is to remember to restring the guitar at the end of the night.  or,
i often just don't have the energy.
------------------------------------------

  -- Bob
==
  sumrn@crd.ge.com

  Robert Sum
  G.E. Corp. R. & D.
  P.O. Box 8, Rm. KW-C277
  Schenectady, NY 12301

  Tel. (518) 387-7696

Please note that the "Standard Disclaimer" applies here.
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From: cooper@kdx200.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: alt.guitar,rec.music.makers
Subject: Re: Do-it-yourself 4x12" ?
Date: 9 Sep 92 19:43:38 GMT
Reply-To: cooper@kdx200.enet.dec.com ()
Distribution: usa
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


My advise ??

Don't do it.  By the time your done buying wood, corners, casters,
scoop handles, ozite, girll cloth (or metal) and speakers, you've 
spent more money than a brand new 4x12 stuffed with celestions.

However, if you persist, I beleive radioshack has a book on speaker
cabs and stuff... You might also consider just copying a Marshall
cab design.

jc
From: joshs@tsdiag.ocpt.ccur.com (Josh Shar N2MQD)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Kinds of Slides
Summary: Small glass bottle possibly used for paint.
Date: 9 Sep 92 13:26:24 GMT
Organization: Concurrent Computer, Oceanport NJ

In article <1992Sep8.202233.2451@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, David.T.Greenfield@dartmouth.edu (David T. Greenfield) writes:
> I have also seen brass slides in music stores and I bought one once.  I
> don't use it much, though, because I'm more comfortable playing with a
> steel bar in the lap position due to my pedal steel and dobro
> experience.
> 
> David
> david.t.greenfield@dartmouth.edu

===================================================================
===================================================================

I use a small but heavy bottle on my ring finger for electric
guitar. This bottle is unique and in the 22 years I've owned
and used it,  I've never seen another one like it. It may be a
small paint bottle. Anyway, it just fits over my ring finger,
it's made with thicker than usual glass and lays over only three
strings at a time (it's only about 2.5 inches long). The thick hard
glass gives the strings a real nice tone and it's size makes it
real easy to control. In "un-tuned" mode (normal tuning), I never
play more than three strings at a time for major & minor chords.
For me, this little bottle is so special that I've gone into a
complete panic during those time when I thought I might have
lost it or simply misplaced it. Since I don't know where I got
this one from or where to get another one, this one remains
priceless to me. I for one could NEVER use the usual slide
(for electric guitar) usually found in music stores. Now slide
for acoustic guitar is a different matter. I like those big
heavy brass types (the heavier, the better) except for one thing.
This type usually becomes dull and dampens the ring from the 
strings. The only thing I have against the typical store bought
chrome slides (for acoustic) is that they are usually too thin  
(not heavy). So you might say, in all this time of slide playing,
I've haven't found the perfect slide for my acoustic yet.
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: goo@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (frank.m.macauda)
Subject: Re: CORAL Electric Sitar
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:48:41 GMT

In article <92258.115158WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
> I believe the Coral Electric Sitar was manufactured by Danelectro.  I recall
> seeing one in the sixties (or was it the seventies?  Damn, how those years of
> abuse can fog the mind>) and it looked very much like the Danelectros of the
> period (cheap) right down to the lipstick-tube pickups.  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.
> 
> I thought they were junk then.  Listen to the Box Tops recording of "Cry Like
> Baby" for one of the earliest Coral electric sitar solos.
> 
> Brian Waugh                       |    "What's for dinner?"
> WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU    |        Ravi Shankar


	Jerry Jones Guitars of Nashville builds excellent Coral Sitar and
	Danelectro replicas at reasonable prices. I've played several at
	a local store and have been impressed.


		Frank Macauda

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: tim@shovel.Prime.COM (Tim Cantin)
Subject: Re: ** New at ftp.nevada.
Organization: Prime Computer R&D
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:25:07 GMT

In article <4913.694.uupcb@factory.com>, patrick.eckman@factory.com (Patrick Eckman) writes:
> TC. > Are these files available elsewhere?  On a bbs perhaps?
> TC.
> TC. Not that I know of. Got some filespace handy? *grin*
>
> Well, could you put them on a diskette? Zipped up perhaps? A 1.44mb zip
> file would hold an awful lot of songs. Or could you upload them to a
> bbs?  I have access to a few that could handle a mb or so upload easily.

I can't, no... internet access only. Maybe someone else could, though.
-T

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From: gilletj@alleg.edu (Jennifer Gillette)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: MUSCIAN'S INSTITUTE IN HOLLYWOOD ESP. GIT
Keywords: GIT
Date: 15 Sep 92 20:15:02 GMT
Organization: Allegheny College


		Hello out there...
									 
	I have a friend who will be attending GIT beginning in March of  
'93... has anyone out there gone to GIT and how was it for you?  Do you  
have any hints or advice about classes, teachers, where to live, how to  
save money in any way, what to bring because it can be bought more cheaply  
in the Midwest (where we live) than in L.A.?
	Please respond by e-mail...thanks a lot!  :-)
		Jenny Gillette
		Allegheny College
		Meadville, Pennsylvania
From: WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: CORAL Electric Sitar
Date: 14 Sep 92 19:51:58 GMT
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

I believe the Coral Electric Sitar was manufactured by Danelectro.  I recall
seeing one in the sixties (or was it the seventies?  Damn, how those years of
abuse can fog the mind>) and it looked very much like the Danelectros of the
period (cheap) right down to the lipstick-tube pickups.  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.

I thought they were junk then.  Listen to the Box Tops recording of "Cry Like
Baby" for one of the earliest Coral electric sitar solos.

Brian Waugh                       |    "What's for dinner?"
WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU    |        Ravi Shankar
From: basinski@biosci.arizona.edu (Mark Basinski)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Re: Kinds of Slides
Date: 8 Sep 92 17:53:43 GMT
Followup-To: alt.guitar
Distribution: usa
Organization: Univ. of Arizona

As far as what kind of slide, use whatever works for you, but keep in mind
that a more massive/heavier slide sounds and feels different than a lighter
one (I prefer a fairly heavy stainless steel slide). I like wearing it
in my pinky, but many players (like D. Allman) use the slide on the ring
finger, and I noticed that Billy Gibbons put his slide on the *middle*
finger when I saw ZZ Top last summer (Interesting! keeps 1, 3, and 4 free
for fingering - I'd never thought of trying that, but it might be a real
practical and flexible alternative!).

heavier gauge strings make a big difference too...
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Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: block@dxlaa.cern.ch (Frank Block)
Subject: Re: Soliciting Onions: ES 335, 355
Reply-To: block@dxlaa.cern.ch (Frank Block)
Organization: CERN, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 07:21:05 GMT


Hi there,
I'm also a happy owner of a Gibson 335 and wonder if somebody out there can
tell how to find out the year of the guitar having its serial nr.
Could anyone give me the key for this?
Thanks
	Frank
--

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Div. PPE				BLOCKF@vxcern.cern.ch
CERN				e-mail: 
CH-1211 Geneve 23			BLOCKF@cernvm.cern.ch
Switzerland
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From: mjm@sun.com (Michael Marchi - Santa Clara Systems Eng)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: DIGITECH RP-1 Final Price
Date: 11 Sep 1992 17:17:22 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: mjm@sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: knight.west.sun.com

American Musical Supply came in with the best price....$399 out the door....
which I would have had to get a price of about $375 from a music store.
When I called them the first time they told me $419.  I called back yesterday
pretending that I had a price of $370 from a music store asking if they
could beat it.  The AMS person I was dealing with said that Digitech forbids
mail order dealers from selling this product at that low a price.  True?  I
couldn't tell.  The manager came on the line and wanted to know which music
store was offering this price because they weren't supposed to be selling
it that low.   So I made up a fake name.

Be interesting to see if anyone else gets or has gotten a better deal....

---

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 Systems Engineer		               Phone:  (408) 562-6335
 Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation
 Santa Clara District Sales Office             Fax:    (408) 562-6316
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 Suite 400
 Santa Clara, CA  95054

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: peugh@wam.umd.edu (Arthur Dent)
Subject: Re: Slide Guitar
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 23:18:44 GMT


  Kashmir is in DADGAD(don't know what it's called though).
  In My Time of Dying is in open A(EAEAC#E) and i'm pretty sure Travling 
Riverside Blues is too(at least i can fake it in this tuning).

Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: na0s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Nicolas Alejandro Arauz)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: alesis sr-16
Date: 16 Sep 92 01:42:31 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I was wondering if people had any experience with the Alesis sr-16,
especially in comparison to other drum machines.  Also, I was wondering
what the best price was that people found for it and where it was. 
Thanks a lot!
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 08:30:52 EDT
From: <WKM101@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Ibanez Les Paul years

dear all who took time from their studies to
 satisfy my curiosity,
    this summer i bought an ibanez electric Les
Paul copy. i was wondering if any of you knew
what years this was in production. it looks late
seventies or early eighties to me. it is a really
good playing and looking guitar. thankyou all for
the help. will.
Xref: sparky alt.guitar:7894 rec.music.makers:9447
From: dbw@svl.cdc.com (Dave Woerner)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar,rec.music.makers
Subject: Re: Fret jobs
Date: 9 Sep 92 16:47:09 GMT
Followup-To: alt.guitar

>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

Don Teeter wrote a couple of good books on guitar repair.  When
replacing frets, he recommends routing out the fret slots so that
the frets lie flat without grabbing.  He then uses epoxy and a
clamp setup to glue the frets in.  He claims this works better than
hammering new frets into old fret slots - says he never has a
problem with frets not seating flush with the fingerboard.  I've
only tried it once, and had acceptable, but not great results.  It
seems like a good idea in theory and I suspect with practice it
would work well.

Dave
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
From: blave@netcom.com (David W. Blevins)
Subject: Re: Satriani lessons?
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 21:48:34 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

Jeez, that'll weed out the starving Joe worshipers...  Buy the tab for
his albums - it's pretty accurately done and a HELLUVA lot cheaper..
Those transcribing guys are amazing.

I can't imagine any technique that I'd like to learn that's worth a cool
kilobuck.  How much does he charge to have a beer with him?


Blave, keeping his $1K for now.
From: corvett@csa.bu.edu (Sungyeup Kim)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar
Subject: Jackson King V
Date: 15 Sep 92 00:08:45 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Hi all netters,

I wanna get Jackson King V that Dave Mustain uses 
for my second guitar. I looked around all the music 
store but I can't find one. I wanna play that axe 
before I buy it. Did anybody ever play this guitar?
Or, have info, price, sound etc.
 
Thanks a lot !!!
--
Sungyeup Kim 
corvett@csa.bu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.guitar