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Posted: 1/13/2005 4:40:13 PM | no new gear for me ....yet.. got ta pay da bills from chritsmas.
Hey Guitarman.. did you hear that new song by steve vie.. called.. yie yie .. You may have a new steve vie convert here.. i liked it a lot.. really cool sound..
I dont know if his CD is out yet .. i heard it on the 25th aniversary Guitar World CD that came with the mag. LOL steve vie beat out yngwie by one point in the virtuoso icon catogory in the readers poll... BUGGER!!! LOL.. steve got 25% yngwie 24%.. ahhh. | |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 9:31:48 PM | No new gear for me either, wallet keeps saying, "nice, yes I agree but no".
First up on my wish list is a Turkish baglama saz(7 strings), these things are amazing sounding, I have access to one but it's strung lefty.
Next on the list is an Uyghur Tembor a five string instrument native to the Uyghur region of China.
No more pedals or other electronc toys on my list unless they are of the mechanical kind, .......I would like another Leslie. | |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 9:45:16 PM | @jimi 77
I got the 25th guitar mag
I will check out yie yie
In my opinion Vai should win I have g3 with both of them Yngwie is great
And Stevie Vai live at Astoria................
which if you do not have get it tomorrow
the best guitar dvd ever (period)
@late for supper
I have a 7 string acoustic and a 7 string electric
I custom build guitars for clients
so toys for me exist in my brain and just need to be built | |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 11:29:23 PM | Most of my "toys" are variations of one instrument, guitar. There are instruments that the guitar descended from that open up new avenues of expression. My bread and butter is being able to cover as many genres and styles as possible, my brain has toys that I KNOW are beyond my build ability, I've only everbuilt guitars from prefabricated parts, usually Warmoth.
These are in my brain, but the po' ol' thing doesn't think it could build 'em.....
The 7 strings on a Baglama saz are arranged in three courses of two strings and a drone
http://homepage.mac.com/ewald/.Pictures/POF/sazl.jpg
A Tembor is really funky, .... 5 strings, and a 47" scale.
http://homepage.mac.com/ewald/.Pictures/POF/temburi.jpg
There are versions of both available in the Cumbus style of construction that began in Turkey in the early 1900's
http://homepage.mac.com/ewald/.Pictures/POF/temborcumbus.gif
Both of these instruments are fretted "1/4 tone", the saz actually uses nylon fishing line for frets. have you built any thing that uses such an arrangement, have you tried the 8 string Novax necks?
http://homepage.mac.com/ewald/.Pictures/POF/Nex_8stringv.jpg
A micro-tonal fretboard like this might come close to a saz,
http://homepage.mac.com/ewald/.Pictures/POF/ji_mugshot.jpg
Here's some Novax instruments, I particularly like the Phil DeGruy model
http://homepage.mac.com/ewald/.Pictures/POF/pg_pdegruy.jpg
closer look...
http://homepage.mac.com/ewald/.Pictures/POF/pg_harp.jpg
I would also love to try a Charlie Hunter model
http://homepage.mac.com/ewald/.Pictures/POF/pg_hunter1.jpg
Have you seen Linda Manzer's "Pikasso" ?
http://homepage.mac.com/ewald/.Pictures/POF/14.m293.jpg
Yeah, ...... I need something that let's me think outside the box, I'd love to see some of your work, do you have any pix? | |
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Posted: 1/13/2005 11:31:47 PM | | Holy crap, I've died and gone to smiley hell....... How'd they get there???? | |
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Posted: 1/14/2005 3:58:38 PM | ok.. i have great news.. they opend a guitar center not to far from my house.. about 12 mins.. that is to close!! LOL.. i spent two hours in there today.. if you don't know what guitar center is.. it is like the walmart of music stores.. they lat you play anything. they had a gibson ( fark i forgot the name) but it has a big crome indian head on it for sale sweet looking! you pull anything off the shelf and play with it.. and the guy told my the company is thinking of going world wide.. that means canada.
I dont know if this qualifies as gear but i picked up a music stand and a bag of pics. that was all i allowed my self.LOL
they had the peterson strob there as well. | |
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Posted: 1/15/2005 11:41:51 AM | cool jimi
I am just about finished a Custom Strat for a client
many drool bibs have been soiled looking at it
I am on my second pack of 100 | |
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Posted: 1/15/2005 2:50:56 PM | Guitarman .. you MUST post pics dude.. we need to see the masters work.. don't hide it from the world. cant wait to see your web sight.
I played on a LTD guitar last night ran thru a pevey half stack. I did not like it. but it was at a party and the gear was setting there. so me and this guy swicthed off playing .. | |
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Posted: 1/15/2005 5:51:15 PM | I will post pics
and website info
get this I am using my mesa boogie tri axis as a distortion pedal in front of my
groove tubes trio pre amp
Ever try a $2700 canadian distortion pedal....................lol
I have been experimenting with different types of gain stages lately
I collect boost pedal and distortions and pre amps
my favorite trick is running several at the same time but all on lower gain settings
try this if you got more than one
make sure the one with the greatest headroom output is last so you do not squish your signal too much | |
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Posted: 1/15/2005 6:11:49 PM | I tried that, and all I got was a ear piercing wail. sends the dog running for cover and me hopping up and down scramling for the volume swicth.
what you think of the rockton hush? is that a compression pedal ? or a noise gate? they got it on sale for 69 bones right now. i need something to clam down the feed back. | |
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Posted: 1/15/2005 6:22:21 PM | it is a noise gate
sounds like you have other issues though my friend
what kinda guitar you using and pickups?
cause that should not be happening | |
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Posted: 1/15/2005 11:11:45 PM | Ibanez 7 string, Washburn 7 string, Fernandez Sustainiac-
as many effects pedals as I can get! | |
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Posted: 1/16/2005 6:03:07 AM | ya dude
I got an ibanez 7 string electric and acoustic
I need a sustaniac though | |
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Posted: 1/16/2005 6:36:03 AM | | No new gear..Other priorities this year...Makes me tempted to apply for a part time job at Steves or another Music store just to work merely for store credits so I can get my Martin...I wonder if they would bite...One shift a weekend perhaps. | |
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Posted: 1/16/2005 6:45:11 AM | yes steve's music
I remember living in Toronto
I miss cool guitar stores
work at Songbird music .....they got vibe | |
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Posted: 1/16/2005 10:54:33 AM | I play a charvel model 4.. with standard jackson pickups.
They have a 9 volt battery. any ideas | |
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Posted: 1/16/2005 1:32:26 PM | try another guitar with paqssive pickups
see if it goes away
isolate the problem | |
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Posted: 1/17/2005 5:45:01 PM | dudes Drop me an email address for you on my profile here
I will show you my latest guitar I built for a client
Just got back from the photo shoot .................wow | |
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Posted: 1/19/2005 7:43:14 PM | | PROPS to the guitarman and his awesome guitar he just finished.. a thing of beauty.. you should be proud. | |
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Posted: 1/20/2005 11:49:06 AM | The mesa boogie is the caddilac of Amps though I feel a Sun model T calling me.
(every amp has it's own voice so it is hard to say)
Fender guitars could be the only electrics produced and I would be content.
larivee is an acoustic that plays like butter and sings like light.
all in all you won't find a better instrument for a low price than a yamaha. They are still and will be for a long time double the quality for a half of the price. no other guitar can be safely played at a campfire and on a stage the next night and still do such a beautiful job.
glgl
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Posted: 1/21/2005 10:04:13 AM | | I envy all of you guys. I used to play a lot,but can't anymore. I miss it more than you can imagine.I have a Mexican made Tele. Great guitar for the money.Saving the guitar in case my boy desides he wants to play, I can still play well enough to teach him the basics. But I just wanted to remind you guys, that being able to play is a gift to be cherished, cause when it's gone it's like losing a big part of your identity. | |
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Posted: 1/21/2005 1:27:31 PM | But I just wanted to remind you guys, that being able to play is a gift to be cherished,
Hmmmmm.....Actually, ........I had to work at it, ......d*mn hard too.
cause when it's gone it's like losing a big part of your identity.
Heh heh heh, .......I've been playing 36+ of the last 42 years, ......"when it's gone", it goes with me. | |
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Posted: 1/21/2005 2:52:54 PM | late for supper
you get my email????? | |
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