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Post by b4nj0 on Apr 19, 2023 3:12:43 GMT -5
Well it covered atomic theory as it relates to electron flow in a necessarily rudimentary fashion given the constraints on time.
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Post by b4nj0 on Apr 18, 2023 11:22:03 GMT -5
I watched it straight through. I noticed he didn't cover inductors in the basic components round up? I did have a handful of pedantic issues not worth going into, although that said I will name drop Shockley, and dwell for a moment upon the actual degree of his input that was nonetheless rewarded with an Alfred.
It was a good video for a complete noob, but the areas where I've always been a bit fuzzy were all crammed into the last 30-ish minutes, so they were glossed over too rapidly for my liking and I am not really any the wiser. After all- everything is available with a bit of nimble google-fu? I nabbed a fair few screenshots though! It all comes down to desire to add to the mountain of age-related brain clutter really, and just reveals my own laziness. As I said though- good video.
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Post by b4nj0 on Apr 2, 2023 4:36:25 GMT -5
Including a Pacifica I have five S-types, and two are wired with the Mike Richardson design. That particular wiring eschews the middle position in favour of a Tele-like neck bridge combo. I can't say I've ever missed the middle pup alone on those two guitars, in fact I prefer the combo sound in that position three over a vanilla Strat- I find it more useful and it has led me on to reaching for one of my two Teles in preference. Everyone is different to some extent and I guess it's "whatever floats your boat".
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Post by b4nj0 on Mar 16, 2023 4:32:51 GMT -5
I never realised that there was a "right or wrong" way (as in "ISO" decreed) to express the date, but D-M-Y (as in small-larger-largest) instinctively made more sense to me. That said, when I was still gainfully employed, my boss insisted that we write all dates as (eg) 29-Feb-23 or 29/Feb/2023* and this was specifically to avoid confusion with Americans, which of course for us meant Boeing (and rarely MD.) This was also because those companies supplied airplanes right across the planet, so their influence was frequently felt outside of CONUS during the course of our business. It's not a big deal- whilst standardisation would be preferable, (and I'm sorry to say should involve units that are inherently interelated) just like inches and millimetres, pints and litres, or tons and tonnes, any sentient being ought to be able to take it in their stride, and that frankly should work both ways ... "Vivre la différence!"
* He also mandated that we should sign all original documents (such as a "Form 1") in blue ink due to the potential for abuse of photocopiers!
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Post by b4nj0 on Mar 7, 2023 14:16:58 GMT -5
Figures Significant it is Yoda.
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Post by b4nj0 on Mar 2, 2023 19:11:53 GMT -5
I'm going to remember that line C1!
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 28, 2023 5:06:19 GMT -5
Take the red pill and enter the world of alternate tunings newey! Martin Simpson set me off down that path. I use about five, but my Sobell acoustic www.sobellguitars.com/new-world-model/is tuned CGCGCD almost exclusively and I love it. (In a primarily roots and fifths tuning so does the guitar- it's like a cittern and it sings.) I do occasionally tune to standard on that guitar, and all bar one of my electrics are in standard (that one is in open E to remind me how good Derek Trucks is!) I have had an Aria Mastertone knock-off 5-string G banjo since the late 1980s too, the tuning is basically open G and you get used to using the thumb on the high G over time (Play a ukulele?) Actually, I tune the banjo GCGBD because although it came to me in GDGBD, I had a teach yourself book that suggested the C tuning was the way to go and I thought I'd better learn properly from the get go, but now I wish I'd left it stock. The banjo comes in for some ridicule, unfounded in my view, but until I bought that acoustic it would have been my desert island instrument- hell it would even make a good paddle! Do explore open tunings because they really revitalise your playing and offer many new things to play. I had a classical lesson back in 2010- one of three as a gift, and the teacher was astonished at some of my alternate tuning pieces and even asked me to bring along more to the next lesson for him to learn. I never used the other two paid for lessons but that's another story ... でつ e&oe ...
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 22, 2023 14:01:58 GMT -5
I only tried it out on "Down Don't Bother Me No More" by The Derek Trucks Band, and it fared well enough ignoring the above just noticeable distortion on playback through the ubiquitous "smart" 'phone. If exclusion by IP is going on then I suspect tired old loss leader shenanigans. It was the "Free" bit to which I was attracted.
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 22, 2023 3:57:26 GMT -5
I would criticise it for having a bit too much distortion compared to the original, but I put that down to using the audio reproduction qualities of a mobile 'phone. I was given the heads-up about this by a self proclaimed perfectionist professional performing and recording artist and sometime producer with north of a dozen of his own CDs under his belt who had tried it on some of his own work and was astounded. Still 'n' all, you get what you pay for, theoretically.
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 21, 2023 19:35:53 GMT -5
Actually, it's more than that. It "splits" a track into four separate components, "music", vocals, bass and drums. You are then presented with four sliders and you can boost or cut each of the components. It's like taking a track and putting it back into a four track recording. vocalremover.org/It's worth the time and effort to try it out- maybe once or twice anyway. でつ e&oe ...
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 21, 2023 5:08:17 GMT -5
From this we could learn that it is always unwise to assume anything. I made a mess of the "humbucker" while trying to swap the pickup covers on my Pacifica 904. I was forced to replace it and I bought a Bare Knuckle "Crawler". Guess what? the Yamaha design very wisely uses two holes on one side that allows tilt adjustment as well as height. I had to buy a new mounting ring, and thankfully whilst surfing eBay I became aware of the different hole spacings too. It is impossible to set the bridge pickup anywhere near correctly on my Firebird. Perhaps Gibson ought to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century?
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 16, 2023 4:16:09 GMT -5
Great news unreg. I love it when a plan comes together! I pressed bushes into a Schecter one-piece Hawaiian Koa S-Type, but the holes would have benefited from being a fuzz larger. It was scarily hard to get them in and I'd picked the best twist drill I had for size, not necessarily the spot-on accurate option. The holes are perhaps 1/16" from the edge of the vibrato route and it still makes me uneasy ten years on, but so far it's thumbs up. Warmoth, American Guitar Parts- they're certainly good, but that old Schecter body is definitely a cut-above stylish and sleek example of wood profiling and finishing. Schecter stopped selling parts donkeys' years ago in favour of complete instruments. BTW; "TTIWWOP" でつ e&oe ...
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 15, 2023 11:18:42 GMT -5
Third strike and out.
I'm still waiting for The Jetsons to show up.
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 14, 2023 4:59:18 GMT -5
That percussive stuff is called "Golpe". I do wonder why her guitar doesn't look like a six months old Tommy Emmanuel Maton! I started out with classical tuition and my tutor introduced "flamenco" bits and pieces, bits of which I still play fifty years on. I only had lessons for two years before I got the call of steel, but it laid down ground rules at an early stage such as never using "thumb-over" fretting hand technique. Apart from during graded classical exams, she couldn't thrash using the pinky as a confidence prop out of me though ...
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 9, 2023 4:26:27 GMT -5
I held back for twelve hours or so because it's forking JFP's great thread, but then I gave in. "I can resist anything except temptation".
Back to the thread then and Robbie.
I don't know what key Danny Kaye's version is in because I play it by ear, heavily influenced by the linked version except I have my guitar tuned CGCGCD. I played it to Robbie once and he scratched his head and said "You're on your own!"
My effort goes:
C_____F ___________Fm_C_______C7 There once was an ugly duckling
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 8, 2023 5:17:19 GMT -5
Love T.S.McPhee, me. The credits on that link reveal two different composers and neither are as you've quoted but since it's t'interweb I'm not going to be accused of promulgating a même. That said, I reckon it owes a lot to "Come On In My Kitchen" and the proper Fleetwood Mac have mined that seam too.
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 6, 2023 4:22:35 GMT -5
I suspect that it derives from an individual's first learning experiences because for me "a resistor" is my first reaction to seeing a rectangle like that. I sketch ideas out that way too. I've always suspected that it derives from the potential for a zig-zag resistor symbol to be mistaken for an inductor symbol if it's a sloppy sketch or a low resolution internet image or poor photocopy. That said, just like American English, I'm never cussed enough to affect a need for any translation. A moment's consideration and I'm back in the saddle.
I do like to see ground/earth/return down at the bottom though! Some (typically) automotive circuit diagrams really can challenge me.
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 2, 2023 6:19:14 GMT -5
On another forum there is a long running thread concerning the alleged reprehensible behaviour of; " ... Paul Gurria his guitar store is called Guitar Marven 217 Nw 3rd street Pl Cape Coral FL 339993 He goes by latexandleather on eBay ..." and there I am quoting so citation is necessary. That thread is of course only one side of the story, but in addition, there is a whiff of collusion with an alleged third party company to take down personal information regarding the thread starter published online by the business owner, and at eye-watering cost at that. One can only read between the lines and I kind of get the impression that it boils down to a case of two individuals with different agendas, but that doesn't excuse the nefarious measures this trader is alleged to have performed. Whatever the rights or wrongs, I certainly wouldn't enter into any transaction with that seller. I think we need to be circumspect in how we word anything at all in this thread in a world of rampant litigation. I only have one side's version, but the transaction regarded some potentiometers, and the dispute seems to centre on having been supplied with different value pots from those purchased and relying on tolerances to make such action or oversight acceptable. That is the kind of merchandise that frets would be purchasing. My other correspondent has changed 'phone numbers and taken other measures due to this (again- his side of the story) and has had the police involved too who claim there's nothing they can do. Jayzus, all over a handful of pots and a disagreement regarding tolerances. Edit: I added the word "alleged" in the first paragraph. That was an oversight on my part. でつ e&oe ...
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 1, 2023 5:29:19 GMT -5
Mick who?
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 28, 2023 3:24:50 GMT -5
I have a 1980-ish home build blonde "Esquire" made from Roger Giffin parts which I originally had wired by Chandler Guitars back when they were still at 199, Sandycombe Road in Kew, West London. It had Chandler's switched pre-amp in circuit (which was quickly discarded) and I recall that it was necessary to have the control cavity relieved to be able to squeeze in a PP3 battery.
HTH.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 25, 2023 15:06:31 GMT -5
Shawn Lane is a new one on me and a real keeper. I'd heard the name but that's it. Thanks for this C1. Happy Trails indeed.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 22, 2023 11:03:41 GMT -5
No love for Danny?
Oh gawd that solo- so much going on there.
Most bases have been covered already so I was minded to namedrop Tommy Bolin (check him out on the Billy Cobham album- the word "Spectrum" comes to mind, but I'm 300 miles from my vinyl collection right now) but for me Danny takes some beating, especially as a genre-crossing maestro.
Edit: cue Sumgai with a harmonics conundrum ...
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 12, 2023 12:08:45 GMT -5
You've all said it.
Good call C1. That whole show should be required study for much the same reason that Gatton's "The Humbler" desk recording got its name. This one always gets me, and the cream on top is the lamentation at the passing of the smokey club right after the number ends. Rightly or wrongly.
Rest in peace JB.
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Post by b4nj0 on Dec 24, 2022 5:07:25 GMT -5
Flush routing- good call. I commisioned that for the "trem" cover plate on a one piece Hawaiian Koa Schecter S-type (that I've owned since 1980) about 8-10 years ago. It's the one wired with the Mike Richardson circuit. The flush rout makes such good sense that I inevitably started to eye up the neck retention plate! I have a Warmoth cellulose shell effect in that recess which matches the scratchplate. I always felt that Leo dropped off with that one looking at Gibsons.
And regarding the hand made pickguards- yes respect due SSSTL; I made brass S-type guards for a Columbus S-type copy, and it took at least three attempts before I got to one that was even marginally respectable, and I was a sheet metal worker too!
Edit; that was way back in the 1970s when brass was de-rigueur!
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Post by b4nj0 on Dec 21, 2022 4:53:22 GMT -5
It seems to me that with its series LC topography to deck, a Varitone scratches that itch, but as has been noted an EQ (and I would suggest a parametric EQ such as I have on my brace of Yamaha G100-112s) would pass muster. Again as already noted, we are blessed with other much sharper chisels than myself.
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Post by b4nj0 on Dec 6, 2022 8:32:10 GMT -5
I have a matching pair of these- they are superb MOSfet amps. Mine are the second of the three iterations of this amp that Yamaha brought to market, the ones with chrome plated curved fitted corner caps. I know it's probably an unwelcome opinion but I would leave well alone and address problems if they do arise in time. Unless you're going to rely upon it as a professional ... It's kind of money for old rope this re-capping stuff, IMO of course.
One thing worth noting, I have one of the channel lamps not working on one of the amps, I took a look inside and decided to re-flow the solder connections but all it did was fizz and fizz. I concluded that there may be some doping sprayed over the components and PCB(s). If yours is the same then re-capping might turn into a labour of love.
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 29, 2022 4:20:42 GMT -5
If you feel that you can get the tiny bolt out succesfully then I say go for, but you'll then be back where you started trying to remove the threaded bushes. T-O-M is an acronym for "Tune-o-matic" as in the eponymous bridge or the tailpiece / wrapover that all mount on bolts in bushings. I was using the bolt /bushing analogy because the same arrangement applies so far as removing a pressed in bush. Assuming that you recognised T-O-M was an error on my part. I was referring to one of the bolts that you have that screw into the bushings. In the example of a FR installation, the hole in a "bar" only needs just to clear the bolt whatever diameter that may be so the bolt can turn. Cork from a bottle was my "solution", but you can use anything suitable that won't mark the finish on the instrument. Also, make cetain to use a tool that fits the bolt as well as possible because you don't want to spoil the visual appearance of it.
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 28, 2022 5:17:07 GMT -5
It went in because it's physically smaller than the thread in the bushing. It won't come out because it's at a jaunty angle and likely it has dug into the wood sideways by the previously applied bolt pressure. If the adhesive on a dowel takes then the little varmint will not pass back out through the bushing without getting jammed due to the dog leg configuration of the bonded dowel and screw "assembly". As SG says- no harm done, snap, file, rinse and repeat.
Me, I'd make a puller of some description. You could use a short length of flat bar steel stock, about 6" long with a clearance hole for the T-O-M bolt in the middle but anything rigid would do. I referred to that approach in my first post. Actually, when I did this on a Firebird and a Gordon Smith Gypsy 1, I used a home made (at work!) "drilling block" which is aluminium 0.75" x 1.50" x 8.00" which has lots of hardened steel drilling bushes of various sizes pressed through it. I just used the 3/8" clearance bush therein. This ludicrously simple contraption allows 90° "normal to the surface" hole drilling that gets indiscernably close to drill press accuracy with only a pistol drill, and can be used most anywhere which you cannot always say about a pillar drill, but I digress. This I supported at each end with appropriate lengths of non-marring stand-offs, wine corks in my case. You just pass the T-O-M bolt through the 3/8" clearance hole you made in the middle, support the ends as described and tighten the bolt. This process may need the end supports augmenting at some point when or if the bolt "bottoms out". Once the bushing is extracted, the little fastener you put in there should fall out, perhaps with a modicum of persuasion if it is or was jammed.
You can buy a fancy doo-hickey to achieve the same result, probably from StewMac and no doubt elsewhere too if you want, but at the end of the day, it is only a supported hole.
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 24, 2022 15:26:02 GMT -5
I had this issue when I put together a T-style. I had bought a ready finished gold sparkle Tele body which had no pilot holes at all, and I went for a Warmoth neck, but Warmoth wanted a twenty bucks upcharge to leave out the pilot holes in the neck which I felt was a very raw deal. What I did first was to try the new Warmoth neck in my other Tele and it was unsurprisingly spot on, alignment and holes too. Next up I "made" this: That is so-called "Balloon Filler" (or Micro Balloon Filler) or as it said on the tin "Structural Void Filler". I imagine any filler would do provided it goes off hard and can be drilled thereafter. We used to use that stuff as a filler for the open edges of Nomex cored laminate boards. (Aircraft galley structures). I lined the existing known to be "good" Tele neck rout with "Cling Film" that is used to seal food from the atmosphere or for storage in a 'fridge etc. Then I mixed up the two part filler and packed out the neck pocket. Once the filler had cured into a solid block, I drilled through the old body holes and down through the filler block. I then removed it complete with the Cling Film and put it into the new body and proceeded to drill back through the filler block into the neck pocket. Perhaps I got lucky, but it worked perfectly and I was able to thumb my nose at Warmoth with a warm fuzzy feeling. I realise that the first problem with this approach is the necessity to have access to another example to work from. I used a clamp to hold the block down firm whilst drilling, and I always clamp a bolt on neck when first threading in the new screws. No drill presses were harmed during this exercised. Disclaimer- I realise that there must be additional work for Warmoth to open the CNC program and comment out the appropriate lines, but at around $400 or whatever it was, I still felt short changed. でつ e&oe ...
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 23, 2022 14:06:37 GMT -5
That one hurts. He'll be jammin' with Mick Green now.
Rest in peace Wilko.
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