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Post by b4nj0 on Jul 4, 2017 16:50:59 GMT -5
I am never quite sure how large an image will appear once it's commited. I can cite my recent attempts to upload remotely hosted screenshots from my defunct tablet on the legacy GN1 thread. If I could not have edited those cropped screen grabs, they would have appeared very small. How would that work out if only a mod was allowed to edit the images once they are hosted on Proboards? Extra work for the Mods editing image sizes?
e&oe...
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Post by b4nj0 on Jun 29, 2017 15:56:21 GMT -5
Here after you get back? Not THE hereafter I hope, because if you're here after what I'm here after, you'll be here after I'm gone.
e&oe...
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Post by b4nj0 on Jun 29, 2017 13:59:48 GMT -5
You're welcome John. I cannot establish when I saved these pages because the timestamp is 2016 which is clearly nonsense when related to how long they have been unavailable. I cannot explain this. Here is the Blackheart "Little Giant" mods web page: This concludes all the saved pages that I had. I also had the Strat shielding page but SG knows how long I prevaricated over the apparently only convoluted approach left to lift the screenshots from the offline pages of a defunct Android browser, and I was beaten to it by bluesman13. This shamed me into action!. I'm sure that there must have been an easier way though... As of tomorrow, I will have become a card-carrying member of the great unwaged facing their seventh decade. I was retained for one month with an offer I could not refuse! I definitely do not have access to the scanner any longer to turn these into portable document files so if one of our members would again like to create a .pdf for this and any of the other ones I have uploaded then I at least would be grateful. I appreciate that advertising is unwelcome, but Photobucket has become totally unworkable for me, and Postimage inserts those aggravating one liners. I tried editing them from the image URLs, but that was unsuccessful. It would appear that there is indeed no free lunch, and this is another good reason for .PDFs. 'jo e&oe
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Post by b4nj0 on Jun 16, 2017 18:54:18 GMT -5
And here is the one watt amplifier project: I think I have just one left.
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Post by b4nj0 on Jun 16, 2017 18:48:32 GMT -5
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Post by b4nj0 on May 21, 2017 16:22:46 GMT -5
This is the companion to the Strat Quieting The Beast; Tele QTB. Again- in the interests of sensible download sizes (like the Strat QTB .pdf) feel free to convert to a .pdf. I have only one week left at work and I don't want to risk my redundancy pay off by using company facilities to create .pdf files! Back to grabbing screenshots!
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Post by b4nj0 on May 21, 2017 16:05:35 GMT -5
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Post by b4nj0 on May 20, 2017 2:12:51 GMT -5
The trouble is mine were saved on an unrooted android Nexus 7 tablet. I expect I can save the images, but I want to retain each whole page content as close as possible to the original. I cannot gain access to the location where the offline pages are stored on the tablet and it becomes a viscious circle. I saved lots of suitably cropped .png files but once uploaded to the kludged adfest that we know as Photobucket, it became a trial to get them into a coherent order with all the cryptic file names. I have just been forced into early retirement by factory closure so I shall have more time on my hands and I will get it together provided I am not beaten to the post!
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Post by b4nj0 on May 16, 2017 8:11:10 GMT -5
This is good. As SG knows, I have about 4 or 5 of GN1 pages but mine are all saved as web pages in a defunct browser. All of mine are screen shots because I cannot figure out how to extract them from the file and I have not got around to posting them yet. If you have any more then it may save me from feeling guilty any longer!
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Post by b4nj0 on Apr 16, 2017 18:40:48 GMT -5
Excellent. As John says- well thought out and presented. I struggled twice with Mike Richardson wiring so I'm not going to attempt this, but that doesn't mean I cannot appreciate the work that has gone into it. I think I may struggle to keep up in a live situation with the smorgasbord of options available, but designs like this are made for a recording guitar, and are what the old Proboards karma system was made for. Now to pour over the circuit diagram...
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Post by b4nj0 on Apr 4, 2017 13:46:44 GMT -5
JohnH is correct. this can only be achieved with a series arrangement. Like yourself, I acquired a great aerospace On-Off-On with a nice clunky throw and a neat rubber dust / moisture gasket around the toggle. I wanted to add a P90 to a single bridge hummer LP Junior type. I thought about it for hours before I came to the same conclusion as JohnH. I had a fancy idea to post the simple circuit as a coffee break poser for confirmation, but the circuit is indeed so simple that it seemed a bit trifling for our esteemed experts. In the end, I converted the hummer to a P90 and the switch resides in the junk box awaiting a deserving application. I have an enormous "junk box" as one of our most valued members (and mod) no doubt suspects...
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Post by b4nj0 on Feb 21, 2017 4:43:13 GMT -5
Lots of variables in this discussion that some are trying to pull together to make some sense. Talking at cross purposes if you will. The following cannot really add to the thread because others better qualified than myself have already covered the ground. If the reader knows how to recognise sound information it's all been said, but here goes anyway: Capacitors: As has been noted, at RF capacitor types are important, but not for sound- for RF design integrity. There is zero implication for *tone* so far away from DC. Different types of capacitors do exhibit differing values when subjected to variable voltages. We see this in amplifiers, especially valve ones that deal with higher voltages and often simultaneous DC and AC loads. It follows that under given operating conditions some capacitors will exhibit different values to other types and that should lead to a change in perceived *tone*. Audible though? I'm not sure. In a passive guitar I cannot bring myself to pretend that there will be any difference for a given amount of Leyden Jars. How can anyone believe that PIO caps degraded over the decades sound better than new Spragues because with degraded electrolyte you cannot be objective. Wood/timber Although I THINK I can hear the difference between an all mahogany guitar and say a rosewood/spruce one, it sticks in the craw to state here that there is one. Similarly a maple Vs. a rosewood fretboard. For me, skill in design and execution are of much higher importance than tonewood (sic). What is really important is rigidity. It's a coincidence that heavy and dense materials exhibit rigidity because there are lightweight alternatives that are extremely rigid such as carbon fibre. I make no apologies for dropping the following link in here because I'm sure that I first saw it on this esteemed forum. Yeah I know- manky old computer and "smart" 'phone speakers. Lightweight. Rigid. Design. Execution. But cardboard??? Try educating the "mamils"* that antagonise motorists that sprung shock absorbers on street cycles are a really stupid idea. Take away the rigidity by deploying shock absorbers and you use up some of your pedal efforts in compressing a spring. Downhill and gripping onto the bars OK, but on a street- unbelievable. So it is with an instrument. I own a Stefan Sobell guitar. (Blimus I count myself lucky!) www.sobellguitars.com/new-world-model/I only post a link because most of you will never have heard of a Sobell. My example is Adirondack, Wenge and ebony. It is one of the many things that give me a reason to get up each morning- it really is that good. But it's Stefan's idiosyncratic designs and his skill in execution first and understated artistry second that tips the balance because his guitars are just as good using BRW or African Blackwood and so on. Wasn't it Bob Taylor that made a guitar from pallet wood? (complete with visible machined off nails!) You want serious sustain? Try one of these, you'll never look back. Designed (and made?) in England too; think of that ;<D Not cheap though! origineffects.com/product/sliderig/* Middle-Aged-Men-In-Lycra. e&oe...
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 28, 2017 10:00:35 GMT -5
Or brought underneath through a tunnel...
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Post by b4nj0 on Jan 8, 2017 19:37:33 GMT -5
Well the way I see it, tightening them is not actually how they should be installed, even if you should only want to reduce string pitch. Assuming that they are not to be "tightened down", the sides of the fasteners are what take the load. Using six screws is fine, I use all six on my vibratos, but what if only the first and (say) the third or fourth are making contact? CNC bored pilot holes would be better than my hand drilled efforts! Bushes and machine screws are a better option anyway, and I've yet to see anyone attempt six bushes with a trem-Leo installation.
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 27, 2016 15:55:21 GMT -5
The delectable Alison Krauss.
"Lay My Burden Down".
(Which is a powerful contender for my fictitious top ten.) I didn't know there was a major / minor thing going on here until I sat down to figure out the meandering chords in the middle eight later on in the song. (meaning I couldn't just pick up play along by ear as usual there.)
In the chorus which starts at 0.53 and is about all done by 1.00:
______ Bsus4_____B________ When I get to the other side
___Bsus2_________B__________ I'll put your picture way up high
____Bsus4________ B__________ But I'm not coming back to you
___Bsus2 __Bmin It's just too far,
_______B________ >A > E___________ Oh it's just too far. (& resolution)
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 27, 2016 5:49:56 GMT -5
Try a search on The Forum. This classic vibrato design has been done to the death over the years. Lots of information squirreled away here...
I've always thought that countersunk screws (and preferably raised head for aesthetic reasons) would be better for use with a trem-leo. Certainly my aforementioned Yamaha's designers must have thought so, but they undercut the shank* which makes it weaker.
*I guess that makes them bolts after all!
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 26, 2016 11:14:32 GMT -5
It seems to me that even with the most skilled installation of a six hole bridge, only two of the screws are actually taking the strain. I have a Yamaha Pacifica 904 which has a two point vibrato. When I bought it, one of those "screws" (they are not bolts- more like countersunk woodscrews with a machined undercut) had fractured off (although it still worked fine.) I reckon that the two "screws" coped well with the shear forces but not with the previous owner's whammy bar excesses. I bought replacements from Yamaha for "peace of mind". Someone like Cyn1 would be better placed to hold forth on this, but my guess is that it should be OK, especially if you treat it more like a Bigsby than a Floyd Rose.
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 26, 2016 11:01:34 GMT -5
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 12, 2016 2:13:01 GMT -5
Pretty much the way I viewed the so-called "Brexit" fiasco over here, although my feelings regarding that were more influenced by the expected negative affect on my imminent pension draw down. I have to stay out of American politics because I have very little knowledge of its machinations, but just like Bush:Gore, again with Trump:Clinton we see the electoral college system ignoring the popular vote. Still, I suppose that system has worked out fine over the centuries for you guys... Over here we have the "UKIP" party (diluted fascists, ugh) that garnered 13% of the popular vote but only won one or two seats in our parliament. Irrespective of my thoughts regarding that shower of 5h1t3, it doesn't seem right on any level. Democracy eh? Comes in a surprising number of flavours.
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 7, 2016 13:12:23 GMT -5
That E.M.P. is indeed worthy.
I liked the way the monorail went straight trough the building to reach the terminus. Must be the purest of coincidence that pictures of the building appear on a Windoze 7 wallpaper theme...
The "tree" (or "waterfall") of musical instruments is impressive alone, even though some of the items looked rather like they were not really serious instruments. I recall thinking how tiny Jimi's stage costumes looked in the glass cabinets.
Plenty of scope there Gumbo!
e&oe...
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 6, 2016 4:40:25 GMT -5
Each time I went, I probably missed him while standing transfixed by the guys chucking fish across their stall. We're planning another road trip for next June. (The BIG LX!) Seattle is one small but definite part because I need to hook up with some friends made while working at Renton. Still undecided where to go. (Big country!)
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 6, 2016 3:27:16 GMT -5
Did you see the spoonman down at Pike Place? I didn't in three visits and I so wanted to. I wonder if he's still alive, or if he ever existed (or even if there's more than one...)
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 4, 2016 2:51:12 GMT -5
"In fact, you may want to make a visual tutorial out of this process. Do try to keep a pictorial log of what you did, warts and all, and post it in the Gallery when done. Please. :)"
Whoa! I'm still kicking those screenshots from GN1 to and fro. Don't load me up 'gai!
My saddles won't go low enough. The neck pocket surface looks like it was hacked out with a Bowie knife. What's to do? Smooth off the rough surface and at the same time shave a hair more off at the headstock end of the pocket. And keep it plane flat? With my skills? and my tools? Sheesh...
Trouble is the guitar sounds great as is. I'm actually tossing around the idea of a finished Warmoth body to go with the Warmoth neck that's currently on the no-name body.
But I'll keep it in mind and take photos of anything I do. Anyway, I'm on GFB territory now so...
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 3, 2016 12:54:04 GMT -5
I like that theory, but does it take into account the tendency to strip the thread before the nominally 1.00" thick neck * actually bends over a similar distance? (*Not to mention the 8mm or so steel truss rod and tube if there is one.) I still like the wedge shim better, if only for the superior wood to wood contact area. On the other hand, if you're going to make such a contrivance, I'd rather divert effort into re-working the neck pocket. In my case, it's so roughly routed it really needs some attention anyway. (There goes another armchair expert with no practical experience!)
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Post by b4nj0 on Nov 1, 2016 13:14:21 GMT -5
I need to do just this on a Tele. I reckon that these instruments are made from interchangeable parts and if there is a problem, after establishing that the neck is fine then you have to conclude that either the neck pocket needs work or a shim is called for. In this way the neck reserves the right to get comfortable in another body should it choose to do so at some stage which is not unlikely in my experience. My approach will be to build up a sloping (shimmed) spacer to use as a routing jig and rout the neck pocket with a dremel end mill. When I can pluck up the courage that is! A neck reset if you will, but I similarly defer to Cyn1. Maybe a shim then! After all- it worked fine for Leo and many seem to shell out a lot to own a good old 'un only to discover a shim and they still seem to sound good.
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Post by b4nj0 on Oct 2, 2016 5:38:23 GMT -5
Sumgai and myself are in real good company here...
I could not find any tab for this anywhere, (not even "paid-for") but I do know that it's much easier to play with capo at one, whereupon the main theme (with capo at one) is Amin > F > Dmin and back, but IMO, unusually for the minor feel, it's based on a finger picked walking-down bass line on the low 'E" to render the melancholic flavour. Others on here are far more scholared in theory and would probably be able to put it into words where I fail. Simply writing in the underlying chords (as I hear them) doesn't work and it's inappropriate here to break down the finger style so:
Joe Walsh / "Wolf"
Woke up again this morning To play another game It comes without a warning It's nothing you can name, nothing you can name
It's raining in the meadow Shepherd's gone to town Wolf has finished breakfast No-one else around, no-one else
_Amin around
A_________________A7_ And we are feeling fine ________D6__________A____ Still get lonely, I don't mind
____Amin___etc... And now we're out of danger I guess the're all sound, all sound asleep in the fountain And wishing for a better year, for a better year.
I remember regretting it when Joe joined up with The Eagles. I realise that's probably heresy on here, but for myself, consolation arrived with Hotel California. It took me decades to figure out rhat solo because I was too lazy to pull it apart and since I play by ear, I probably play it in incorrect positions anyway. When I did put some effort into it, I realised that it was Joe's bits I had struggled with!
When the news was announced that Joe was joining up with those desperados, a renowned British music weekly reported that it had asked for an interview and the bonehead response was along the lines of "Joe is a member of The Eagles now and as such, does not give interviews." I thought "that figures".
73 OM de '4VRR.
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Post by b4nj0 on Sept 5, 2016 3:26:32 GMT -5
I see it and it's neat GD.
But on my "smart" 'phone, I had to copy and paste it into an email to "get" it.
The "at" symbol is a nut!
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Post by b4nj0 on Sept 1, 2016 13:07:16 GMT -5
Don't forget we have our G-F-B weapon!
Welcome to the Nutz house BTW.
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Post by b4nj0 on Aug 14, 2016 6:14:32 GMT -5
Indeed you are correct. However, my version sounds fine to me- until I play your version which rings out much stronger too. My last two notes are a whole step higher which means I didn't get the interval right. I can't figure out why both sound OK to me, but I concede that your way is truth.
It was a good poser to set, but the reminder to get with the challenge obviously came from a retiree! I had a heavy week coping with the foibles of American Boeing first article inspectors and was just too mentally tired to rise to the task. Literally.
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Post by b4nj0 on Aug 12, 2016 16:16:28 GMT -5
Here's another take on this theme. It is a link to a .jpg of the circuit of my Access Electronics Session 15-30 amplifier. There are three pots, RV1 etc etc. RV1 is the volume and the other two are treble and "mid-bass". The latter control cuts the bass one way and mids the other with a centre detent. This caused puzzlement in the reviews at the time (1980), but it is a very effective control. The 15-30 was a booteek amp long before the notion was more widely conceived. ChrisK's circuit displays "kiss" technology though and there is a lot to be said for that. The amp's designer (Stewart Ward) is still going strong, and is an innovative audio electronics designer that moved on to impressive achievements with solid state audio design directly after ceasing the 400 strong production run of the 15-30. There is much of interest to read under the "history" and "Geartalk" links on the Award-Session website. Sorry that I did not post the actual .jpg, but I do not presume to have permission. Warning, contains glass ware. www.award-session.com/images/1530.JPGe&oe...
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