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Post by ux4484 on Apr 2, 2007 15:26:45 GMT -5
Personally....instead of going for a new SRV, I'd ask for a few hundred back on the purchase. For $300 back in my pocket, I could live with the "shortcomings" you've found on your Strat.
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Post by ux4484 on Apr 2, 2007 12:50:26 GMT -5
I'm kinda thinkin' that the SRV guard would be giving anyone who sees you play it a high standard of expectation in your abilities...
If you've already got the replacement it should only be a few minutes extra work when you change strings.
...but shouldn't you wait until your meet with the Fender rep to see if you're getting a replacement.
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Post by ux4484 on Mar 27, 2007 15:19:02 GMT -5
I've been using a pay solution for that for a while now, I've tried two: TabTrax ($30)and dtab ($15). This is one of those cases where the cheaper one is the better product, but requires a little more work (converting/importing drum tabs). Both let you play drum tabs as a midi. I've used mine with my Digitech and ProTracks to record some covers a few times, but mostly, I use it to play into the CD-in on my amp to practice.
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Post by ux4484 on Apr 2, 2007 13:01:51 GMT -5
i think you mean: All my base ARE belong to them..... ...last time I post as I'm running out the door for work...
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Post by ux4484 on Mar 29, 2007 23:27:27 GMT -5
heh....
All my base belong to them.....
VERRRY funny Chris....I think I just woke up all the girls laughing.
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Post by ux4484 on Mar 28, 2007 20:31:24 GMT -5
I kind of envy you vonFrenchie for even having a local music store.
*sigh* The neighborhood music shop is a rarity in these parts, especially in my area. Both of the tiny, packed to the gills stores I used to haunt have changed hands or types of business multiple times since my beginner days. One now operates in a mall store 17 miles from its original store and deals only in school band instruments nowadays. The other had the owner pass away while I was in college, his wive ran it for a few years (I used to tune up all the string instruments and clean her windows for free a few times a year), she sold it and just recently the fourth owner since closed it down and opened a cleaners *sigh, again*. Another store my band used to frequent had the owner go bi-polar in recent years. I stopped there one day to pick up a piano book for daughter #1 and I asked him a couple questions about the series 1 G&L's he still had in the shop (they've been there for years). When I left and got in my car, he came out of the store, locked up (at 3 p.m.), and proceeded to follow me for a mile and a half, he stopped when he realized I knew he was following me (I waved to him).
*sigh, yet again*
you really can't go home again.
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Post by ux4484 on Mar 27, 2007 14:47:56 GMT -5
At flea markets, I've seen many a Leslie scavanged/hobbled together from old organs, many of them sound pretty good.....but BOY are they HEAVY! (and usually ugly)
I remember removing the Leslie unit from my Mom's Lowery back in H.S., it was a knuckle buster!
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Post by ux4484 on Mar 26, 2007 13:05:26 GMT -5
That is why I have a problem spending that much on a guitar. The only two electrics I've held of late that seem to be worth their price have been a PRS and a RIC.
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Post by ux4484 on Mar 23, 2007 11:55:21 GMT -5
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival is coming to a Venue that's just about a mile from my house. March 31st may just be one of those days I'll have multiple computers pointed to Ticketmaster or possibly even be (or have someone) standing in line quite early in the a.m.
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Post by ux4484 on Mar 5, 2007 12:12:55 GMT -5
Dont new guitars come with a free set up? I know all of mine did. heh....that may be......but I've never seen any salesdrone at GC EVER offer to do a setup on any guitar costing less than $400, even then it's not usually the salesman offering, it's usually the buyer asking for it to be done. The usual answer is: "Sure, you can pick it up next week"....which is something most of aren't willing to wait for (well....I know I never can). On the other hand, I've seen the guys at Sam Ash do set-up's while the customer waited, even on Squire's and Epi's....but then again....you are usually paying a few $ more at SA.
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Post by ux4484 on Jun 20, 2007 16:54:48 GMT -5
As I (kind of) mentioned earlier, this says it all.
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Post by ux4484 on Mar 5, 2007 12:46:02 GMT -5
"Why doncha kiss her, instead of talking her to death?" " Youth is wasted on the young!" I was thinking more along the lines of: "I hope I die, before I get old" This line hit home in particular when I saw a recent concert shot of The Who with Roger wearing glasses (looked like bifocals) and Pete wearing a white rolled-up-arm T-shirt looking like an escapee from a nursing home....YIKES. I kind of lost it for Pete when he trashed John Hiatt for "Perfectly Good Guitar" a few years back on the Tonight show. He came off as a grumpy old man with zero sense of humor (Just in case you didn't know he already WAS one from his tirade on Windmills and being deaf), I thought right then that they should never tour again.
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Post by ux4484 on Feb 13, 2007 0:45:48 GMT -5
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Post by ux4484 on Feb 12, 2007 14:36:21 GMT -5
Well prshott, Mikesr and I are the same age as you, I couldn't play two weeks for a finger slice, and I'm not back to speed yet, Mike is apparently a busy guy as well (As most guys our age with families are), so practice is not impossible, or sometimes even necessary (as I'll explain). In the past, I've gone months and even years without playing. At one point; I considered selling my gear to have more space in the house (before the birth of daughter #1). Do you know what My Mrs. did? She went out and bought me a Bass (well, she wanted to do it on her own, but then decided I should be with....but the intention was there). A while back (before his Hiatus) Sumgai recommended a book to me: Effortless Mastery. It took me a couple months to land it at my local Borders, but it has been well worth the wait. It's a slow read (or at least I feel it should be a slow read), because it forces you to take a look at why (and how) you play music, and how to make it a more mental-healthy experience. A few chapters in; Kenny states what seems like heresy: "You could stop right now and never play a note again, and it wouldn't matter!" His point is twofold: One: That we often put too much importance on how we play as opposed to enjoying playing. Two: In the scheme of life, there are much more important things, don't let your ability (or inability) to play control your emotions (or self image). I'm not done with Mr. Baker's book, but as it changes how you think about playing, I feel it better to take it in small doses. Don't let a dry run control your feelings towards music. If you've EVER enjoyed playing, it's worth keeping your gear....if only for a rainy day. BTW, Sumgai, thanks for the great book suggestion.
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Post by ux4484 on Feb 5, 2007 21:02:25 GMT -5
Let me preface this by saying, you have a pretty nice page (though I could do without the tye-dye myself). You've obviously taken some time to lay it out (above and beyond the standard MySpace bot layout). The content is wholesome.
A few members here have myspace pages, if you're into that kind of thing....it's o.k. But compared to other free pages that are out there, MySpace is rather clunky and usually very hard on the eyes on those of us over a certain age (of which you are). It also usually loads painfully slow (though yours wasn't too bad), and is crawling with weirdos looking to hook up with underage kids. For free I can see living with all the shortcomings except the last one. We know several kids that have had to get the authorities involved from some fairly aggressive MySpace stalkers. On the one hand, it is where every teenager and college student has their pages (which accounts for its slowness), but the negative press and lurking dangers cause me to steer most folks elsewhere when looking for a free website. IMO, Blogger, Bloglines, or (just) recently even Yahoo pages are a better (and safer) way to go.
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Post by ux4484 on Feb 7, 2007 10:54:02 GMT -5
It's one of those "Keith Monkey" shots....
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Post by ux4484 on Feb 3, 2007 15:30:39 GMT -5
Dan, Still, you don't want to insert it deeply into a wound, it might seal off blood vessels. sumgai Hence the wink.... heh....you know my real Name!!!! Next thing you know, you'll be telling me what my screen name stands for If you get the admin gig....your title should be "Clairvoyant Admin"
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Post by ux4484 on Feb 3, 2007 13:16:31 GMT -5
Well....it was a pretty deep slice, probably could have used a stitch in hindsight, but it is O.K. to play with now. I've had enough Superglue on my hands over the years to ever think of putting it in a cut that deep.....though I suppose that a combo, liquid band-aid with a coating of SG over it might have done the trick...... ......hmmmm .....it maybe time to call the patent office
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Post by ux4484 on Feb 2, 2007 10:23:18 GMT -5
I haven't played for almost two weeks. I received a slice on my left ring finger across "the zone" when a paper cutter (roller type) blade fell off it's track. I'm just able to play today. I nursed it with anti-biotic salve and kept it covered until yesterday.....made the last week and a half feel like a year. It did take longer to heal, because I work with my hands. Does anyone have some better healing methodology they've had success with?
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Post by ux4484 on Jan 25, 2007 15:35:34 GMT -5
heh....what's your business travel guitar Chris? This thread did get me thinking of the guitar I've been gravitating towards/playing with at GC the last couple times there...a Yamaha RGX A2. I've never drop-tuned a guitar as fast as I can an RGX, amazingly stable tuning, and light weight to boot....and BAH!!!! who needs a tone control.
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Post by ux4484 on Jan 24, 2007 9:54:29 GMT -5
All LP for $500 less, If it's got a good neck, there's not much to debate...get it. Blues Junior....now that's a surprise. It is their most affordable amp with most of the Twin's features. I've played it a couple times, and do like it, but IMO the Vox AD30VT or AD50VT seem so much better a value (and much more feature rich and sound laden), not to mention less coin.
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Pets?
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Post by ux4484 on Jan 11, 2007 17:21:39 GMT -5
...childless by choice... we used to call them folks DINKs Even before Ted Koppel did? Back O.T. We have a couple fish and a Calico, This is a kitten picture, but she looks pretty much the same, except slightly bigger.
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Post by ux4484 on Dec 26, 2006 9:40:57 GMT -5
Happy Festivus!
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Post by ux4484 on Jan 17, 2007 15:19:57 GMT -5
... now, if only I can improve what is being recorded! heh....that's the hardest part .
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Post by ux4484 on Jan 10, 2007 15:07:28 GMT -5
Both unk and Chris arrived at that conclusion, albeit in different ways. hmmmm.....haven't seen Chris anywhere in this here thread..... sorry unk, It never occurred to me as I (thought) I knew what gfxbss meant. RH, Do we want to split this speaker as mic stuff into another thread?
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Post by ux4484 on Jan 9, 2007 21:12:30 GMT -5
okay Tyler, i'll take the bait. what does that shock-mount look like? (he said, with a frightened look upon his face.)Is there a joke in there?..... .....I'm not gettin' it.... Looks like this:
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Post by ux4484 on Jan 9, 2007 12:15:06 GMT -5
On another speaker as mic note, back in the band days, we had a reel to reel 8 track available to us for recording, we tried an 8 in speaker as an input on a couple of tracks with a preamp, it was very weird sounding by comparison, but when listened to alone it make the recording sound like it was decades older, not bad, just very different.
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Post by ux4484 on Jan 9, 2007 12:09:25 GMT -5
They were theater speakers from the 50's, they did not have tweeters, just one very large (14-16 inches width) elliptical shaped speaker in a cabinet that we had shielded on the inside with sheet metal (we had to cut the cabinet down to fit in the hinged footlight well). Our sponser/electric shop teacher had built a tube preamp for it, as when we originally connected it to the preamp for sound board, it was very muddled. It was fairly good for voice, it gave a reverb effect (which most school auditoriums have going anyways). We used another one in the lighting booth for the spot operators (carbon arc lights) as they needed to talk to the sound booth without moving from the spots. The sound booth called on it and they replied on it via a footswitch, we did use a step-up transformer on that one as I recall.
We got the idea from the school PA system which also used the speaker as a mic when using the "call" office button, those were usually 8 to 10 inch speakers. We were putting on a pretty big show with a full band for our School's community theater group, and we needed stage amplification on a low budget. We went back there for career night last October, the speaker cab is still in the footlight well after 27 years!.
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Post by ux4484 on Jan 9, 2007 10:39:50 GMT -5
couple of items on using a speaker as a mic..... Use a good speaker, the larger the voice coil the better (paper cone, not poly). The speaker should be wired with as short a cable as possible or be wired with a shielded cable. If possible; use a preamp with a low impedance input, a small amp with a line/speaker out will do nicely. The room should be as soundproofed as possible, blankets over hard surfaces and such. Try multiple placements for the sound, depending on the acoustics of the room you may need all the equipment pointed toward the speaker or away/angled from it. If done right, it will give you a mono version of the sound of being in the room when played back (wall of sound), a weird sound by today's digital standards, but quite common in some of the up and coming garage style bands. We used a speaker as a mic in High School in stage crew. We used an old theater speaker (massive) on it's side just at the edge of the stage (in one of the footlight wells) to pick up audio during dialog scenes, it worked quite well. We switched it off during musical numbers, as once the band came up, they would take over that input. We had a couple wireless mic's (a very costly item at that time), but not enough for everyone doing a dialog scene. The speaker fit the bill quite nicely. Back on topic: Right now for monitors, I use a set of shielded computer speakers as monitors on the computer I use to record (which also has a Sound Blaster Live card) via my Digitech Rpx400. If it were more than me (and my kids occasionaly), I might want more. But with multi-tracking, some very passable recordings can be made with it. If you are looking for a good value in a condenser mic for your home studio, you can't do much better than a MXL 990. I've used and recommended this mic to others, for $60 it can't be beat. Every one who's picked one up, has come back and thanked me for the heads up. MF also sells it with an instrument mic for $99, but I'd rather get it with the shock mount. *edit* as you'll notice, I didn't see unk's post before I finished writing.....and apparently we are at odds on speaker size.
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Post by ux4484 on Dec 26, 2006 9:35:39 GMT -5
Welcome back sumgai! *much joy ensuing*
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