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Post by JohnH on Jan 19, 2010 16:54:13 GMT -5
Those who have been here a while will definitely have come across UnklMickey, who was a prolific, enthusiastic, thoughtful, amusing and sometimes irascible contributor to this forum, up until he disappeared unexpectedly just over two years ago. We don't know what happened, but I fear he may have passed. He made many helpful posts, which are still here, but his diagrams are no longer visible since his photobucket account has gone inactive. So I decided to restore his ttree main design threads in the schematics section, by caching his diagrams elsewhere and adding new links. I kept the original links too, just for reference. Here there are: This one is a design using a rotary switch to select many options from a hum-bucker and a single coil: Unk's Hum SingHere is Unks Big Ugly scheme, which uses a superswitch and two push pulls to control two humbuckers: Unk's Big UglyAnd this, is his epic thread exploring the issues around series and parallel, in the context of Brain May style switching: Unk's Brian May TrilogyUnk tolerated no compromise in the purity of his wiring schemes, so they are well worth a look! cheers John
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Post by newey on Jan 19, 2010 17:49:56 GMT -5
John-
Great work resurrecting these designs! +1!
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Post by wolf on Jan 19, 2010 18:04:10 GMT -5
JohnH Yes, very good job of recovering those photos.
Like newey, I think I'll send a Karma point your way.
Is there any way to find out about UnklMickey?
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Post by newey on Jan 19, 2010 19:52:10 GMT -5
I'm not aware of anyone having his actual name or location. Without at least that info, I can't imagine how you would start to find him, unless the last IP address he logged in from could be traced. Even that could be a hotel or a Starbucks anyway. This was all a bit before my time around here, but I've read many of his offerings- and glad these designs were salvaged, at least. BTW, John, you should either repost this in schematics, or perhaps just sticky it here. Now that you're a Global Mod, that's your call!
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Post by JohnH on Jan 19, 2010 20:46:15 GMT -5
Im glad to have been able to save them. I had quite a few emails with Unk, and I have his name. I just tried an email but it bounced right back as undeliverable.
On this thread - I think Ill repost it in schematics
thanks
John
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Post by D2o on Jan 20, 2010 10:05:04 GMT -5
I never met him, but I knew his name, email address and roughly where he lived. I emailed him shortly after he departed, and – while the email was delivered - I received no reply.
I tried searching the internet for news a few times over the years. Nada – a few obits that didn’t jive chronologically (of course it didn’t help that he shares the name of a very famous person).
Sumgai even had a phone number for him that he tried roughly a couple of years ago. Now John’s email to Unk is undeliverable.
I don’t know why, but it would be nice to have closure … I guess we just miss him.
Thank you for posting these, John.
D2o
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Post by D2o on Jan 25, 2010 10:07:02 GMT -5
Interesting … Looking at today’s birthdays, “ daedolon” gets to hoist a jigger or two and dance to Turning Japanese by The Vapors … or play Highway Star … whatever … The point is, even though it’s been 4+ years + since daedolon has checked in, I think he may have initiated a solution to a contentious issue that comes up on occasion – “Motherbucker” wiring. Reading through the thread, it seems that Unk amended daedolon's wiring idea, and it seems that Unk and JohnH were both satisfied with the new layout. Since JohnH has kindly pointed out the Unk’s diagrams are vanishing I will follow JohnH’s lead and post this one for posterity. Cheers, D2o Unk’s Motherbucker Wiring:
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Post by newey on Jan 25, 2010 20:47:41 GMT -5
D2o said- Now, you had to reach back into the past to pull that one out . . . You're dating yourself, D! But it is the only pop song I know written about prison rape . . .
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Post by VOLT on Jan 25, 2010 21:04:19 GMT -5
until he disappeared unexpectedly just over two years ago. Wow that sucks. Just out of curiosity, how old is this site?
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Post by newey on Jan 25, 2010 21:24:36 GMT -5
I believe April of 2005 was when RandomHero started this, after the hacking of the original G-Nutz site and forums therein. RH could tell you for sure.
And D2o-
You should repost that diagram from Unk along with JohnH's in the Schematics section, so we don't lose it down the list over time.
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Post by JohnH on Jan 25, 2010 21:26:38 GMT -5
until he disappeared unexpectedly just over two years ago. Wow that sucks. Just out of curiosity, how old is this site? April 2005 - the previous GN forum which had been running for a number of years was trashed by hackers. it was a shock, I was online at the time having recently joined, and as I recall Wolf was too. (it wasnt us!) The owner of the old site, John Atchley did not want to rebuild the forum site, which had taken much of his own time and expense. So Random Hero valiantly stepped up to set up this ProBoard site, and here we still are, by far the best guitar site on the www! John
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Post by D2o on Jan 25, 2010 23:13:20 GMT -5
Now, you had to reach back into the past to pull that one out . . . You're dating yourself, D! But it is the only pop song I know written about prison rape . . . Sh!t, is that what that song is about?! ... ... in that case, it sounds more like I'm date- raping myself than dating myself! I'm off to the schematics section to post Unk's magic. D2o
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Post by sydsbluesky on Jan 26, 2010 1:16:11 GMT -5
I'm glad someone mentioned Date Rape before me... I would have felt awkward going back that many posts just to... well...
Thanks for breaking the ice, D2o!
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Post by sumgai on Jan 26, 2010 3:52:11 GMT -5
Now, you had to reach back into the past to pull that one out . . . You're dating yourself, D!
But it is the only pop song I know written about prison rape . . .
Sh!t, is that what that song is about?! ...
... in that case, it sounds more like I'm date-raping myself than dating myself!
I'm off to the schematics section to post Unk's magic.
D2oGotta go with D2o on this one, newey. Most websites I found (or to be more precise, that Google found for me) consider the lyrics a euphemism for bashing the Bishop. The refernece to a cell isn't about prison, it's about keeping things private.... at the moment in question, you understand. HTH sumgai
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Post by newey on Jan 26, 2010 6:21:41 GMT -5
Well, I never thought there was much dispute about the meaning of the lyrics. "Turning Japanese" was the punchline to an old joke, roughly on the same level as the one about not dropping the soap in the shower . . .
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Post by D2o on Jan 26, 2010 9:37:02 GMT -5
Now, now, boys ...
... "Don't Make Me Come Down There!"
D2o
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Post by sumgai on Jan 26, 2010 14:37:47 GMT -5
D2o, That was just too funny, on several levels! sumgai
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Post by D2o on Jan 26, 2010 22:05:09 GMT -5
D2o, That was just too funny, on several levels! sumgai sumgai, The devil made me do it! ;D I am glad you got some good laughs out of it. D2o
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Post by newey on Jan 26, 2010 22:24:42 GMT -5
Now if someone could just explain to me what "Little Black Egg" is about . . .
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Post by D2o on Jan 27, 2010 15:32:16 GMT -5
Now if someone could just explain to me what "Little Black Egg" is about . . . This just in from some dude’s comments over on “The Youtube”: The 'Little Black Egg' is the universe. The 'little white specks' are stars. 'The Tree' is the 'Tree of Life'. "Here comes Mary, here comes Lee" (short for Levi) refers to Catholicism and Judaism. "I won't let them stretch their necks" refers to keeping the (Masonic) secrets of the universe safe. "Oh Gol-durn! What can I do?" refers to mankind's helplessness before the Creator and eternal damnation. "The little Black Egg's gonna tell on you" refers to our sins being revealed after death. Well, that’s enough of that for me. If you’ll excuse me, I’m “just going up to the office to use the photocopier” (thanks for that very useful link, sumgai ;D ). D2o
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Post by newey on Jan 27, 2010 18:40:41 GMT -5
Gee, that's actually fairly deep stuff.
All these years, I figured it was either some obscure drug reference or else it was the dumbest song ever recorded.
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Post by sumgai on Jan 27, 2010 23:55:11 GMT -5
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Post by newey on Jan 28, 2010 0:08:50 GMT -5
Yeah, I would agree with "Yummy, Yummy" at the top of the list as well. "Worst" and "dumbest" aren't exactly the same in my mind though. I like "Little Black Egg" whether it has any meaning lyrically or not.
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Post by sydsbluesky on Jan 28, 2010 0:55:58 GMT -5
ANYTHING by Rush.
That's a pretty ballsy statement.
I think Queen's song about that &%$#@%$ bicycle should be on there.
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Post by sydsbluesky on Jan 28, 2010 0:58:12 GMT -5
Conversely, if we can get Death on Two Legs on the list of BEST songs ever...
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Post by cynical1 on Jan 28, 2010 10:42:24 GMT -5
Man, whoever came up with that fluff must have been on something...that whole Little Black Egg thing is just comical as Hell...
This seems more like the ramblings of some grad student trying to justify the 6 years and thousands of their parent's dollars foddered off on a Liberal Arts/Philosophy degree...but that's just my take.
I don't think much of anything recorded in this country for the past 50 years has much depth to it...but, deep doesn't sell as well as formula, so...
My guess is you don't have to go much deeper then a 12-pack and some narciferous herbs to explain Black Egg...
Happy Trails
Cynical One
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Post by D2o on Jan 28, 2010 13:12:36 GMT -5
... I was just thinking that I bet Unk would have loved to participate in this wacky, completely derailed thread ... Yeah, I suppose it could just as easily be that the black egg was just a hallucination one guy was having while he tried to focus on the other guy ... who just stopped his car in the middle of the road so he wouldn't hit the hallucination of a cow that was in front of him ... who knows? D2o P.S. I am embarrassed to admit that my little sister and I used to do a pretty good rendition of that muskrat song ... and I loved the song "Tell Laura I Love Her" ...
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Post by lpf3 on Jan 28, 2010 19:30:50 GMT -5
Well, wait a minute- I like alot of the songs on that list. I never heard it before this thread, but I like Little Black Egg , too. FWIW, it's covered by 7 other bands on itunes as well. Here's a fun (short) video....... www.thenightcrawlers.com/Nightcrawlers/Trailer.html-lpf3
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Post by newey on Jan 28, 2010 21:06:15 GMT -5
Is it my imagination, or do you hear the drummer's bass pedal squeaking throughout the Nightcrawler's original version of that tune? This discussion of good vs bad, likes vs. dislikes reminds me of the late night bull sessions in my college dorm, where rock criticism was a frequent topic once sufficient mood-altering substances had been consumed. One guy's favorite was another's garbage, and on and on all night. One night, after way too much back and forth in this vein, we came up with a RULE, which was thereafter rigorously enforced. The Rule stated that everyone was entitled to have 3 favorite bands for which no critical justification was required; you just liked them and that was that, no one else was permitted to disagree with any of your 3. Nor could you disagree with theirs. All anyone had to say was "Well, they're one of my three." and all argument immediately had to cease and move on to another subject. But 4 favorites were not permitted, naming a fourth after the first 3 exposed you to having to justify your opinion. It was just arbitrarily set at 3 bands or artists. I don't now recall all 3 that I picked as being "off limits", but AC/DC was one. There was an exception to the rule, since all rules have exceptions. No one was allowed to pick KISS as a favorite- everyone had free rein to hate on KISS with impunity. Looking back, it is hard to see how we used to get so worked up about this stuff, but somehow at the time it all seemed vitally important. If I recall correctly (and I may not), the original genesis of the Rule came about one evening when someone professed to liking The Runaways- before being roundly verbally browbeaten by all and sundry in attendance. Ironic, given that they are to be a Major Motion Picture coming soon to a theatre near you.
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Post by D2o on Jan 28, 2010 23:27:04 GMT -5
Good story, newey.
I also remember plastered discussions at 4:00 in the morning, somehow still awake even after all the beer ... "yeah, Springsteen and Bono are good friends, apparently" and what-not, straightfaced - even though we were still half-bombed. It was like it was a measure of credibility to "know", and to sound like you know ...
I even got a little worked up one time while expounding on the virtues of Neil Young ... to my Dad!
Why?
Who knows? ... but all these years later I've once again found an acoustic guitar in my hands. Still can't play worth a damn.
D2o
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