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Post by RandomHero on Oct 19, 2005 22:16:07 GMT -5
Wow, I fobbed up! Your admin doesn't know what he's doing. *ahem*
The following was originally posted by Runewalker before I went and deleted it on accident.
After John H gently slagged the Tone Monster thread for rambling (high order erudition there!) I got to thinking that there is definitely a place for participants to brainstorm and explore ideas in the effort to finalize superior designs. However, after the design is settled on it is an accomplished set, and deserves a singular reference.
However, few will labor through the documentation of idea evolution to obtain the final gem of the settled design, although some would argue the "cut to the chase" crowd misses the 'gestalt' of the experience. Anyone who argues that already compromises credibility by using a German term to describe a psychological experience. OK, I digress.
How about a separate area, Board, or whatever it is called, that is a repository for finished and hopefully tested designs. That is one of the nice things about the original GN1 site -- a separate link for designs.
This would have both the schematics and the wiring diagram (for those of us who are not EE), along with a brief description of design approach, limited theory and explanation of sound options.
Is this possible and does it have merit?
This was my response before I deleted that, too.
It is entirely possible and has a great deal of merit. Something to that effect was on my mind when John A told us he would dump the contents of the old forum as of last backup to an HTML format for review, but if those in favor of the idea prefer quicker action, I can easily add a sub-board into the Electronics and Wiring board for just that purpose. Nuts, let me know what you think!
[glow=red,2,300]And so the proposal stands. Vote and leave commentary if you have your own suggestions.[/glow]
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Post by CheshireCat on Oct 19, 2005 22:43:15 GMT -5
Sounds like an excellent idea. I'd be interested to see it developed further.
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Post by RandomHero on Oct 19, 2005 23:11:38 GMT -5
I have an idea. We could get a community account on Photobucket for the sole purpose of schematic storage. Photobucket is very Proboards-friendly when it comes to image posting, as it generated lines of code that you can simply post into your messages to put an image right there. There would be a known username and password for people to browse the archives, but there would have to be a certain degree of trust, as Photobucket isn't meant to be used by multiple people with seperate privelages... the bottom line being do NOT delete someone else's schematic, NOR upload to Photobucket without a backup on your own computer!
What do you guys think?
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Post by karpetking on Oct 20, 2005 7:20:29 GMT -5
can't see any drawbacks to adding the board.
the photobucket account would probably be abused though, i would think, unless the pass was only given privately to long established posters.
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Post by Mustang on Oct 20, 2005 11:14:27 GMT -5
I think a schematic area is a great idea as I am in the process of replacing the pickups on my '71 Mustang with Noiseless Strat PUs. I am an EE, but my area of expertise is 38 kV switchgear with 3000 amp breakers. Guitars and HAM radio are my hobbies. Now would be a good time to consider various mods for switch wiring for phases, serial/parallel connections, etc.
You have my vote.
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Post by UnklMickey on Oct 20, 2005 15:50:08 GMT -5
i almost voted for your mother 'cause moms just don't get enough credit!
don't know how the logistics would work. i'll just leave those suggestions and decisions to those who are more net-savvy.
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Post by UnklMickey on Oct 20, 2005 16:46:50 GMT -5
...my area of expertise is 38 kV switchgear with 3000 amp breakers... lets see, a little quick math here. almost 120 megawatts. talk about more power, Tim Allen, eat your heart out! |
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Post by wolf on Oct 20, 2005 22:09:08 GMT -5
Photobucket has been pretty good to the "Guitar Nuts" and I feel there is no point in abusing their image hosting.
How about a real website? I know places such as Yahoo and Geocities offer these. (There are plenty more).
I know I have my own website with 4 pages of guitar wiring and drawings. However, there should be an Official™ website for the drawings that the members here have thought up. I guess I'll have to volunteer some of my time to help create and maintain the website. Unless, there are any other "Guitar Nuts" who know about website building.
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Post by zjokka on Oct 21, 2005 2:23:04 GMT -5
i think Wolf got a strong point here. There should also be a check on what schematics are uploaded. So that there are only schematics that are correct, if not the whole project might lose its value really fast.
A website is best, and much more reliable. Of course..
In another thread I mentioned that a links section is missing in this board. Don't forget there's already quite a few wiring sites around, some of them being very informative. Even Seymour Duncan sites has got all the basic mod -- that is if you can find them throught their weird schematic selection tool.
After starting my guitar rewiring journey at GN, I soon found many many sites, but few of them draw up schematics with the star grounding and shielding. That confused me in my first project, but I learned...
But do keep the idea going...
J
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Post by JohnH on Oct 21, 2005 7:41:38 GMT -5
I think it is a great idea. If it is on GN2, then it should contain just finished designs, one new thread per design. Once it is posted with a clear title, members can ask questions and make comments like "Wow John- that's a really cool circuit (pity it blew up my house wiring)" That way, all the main info is in the first post of a thread, but there can be a following discussion as well.
Admins can watch out for threads that should really be somewhere else, and move them in necessary.
I think Wolfs offer to form a web site is good, but it is also good if folk can simply upload directly to the GN2 site with out filtering - it generates more involvement, so I suggest that this be tried first. These uploads can always be copied to a definative web page subsequently.
I have some designs to put up - looking forward to doing it!
John.
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Post by karpetking on Oct 21, 2005 8:21:09 GMT -5
JohnH is right - if people stick to this, it will work well. There aren't so many people posting that would make looking after it a problem.
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Post by RandomHero on Oct 21, 2005 17:10:17 GMT -5
My younger brother is an absolute wiz of a webdesigner, and I knew a few tricks too. The only thing we lack is a server, although I could dedicate my computer, you would -need- to get used to the idea of it being down from time to time as I don't like to run it 24/7. I would certainly keep it up a great deal more often, however.
The dedicated site is a great idea, although it would take a great more deal of work on the part of the webmaster to add new schematics or make changes. Just throwing that out there to make it known, but otherwise I'm for it.
In fact, I believe I may be getting ideas right now...
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Post by JohnH on Oct 21, 2005 18:19:22 GMT -5
The dedicated site is a great idea, although it would take a great more deal of work on the part of the webmaster to add new schematics or make changes
Thats where the forum board post is easier for initial posting and changes. The originator of a thread can easily post a design, then also edit it later is response to changes or comments. The key to it is to always make sure the first post contains the updated info, so others can find it. Then once a design has been knocked around a bit (effectively a peer review process) - the webdude can import it onto a nicely arranged web site for posterity.
John
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Post by wolf on Oct 21, 2005 21:10:45 GMT -5
Okay, since a geocities account is free, I decided to do just a small bit of work and created this very limited 2 page site.
It's just a sample but I think this kind of thing has possibilities.
www.geocities.com/guitarnuts2/index.htm
What do you think?
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