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Different backgrounds, yeah? I think Mississippi Queen and All the Young Dudes.

Octave course first or the Rickenbacker method? Differences? Preferences? Different nut required?

Strange beastie this. Picked up at a yard sale some years ago by a guy that works for me. He was told it was 60's vintage. Could be. No maker mark whatsoever anywhere. I don't want to pull the pups or bridge just yet. I was hoping someone here would recognize it. Five piece neck. Looks like...

http://twit.cachefly.net/video/tri/tri0008/tri0008_h264b_864x480_500.mp4 Lots of stuff I didn't know. lou

I want to do new setups; change string gauge, lower the action, etc. on a couple guitars I've picked up in the last few years. Nothing drastic and nothing I've never done before but I've always intonated by ear and I think I could do better with a decent tuner with a digital readout or needle...

New Guitar Day was yesterday. UPS brang me a SG! The new 60s Tribute. This was a Musicians Friend return. It's in good shape, a few scratches. Gibson QC ain't that hot although maybe these stripper finishes are supposed to have streaks/light areas. I'm not big on cosmetics so it's no biggie. I...

How critical is the ohm rating on attenuators? I'm looking at a Marshall Plexi and figure I may need one. I have a hand-built that came with my boutique amp but I never knew they had different ohm ratings and I have no idea what mine is. It works with the amp at 8 or 16. Thanx. lou

Dear Muttley, Does headstock angle (or bridge to tailpiece) make any difference to string tension? Will lesser angles reduce the tension in the strings? There is an argument on a vintage site over the merits of 14 degree vs. 17 degree headstock angles and it would seem to me that when the...

Back in the day you could network two boxes with Direct Cable Connection. Is that still doable? I have two XP machines - nearly identical specs. One was my live recording rig and the other in the studio. I'm not gigging right now and thought I'd use one for backups and web stuff. I'm thinking...

Look what I found: LARGE LOT of Studio / Rehearsal room acoustic, sound panels NICE! Wish this had been up a month ago. lou

Nowhere near as advanced as what some have done. I'm basically taking over my daughter's bedroom (she lives with her mom). It's 10X20. Used to be two separate rooms but we combined them for her about five years ago. Took me a week to hoe all her shit out of there - still have to move her trophy...

I'm fleshing out my thoughts here in an effort to get some response. The Fitz question is going nowhere. I'm creating a space. Nothing "pro" here, just a listening, tracking, mixing room for me. As I develop my ideas I will provide more details but I don't want to get sidetracked or overwhelmed...

I've been reading up extensively on room treatment thinking about treating the spaces I have, such as they are and I've come across some info that has raised questions I haven't seen answered. Assuming the chosen material is rigid fiberglass of whatever depth would having a wood box frame...

Kind of an odd question so I'll start with the scenario and then expose my ignorance. I have several amp heads and cabs. Rather than have to run speaker cable, plug and unplug each time I want to try a different combination I would like to have all the units plugged into a patchbay and just...

Have to wait for fuckin' Paypal to mail a fuckin' Echeck (why I can't use the Discover Card is beyond me) and then shipping across the continent but I'm fuckin' pumped. Been looking for one of these for a long time...

Can pick up an almost new for $120 off Craigslist. I will actually be strapping it on a backpack and hauling it out into the woods in November. Did a search - not much current. Love 'em - hate 'em? Worth $120 for their intended purpose? Thanx guys. lou

I screwed up. I've been keeping my eyes open for a '70s Yamaha SG2000 and one came up on eBay. These things usually fetch better than $1500 depending on condition and this was a '78, all original w/no reserve. The auction ended after midnight and it had jumped from $500 to over $750 by 10:00 so...

Do you have that Delta in yer studio yet? lou

Somebody posted a thread in the Cave about building one of these and I was intrigued. In thirty years of playing I've never done shit with slide. A couple weeks ago I set up an acoustic and one of my Les Pauls in Open G and I was just messing around with it when the thread came up. Good timing...

Thanks in advance. I'm looking for a hardware or software, simple, cheap solution for putting down basic drum tracks. I'm a guitar guy and couldn't keep a beat with sticks if you put a gun to my head. When I first got into the DAW thing I had a hack/demo version of Cubase that came with a little...