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I have a dyna comp and used the one in my Se50 before. I could never get used to the way that they mush up the tone. Plus I play pretty hard, so every note has a little weirdness at the beginning of every note. I think that the parallel thing sounds kind of interesting, though

No. Sadly it was "invite only". :D The guy who handed me my ass actually is a big clapner fan. Not the blues stuff, but the singing songwriting thing. The guy is an incredible chet atkins style guy. He plays with a dynamic range that I am good enough to recognize and envy, but not good...

I played one of these last wednesday night. I don't think I ever played a doubleneck before. Maybe when I was a teenager. Anyway, I remember seeing this guitar in all the magazine ads when I first started playing and it was kind of neat to actually see and play one. I played it on the break...

Is this a gynocologist joke? Actually, the trick is to tie string to all the pots before you take the nuts off, then you can pull them back into their respective holes after your modifications. I have been toying with the idea of adding a master volume to my Epiphone ES-295. I like the...

I was on acid one night in about '87, playing a top 40 dance gig. I spilled bongwater on my parachute pants and tried to cover it up with a half a bottle of Chaps. I didn't smell exactly like a porta-potty, but let's just say the smell was reminiscent of one. The first step is admitting you...

What do you have against teles, anyway? :confused: None of them are standard issue. I don't have one, but will soon. When I get one, I sure as hell want it to sound like a tele. I wouldn't buy one just because it's shaped like a tele. You need the bridge/pickup assembly. You need the...

How did you knwo it was a 12ax7? I mean, do differnt tubes make different sounds when thy're microphonic? I think that if you have your chasis opened so you could see the tubes, turn it on and play your magic C, you could see which tube is grumbling because of the light show that will ensue.

I'd try using standard solvents like acetone, but being very gentle and using a qtip. IF you soak the whole area with something, it's probably very likely to attack the tolex as much as the paint. But you can use some nasty solvents if you try to get it right on the paint ONLY. A freind of...

When you were born, I was 18. I seriously have never heard anyone in a very long time address him solely as a guitar guy. In my mind, he's always been more of the composer/arranger guy. Alot of the later stuff was extremely intellectual and complicated, but it was not really to my taste as...

I guess. I forgot how much I like the mothers. For several years growing up, we had a xylo-marimba at my house. My brother was an educated percussionist. Now he's a nuclear physicist working for W. Anyway, the clavinet and trombone and mallet stuff is just so... odd, isn't it? I love it.

Maybe moreso that EC? I just watched VH1 Classic albums "Over-nite sensation". I've had it DVRd for a couple weeks and just got to see it. I haven't paid a whole lot of attention to zappa since CDs came out. Even less since MP3s. Everything I ever listened to was vinyl or cassettes of...

Put me down for the duct tape over the battery compartment to hold the 9 volt in. My original crybaby got too much carpet lint in it, so I bought another one and it was just as shitty. Plus the battery wouldn't stay in it.

I went and saw a band recently where the guy had a talk box, a wireless AND a wah and he used them all in the first song (not to mention playing behind his head and walking all around the room playing his guitar in the faces of the divorced alcoholic bar hags. The guy was 50 years old and had...

I use EBs-the green pack. The tone is very live and twangy for the gig. I don't really care about how they sound after ten days. I think the peak tone when they are fresh is better than other strings. The first 8 hours of string life are really all I care about. I don't have trouble...

Like when you can't think of any more actual notes to play?

Is dry wood a factor in this case? That was the first thing that I thought of when I saw the way it split. Is it worth putting a bit of fingerboard oil on a flat top bridge periodically?

You know. that thing has been down for a few months now. I routed it so that the trem functions and never finished putting it back together. the piezo part works, but I never put the electric guitar stuff back in it. You've inspired me. I'm gonna put it together and stand out on the road to...

Careful. You're starting to see these rock icons as peers. :D

Sorry. I found it. I guess the page hadn't loaded correctly. It is eurotubes

What's the name of that online place where you can buy retube kits for specific amps? I thought it was eurotubes, but I couldn't find it. I have a little cash and was going to splurge for the kit for my PV classic 20. IT has tubes that sound like shit because at least one is microphonic. No...