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  1. funny_polymath

    Bye y'all.

    This'll be my last post. Leaving Fractal-land, though I still think it's an outstanding company and product line! If any of you want to get ahold of me for any reason, please go so samuelclaiborne [dot] com or email me at samc1959 [at] yahoo [dot] com. And be on the lookout for my upcoming...
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    Time to say goodbye...

    Hello all. Just dropped in to say goodbye. After a long time with the Axe-FX (and my Liquid Foot Pro+), I've come to the conclusion that I was spending more time messing with menus and patch editors/librarians than I was playing. I started out with effects in 1978 or so, with a couple of boxes...
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    Yes, a stupid question

    Howdy. I've mostly written my own patches over the years, but recently I just started delving into the treasure chest that is axe-change. I've gotten some great stuff. However, I also often encounter the 'silent patch' - a patch I download and install and... no sound. I'm sure there are many...
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    Back in the saddle at last (Finally loving my Axe-FX again)

    I've been an Axe-FX user since the Ultra first came out. I now own an original II (i.e. a MKI). I haven't been in a band of late, and had.. sorta drifted into playing my Princeton (and even my Champ), instead of my Axe. It just didn't sound as good as a real amp to me anymore. Guess my ears...
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    Just giving thanks...

    I've been gone from here along while. Lotta personal stuff. I haven't even recorded any music for over a year. So, yesterday, I started working with my nephew, who lives in Korea, shipping files back and forth between our respective DAWs (Samplitude for me, Reason for him). Ain't this an...
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    The Humbler...

    Just saw this and had to share. Day-Am!
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    Hungering for Strange, from my new album, Love, Lust, and Genocide

    First solo is on my Epiphone Wildkat into my Axe-II straight into the converters. Outro solo is on my Zexcoil-Equipped Mexi-Strat through my Axe-FX II straight into the Rosetta A/D... Oh, riddim is also my strat through the AXE-II (and my trusty PCM-70).
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    Cab and Amp (or patch) to work with an acoustic guitar (Fishman Ellipse Blend system)

    Took the Silk&Steel strings off the Martin 000-C and put phosphor bronzes on in preparation for some gigs. I'll be doing some 'unplugged' gigs, which, as you know, often are plugged in, and I'll also being adding a couple of acoustic numbers to my mostly electric show. I've been playing...
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    My album drops 7/28 but the advance reviews ROCK!

    Yeah, tooting my own horn. Someone's gotta! :lol Scallywag Magazine musicexistence.com
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    My cover of Hurt... getting some nice reviews.

    My cover of Hurt has dropped, as part of the True Groove All-Stars Fully-Recovered covers album (my album is scheduled to drop in May). The album and my song are both getting some great reviews, and I'm a happy camper... except that no one actually purchases music anymore :nightmare: Spotify...
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    The Ridgewing Guitar - this thing is CRAZY cool!

    I just lost my job; not a great time be be all GASsed up, but hey:
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    Sneak Peek at my new Album...

    The album, "Love, Lust, and Genocide" will be out in March. Meanwhile, here's a sneak peek. Enjoy. Just a good time rock song. I play both solos. First is my Epiphone Wildkat, 2nd is my Zexcoil & S1 equipped Mexican FSR Strat, both through the Axe. The only cover on the album, NIN's...
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    Holy Mother of God - Beautiful Bass composition, beautiful playing!

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    Anyone familar with Throbak pAF Pickups?

    My friends are raving about these CRAZY expensive pups. heard a Gibson Custom Shop 335 with them in it. And on their website (ThroBak P.A.F. Humbucker Reproduction Guitar Pickups - ThroBak Electronics), they've got some pretty tasty sound clips! Just curious if anyone's tried 'em.
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    Fender BLUES DELUXE REISSUE - how to get it in the Axe?

    I posted about a Fender Hot Rod III, but I was mistaken, it was a Fender Blues Deluxe, a warm, sweet and loud amp that blows the doors off my old Princeton! From the original post: Played one on the backline 2 nights ago with my 'b' rig, a Line 6 M13 and a Moreley distortion/volume/wah...
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    Fender Hot Rod III Deluxe...

    Played one on the backline 2 nights ago with my 'b' rig, a Line 6 M13 and a Moreley distortion/volume/wah pedal. REALLY liked it! And... I really liked the 'in the room' sound. It's been a LONG time since I had 'amp envy', but I kinda had it last night (granted, I didn't have my AXE and CLR to...
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    Need advice on multi-effects unit with long delay, good sound quality

    I need some advice: I am trying to create a 2nd performing rig where I can sorta approximate my sound going into a club's backline amp, leaving my axe rack, and my CLR at home. I am looking for something ultra portable, with good delay effects, hopefully including some washy, ambient multi-tap...
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    A 'Frank Zappa Roxy SG' for peanuts

    So, I really didn't have the money (or inclination) to pony up mega bucks for Gibson's limited edition Roxy SG. However, I did have a hankering for its tonal variety. What to do? 1) Take my Epiphone Custom Shop 1962 SG Reissue ($350.00 off of Ebay) 2) Buy two genuine Gibson 57/57+ pickups (four...
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    Voodoo Chile on Korean 'Zither'... ROCKS!

    Wow. I think I'm in love...
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    Interview with yours truly about pain and pain management

    Long interview, but I think worth watching, if you or anyone you love has suffered significant pain and/or debility. From an upcoming movie on pain and pain management. Enjoy.
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    My New Fretless Guitar

    Repurposed Hagstrom I neck (from the first electric guitar I ever owned) with maple fret-marker inlays. Korina body with bookmatched spalted maple cap and a 'belly cut' in the rear, He even made a solid brass sustain plate by hand for the through-the-body strings. And dig that pink primer paint...
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    Replacement P-90's for Epiphone Wildkat?

    I like my WildKat a lot. But I find the P-90s (or perhaps it's the wiring?) a bit darker than I like. I was considering changing to Kinmans, but they won't fit. The Epi Dogear P-90 guitars (Wildkat and Casino) have a kind of tilted, asymmetrical form factor. The only company I know that has...
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    CLR Neodymium Active Wedge - first impressions.

    Well, I've only been playing it for a few hours, but already I like it better than my previous 'best' setup: a Matrix GT1000FX 2U into a fEARFULL FRFR enclosure). Sturdy, well thought out for the most part (why no power on and clipping LEDs on the front?), LIGHT, and sounds... better. Can't...
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    Still looking for that perfect FAT Robin Trower Univibe sound

    You know, Bridge of sighs, Trower, Hendrix. All that... Anyone got a killer one? I've seen a few on axe-change (about a month ago) but none seemed to fit the bill. Oh, and, yes, this is for a Strat. THANKS!
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    I've found the secret to playing faster!!!

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    Live Improv, title track from the album Ketamine is for Lovers...

    Two guitars, get up on stage, see what happens! One of my favorite things to do. The 'slidey' guitar is Axe-FX II + Lexicon PCM-70. My compatriot, Mr. Peter Head, is playing through a more traditional rig, into a Fender amp...
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    New song from upcoming album: 21ST Century War

    No synths on this. Anything that sounds remotely like one is either guitar or viola, through Axe II + a Lexicon PCM-70. The senegalese guitar is not put through the Axe. Hope you like it.
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    Wiring question... regarding bal/ubal and XLR/1/4"

    So, I've been radically shrinking my rack, and part of that has involved scavenging my two Vafam interconnect panels and morphing then into one, and incorporating a new feed using existing XLR ins/outs on that panel. I have a Rane mixer that is mono, and I plug my mic, my guitar, and my...
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    Jimi Hendrix honored with a US Postage stamp today!

    Bout time! https://www.usps.com/stamps/jimi-hendrix.htm
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    The Lion and the Lamb, from my soon-to-be-done album, Love, Lust and Genocide

    True Groove Records
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    Succulence (Blasphemy) - from my upcoming album Love, Lust, and Genocide...

    There are no synths on this album. Anything that sounds like a synth is a guitar, viola or voice going through my rack (AXE II + PCM-70). Lots of strange playing techniques and effects to get these sounds. Hope you like it.
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    Hungering for Strange - from my forthcoming album on True Groove Records...

    Let's see. One rhythm guitar is not me, and not Axe-FX, it's a Jarrell into a Rivera Chubster. The other rhythm guitar (the 'big' one with the long delay) is my strat into my Axe II. The mid-song lead is my Epiphone Wildkat into the same setup, and the outro lead, which I am quite fond of, is...
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    Sweet LOrd! Sweet Child O' Mine!

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    Help on Rust Never Sleeps/Rockin' in the Free World sound

    Any advice? I know he uses a Fender Deluxe close to meltdown, but any ideas most welcome. I am not really looking to 'clone' this sound, just get into the same general zone. Thanks.
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    Frank Zappa playing 2 bicycles on the Steve Allen show, early 60's

    A very young Frank, already playing the musical subversive. Great fun.
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    James Burton Strat-o-Tele S-1 mod on a Strat

    Just got this mod done by Matt at 30th Street Guitars here in NYC. So far, I LOVE IT! All of my Strat sounds plus a genuine tele bridge/neck sound (which I had on this guitar on a previous mod), plus some FAT humbucky series sound! While I was there trying it out, Elliot Randall (Reelin'...
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    Going to Zappa Plays Zappa - Roxy and Elsewhere, Poughkeepsie NY 2/22 Wheeehahh!

    Roxy was always one of my absolute favorite albums - the range it displays is spectacular, and that particular band, while not Frank's favorite, was mine - it had this loose-yet-tight thing going, not so astringent as some of his later bands. When I found out they're doing almost the entire...
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    Technically perfect? Hell no! But they got the feeling, they got the blues!

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    CLR active or passive?

    Howdy. I am an FRFR guy. My main speaker had a little accident, and I am considering replacing it. I hear raves about the CLRS all the time. I am considering one of them. I have a 2U Matrix GT1000X in my rack and it works well, but I would not mind lightening my rack, as it has progessively...
  40. funny_polymath

    Nice clean to break for blues and such

    Just uploaded my first patch to Axe Change, my go-to clean-to-break, based on the super reverb. I haven't gotten into scenes yet. There are some effects, but I control them directly from my pedalboard. Pretty much designed for single coils, from Strat to Danelectro. Enjoy. Axe Change Page...
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    Routing amp+cab out of of one output, post effects on the other...

    Sorry for such a 'newbie' question. I have had an Axe since the early days, but am not really a tweaker. I get what I need, and that's all. Maybe it's because I program computers for a living, the last thing I really wanna do is come home and program my AXE. But: After over a year of waiting, I...
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    Sneak peak of a new single off my upcoming CD

    Unfortunately, this song is based ona a true story, that of a Pittsburgh area kid, a friend of a friend, who came out to his evangelical family. They disowned and shunned him utterly, withdrew all love and support. Alone, homeless, and without hope, he eventually took his own life. This is...
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    New body for PartCaster project, from Spaltking - ain't she purty?

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    from 10.x to 12.02 impressions

    Good: My patches sound better! More lush and smooth (I have not changed to smooth or anything, I just upgraded the FW). Bad: My damn encoder dial is now useless again! Trying to dial up or down to the next patch is LITERALLY a 50/50 chance it'll go the way I dialed it. I've had my II back to...
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    Microphone Review: Mojave MA-300

    Does incredibly well in an incredibly unfair comparison! I've been working at another studio lately, singing into an utterly amazing vintage U47, valued at approximately $15,000.00. It's destroyed any affection I had for my exceedingly modest personal mic collection, and I've been listening...
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    A great preamp for the studio at a great price!

    Just thought I'd give you all a tip: I bought a Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII with X-Mod preamp with EQ for my studio rack. I have 8 channels of clean, quiet, very neutal preamps (Focusrite ISA828 ) and was looking for something with more 'character' (i.e. warmth), a vintage 'British Iron' sound, and...
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    My new baby...

    Japanese Strat with blue Quilted Maple top and 'original contour body' - and it is: this guitar feels a LOT like my buddy's original '58 strat (he also has an original '59 ES-345!). Neck's definitely chunkier than my Mexi-Strat, and I actually may have it recontoured slightly. The pups have...
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    Anyone have a killer Pedal Steel patch for the II

    I'm looking for the whole enchilada, the most realistic possible, for the II, not the Ultra, including expression pedal control of the 6th. I'm lazy and I hope one of you tweakaholics has done my work for me! :lol
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    Wow. Great playing! On an acoustic no less!

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    Anybody know SpaltKing guitar bodies?

    Anyone know these guys: Spalt King I've got enough parts for a partscaster (possibly fretless), and all I need is a body. These look gorgeous:
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    Question on recording both 'dry' and effects at once using fx out.

    I admit it, I am lazy, wellll, actually, I am really, really overworked right now. So I was hoping to get an answer for this before i 1) Upgrade my FW, 2) Install Axe-Edit 3) struggle to implement this idea without benefit of greater minds than mine, and change all my patches. Here's the...
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    A sneak peek at the single from my new EP... Hungering for Strange outro

    Finally got my strat's trem floating. The result: total manic mayhem. Still going to put a Blade Runner in, but I must say, using a hybrid of the Verheyan and Frudua methods, it's staying close to in tune as-is! This is almost all Axe II, but there's a Morley distortion/wah added to the...
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    New Can O' Worms - best replacement whammy for my strat

    So, I've got a Mexican FSR Strat. Sounds great (even better now that I've got Zexcoils and the 'Robbie Robertson' wiring mod in it). But the stock trem is fer shite. Now, I am not a dive-bomber in the EVH sense, but I do some neil-youngish shaking - the Bigsby on my Wildkat seems to do that...
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    It pays to wait a few FW revisions... WOW

    Coming from 8.something, I was not prepared. Some of the recent FW updates up to 8 seemed to up the 'brittleness' factor to me (I experienced the same thing in the middle of the Ultra's FW series). But after waiting several revisions, then jumping all the way to FW 11 beta. WOW. More... balls...
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    Bent Ambient Jazz - Hedy Lamar's Gold Lame Microphone Cable

    From an improv Jam with Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi on Sax, and Greg Zwieben on Bass, oh, and I'm on guitar. Alas, the zoom was pretty much in Sohrab's face, so my atmospherics are a little lower in the mix than I'd like. Still, I am amazed with what you can get out of a friggin' zoom and some post...
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    Ketamine is for Lovers - more ambient/improv

    Almost like the Allman's on some bad acid... but not quite! From our set (recorded, alas, on a Zoom) at the Hudson Valley Psych Festival, we bring you B.B. Rebozo's gentle yet un-sane suite, Ketamine is for Lovers.
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    Some more weird post-rock/ambient improv

    Yes, for the few of you who like total 'no net underneath' improv, and deeply experimental. Here's B.B. Rebozo's closing number from the first annual Hudson Valley Psych fest, recorded in Kingston NY, 5/11/13 We give you: Evel's Last Jump
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    Best way so save banks, create composite banks, upload single patches, etc.

    So, I'm about to load all of Yek's madness, including his global blocks, into my II. needless to say, I wanna save all of my stuff and be triple sure of it. In addition, once I go through his stuff, I am sure I will want to take some of his, some from Axe-Change, some of my own, and make my own...
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    I should know better but...

    So, after much resistance, I am basically forced by circumstances to wade deeper into editing - and that means the front panel for now - I do not want to deal with the current AE. Comparing the manual to my front screen in the AMP pages, I can see things have changed - for example, in my twin I...
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    Best way for me to test my Axe II vs. my cut-down Twin?

    So, my axe II was packed up yesterday when I got my new Epi WildKat and I used my Twin. It sounded GREAT. And... mmm, it didn't sound as great when I put it into my AXE FRFR. So, I plugged my Matrix into the same speaker cab as the Twin and... mmm... it sounded better, but still not as good...
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    My new baby - Epiphone Wildkat, $350.00 from Sweetwater

    OK, it doesn't have a case, and in the best of all possible worlds, it'd have a roller bridge and tusq or bone nut. But... Day-am!!! Epiphone is making some NICE guitars for incredibly cheap prices! $350.00 brand new for a great sounding (pups are potted epi P-90s, but sound fantastic) set neck...
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    From my latest Piano CD, The Annunciation

    This piece, called 'Twinges (Gestation)', is all piano, but digitally molested. I am cross-fading straight piano with heavily filtered piano, that sounds to me like a Balinese Gamelon orchestra - if Gamelon was played on crystal singing bowls instead of brass gongs. No Axe-FX on this...
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    Truly Inspiring! R.I.P. David Foster Wallace

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    In Praise of Silk and Steel Strings

    Anybody else use 'em? My father was an old-time folkie (played with Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger et. al.) I grew up listening to him play and sing songs on his 1903 Martin. Not sure of the model - it's a tiny thing, a parlor guitar, I guess. Light and resonant. He always used Silk and Steel...
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    ARC 2 calibration software and stuidio mix monitoring - pretty interesting.

    Anyone else try this: IK Multimedia | ARC System 2? I love my Genelec 1030A speakers - I hear detail on them I never hear on anything else. But even after some room conditioning (Auralex roominator II kit + a few extras), I was still finding my 6.5" woofer Gennies a little low on Bass. I...
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    Westboro Baptist Church Vs. Slayer Fans - this I would pay money to see!

    Westboro, in their never-ending thirst for media coverage, have announced they'll protest Jeff Hanneman's funeral. Imagine 20 'God Hates Fags' hacks vs. thousands of stoked up metal heads! Cage Match! Should be on pay-per-view... :eagerness:
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    Opinions on JTV Variax strat style HSS guitars?

    Well, GAS has attacked again. I keep hearing all the nifty things you can do with Variax guitars, and am seriously thinking about getting one. I hear differing opinions on Korean vs. US made etc., and beyond that, I'd just like opinions on how well made and playable (and tuning stable etc.)...
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    First gig with II with FRFR onstage as monitor and direct output to FOH...

    Fantastic sound. For the first time in my life, I felt that the audience was hearing what I heard, and the recording from the board bears that out. We did have a ground loop problem - had to put a D/I in between me and the board with the ground lifted, but no big thing. Maybe I'm also less...
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    (pre) post rock/ambent

    Axe-FX Ultra and PCM-70 on the guitar. Jennifer Lowman on Synths. This piece was actually written maybe 20 years earlier, and played with a PCM-42 and a PCM-70, then altered for a TC Electronics D-TWO, and finally for the axe. A long evolution... Recorded live at Makor in NYC.
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    I don't know about you but I could use a laugh today...

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    In memorium...

    Please post photos in memorium for those lost to the senseless violence in Boston. Let us celebrate our one-ness, our connectedness as human beings on this small planet in the void of space. Iraqi boys, showing their solidarity with the victims in Boston.
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    Blues Anuerism (Apocolyptic Ambient shot through with fugue state psychoses)

    Yes, another low fi treat for the vast hordes of Axe-FX users who like experimental music. Me on the left, Fender Strat through Axe Ultra or II, I can't remember. Buddy on the right, epiphone wildkat through a fender amp, lots o' looping. Enjoy.
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    Ambient Madness

    From B.B. Rebozo's soon to be released live CD, Believe it or Burn. I'm playing slide guitar, mouth noises, singing, brass bells and other stuff going through Axe-FX Ultra + a PCM-70, my co-conspirator, is on looped guitar (not using an Axe). Oh, and another friend playing un-fx'd brass bowls...
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    MIMIC, Convolution reverb and... the future of FX?

    I'm just wondering. The convolution reverb in Samplitude is amazing, and MIMIC sounds amazing. Both, I believe, use a similar methodology - essentially feeding signals into something, then analyzing what comes out of it and mimicing that. So... would it be possible to mimic effects in the...
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    Ned help on a probably obvious problem

    So, I don't actually switch patches much mid-song. I may hit an IA or two to put something in or out, but rarely change the entire patch. But today I was changing quickly from an overdriven patch to a clean one. The overdriven patch has a delay block, but it is OFF when I load the patch. So, I...
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    WOW! I just found the BEST headphones for the money!

    Friend of mine turned me on to these this weekend. WOW - flat, accurate, excellent imaging. I don't mix on cans in general, but I do use them for reference from time to time - but if I DID mix with them, these would be it! They are NOT isolated, so, not great for tracking during a loud session...
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    Jeff Beck's Guitar collection

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    Eleanor Rigby on a carbon fiber electric

    Six Sexy Carbon Fiber Guitars
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    Zexcoil Redux

    I just spent the day with Scott & his lovely wife Claire from Zexcoil. The man's a genius. He's also an artist. And a good guitarist (with a nifty collection of axes) to boot. He's wrapped a lot of original concepts into his pickups - truly original technology - and it shows. I had put SV5's in...
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    Jonathan Long

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    Sustainiac and Jackson DK2S - any opinions?

    In the 'experimental' music world I inhabit, I use a lot of feedbacky delay effects. Sometimes I use gen-u-ine amp feedback, but I'd like to be able to get a similar effect at low volume for some of my ambient pieces. I often rub the edge of a slide etc. on the strings to create a similar...
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    And now for something completely different (Ambient/World Improv)

    This is a cut from a live gig, recorded to a Zoom on 5/8/2010. Personnel: John Dubberstein, Sitar Tem Noon, Tablas David Bennett, Bass David Rothenberg, Clarinet Samuel Claiborne, Viola, Vox, Whistles, percussion, effects. (All of these effects were recorded using an Ultra with a...
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    Favorite Quotes, Musical and Otherwise...

    Remember, no politics, no religion, alas (so many good quotes from those two worlds!). I'll start it off, but would love to see others! "Without Deviation from the Norm, progress is not possible" - Frank Zappa
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    Merry Christmas, Saturnalia, Solstice, Chanukah, Kwanzaa and a Happy New Year.

    Saturnalia was the Roman Pagan holiday later co-opted and transmuted into Christmas (the Yule Log, Christmas Tree and Easter Egg are all brought to you by ancient Pagan culture too). Of course the biggest Pagan holiday this time of year is the Solstice, which I (a Taoist/Pagan/Agnostic)...
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    Nine-point-oh-twooooo!

    Finally upgraded last night. Sometimes I'm sort of scared that I'll rave about a new feature and Cliff'll say April Fools - that parameter does nothing! But here goes: 1) Pick Attack is AWESOME! Just adds a little bit more responsiveness that, frankly, I didn't know I was missing. Love it...
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    Super Vee and Blade Runner Vibratos: anyone have experience?

    Need more tuning stability on my Strat. Anyone have any experience with these? www.super-vee.com
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    Best Replacement Fretwire for a Strat

    So, I am having my Strat refretted. I was happy with the stock frets - not sure what they are, probably not super jumbo, but certainly not tiny, like the old Gibson frets from the 50's. Anyway: advice on fretwire? I hear steel is good. i hear it's bad. I have no idea. I'd like something that...
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    Problems uploading images?

    Anyone else having a problem? I have tried both Safari and Chrome for several weeks on and off and cannot upload images from my machine It tries, but then I get a red exclamation point (but no description of the problem). This is a jpeg, less than 200K.
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    Do Not Go to Peekamoose Guitars!

    Wow, I was SO excited about getting my strat back: Plek job, setup, and, of course, new Zexcoil pups, push-push pot to reverse phase on the middle pup, new 500K pots. So, I go to pick up the guitar yesterday. First thing I notice: neck is great - no bad spots, smooth, easy playing, all the...
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    Wireless systems: are they good enough, and what's the best?

    Not sure if I want to go there, but I am putting the finishing touches on my rack, and even though I don't jump around all that much, the cords from my guitar and viola and Mic are kind of a pain, so I'm considering moving all three to wireless, or at least the Guitar and the Viola. So, since I...
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    Scale Length, String Spacing, and playability, and Peekamoose guitars...

    I've always liked 'Gibson' scale lengths better than 'Fender'. Always seemed easier for me to play, even though my hands aren't that small. Maybe it's because I started on a guitar with the shorter length. The first 'Fender Scale' guitar I ever owned, I got only 2 years ago (I am 53 and have...
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    Anyone ever change the scale on their strat?

    I notice that Warmoth makes conversion 'strat' necks that have gibson scale length. After getting this SG, I am reminded how much I like both the gibson scale length and the rounder/chunkier neck profile as well. Much to my utter surprise, I think I even like the small frets better. Has...
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    Why I hate Active Pups

    This guy sez it all...
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    My New Baby (if it ever gets here!)

    Ever since I first saw Frank Zappa playing one in 1975, I've wanted a cherry SG with a Maestro trem (my fave trem - I am not a dive bomber, more of a subtle trem user). But I don't have the bucks for an old Gibson, and recently I've actually liked the playabiity of Epiphones more than new...
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    HENRY ROBINETT: Please clear your message box - I can't answer your PM

    Yer box is full up! Thanks :-)
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    Probably a supremely dumb question but.. why does it sound like I've got a gate?

    I do not use noise gates on most of my patches, yet as the sound dies down, it rather suddenly seems to choke off at some point. If I hold my strat, it's quiet as hell until I touch a string, then the single coil noise comes up. So, what is 'gating' my sound. P.S. I don't tend to use a...
  97. funny_polymath

    Warmoth Necks - quality? baked?

    Does anyone have experience with Warmoth necks? And are they baking theirs yet? I'd really like to build my own guitar (and I'm also curious about getting a shorter-scale strat replacement neck - I like Gibson scale more), but want a great neck that I don't need to get Plek'd. How is their...
  98. funny_polymath

    Advice on a panel for my pedalboard...

    So, I have no pedalboard yet. When I get my LF+Pro+ from Liquid Foot I'll be ready to put it together. It will consist of: 1 LF+Pro+ 1 Boomerang III Looper 1 Boomerang Sidecar expansion for looper 2 Mission switching expression pedals. I don'[t know if there are buy-able pedalboards...
  99. funny_polymath

    Noiselss pickups... for my Strat

    Interested in Zexcoil, Kinman, Dimarzio Area 61 and other Area pups, etc. I hear some people say they love these, others hate them. I am looking for a pretty 'classical' strat sound (Mayer et. al.). Want the sound, not the noise. I did hear one guy playing kinmans, and they sounded...
  100. funny_polymath

    My Odd Strat

    Anyone know about these? It haz an 'MZ5' serial #, which means Mexican, 2005, I believe. When I first saw it I thought it might be a Strat neck on some other body, I'd never seen a Strat with no pickguard/controls/pups unit, nor one with the input jack routed on the side. I've since been...
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