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  1. GregP
    I've heard the same thing. Since they drive the amp harder, you can make up a lot of harmonic content in the overdriven tubes; however all things being equal, I'm told that they have less definition in the high register. Greg
  2. GregP
    A lot of those vocal effects have gone through plain ol' distortion, as garehan suggests. However, an overlooked 'effect' is simple EQ. A notch filter (which is just a type of EQ unless it's a 'resonant' filter) that completely removes a certain band of frequencies will give you that mechanical "radioed-in" sound. The small pocket amp has a similar effect because it's not capable of reproducing all the frequencies, PLUS it has a wee little speaker to shake up for 'speaker' distortion which sounds crappy (in a good way). Greg
  3. GregP
    Fair enough.
  4. GregP
    Certainly can't be as air-intensive as didjeridoo. You can do it! Greg
  5. GregP
    There's no good reason for you to do this and ruin the convenience of being able to take your neck off should you ever need to replace it. Greg
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    Minor Scale

    GregP replied to GregP's topic in Players Corner

    Cheers for that. Looks identical to the "Melodic Descending Minor" Greg
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    Minor Scale

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    What the heck? I found a handy site for visually referencing scales that I'm trying to learn: Click Here But when I'm trying to get the minor scales, I don't understand which options are the ones I 'need'. When someone says they're playing, "Fugue in A minor" they don't say "Fugue in A Descending Melodic Minor", so which are they referring to? Which one is "plain old" minor? Greg
  8. GregP
    It's perfick now.
  9. GregP
    Awesome discovery, Cody! I never would have found out about this instrument otherwise.
  10. GregP
    You can use circular breathing for wind instruments, too! That's how *cough* Kenny G got the world record for the longest-held note on a saxamaphone. You could go for world's longest Oboe note, bp! Greg
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    Could be. Although (and I don't expect anyone to be a mind reader to have known this for certain even though it makes sense) if I were talking about a bass, I would have dispensed with the word "high" altogether and asked, "Is it on the E side or the G side"? Greg
  12. GregP
    Cool beans. Looks like a Photoshop picture, though! I'd like to see some dirty and gritty pics of it. Greg
  13. GregP
    Nah, mate! PVC sounds kick-ass, it just doesn't have the "look". I say keep givin'er. As for circular breathing, I found that it was best to learn WITHOUT the didj, because it requires so much breath if your technique's not bang-on. It takes a lot of practice before you can play with only the bare minimum amount of breath. In the meantime, the best way to learn circular breathing is with a drinking straw and a glass of water. Greg
  14. GregP
    High G? Trust me, I meant High E. It would make sense that the 'worn out' part would be the thumb side. I've tried imagining it both ways and I can't imagine which would be more comfortable for me, though. I might have to give'er a rough try on some scrap 2X4 or something. I always liked the hard V contour on my dad's acoustic, so there's that possibility, too. No U shape for me, though, I know that much. Greg
  15. GregP
    Since we're talking about such things, I had a question I've been meaning to ask, too-- In offset neck profiles, is the fatter side normally toward the high E or the low E? Welcome to the site, Mark! Greg
  16. GregP
    I was learning clarinet until it fell apart on me (it was crap to begin with, and didn't hold up). That was in preparation for saxamophone, since clarinet and Tenor sax have almost the same fingering. BUT, I don't remember jack from it. Ditto for trumpet which I also played for 2 years. These days, it's guitar, bass, a bit of keyboard (no more and probably less than some of the other guitarists here who also tinker), and didjeridoo. I can circular breathe for the didj, which freaks people out because they don't realize how easy it is. Greg
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    It's easy to say "both" because to a certain extent, we ALL respect and enjoy a little bit of both. But instead of taking the middle ground, I'll go ahead and say "emotional" because the split of importance to me is more like 70/30 than 50/50. For example, and I know everyone always uses him as an example, but SRV's playing is primarily emotional. But he was certainly an accomplished guitarist with technical skill if not necessarily "academic theory". Given that he's got chops but also plays with emotion, he's really "both". But you know and I know that in the grand scheme of things, people will always relate more to the fire and emotion he put into his playing than to his fingerboard gymnastics. Gotta be emotion. Greg
  18. GregP
    True dat, true dat. My girlfriend wants to get married while she's still in school. Since she's likely going to become a medical doctor (jury's still out; she might end up as a PhD research scientist instead) I guess the tight belts will be loosened fairly shortly after she's done. Greg
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    Come to think of it, I don't see why you couldn't do that if you had a too-thin neck blank to begin with. I can't think of many reasons to do this on purpose, but if it was due to the materials available at-hand, there's no reason it wouldn't work. There would be more surfaces that would have to be "perfect" to get a seamless look, but in theory it'd work! Greg
  20. GregP
    I hear that. I'm almost to the point of routing the pickup cavities on my project, and even with the luxury of using mounting rings (which will cover up flaws if there end up being any!) I'm still a bit... not 'nervous', but something like that. On the other hand, it could be a mixed blessing. My top needs work that I don't relish doing. Greg
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    Also, not sure which part of the guitar he was referring to with the 1- and 2-piece thing, but a neckthrough is generally made of 3 or more pieces of wood- At least one for the neck and the "through" part of the body, and 2 more for the "wings" that attach and form the rest of the body. A 1-piece guitar is probably a pretty rare thing. I've never seen one, though obviously it's possible to do and I'm certain that people MUST have made them before if only to satisfy personal curiousity. Greg
  22. GregP
    If it's for scratch-built, you have the luxury of making the pickup cavity exactly the right size for the P90s, which will reduce the 'wobbly' effect I mentioned. Can't wobble if there's no wiggle room to do so. Greg
  23. GregP
    Exactly the same sort of idea. I find the P90 method of mounting to be a bit wobbly, but that's the nature of the beast unless you choose to 'engineer' something of your own to replace what is IMO a slightly flawed method of attachment. "Flaw" or no flaw, though, I love the sound of my LG, which has SD P90s in it. Once I got accustomed to the slightly 'wobbly' feel of adjustment, I forgot all about it. I anticipate that when you mount them, your first reaction might be the same. "What's this then? <wobble, wobble> Doesn't seem sturdy!" Don't worry, though, it'll be fine. Is this for a scratch-built guitar? Greg
  24. GregP
    It probably DOES look a lot like a block of glitter-- but a cool block of glitter. I've seen whole guitars with that look, and I think it's purdy cool. Greg
  25. GregP
    Perry is an awesome choice. Good on ya, mate. Hard at it! Greg
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