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Ricochet
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Joined: Jul 21, 2003
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Re: Live guitar amplification

This is something I learned from discussions with the old pros on the old Firebottle board. I also learned from them to build in a failsafe device int...

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Re: Live guitar amplification

If you use any kind of switching between outputs for tube amps into a speaker, you MUST have a dummy load for the amp that's not outputting into the s...

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Re: Song Retention

That's called jazz.

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Re: Cleaning fretboard

There are lots of things that work fine. That's just what I use, and it works. Don't leave a really oily film on either fretboard or strings, though. ...

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Re: Cleaning fretboard

I just scrub mine with a damp cloth and oil it with olive oil, wiping off the oil after a few minutes. Works. I've got a bunch of commercial stuff fro...

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Re: this is a wierd guitar

Back in the LP days Todd Rundgren put one out with a cut simulating all the bad record artifacts on it. I had a hard time hearing them, because I was ...

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Re: Different Strats?

22 fret and 24 fret guitars may have the neck pickup at a different location, giving a different tone. It's not unusual for 21 or 22 fret guitars to h...

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Re: What other stringed instruments do you all play?

Yep, it's gotten popular to play that way. Lots of old guitarists around.

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Re: Heavier strings easy to break?

I've never done that thing with holding tension on strings while detuning them, and never had one break while loosening it. I did pop one the other ni...

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Re: What other stringed instruments do you all play?

The noter's the traditional way to play it. Folkie guitarists in the '60s figured out you could chord it like a guitar, but that just adds complicatio...

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Re: What other stringed instruments do you all play?

Lap steel. Dulcimer, and Strumstick which is really a dulcimer. Have dabbled with mandolin and uke, and gusli. The dulcimer of which I speak is the Ap...

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