| Guitar nerd topic of fun! |
[Sep. 6th, 2009|01:21 am] |
I was just emailing a friend about my new guitar.
Of course, the whole thing is a lie. I didn't really buy a new guitar.
I think I did a good job of faking it though
"...I ordered the triple neck version--Mandolin, six string, ten string (top two strings are single, and the the fretboard underneath them is scalloped from the 12th to 27th frets).
PICKUPS
Mando just has my standard acoustic setup:
- Bridge piezo
- Center-mounted '44 or '46 Tele bridge pickup (potted with goose fat)
- Internal IR system
- Neumann CMV 563 mounted on the top bout via gooseneck
Six string and ten string necks both have the same pickup set up:
- Piezos in the bridge, at the base of the neck, in the pocket of the case, and sunk in the concrete 15" below grade in the basement
- Humbucker in the lead position is actually two narrow humbuckers which are each actually two vertically stacked humbuckers. That's a total of EIGHT magnets, or what we now called "Quad-humbucking." This eliminates all noise, that normal humbuckers do, plus any noise you might be thinking about. Plus more noise than that. These pickups are great for playing classical music, like Fibonnacci and shit.
- Output of the Quad-buckers is intense. It can't be measured using digital meters--which is OK, because digital meters sound like shit and also were never used for blues. Basically though, these pickups are so loud that you don't really need an amp. Which is cool, because they don't make good amps anymore anyway. Not like that one kind that they only made for a few years. Those were the only good ones, and you can't get them anymore. I know I've never even HEARD of one.
- Middle pickup is the same as the lead pickup, wired backwards to eliminate noise in the OTHER instruments on stage.
- Neck pickup is another lead pickup, mounted lengthwise and upside-down. This eliminates SO MUCH noise that if you turn all three pickups on at once, you will literally forget what all brass wind instruments sound like. This setting works best during college football season. Also, on its own, this pickup always sounds EXACTLY LIKE HENDRIX!
- Since the lead pickup alone can be split 64 possible ways, plus out of phase, pickup selection can't be done with switches. The guitar is equipped with a quad-core Xeon processor, running "WANXIX"--a purpose-built O/S for switching guitar pickups. It's addressed through a standard 104-key keyboard (Windows or COMMAND key is required in order to access some of the advanced pickup settings). You can bind keystrokes to specific pickup settings. For example, I simply use [SHIFT +CTRL+CAPS LOCK+TAB+;] for my lead sound. Of course, it will also send email and Twitter.
Six and ten string necks both have Floyd Rose trems, set up to float. They also feature the new Nut Trem(tm), which is the first trem designed to mount at the nut. This answers a question asked by every guitarist since Segovia: "How do I work the whammy WHILE I'm tapping?" If you set up the Nut Trem with the new Long Bar(TM), you can be assured of ALWAYS being in reach of a trem. And the Mouthguard Long Bar(TM) attachment lets me use the trem with my face, so I can tap on both necks at once!
And of course, the headstocks are all shaped like an effin' DAGGER!"
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| Windows 7, netdud zero |
[Jul. 23rd, 2009|02:51 pm] |
I got asked by a nice person the following question:
What are your thoughts on Windows 7? I've read good things about it, but wanted to get your take.
Here's my short answer: I honestly know nothing about it.
So far, what I have heard from people who have fiddled with it is that Win7 is faster, better, more. That's a promising thing to hear about software that isn't done yet. If you NEED to do something that Win7 can do and what you have can't, then I guess it would be worth looking at. Once it's done. I don't have ANY need for a new operating system, so it's not really that interesting to me beyond that.
( Now Here's my more characteristic, long answer. I like it more, because it's more ABOUT ME! )
If you NEED to do something that Win7 can do and what you have can't, then I guess it would be worth looking at. Once it's done.
Spam sez "Be a real man √ biggiesize your device." |
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| Canada Day! Canada Musics Thread! |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|02:30 pm] |
The Gandharvas - First Day of Spring.
Their name literally means "The Odour Eaters" but I think they didn't quite read that far. I like this song.
See more vids by clicking on "comments" link. |
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| In Vancouver. Terse post |
[Jun. 14th, 2009|02:11 am] |
Beset by allergies, hindered by a walking cast, aghast at the lack of air-conditioning, and now containing steroids, I have nonetheless managed to have a great trip so far.
Hope you are the same.
New linkies here
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 19th, 2009|05:33 pm] |
A bit of pre-emptive bribery-by-information in this post, before I ask questions which no-one will answer.
( And so it begins )
From this point on, in those rare occasions in which I need to make reference to marshmallow sauce, I shall instead call it "Marshmallow GRAVY." I think that this has the potential to be kind of disturbing.
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| How to apologise |
[Nov. 21st, 2008|12:05 pm] |
I like a laugh. I like the humour. I'm a nut who jokes around.
I rarely mean harm, but sometimes people take offense. Usually, they have misunderstood my japery, and the spirit in which it has been administered. I DO NOT bother making the clever for the benefit of anyone I don't actually care about. It could be argued that, in order to do anything, you have to care about the subject to/for whom you are doing it. But I don't want to have that argument. I want to teach, I want to share. I want to CARE!
Here then, is an excerpt of a recent email I sent to a band I play in, apologising for something I said about the singer, which may have given him offense. ( I hope this can serve as a model for you, should you ever need to apologise to someone in print )
I hope that this provides some comfort."
Spam sez "Your neighbour complaining on you" |
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| IDTSTF - Fourth installment |
[Nov. 17th, 2008|04:41 pm] |
Scientifically Proven Today at netdud Labs(sm)
- A person will eat MORE cookie dough by volume than they will eat baked cookies
- The inverse is true for bread dough
Spam sez "Revealing private secrets" |
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| Sent to me by Mom |
[Oct. 18th, 2008|12:29 pm] |
Spam sez "Solution better, if you need health products" |
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