On Feb 15, 10:56*am, wrote:
On Feb 15, 10:35*am, "Eisboch" wrote:





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On Feb 15, 9:56 am, "Eisboch" wrote:

Turns out, there's an interesting story behind the "Blackie" model.

Eisboch

Well? Get another cup of coffee and start frekin' typing..

BTW, do you know of anyone "local" (tri state area) who sets up and/or
works on electric guitars?

Two in my area. *Both are "Music Unlimited" stores. *One is in Kingston,
about 2 miles away and the other is in Hanover , about 12 miles. *They both
are staffed by musicians, pro and not so pro, but all are knowledgable and
many attended schools of music.

I have a couple of places here like that, but I really want a
professional mechanic to check this out for me. I think I have heard
of the guy Salty reccomended in Middletown, I may give him a call.



They provide lessons on just about any instrument and do repairs,
refurbishments, etc, on guitars.
I am going to bring my Taylor 12 string down to them, have it checked out,
adjusted, restrung and, if possible, have the new piezo sensor and controls
installed to convert it to acoustical/electric. * The newer, six string
Taylor I have has this system factory installed, and it sounds great,
especially on an amp specifically designed for acoustic/electrics. *I use a
65 watt "Kustom" for it and it sounds right at home playing along with the
Eagles. * If I use a regular, solid body electric guitar amp like the little
Marshall I use for the electrics only, it sounds horrible.

I have a Martin Backpacker, love it but wanted to plug it in. Now this
is a small guitar with not a lot of wood already but mine has a
"sweet" piece of wood, everyone who has heard or played it, agrees.
Anyway, I was told by many folks not to tap into the body for a
pickup, that is could change the sound, even a 1/4 inch hole which I
would have needed. I opted for a Dean Markely acoustic pickup, it
sticks to the body with putty. I imagine this solution may not be
acceptable to your ears and up to speed with your equipment, but for
me it worked fine. Now you can get the Backpacker from the factory
with the pickup built in.

I have an Ovation 6 string, and a Takamine 12 that are acoustic/
electric... They both sound good to me, but again I have little
experience to know the difference... I like em' though. Good luck with
the new Fender. My wife saw one a few months back and had me look at
it, I ended up with something else..





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Among my guitars and percussion stuff, I've got a Takamine 12 string
that I like really well. It's not an expensive guitar, lists for about
$350, but it sounds good, also, I bought it used for less than half
that!

For more musical listening enjoyment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egCeI...eature=related

Eisboch

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:43:51 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


For more musical listening enjoyment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egCeI...eature=related

Eisboch


I posted that for Loogy last week when he was complaining about a runny
nose.

Funny tho!
--
John H

Tim wrote:




Been a long, long time since you posted anything useful or original
about boats. What sort of boat do you have, and where, generally, do you
boat? Got anything on topic to add here?

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:39:44 -0800 (PST), Tim


Been a long, long time since you posted anything useful or original
about boats. What sort of boat do you have, and where, generally, do you
boat? Got anything on topic to add here?

On Feb 15, 3:23*pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:

Been a long, long time since you posted anything useful or original
about boats. What sort of boat do you have, and where, generally, do you
boat? Got anything on topic to add here?

Now that Harry is being caught left and right in his many, many lies
and everyone's getting tired of his childish bull**** and name
calling, he thinks everyone should post only about boats! That's
friggin' hilarious seeing how 99% of his bull**** has nothing to do
with boats at all.

On Feb 15, 2:15*pm, wrote:
On Feb 15, 2:00*pm, wrote:





On Feb 15, 1:27*pm, wrote:

On Feb 15, 1:14*pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

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On Feb 15, 11:32 am, Tim wrote:

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Eisboch wrote:

. There was also a tremolo bar in the hardcase but it didn't
seem to work when I screwed it in. Now, I understand that there's a
wood
block you have to remove somehow. Fun stuff.

Tremlo bar = idiot stick.

Stevie Ray Vaughn was an idiot?

No, and neither was Bigsby, Les Paul or Chet Atkins.

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I think we are in agreement. The way I see it, the tremolo arm is a
great tool if you use it properly. Give some dude that is just so-so
one and he thinks he sounds way cool and is actually covering up his
inability.

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Hey, at least you aim high! After all of this music talk, I've told
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Man, I gotta' find some dudes to jam with, been playing to the wall
for too long.... My Takamine 12 was also around 350 but after playing
almost every 12 I could find, right up to two grand, I liked the sound
and feel of this one.. so I bought it...

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Man, I gotta' find some dudes to jam with, been playing to the wall
for too long.... My Takamine 12 was also around 350 but after playing
almost every 12 I could find, right up to two grand, I liked the sound
and feel of this one.. so I bought it...

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I had a Takamine at one time. It was an excellent guitar. I remember it
was easy to play compared to some others I've had.

You know how I can tell a decent guitar .... well, at least to my amateur
standards anyway?

If I can finger a difficult chord ... fingers stretched out and the index
finger doing the bar thing across the fretboard and it sounds ok .... to me
it's a decent guitar. I have a couple that no matter how precisely I tune
it up, some chords sound out of tune, while the rest sound fine.

Eisboch

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Man, I gotta' find some dudes to jam with, been playing to the wall
for too long....

I was strummin' and hummin' along with a CD of the Eagles playing on the
sound system last night.
Sam Adams finally had enough, got up out of "his" chair and padded off into
another room after giving me a disgusted stare.

Eisboch

HK wrote:
Tim wrote:




Been a long, long time since you posted anything useful or original
about boats. What sort of boat do you have, and where, generally, do you
boat? Got anything on topic to add here?

Don't remember saying that, but I'll take your word for it, H.