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![]() wrote in message ... The Fender Jaguar and Jazzmaster guitars had a tremolo that could be immobilized by simply rotating the arm to face towards the tail of the guitar. The only disadvantage to it was that it was also limited to loosening the strings by pressing down, but could not tighten the strings by pulling upwards. It did stay in tune better than the type used for the Strats. I have a Peavey electric that operates that way. I think it depends on what brand of bridge they use. Eisboch |
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On Feb 15, 10:35*am, "Eisboch" wrote:
wrote in message ... 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.. Eisboch |
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![]() wrote in message ... 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.. Ok. Here's what I've garnered from searching around on the Web and from information directly from the Fender website. Early in his career, Eric Clapton happened to stop in at a music store and found several used Fender guitars for sale for something like 100 bucks each. He bought them all, took them home and built a custom guitar using parts from the various $100 guitars. He modified the shape of the body to his liking and installed some "hot" pickups that he preferred. After it was finished, he painted it with black lacquer and named it "Blackie". He used "Blackie" for many years as he became successful and famous, both for recording of albums and in live concerts. Sometime in the late 80's it had become very beat up. The paint was worn and chipping away, it had cigarette burns on the headstock and looked a mess. He officially "retired" it, although he still used it occasionally for concert performances. Years later, Fender contacted him about doing a special, custom built replica of it. Clapton agreed and sent them the original Blackie. Fender built 224, custom built Strats, exactly like the worn original. They duplicated the chipped and worn paint and even the cigarette burns. All 224 of them were sold for $24,000 each. None are currently available for sale anywhere that I could find on the 'Net. After that, Fender and Clapton agreed to introduce a new line of production Strats, based basically on the original Blackie design, but with more modern pickups, etc. It was introduced as the Eric Clapton Artist "Blackie" version of the Fender Stratocaster. The one I bought is one of these. There's a little bit of discontinuity in that the current version uses Vintage Noiseless Pickups and a pre-amp with a special tone control called "The Clapton Circuit". Mine has Lace Sensor pickups, but also has the "Clapton Circuit". It's basically a dual pot setup on the middle tone control with a detent position at the "5" setting. It acts like a regular, full range tone control from 0 to 5 and then the "Clapton" sound kicks in from 5 to 10. The preamp also produces a 25db gain in the midrange, making it very "hot" compared to a regular, passive electric. This was done in an attempt to as faithfully as possible reproduce the sound of the original "Blackie" that Clapton built. Eisboch |
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![]() JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ... 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. But the common ordinary rocker wannabe? well...... |
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... JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ... 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. But the common ordinary rocker wannabe? well...... ....and Jeff Beck, and a guy around here named Steve Grills, who gives Beck a run for his money. |
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![]() wrote: I am starting to like playing my electric with no pick. Chuck Berry always did and still does.... |
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On Feb 15, 1:27*pm, wrote:
On Feb 15, 1:14*pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... On Feb 15, 11:32 am, Tim wrote: JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "Tim" wrote in message .... 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. But the common ordinary rocker wannabe? well......- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. =================== Scary good tremolo bar, but subtle:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reuK2msTzec-Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yep, Beck is very good at a lot of unconventional things too. Using the volume knob like a damned wawa for one!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Beck is why I play, it is eventually what I strive for... |
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On Feb 15, 2:00*pm, wrote:
On Feb 15, 1:27*pm, wrote: On Feb 15, 1:14*pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message .... On Feb 15, 11:32 am, Tim wrote: JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ... 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. But the common ordinary rocker wannabe? well......- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. =================== Scary good tremolo bar, but subtle:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reuK2msTzec-Hidequoted text - - Show quoted text - Yep, Beck is very good at a lot of unconventional things too. Using the volume knob like a damned wawa for one!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Beck is why I play, it is eventually what I strive for...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - no pick... just like me ![]() |
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... On Feb 15, 1:27 pm, wrote: On Feb 15, 1:14 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... On Feb 15, 11:32 am, Tim wrote: JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ... 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. But the common ordinary rocker wannabe? well......- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. =================== Scary good tremolo bar, but subtle:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reuK2msTzec-Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yep, Beck is very good at a lot of unconventional things too. Using the volume knob like a damned wawa for one!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Beck is why I play, it is eventually what I strive for... ================== For me lately, it's Harold Floyd, the bassist who played with Clarence Gatemouth Brown. His playing is absolutely perfect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ArkvEByYGo |
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On Feb 15, 2:00*pm, wrote:
On Feb 15, 1:27*pm, wrote: On Feb 15, 1:14*pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message .... On Feb 15, 11:32 am, Tim wrote: JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ... 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. But the common ordinary rocker wannabe? well......- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. =================== Scary good tremolo bar, but subtle:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reuK2msTzec-Hidequoted text - - Show quoted text - Yep, Beck is very good at a lot of unconventional things too. Using the volume knob like a damned wawa for one!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Beck is why I play, it is eventually what I strive for...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hey, at least you aim high! After all of this music talk, I've told some friends to come on over and jam tomorrow evening, I've got a keg of porter all ready to go! |
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