tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62060923078670944292024-02-19T16:28:19.397-08:00new guitar designregiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-88417026932207772772015-09-23T02:17:00.001-07:002015-09-23T02:17:34.179-07:00maybe the time has come<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">does anyone out there have the need to rebuild a guitar to their concept of new guitar design? based on what I have suggested? I am getting close to a year doing this. just let yourself go. what do you want? throw me a bone.</span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-36594952526850492002015-09-22T01:41:00.000-07:002015-09-22T01:41:15.342-07:00my question is this - are we ready for this?<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">now I have had a great deal of pause for reflection lately.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">wondering how to advance this new guitar design beast.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">plus it gives me an excuse for a shameless plug of an awesome invention </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the Nu pickup. here's one</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> here's six of them together</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">to get the full story on what is happening with this wonderous beast</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cycfi.com/2015/09/nu-update-and-road-map/" target="_blank">click here</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">plus go look at the entire history of the development of this amazing pickup.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">my question is - are we ready for this?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is all very well and good that it exists but how have other technologies developed that could enhance this design?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MIDI? standardized in 1983. 32 years ago!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ZIPI? remember that?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta_Instrument_Processor_Interface" target="_blank">click here</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">looking WAY too far into the future. but not without merit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">mLAN? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLAN" target="_blank">click here</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">implemented to a point but died a horrible death. I love the fact that someone could make an entire song without a bog standard guitar cable in sight.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the latest USB? I am thinking that I really can't comment on this because we really need to get rid of the MIDI aspect of it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">look at this pickup - in detail. how can we respect this design? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and move on to the "new" part of new guitar design.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am so bored by this problem. I have begged the inventor of this pickup to think about guitar synth tracking - and his associates. but what is the standard?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">can we advance beyond this?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">enough to give an aspirin a headache!</span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-70742361565143561752015-09-18T03:46:00.000-07:002015-09-18T03:46:38.939-07:00the challenge revisited on steroids<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">without mentioning something specific that is going crazy right now on so many mediums, what is this elusive creature? new guitar design?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I never wanted to talk about new effect processor design</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I never wanted to talk about new amp design</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but I am a hypocrite - to a point</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I reveled in the design concepts of Paul Vo.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I relished the whole provenance of the Ebow.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">plus there were so many other things </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How do I draw the line?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If I wanted to go down the easier path, I would have gone down the new effect processor path. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but I didn't sign up to that club and that is like a full time job.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am thinking about the new guitar design variables - that is the root of this.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">talk tomorrow.</span></span><br />
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regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-35605287582372413752015-07-18T03:33:00.001-07:002015-07-18T03:33:41.730-07:00the challenge<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">here it is</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I knew it would arrive</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have not the slightest clue</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and yet I have to explain</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">hang in there...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this is AWESOME!!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-84826482438454279172015-07-13T02:20:00.000-07:002015-07-13T02:20:19.464-07:00a new guitar design house! <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bigrock Engineering</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">for the site</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.f1pick.com/#tophome" target="_blank">click here</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a force of new guitar design</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">are you happy with one </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">new </span></span>guitar design feature?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">are you happy with more than one </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">new </span></span>guitar design feature?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">are you happy with more than one </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">new </span></span>guitar design feature that incorporates with another?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">all the food groups are represented here</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">want your 6 or 12 string to be re-stringed as easy as an electric?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">plus enhanced sound?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am amazed no one has thought of it sooner</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">an A/B comparison? watch this </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">an easy tool to remove those obsolete pins</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so how about an ergonomic pick?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">how about turning your existing pick into an ergonomic pick?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">you put a little convex plate on either side of your pick - or both sides</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">plus there are combinations I would never have thought of.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">go have a GOOD look around.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">if nothing appeals to you - I can't help you</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">really amazing</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">plus there is a secret ingredient I haven't mentioned.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">combining at least two of these designs has to improve guitar- </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A LOT.</span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-35021020143354611152015-07-10T04:34:00.000-07:002015-07-10T04:34:30.601-07:00Welsbach revisited<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Carl Auer von Welsbach</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> studied under Bunsen</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I.E. the Bunsen Burner </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">found three elements on the periodic table<br /> </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">including the rare earth magnet </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Neodymium</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> gotta love a Neodymium magnet!</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so there is a new an interesting way of using this magnet</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">in a new and interesting way</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />the Submarine pickup</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this is so new it hasn't been made in full production.</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />there are elements to this design that send me off into hyperspace</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. more than two strings (not invented yet)</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. a pickup that embraces strings beyond the E A strings, or in the top register, based on my tuning, C F.</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 3. more than two Submarines (invented) </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />so go to the crowd funding site and have a look around</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />a simple concept</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />octave pedals on the lower register submarine</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">octave pedals on the upper register submarine</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> together. </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> are you confused?</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> that is great!</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> now go get two.</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">then add effects two the two pickups. </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">plus whatever to the other strings or overall guitar output.</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.submarinepickup.com/" target="_blank">click here</a></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I love being involved in a Kick Starter campaign that I endorse</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">based on mystery.</span></span></h1>
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regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-77898747013949014402015-06-21T03:53:00.000-07:002015-06-21T03:55:49.732-07:00the future was awesome back then...if only - part 2<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Roy Smeck</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">take some time to research this musician</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">if he has nothing to do with the future</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">don't subscribe</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">let alone listen</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">tapping from when?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so to get a perspective, who has learnt from this person?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">go to the tube and check out Elliott Sharp.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">he went on to check out Fibonacci tuning.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the genesis of an individual music. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and Tom - I KNOW it is a Ukulele!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this is earlier than the Italian guy everyone talks about. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-23531984133920163392015-06-21T03:31:00.000-07:002015-06-21T03:31:29.018-07:00the future was awesome back then...if only<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">if only the shock of the new was enough</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">reminds me of Speedy and Jimmy</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">check out Dave Bunker on Youtube</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">lots to see</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">plus Ralph Novak said you have to pay tribute to a true innovator</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">his site is here</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bunkerguitars.com/" target="_blank">click here</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">more posts soon - just getting a second wind as some new guitar designs require a lot of preparation. stuff so complex I need to submit copy to pay tribute!</span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-68552912909411157222015-06-14T03:34:00.000-07:002015-06-14T03:34:07.405-07:00when modern history ends - so does...what? part 1<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">as far as guitar design goes, who defines new? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I feel stupid talking about the idea of "new history" </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">does anyone want to go out on a limb and tell me when old history ended and new history began?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">in relation to what?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">let me cut to the chase.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">people are making reproductions of classic guitars. beat up like they have been played to death.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">is that the equivalent of a civil war re-enactment?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">what is the point of a civil war re-enactment?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">is anyone going to change the result?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">just to see what could happen?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">an amazing modern history.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">plus the saddest offer of all</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">anyone want to use these designs?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">they are OPEN SOURCE!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">with a duty of care</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">maybe look at this video</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> the first question I asked without knowing about a time line was, when was this made?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">looks like yesterday. no, strike that, today. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">before I go ahead i would like to say that this is not an electric guitar</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">it is a semi-acoustic guitar. but that is obvious.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this is difficult - read the whole story from the home page</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.paradis-guitars.com/" target="_blank">click here</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">it is not so much something has ended</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">it is that a design is still alive and can be advanced.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a genius DIED in this process.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">just look around.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-13500689357402198992015-05-13T01:32:00.001-07:002015-05-13T12:02:55.625-07:00I am confused - and thank the spurious deity in the sky for that.<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">confused? how?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so many distinctive styles that seem to made by more than one designer</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but that is not the case here </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jens Ritter Instruments</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and what instruments</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">shapes and angles appearing in places I could not imagine</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the shapes are what I love</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a personal identity</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">that forgets about convention</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I can't believe this, after everything I have written.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am talking about convention</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I saw this being played on Letterman</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">with LED fret markers. it was alive with electricity, and it sounded great.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">then there is this</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the Isabella Benson tribute</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />I loved white rabbit by George Benson</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was a big fan of his octaves - for a while</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this is a guitar in his collection</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">when he played electric - with Chet, Lenny and others - he was great.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">because he could hold his own.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">get excited b</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">y the rest</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://ritter-instruments.com/" target="_blank">click here</a> </span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-63878726207267518792015-05-12T03:57:00.000-07:002015-05-12T03:57:42.868-07:00Claudia and Claudio<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pagelli Guitars</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so we have a collaboration between two designers</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and we have categories</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">acoustic</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">innovations</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">plus there is a statement on the home page via introduction</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"A while ago, we decided that it was time to feature some new content on
this website. But given how we’re a two-person show, things don’t
always happen as quickly as we’d like - there are just always too many
fires burning at once!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the idea that there are too many fires burning at once terrifies me - I used to live in a national forest that was prone to bush fires.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but what the heck, out of the frying pan and into the fire! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so let's go through the food groups</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">there is a lot to investigate here</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the hollow headstock is something I want to talk about further</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">you have a bridge and tail piece that reminds me of a certain design and I am loathed to say "gypsy" or "jazz"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">in my mind, the body suggests "jumbo"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">forget symmetry.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">look at it</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">who says the sound hole has to be anywhere but here?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">arch top</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I would say that this is an expansion on a theme</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">same shape but with a pickup</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">having said that - I am at a loss</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">there is probably a universe of difference</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">if I call this retro you have full permission to punch my head in. sure, bigsby and pretty standard looking humbuckers. does the shape have a certain function? the finish reminds me of certain lap steel guitars I collect. and they sound awesome.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">it looks like a different version of the two previous body shapes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />basses.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the whole thing screams ergonomic</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">where are the strap holders? I see one....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">let alone, where are the controls?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Innovations</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a guitar that has a stone top? let alone, where is the sound hole?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">then there is one guitar that can be converted into many guitars.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am just skimming the surface</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the full story</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and why should I spoil all the fun? </span></span><br />
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regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-33137336695095772922015-04-30T00:50:00.000-07:002015-04-30T00:50:16.872-07:00Mr Davis and his variations on a theme (a part 2 of sorts)<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mervyn Davis</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so we have a "shape" to start off with</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'll let the site explain the features of the constant theme</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Easy left hand access to the top frets on the fingerboard</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tone that is totally different from anything else</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Excellent balance from string to string and note to note</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Very loud acoustic sound and huge projection</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Highly restricted feedback when plugged in, even at high volume</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so what do you want?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">five string nylon string guitar?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a silent guitar?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a 10 string guitar?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">look at the bridge! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">an 11 string fanned fret guitar with both nylon and steel strings? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a guitar with a built in mbira? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a banjitar? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a resonator guitar?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a jazz guitar? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a nylon string guitar?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a steel string guitar? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> an Ud Tar?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and that is not all of the range!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am exhausted! simply amazing </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">for more</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://smoothtalkerguitars.com/smoothtalker-simply-different" target="_blank">click here</a></span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-58431696493184382422015-04-29T05:36:00.000-07:002015-04-29T05:36:03.055-07:00this is blatant and needs to be documented<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">when did Ned make one of these?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I WANT ONE!</span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-80671320433341342172015-04-29T00:57:00.000-07:002015-04-29T00:57:13.317-07:00Tom Fryer alert!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">now we have a designer before us who has approached many designs beyond guitar.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so we arrive at a new guitar design</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and it is fret less</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">it is ergonomic</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">it is glorious.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I know I am obsessing with the term ergonomic, but the shape suggests this.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">what a sexy profile!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the full story is here</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so much to look at!</span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-61577897716651550852015-04-29T00:33:00.000-07:002015-04-29T00:33:34.167-07:00this may require a couple of posts - part 2<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Michihiro Matsuda</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I cannot call the previous post sublime, but now we can experience the incredible</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I must say that Michihiro has a preoccupation with acoustic, but the electric comes into play </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this is the most mysterious ergonomic design I have ever seen. it took me half an hour to find the volume and tone controls.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> then there is this. a strange blend of acoustic and electric</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">without the unique coping of the upper and lower bout, it could be a bouzouki - maybe</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the scallop here is subtle and interesting</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">then there are the harp guitars. plus the sound holes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">head stocks configured beyond my imagination</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so what was it I said about sound holes? once again, I am confused. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but what a glorious state of </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">confusion to be in.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">go get more confused - or inspired</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and get ready to look around. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-16089418249307150282015-04-28T02:07:00.000-07:002015-04-28T02:07:06.543-07:00the other Mr Davis - part one<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">this one is a case for the hard basket </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">how do you appreciate these designs?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">let alone the sequel?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I will start with Mervyn Davis Guitars</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">a great range of new design ideas</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ideas that have been conceived since the early 70's</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">what do you want?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">10 string guitar?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">tuners pointing in amazing directions. I sense an economy of weight. hence, balance. ergonomics.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">inspired</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">you want a nylon string jazz guitar? all the food groups are presented here. plus there are certain curves around the top of neck that I need to look at. let alone the other curves.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">want an OUD? what more do you want? maybe contact ALL the designers I have mentioned and get them to make an OUD. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the body shape of this next one reminds me of Klein acoustics. but the designer has variables well beyond me. why? how does it sound? it looks jumbo on steroids.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> another variable</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">what kind of bass is this?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">or this? how do I play this? like a dulcimer?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">plus it has a base rod</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">what was that all about? I think tapping.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">go have a look around</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://mervyndavisguitars.com/mervyn-davis-world-renowned-luthier" target="_blank">click here</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can honestly say - I have no idea</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am comfortable wit</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">h that.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">this is awe. not awesome. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the approach is so overwhelming. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">maybe there is a balance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a balance between function and form</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">there is so much to choose from</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and I feel I can only pick one</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">why? because I am truly overwhelmed by designs!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TMI - too much information!</span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One piece european quartersawn maple with selected rosewood
fingerboard and custom « KTS Titanium » truss rod. black transluscent
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but look at the shape of the back of the body</span></span><br />
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Ebony bridge with brass saddles.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the curve and the thin body looks light and functional </span></span><br />
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super thin satin urethane for the body<br />
Washi paper stripe.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">an amazing balance between ergonomic and headless ergonomic </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I can honestly say this. this is only the beginning. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">if you go to the link, you will see not only other amazing designs but an outlook on many different philosophies. each design has a unique approach.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.taoguitars.com/" target="_blank">click here</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">plus don't like them, LOVE them on Facebook!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the picture of the dynamic duo says madness and awe to me, how cannot you love that?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-65031369623821373982015-04-23T02:39:00.001-07:002015-04-24T00:49:55.166-07:00the current theme seems to be subtle - and unique<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">maybe I should proffer a standard caveat about individual designers</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and design</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the personality of each designer can be radical</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but the dominant theme seems to be subtle - and unique</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and always practical </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this designer is the perfect example.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jozsi Lak Guitars</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a great joining of some traditional designs and some inspired curves. the upper heel is a new approach to a traditional concept. the shape of the body reminds me of so many designs, but it has its own unique shape.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Tessa</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the body shape looks "electric". gypsy jazz - but not. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> look at the heel, let alone the amazing blend of woods</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">look at this variation </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">then look at this paint job!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">it seems there is a new approach to the core concept </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ...and then there is this! a parlor guitar? maybe...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and finally, what kind of hole is that? don't you DARE call it f!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">have a look at a lot of variations on these design themes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and so much more</span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-27259312672168916702015-04-22T01:26:00.001-07:002015-04-22T01:53:41.500-07:00acoustic semi acoustic does not equal electric<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">if you look back at previous entries, I have never doubted this</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but what is being said by this designer - needs to be said</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">maybe there are three variables that come into play</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the solid body electric guitar </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the acoustic guitar</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the semi-acoustic guitar</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">these are three designs that are miles apart</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">maybe read this and you will get a great insight into an aspect of this.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am going out on a limb here</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">they are TOTALLY different</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">hence the variables</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but thank the invisible man in the sky we have those variables</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I looked at the obvious new thing because that is my want</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">my initial interest was a new approach to an Ashbory bass.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">minimal but brilliant</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">then upon further inspection, looking at other instruments, I saw designs that were subtle, but effective. or amazing</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">based on the earlier link, have a look at a very interesting case for the defense</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">go to EVERY page on this site</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">you will be a better person for it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">there is a great tale of evolution.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Daniel is his own animal.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">based on the most interesting animal you can imagine</span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-63825647130533849782015-04-20T03:00:00.001-07:002015-04-20T03:00:47.641-07:00no need to beware of Mr Baker!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">now I hate saying this because aspects of what this designer does is far from "traditional".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">here's a quiz - find the guitar that has a cutaway but does not look like a cutaway.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">look at the gallery</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">look at the blog</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">look at Pinterest.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">there are things I have never seen before</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so what, or even who I am talking about?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Victor Baker Guitars</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and a focus on a few fine instruments</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I literally have no idea behind the concept of the 9 volt battery - but I can use my imagination.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">look at the back </span></span><br />
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regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-1969236698780048812015-04-18T17:04:00.000-07:002015-04-18T17:04:19.333-07:00the shock of the new - from over four decades ago <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I remember seeing an ad in guitar player many years ago.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">it was like aliens from outer space had landed and delivered the instrument of the future</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">then I saw the Police music video some time in the 80's and Andy Summers playing the axe from outer space.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I told my former guitar teacher that Andy was playing a Gittler guitar and he looked at me like I had lost my mind. he said it was a prop. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">it wasn't until I got on the internet and found the picture of the instrument in the Smithsonian - still shrouded in mystery. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">then, some time later came a website paying tribute to the inventor Avraham Bar Rashi, formerly Allan Gittler. finally I have the whole story, and what an amazing story it was!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">musician, inventor, film maker and of course designer of one of the most amazing guitars I have ever seen. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">then 2 years ago came the news that Gittler was back. and the design had been enhanced in so many ways.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and the Gittler guard for those who miss a "neck"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this is a mere introduction to the Gittler Instruments story. for more information, go to the link below</span></span><br />
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regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-86710486362095395382015-04-17T21:10:00.000-07:002015-04-17T21:10:59.435-07:00where are you going?<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the eternal dilemma and jealous views from other guitarists</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">why can't I take my guitar on a plane?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">then along comes an awesome instrument that is the very best of new guitar design</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and it is carbon fiber</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the cutaway of the upper heel is an idea long overdue and has been included on a few recent posts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> the cutaway is a scoop for upper access to the frets</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-67288820879873864632015-04-17T01:04:00.000-07:002015-04-29T00:01:40.297-07:00this may require a couple of posts<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have been thinking about this designer for some time </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">how to honor what is presented in front of you?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but they are by no means standard</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">now we have this. really amazing cutaway. plus there is something interesting about the strap holder on the neck join.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">then the flamenco model. traditional tuners but the unique cutaway and the strap holder looks like it is designed for a specific purpose.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">then there is the parlor guitar. extra sound hole. look at the headstock. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">in the meantime</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">go have a look at Matsuda Guitars</span></span><br />
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regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-39796265795548940042015-04-15T00:22:00.001-07:002015-04-15T00:22:31.347-07:00where did this come from?<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">now I hate using the word traditional because if you look at ALL of the guitars and ALL of the designs, a lot of subtle features are inspired</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but something caught my eye</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">for the regulars, and I can hear you groaning now...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">carbon fiber!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">have I told you that I love carbon fiber? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this comes like a bolt out of the blue</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Letain Guitars</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">look at the curves on the back. ergonomics on steroids! I love it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I know I am showing my bias, but go have a look at Letain Instruments website. There are a lot of great designs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">besides carbon fiber</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.letainguitars.com/#/home/" target="_blank">click here</a></span></span>regiment@netspace.net.auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691105362580465299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206092307867094429.post-46626300165193416482015-04-14T01:16:00.003-07:002015-04-14T01:16:58.033-07:00GUS update<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> from the GUS man himself - Simon</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just as a bit of extra info, I mostly use Graphtech Piezos and
circuitry now for the midi guitars (images attached) as I prefer the way
their saddles integrate into me bridge design...little black graphite
encased pickups that look very neat as well as sounding sweet. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and another excuse to look at a damn fine guitar</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">don't think this is the only information</span></span></div>
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