westhemann

so to be a great man you have to be "enlightened" about every single subject? i really don't think so.every great person in history has had AT LEAST one major flaw or shortcoming which hypocritical people could latch on to. take yourself for example MM. you are very intolerant of others with different opinions than yours,and you hypocritically flaunt that intolerance AT THE SAME TIME that you claim the pope was evil because of his intolerance in some areas. and please...inviting people to church for food is evil?i don't think so. if you invite a person to dinner at your house,do you not discuss opinions?let's take an extreme example.... your friend beats his wife....do you tolerate that in your friend and let it go as his "belief,or do you try your damndest to help the man by explaining to him why it is wrong? that is all the church does.they believe they are helping,not interfering. i personally do not go to church.i have my own spirituality and a set of morals based on what i believe an intelligent deity would have as his own set of morals....too bad that i am only human,and don't have the strength to ALWAYS follow my own morals.but i do the best i can. and if i meet a person who does not have the same beliefs as me,i must admit i try to sway them my way. and that is exactly the same thing you are doing with your posts in this topic. and it is also exactly the same thing the pope did. but maybe you are just jealous that he commanded a larger audience than you.

there is no ability in the world that everyone is born capable of.some can't even breath for themselves. some people you just wonder how they never forget how to breath...but they seem to manage

you should only use 2 fingers for power chords...even for the full 3 string power chords. watch anyone in metal play them and you will see what i mean.james hetfield is a good example.just flatten your pinky to cover two strings

without caffiene life is just a huge drag

the great will always be mourned simply because they are no longer here to do the great things that made us love them

Uh, like "give em a rope and they think they're a cowboy"? ← i think you nailed it.why don't i have that gift of "short and to the point"?

it's about reading comprehension,really.you can read all the books you wish by all the greatest minds in the world and still misunderstand them,simply because your mind does not have the innate grasp the writer does of the principles involved. too often you will see this scenario...a person who wishes to be a great intellect,yet fails to understand his(her) own mental strengths and weaknesses. a wise person will always defer to another's knowledge in his(her) own area of strength,when that wise person is in an area of weakness. but maybe masterminds is still in the process of learning about his(her) areas of strength and weakness. anyway...sorry for all the flowery wording.i am sure there is an easier way to say what i just wrote.

I'll admit I haven't studied zero frets much. How does a zero fret do that? It really doesn't make much sense to me ← On a zero fret, the strings ALL rest on a fret, all the time. The role of the nut as resting strings is removed - and so, if a normal nut is cause for sharpening and flat, then that won't be occur. On a corrective nut, it moves the nut position seperate for each string right? This is to deal with tension occuring at the nut. But, on a zero fret system, the open fret is not cause for (much) tension - and the "nut" on a zero fret acts merely as a holder for the strings not to slide off the guitar. So where's the tension occuring? Way back at the tuning pegs, way out of the way of the fretting areas, thus removing the tension from the playing area. ← what a load of bollocks. ← i agree...i think "masterminds" needs to study a bit more so that he can see that the root problem being solved by a compensated nut is not incorrect slot depth,as he seems to believe. unfortunately,i feel that a man(assumption,as thedoctor knows i may be jumping to conclusions) who argues based on assumption more than 80% of the time may never open his mind far enough to really learn

congratulations all. lovekraft...i had no idea you were almost 50(according to your birthdate) i pictured you as more my age...only more even tempered than me by far

you were applying it too thick.you can apply it undiluted in VERY thin coats and get the same results. when you apply it too thick the outer layer hardens and does not allow the oil underneath it to harden

the actives are superior in every way.and no,the h4 is not active... it sounds only slightly similar to the 81 they attempted to model it after. basically,the hzs seem to me to be nothing more than the "generic equivilant" to the real thing.

i have a speedloader on a warlock.believe it or not it is quite a bit more stable(tuning-wise) than my original floyds,for whatever reason. i think it is quite cool,and i would not hesitate to use it on a better guitar than the one it is on right now.

i used to have that same marshall amp. run a metal zone pedal into the clean channel of the marshall,and an eq through the effects loop.with a little tweaking you will get much better results than what you intend

been busy with real life stuff.if any of you need to reach me p.m. is the only sure way.

liar

i think lovekraft would make a great,great moderator...and setch as well. and lovekraft...moderating is mostly just about behavior,etiquitte(sp?),and making sure a debate stays reasonable.it really has very little to do with knowledge of building. you are certainly smart enough to figure out when something is getting dragged through the gutter,and probably better than me at being civil when you have to call someone onto the carpet. i think lovekraft is by far the best suggestion(my opinion) so far. i also think jeremy would do fine,but as we all know,he is very busy. i also like bluesprescence.(or however you spell it.i am tired) feylya...i doubt these moderators will have access to the admin section.and the moderator software is VERY simple. and when i was admin on another site,i figured out that part of the software within 2 days...it wasn't that tough...anyone with a brain will do fine.

is that a real site?cause don't think i won't go there.

i agree wholeheartedly with rhoads and lovekraft on this. i have seen this guy(badams) in action from the time i deleted his first aggressive post and put it in the mod section for perusal. i am sorry but as i have always understood the rules harrassment through emails and p.ms is not something i would ever imagine would be tolerated by the administration of this site. if this type of behavior is permitted,then why in the hell am i running around deleting cursing

look... i got a Spector NS-6c guitar... 87'-90' guitar.... pretty rare guitar but it was cheap. its bascally the bolt on equivalent of other neck thru guitars (would-ve loved a neck thru one!!!!) http://www.spectorbass.com/images/modelhis..._gtr_kramer.jpg just the same as that except is flat body and bolt on... (and white... lol) sold $549 at the time... still, it is plain and simply the best playing guitar i've tryed. just love it... nice floyd rose, some Spector pickups(and one humbucker) that are very good. a floyd rose... so where have they "cut corners" only in the bolt on neck. (and the very same guitar but neck thru sold for 100$ more) now come on... im sorry but if you're not paying for a name you pay MUCH less... (i mean... a 2000$ gibson/fender is as good as a 1000$ guitar from another compagny...) oh and to stay on topic... ive heard a warlock, no idea what grade, but the sound was just crappy. Plain and simple. I don't think it was a too cheap one either... ← do i really have to explain money to you?i notice a top of the line spector guitar goes for $2700. i guess you think they just price some more expensively than others for no reason tell you what.retailed for $549? well you build it then.give yourself $1 an hour for labor and don't go over a budget of about $200...because TOPS that is what they spent(probably much less) then tell me how great it is you have "no idea" what grade it is but you don't "think it was a too cheap one"? oh your knowledge inspires me well guess what?i actually OWN an nj warlock..and it sounds EXACTLY like any other mahogany bodied guitar with a maple bolt on neck and a floyd. but it is an import.just like that cheap spector.and they DID cut corners.most noticeably in finishing and fit. when someone tells me a guitar sounds bad because of the brand name or because of the "pointyness"...i just laugh oh.by the way. a $1000 gibson also plays and sounds as good as a $2000 gibson.in those cases you are paying for extras like binding,better finish,etc. NOT the brand name.gibsons cost more because the labor is american,and they get paid an honest american wage. want a cheaper,import gibson?ever hear of epiphone? as long as you are comparing cheaper imports to american made gibsons,why don't you at least make the logical comparison

just what i was thinking.a 15 year old in charge of distributing money for "robots" in the u.s. there are labor laws that prevent you from working at that age."executive"? is this a clubhouse where you build battlebots?

it is a mahogany neck

it is a compound curve.that was the first thing i noticed.i don't know how they did it but it is very well done

best way to make it sound louder is to double your amount of speakers. i sometimes hook my 15 watt amp to a pair of jensens.it pushes more air,so it makes it sound louder.

use all stainless and aluminum screws(just for what actually penetrates the finish...such as screws and bridge inserts. and use a thick,durable finish

it's not bad.but grizzly says it is a maple top.it is not...it is a veneer,which means the guitar will not sound like a mahogany guitar with a maple top,it will sound like an all mahogany guitar.