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I've always been under the impression that all pickups are spaced the same, unless they have that little label of "F-Spaced" on them.

Most of the time, the neck and bridge models have different output levels and voicings. At least the Dimarzio series do, if you go and look at the Breed, Blaze, and Evolution sets.

I was just kinda wondering because I see people with like 800 posts and suddenly they're "thinking about making one"...

two words: Slam Thread.

so would a hardtail strat with body mounted pickups sound like a tele?

something i have pondered for a while ....

If you could put "tele" pickups in there, it most likely would.

Ibanez V7 and V8... perhaps not as "good" as a Seymour or Dimarzio, but those are the most versatile setup I've ever played, and they're very high quality. Ibanez really should sell those suckers aftermarket.

The volume control on my Ibanez 540S has always been a bit stiff feeling, it kills any possibility of using it for volume swells, etc. Does anyone know a way to loosen it up?

WD-40 might do something for it... I've never tried though, can't tell that it's 100% safe.

how do i know that the FBI are gonna start raiding cabinet shops now

[stoner voice]Hide the stash, man![/stoner voice]

it also seems to me if it had pole pieces they would also offer it in an f spaced version

I suppose that makes sense. I just looked up the 707 to check if it had pole pieces, read what the website had, and responded based on that. Anyway...

i believe that is a misprint...it is an alnico magnet

it says it is similar to the 85...which is a blade pickup

Ok... that makes more sense...

i still have a while to go but meh i just joined today

welcome!

From the EMG website:

"The 707 is a dual coil pickup with Alnico Poles"

i think the EMG 707's would work as well

I'm not so sure... unlike the bass pickups, the 707's designed with pole pieces, which may not quite line up with the 8 strings.

ello

soon i have to begin another piece of coursework for my music tech course (arrangement II)

this involves taking an existing song and changing it completely...it can be any song on general release, and must be no longer than 3minutes in length..

i'm planning on an acoustic version of something , but not sure what..

so, two questions:

1....any ideas for songs that i could do that wouldn't sound crappy as an acoustic song?

2...any general tips for making a reasonably heavy song into an acoustic number

any help would be greatly appreciated....

dan

(btw, so far i'm thinking of an acoustic version of where is my mind by the pixies)

If you can play it, Green Tinted Sixties Mind would sound awesome. Or some of Elton John's stuff would translate well.

3. If you're using double stick tape with the templates, put a decent amount of pressure on them to prevent slipping. I like to use a clamp to press it down (remove the clamp before routing). It makes it more difficult to remove the template but that's kinda the idea if you know what I mean. Nothing worse than a moving template - been there and done that - never want to again.

Double stick tape with enough pressure will work wonders, and will go far beyond clamps. More wieght the merrier: your best option is to sit on it, or push down with your hands and put all your weight on top of the template.

I've done it before...

it's kind of a variation on tapped harmonics.

What constitutes "good" lyrics anyway? Saying the most with the least amount of words? It mostly depends on the listener's perspective and how they interpret a songwriters lyrics. You can say, "Yeah, my wife left me and my dog got hit by a diesel" or "Woke up this morning, my dog was dead." If that really happened to you then I guess you can identify with what the writer was trying to get across = good lyrics. But to someone else it could be meaningless.

In a word: opinion.

For me, I like Alice Cooper. Just about every time I hear him, it sounds like he's singing my life story.

while on the subject of the grammys, did anyone see Prince's guitar? the purple one? i was playing guitar and my mom said it was awesome, but my bro said it was nasty, what do you guys think? i believe he was wearing all purple too

Curtis

He's Prince.

.... there's no Clapton version of CG in the allmusic database either.  And Williams' original one was exclusively classical guitar.

As a (very) young child, I clearly remember seeing Mason and Glen Campbell playing Classical Gas on television, just two nylon string acoustics. It was one of the reasons I took up guitar in the first place. The single had orchestral backing. If Clapton has ever recorded it, it's the best-kept secret in rock'n'roll. Surprise, another internet tabster that got something wrong.

Interesting... I've heard the orchestral version on the radio, but I've never been able to find it for download...

these are actually in order:

1. classical gas - clapton

Umm... that's Mason Williams.

actually, clapton made a version that didn't involve instrumental input. it was pure classical guitar. if your into downloading, search for his version and see the differance. if you want a link to a tab of his version, go here.

i can only assume that he made a version of his own.

That appears to be the same as the Mason Williams one... there's no Clapton version of CG in the allmusic database either. And Williams' original one was exclusively classical guitar.

Best- Dave Brubeck last June.  His drummer, at about age 70ish, could play as well, if not better than, Mike Portnoy.  He got up on the stage with nothing but the instruments and microphones, compacted in the middle of a huge stage (Eastman Theater), and proceeded to give the best show I've ever seen.  I don't care how much pyro you put on a stage, how much production you throw into that, no show (of any form) will ever top what came out of those four guys that night.

Worst- One year I got dragged to a Christian-rock festival.  Some of the bands were good, but on the other hand, some weren't so good.

Let me guess...Creation West?

Yeah, I went in 01.

Kingdom Bound... out at Darien Lake.

Song? It's an instrumental.

Instrumentals can be songs.

Isn't it amazing he made a career out of that one piece?

it's a good song...

these are actually in order:

1. classical gas - clapton

Umm... that's Mason Williams.

The "jigajigajigajiga" It's called "The Raygun Effect."

So that was the toy gun making that noise? OK, for some reason I thought that was used on a different song. No wonder I couldn't come close to reproducing it. Thanks!

No, I think what he's saying is that it sounds like a toy raygun, but can be imitated on guitar. When I first heard it on Rebel Yell, I thought it was a sample dropped in... anyway.

That was a comcination of a harmonizer, an echo and something else, which I forget. I read it once a way long time in Guitar World (Steve on the cover talking about the Atomic Playboys disk). I might have it at home. If not, it's at my parents' house, and I won't have ready access to it for a good long while.

I'm guess that he probably had a touch of chorus on it as well...