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Emanuel Ravelli

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  1. Thanks for all (most of) the input. Especially the sustainiac and the "coil" (forgot the exact title, but there ain't all that much oxygen at this elevation. Happy Holidays now, y'hear?!
  2. Any of you professional "axe grinders" ever installed A Fernandez unit. Anyone ever owned or played one. The video demo is impressive. The unit goes for $250, but I don't know what it would cost to have one installed on my Squier Strat. Any info? Thanks!
  3. Thanks extra large for the DS-1 comments. Methinks I made the right choice. (!)
  4. Mike Bloomfield: Winter Moon/Gospel Truth/Guitar King Tarrega: Recuerdos de la alhambra L. Mack: Mt. Healthful Blues R. Buchanan: Filthy Teddy/She Once Lived Here A.King:Baby Caught Th' KATY. F.King:Living on the Highway H. Mandel: 4pm J.Chippolina:The Fool Plus my own stuff. You know, the kind of stuff you'd expect from an old fart hobbyist.
  5. (IMO) anybody that makes a guitar with both flames and ice cycles on it is confused on the concept.(?)
  6. First, watch the Scorsese "Blues" special, and tell me why women today are either uninterested or unable to play lead guitar like Sr. Rosetta Thorp? Excluding Bonnie Rait, what woman can actually "smoke" a half dozen lead runs? What's up with the difference men and women have when playing lead? Be specific as to guitarist and particular riff,cut...whatever. Thanka you extra large! Ravelli
  7. I hope you're sitting down, because a couple months after I was discharged(USMC-1960-64)), I moved to Santa Rosa, CA. One day, one of the apartment tenants overheard my conversation about guitars, and brought out to the swimming pool, a 1952 Fender Tele. He was trying to sell it for $100(!) so he could pay his rent that month. I remember it was beat to hell, and the pickup was chipped. At that time, I was saving my money for(of all tyhings) a Venture's model Mosrite, which I bought for c.$300 as soon as they were available. Saw the guy about a month later. He said he sold the Tele for $85. Told him I was buying a Mosrite. He didn't seem impressed.I now own an original '67 Tele that I've kept in excellent condition. I bought it in Reno from a guy who's wife was ready to deliver their first child. Gave him $125 of the last $150 my wife and I had in the bank. That was in 1970. Today, I'm guessing I can get about $4K for it. Moral: Marry the right woman!
  8. Many thanks, everyone. The Vegas store sounds convenient. How's this: "Musician pawns classic Fender guitar for bus fare back to sticks!"
  9. I have a '68 Tele for sale. Everything is original, including the neck, which is in need of fret work. Which dealer/s has a reputation for paying a fair price. A guitar shop in TN offered me $1,000 for it five years ago after looking at slides I sent them. Thanks for any input.
  10. When you break into the City Maintenance Yard and remove a couple of the dashboard labels off a 9-ton front loader, ( "Power Thrust" and "Power Take Off") and glue 'em on over the Tone & Volume knobs on your guitar, as a salute to Bo Diddley.(?)
  11. Butnut: Thanks for the advice. Certainly worth a try. And thanks for the Tele website. I'd say Johnny Atomic is definitely "out there!" His Tele reminds me of the control knob labels Bo Didley has on his Rocket V: "Turbo Thrust" and "Power Take Off" which he probably peeled off the dash of a Caterpillar road grader, but hey!...That be Bo!
  12. I'm an old dude (61), but as soon as I got out of the Marines, I bought a starburst Mosrite "Ventures Model" guitar. To this day, I believe that except for the stupid ultra-narrow "speed neck" that Semie Mosley put on those guitars, they were designed beautifully! They would never stay in tune, which is why everyone, including myself, sold theirs for Strats and Teles. I bought a '68 Tele, which I play today, and just ordered a Squier Telewannabe ($150) to play while I locate someone that can perform surgical magic on my tele neck, which needs fret work so bad, the 1st "e" actually slides off the edge of the neck, to the point where I almost have to "bend" notes to keep the "e" on pitch. In any event, I'll always miss owning a Mosrite, if for no other reason, they were cool looking! I love the look of Teles, because they are the opposite of Mosrites, in that they look like they're made from a couple pieces of plywood glued together. I was playing my Tele in a music store one day a couple hundred years ago, and a dude and his mom came in to rent an electric guitar for th' kid. After a few seconds of hearing me play, I heard her say to her son something about: "Playing like that, you'd think he'd own a good guitar. Her son said "Mom, that IS a good guitar!"
  13. Please excuse my ignorance-I've owned a few guitars, but am just a wannabe player with zero guitar/luthier knowledge. Question: How much actual tone variation is ther between maple, oak, rosewood,etc., necks(?) My point: Since guitars are taking all sorts of shapes, it seems to me that if a mfg. could make a strong (titanium?) rod, that a clear plastic neck would be possible, or has this already been pioneered and warped before it got onto the market? Is a totally clear plastic guitar conceivable? Thanks
  14. I meant except for his kidneys. Second question: My '68 Tele is in bad need of fret work, so while I have that done, I am thinking of buying a Squier Tele-wannabe(?) ($149). Anybody have bad experiences with Squier electric solid bodies?
  15. Thank you Gentlemen, and remember: Any time you think you're partying too hard, remember that Keith Richards is still alive!
  16. I don't understand it either(?)I think I need to find out if a medium gauge banjo string has an equivalent .015 diameter or larger, because if it doesn't, I REALLY don't see the point, since a set of .014 thru .050 are packaged and sold by Gibson. I can't imagine using a banjo string for the top "E"...who "bends" those notes? Thanks for the input about how banjo strings are gauged (L-M-H).
  17. Punch up <Internationalluthiers.com> for Tele and Strat "blanks". Complete Tele or Strat kit (ready to assemble and play...$124.00 (!)
  18. Greetings from Nevada! It is my understanding that Bloomfield and other guitarists would replace the "E" and/or "G" string with a banjo string. My question: What gauge? I presently use Gibson's Vintage Reissue (.011 thru .050), but am switching to .013/.014 thru .052, as I like to "bend" notes a lot. In a book I read, Bloomfield supposedly gave the following advice: Throw away your "E" string and drop all the other strings down one, or use a banjo string for your 1st. string. Thanks for any input and/or experience with this configuration.
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