StratDudeDan

just wanting to see who does what with their weapons of choice or intsruments or pieces of art or however you want to see your guitars. definately (in order of how much i play them) jazz, blues, punk, and modern rock on bass, while it's mod. rock, punk, and then jazz on guitar.

the first one with an ebony neck. anything but maple, actually...

i was driving my g/f home through one of the three last night, and we had six about a week ago, all within 4 hours. i watched one of those form, too. was pretty neat. didn't have my camera ready, though, which bummed me out. it was actually pretty cool. i know a bit about weather systems, so i knew there was going to be at least one tornado, so i was on the lookout all night. saw the system 'bout a mile and a half to my north-east, then just sat back on my roof and watched it happen.

i've actually already got that section figured out. what i was worried about was a: the switches, which seem to be right and b: how to tie in a tapped humbucker w/ that single coil.

T. Breeze Verdant the man does some awesome stuff.

bringing this one back with another question. first of all, here's what i got: using two switches instead of just one so S1 off = no cut, S1 on/S2 on = one setting, S1 on/S2 off = another setting. first off, is this right? secondly, now, i need to figure out how to get a humbucker w/ a coil tap in this thing, and i know nothing about that whatsoever. he wants to have a 3-way selector for the pickups (single coil, single + hb, hb) and then have the hb tapable, giving him a total of 5 different combinations (single, single + hb, single + hb *tap*, hb, hb *tap*). how would one go about doing this, if possible?

centi often confused with centa, which is used for .01, like in centameter. centimeter is actually 100 meters, while centameter is 1/100th of a meter. i do believe...been a long time since latin lessons...

sir dude, you have said my favorite word ever. thank you for making my day better.

well uh...ninjas win...

19-year-old kid working on my instrument repair degree, at the same time a diploma in bass performance, emphasis on jazz. i am currently in the process of building my first "from scratch" guitar, but in the past, i have worked on, constructed, repaired, or tweaked every aspect of a guitar, so i think i've "built" a guitar, just not all in one. i began working w/ guitars "agressively" about two years ago, but i've been playing with them since i first got one just over 3 and a half years ago. nothing but cheap custom finishes for my friends at first, but shortly graduated to more advanced techniques of finishing, as well as electronic tweaks and body shaping (small scale, bevels, small carvings, etc.) i've spent many years as "band techies" or as a roadie for countless bands, ranging from basement-pop-punk-garbage to the highest of the high when it comes to local bands. i currently sound design at Starlight Theater in Rockford, IL, and roadie for my little brother's band Leash & Scoop when i get a chance to. i mostly appreciate my repair knowledge to roadying, due to the fact that you're not working at whatever pace you want. most of the time, it has to be done and ready for a show by the next night, and that's on a good day. i worked on a kit guitar for my friend over the summer, not a full-fledged "kit," rather just parts and pieces he wanted put into a guitar. my current SG project can be seen at this thread. i always have some sort of strat project in the works, as well. i'm definately still learning, but at the same time, i have a lot of "rough and tough" experience in knowing how to a: jimmy-rig things and b: how to make things show ready and stay that way. my forte's are in finishes and things involving bridges, trems, and tuning machines. i'm learning about fretwork and just about anything related to the neck quite a bit, still. when it comes to electronics, i know enough to be able to take care of minor things, but sometimes, i get horribly confused and just bail and come to someone here for help. and i like long walks on the beach and candle-lit dinners.

i'm already charging $400 plus the cost of supplies...tee hee. i love taking advantage of rich people. i'm doing more than just the finish, granted. i designed some fun electronics for him (if you check the electronic section, you'll see mine and another member's convo about a high cut/no cut circuit) and i'm doing a bat inlay on the 12 fret and pulling all the other ones, putting black pearl pearl in place. as for the dropping him, can't really do that...'cause he's a: in my band and b: one of my better friends. i might tell him i mixed in his blood without actually doing it. i tried a couple different mixtures using my own tonight, gonna let 'em dry on a piece of maple and then check 'em in a week, month, and then however much time i have after that until i get to the finish (doing that last). seeing how those turn out, then deciding how i'm gonna handle it.

someone completely forgot Mendelsohnn in there as a choral composer. anytime my college choir sings one of his pieces, i melt. love that stuff. speaking of new composers, Ernest Aguilar has some really nice stuff out there. nothing that would blow someone away or amaze the crap out of anyone, but it's still really nice. we sang two of his pieces at our last concert.

i have no idea, but it's really hard. most of the wood that grows in this area is really soft, so i don't bother looking at it or checking it or anything, but i liked the way this tree looked in size, and figured if nothing else, i could pull a couple crappy bodies out of it, but it's actually rather hard, about the same as what one would use for a top. i'm just gonna pull maybe 8 bodies from it and then sell the rest to my grandpa for some of his 22 year old mahogany.

it's called The Red Violin, had Samuel L. Jackson in it. great movie. i think that might be where this guy got the idea, actually.

i finally voted for beethoven. 'cause he was deaf for over half of his composing years. incredible. be deaf and play guitar. loose sight and still paint. wine tasting w/ no tastebuds or sense of smell...i mean, wow.

you and your bug crushers. get out of the '80's, man...no offense to LGM. the finish looks great, just not, well...modern...

as i said, i don't mind trying it at all, but that doesn't mean i'm gonna be an idiot about it...

the "hum-bucker" was actually first found on microphones. there was a switch that would produce a "negative" microphone field that would phase cancel out everything except what was coming from one side only. the issues they would have would be area noise, EMF noise, and radio interference. now, it's a standard in how microphones are shaped. Cardiod, omni-directional, uni-directional, etc, it's how they're aimed, the switch was just done away with. Advanced Audio Production 2. thank you very much Greg Skolaski a.k.a. Gregory K (for those of you that listen(ed) to Nashville radio).

it's not as flexible and doesn't return to a "neutral" bend or curve when you bend it. stiffer, i guess you could say. i use stranded. i prefer the flexability and don't mind the signal loss.

this is gonna be a really odd question, but a client of mine, as part of his graphics, want his own blood to be mixed into a stain to dye the tips of a bat's fangs red. first question: is this possible? second question: if so, does anyone know what the right amount or proper mixture procedures are? i've never done this, and though i don't mind trying, i really would like to get the most out of the resource he gives me so i don't have to go back and be like, "dude...i need more blood..." sry for the sheer oddness of this question, but it has actually come up and i don't have any idea how to handle this...

only popular as Duel of the Fates from Star Wars. no one would know it if it weren't for that movie. Beethoven's 8th piano sonata "Pathetique" was so much cooler.

you know, i can't put down my true thought, because they were all amazing. i loved Bach for his chorale writing, Mozart's piano concertos and etudes blew anyone else's away (duh), Beethoven's small group stuff was just plain amazing, Tsaikowski (sp way off...) is loud which = fun, Gershwin, Debussy, i mean...it's hard to just pick one. that's like making me choose which is the best progressive pop punk group. can't be done, man...

you may be dead, but check out my credentials: Dan Jensen i also invented the Orange County Drum and Percussion vented snare (the highest standard in all that is snare drums. they really do sound better, which is the scary part...) Dan Jensen OCDandP

about a year ago (4th of july last year) a really bad storm blew through my area, over 2000 trees downed (rockford is nicknamed the Forest City because it's so densly populated w/ trees and canopy growth, mostly elm and maple in some places). there was a lot of wood picked up after that one, but i wasn't smart enough to think, "hey, those people lost a huge tree in their backyard and it crushed their car. i wonder if they'll mind if i take it." to conclude this story, though. over the past week, we've had some pretty bad storms in the area. just quick little 20 minute things, but they're rather rough nonetheless. the neighborhood i live in lost a couple trees, and one of them happened to be a really nice, very fat maple tree. the middle sections are what i'm taking from 'em ('bout 32" wide) 'cause the figured base areas were already spoken for, but i'm getting me 4, 4' long sections at at least 2.5' wide. yay!

i have the same rules posted in my recording studio (or semblance of a recording studio). it's: you have 3 options. choose 2. your CD will be out fast. your CD will be good. your CD will be cheap to get from me. and i stick to it. i can crank out some high school punk band's album in a week, charge jack sh*t for it, and have it sound like what they paid and they'll be happy, but then there are a couple serious pro's that just need to lay some stuff down for a solid demo and they'll be like, i don't really care how long it takes, the job's ain't getting any slower, but it's gotta be awesome, and i'll be like, okay, and charge them nearly the same that the kids above paid, just 'cause he's letting me handle the producing at my own pace. then there are the douchebags from my college that'll be like, hey, we need it saturday (as they come in on thursday) and it better not suck. they pay twice what the two above combined paid. EDIT --- to tie this into the topic, basically, i'm not the one that makes that decision, so i'm not voting...