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by wafer
Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:38 pm
Forum: Politics & Economics
Topic: Are you prepared to survive the changing weather patterns
Replies: 9
Views: 55345

just keep your head in the sand and your feet in the Mediterranean
by wafer
Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:35 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Tuning
Replies: 16
Views: 54193

<r>Talking of guitar tuning and I hope its not off thread, I'm tuning and setting up guitars fairly often and have taken up using the 'Frequency-counter / instrument-tuner' off the website <URL url="http://www.techmind.org/audio/."><s>[url]</s>http://www.techmind.org/audio/.<e>[/url]</e></URL> The ...
by wafer
Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:48 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: how often do you change strings on your electric
Replies: 14
Views: 259805

Is anybody else enthusiastic for flat wound (sometimes called ribbon wound), or flat ground strings? A bit biased towards jazz sounds, but intersting tones.
by wafer
Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:40 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Tuning
Replies: 16
Views: 54193

of course Guitar Legend is right, but should we discourage creativity and lateral thinking? Oh well, yes you're right. This time we should. Sorry Woefuly Misspelt.
by wafer
Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:34 pm
Forum: Amplifiers, Modellers & Effects
Topic: Nicest Sounding Amp for Lower Volumes
Replies: 21
Views: 827278

<t>For home and practice use a friend told me about the Roland Micro Cube. 100 euros when I bought mine. Its packed full of effects and electronically mimics the tones of some great grown up amps. I use it all the time at home and occasionally use it as a pre-amp through bigger amps because its so ...
by wafer
Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:23 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Vanquish Custom Build Guitars - Handmade In England
Replies: 6
Views: 21761

I do have a vested interest, but yeah, do support and take interest in the guys who spend their time building beautiful one off custom guitars.
by wafer
Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:16 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: the best guitar to own
Replies: 14
Views: 30666

the best guitar to own

I've owned, loved and played gutiars for fifty years now. The best guitar? The one that draws your attention every time you go in the room. The one that you never want to put down.
Thanks for the welcome to the forum.
by wafer
Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:28 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Pick ups
Replies: 7
Views: 16304

<t>In the end the idea of high or low output, is not important in choosing the pick-up for you. You are looking for character, response and how it handles overdriven tones. The biggest and smoothest doesn't link to output figures, and is also why there are so very many pick-ups made and so very many ...