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Gibson Skylark and EQ

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Hello there, The amp I’m trying to improve the tone on is a ‘62 or thereabouts Gibson Skylark GA-5 (two 6AQ5s as output tubes, push-pull design … about 9 watts or so.) [Lots of messages in the archives on Skylarks ... I'm trying to glean a bit more understanding.] The [...]

Sins of Tube NG Posters & Their Fines (Humor)

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A List of the Most Common Sins Committed by Posters to the Tube-Related Newsgroups, and their Fines: – Reusing old line cord on vintage piece to save money:  $15 – Reusing old line cord to increase profit on piece to sell:  $30 – Aligning radio or setting amp bias by ear: [...]

Fluke Nerds invade Castle Valve!

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Lord Valve Speaketh: Occasionally, as befits my lofty position in the electronics and musical industries, major corporations solicit my input during the design phase of some new whiz-bang gizmo.  Fluke is readying the next generation of handheld meters, and has wisely sought input from field users.  Accordingly, a Meter Nerd [...]

Check out this new guitar from Squier

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An American Music Supply catalog came today, so I was flipping through the pages while playing, and spotted this cool looking guitar.   It reminds me of guitars from the Robin company. It’s called a Squier 51 Series Vintage Modified. http://www.squierguitars.com/gear/show_product.php?product=0325100&fe… Basswood body, maple neck & fingerboard with 9-1/2 radius, [...]

broken head — again

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Dowels are a definate need – Bit like repairing a rifle stock, epoxy glues are good ! www.union-revival.com

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> There were a couple of folks who stated that it would be best to use a >> marine epoxy and that is what is curing on [...]

5-String Bass Project

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> Oh yeah!  Have you undertaken a neck-thru yet?  This is my second. > –Steve
No.  I probably will one day just to see if I can do it.  I’m moderatley interested in constructing a set neck instrument, but don’t know if I’ll get around to it any time soon. [...]

Advice for Guitarists?

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>I play guitar and hang out at the guitar groups, partly to socialize >but mostly to get advice from other guitarists about how to play >better. It occurred to me I ought to broaden the net a bit, so I >temporarilly subscribed to this group to ask this. What advice do [...]

Urban Assembly Academy for History and Citizenship for Young Men needs your help!

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Good suggestions. I appreciate that. The broken instrument thing is not a bad idea. I wouldn’t mind doing some after school sessions to bring the instruments back to life. It just sucks when I’m walking down the halls everyday and the kids are running up to me asking if I [...]

Practise

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There’s a post over in the guitar ng about how to practise. How do you bass players practise?  I’m completely self-taught at the bass (but was taught the ‘cello for years to a professional level). So end up just taking my ‘cello routine and transferring it to the bass: – start [...]

TAB vs. Notation

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> Most probably although I will keep some ties… > You going to be round here in January? > cb
That could probably be arranged… Where are you going to this time? — Chris "It’s not just the whales…it’s the water" Montgomery Scott

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It’s just a matter [...]