76 Reply by SGinCYQX

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Read Long Way Down and Long Way Round. Those books and a week off in a tropical country are a bad combination-they put crazy ideas in your head.

I'm much more of an off-road guy and I only really want a street-legal dirtbike so I don't have to trailer it, but a big trip like this is getting more and more tempting...

Even better, my grandfather is still around and still riding and ideally I'd like to do a trip with him and my Dad. Probably 30 years ago now, Dad did a 30-day trip around the U.S and Canada with a few friends on a then-new '77 Suzuki GS750. I think that's what we'll do to start with, that's probably plenty for my first real trip.

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77 Reply by SGinCYQX

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andros67 wrote:
Tibernius wrote:

Found out that if I plug my amp into my Hi-Fi it'll destroy the speakers. yikes

I've had a look and I think it's going to be one of these:

Epiphone Valve Junior 5w
http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=68250

Vox AD-15VT 15watt valve combo
http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=12178

HI, not sure about the 5w junior, i got the AD15vt, and i like it alot. But if you got 200 to play with, go and try the AD30vt(£129) and the AD50vt(£189), My AD15 is loud enough for what I want, but the 30 and 50 allows you to Adjust the output wattage of the power amp,so you can lower the volume without losing the sense of drive. I regret not spending £30 more for the AD30, for that feature plus louder! Go try them out, i'm sure you will like them alot, especially at that price.

The Epiphone Valve Junior is a great amp. Professional sound and can't be beat at the price. Being pure tube doesn't hurt either.

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78 Reply by SGinCYQX

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Oasis sucks too. tongue

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79 Reply by SGinCYQX

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He's an irritating idiot. That's what's not to like.

He was decent in School of Rock, and when he's not being stupid he's funny, but Tenacious D pisses me off.

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80 Reply by SGinCYQX

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I learn the song, first. Very rarely sightread. By learning first it's almost second nature when it comes time to actually perform it and the actual technique for the piece is embedded in my brain.

As for the car, I'm paying enough attention to be able to tell whether it's running well, or overheating, or dropping a cylinder (again). Otherwise, I know my car well enough that it's become second nature. Same thing with music, I don't really need to pay attention until something goes wrong in which case I remedy the problem. I also don't use a clutch when changing gear, usually, unless I need to shift at odd engine speeds.

The guitar is an instrument, just a system to be understood. Same as the piano, the drums, the human voice, the saxophone, any other instrument you want to name. Less of an identifier than another color on your palette to express yourself with. The guitar just covers more colors than any other instrument for me.

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81 Reply by SGinCYQX

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VirginiaK wrote:

If you compare the voice to a car, the vowel is the steering wheel.  We don't concentrate on how the gas gets from the tank in back, up front to the motor.  We concentrate on keeping on the road. And we work the gear shift, gas, breaks, and clutch naturally--hopefully.  If you're having trouble with shifting gears, then concentrating on how the gas gets to the motor is kinda pointless because that's the CAR's function.  You have to learn to coordinate your feet and arms.   And you won't succeed if you concentrate on how the gas gets to the motor.

Normally I wouldn't, but since it's the Chat Corner...

That's a terrible analogy. Best thing you can do for someone's driving is teach them how the car works and why it does what it does. By understanding exactly what you are doing when you push the clutch in or pull the gearshifter, you will understand better how to do it. And I certainly do concentrate on exactly how the vehicle works when I drive or ride anything, and it certainly hasn't stopped me from succeeding.

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82 Topic by SGinCYQX

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Anyone follow it? Been over for a while but still a great show, and it's convinced me finally to pull the maps out and start planning my own long haul bike trip. Even better than the show is the books, both Long Way Round and Long Way Down.

Anyone done a big bike trip? Dual purpose, street, dirt? I'm torn between continental Europe, the U.S and Canada, a few Carribean islands or an in-depth tour of the Dominican Republic.

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83 Reply by SGinCYQX

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Hate them. Might hate them less if Jack Black were tolerable for anymore than five minutes at a time.

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84 Reply by SGinCYQX

(6 replies, posted in Electric)

I like the Gibson .10's.

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85 Reply by SGinCYQX

(17 replies, posted in Electric)

Think I'm gonna get a dark color, maybe the wine. My SG is white, and impossible to keep clean.

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86 Reply by SGinCYQX

(8 replies, posted in Electric)

Never even thought of the MIM Fenders. Maybe you can find an HH Tele.

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87 Reply by SGinCYQX

(17 replies, posted in Electric)

Tim0473 wrote:

SG

You'll LOVE the studio ... I play it more for every rock style including metal than I do my Schecter

I played one and fell in love-I'm lost now, I must have one.

After that it's a Schecter baritone big_smile

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88 Reply by SGinCYQX

(26 replies, posted in Electric)

Slash, where are you? If you're anywhere near me I'm sure I can get you to clean parts for me or something.

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89 Reply by SGinCYQX

(8 replies, posted in Electric)

I am an Epiphone fanboy through and through-play both, though, if you can.

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90 Reply by SGinCYQX

(8 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

Don't feel bad, nothing I say makes sense:P

But if I wasn't terrified of banjos after watching "Deliverance" I'd borrow one and try it.

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91 Reply by SGinCYQX

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The conspiracy is fun, but I think there's a pretty good chance he killed himself. Bigtime grey area though, including the fact he couldn't reach his shotgun's trigger with the barrel in his mouth.

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92 Reply by SGinCYQX

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The H4A and HZ H4 are passive. The 81/85 are active. Only difference I know.

I have something close to a Zakk Wylde style-actually closer than the Epiphone ones. I have an SG with an 81/85, which is what Zakk uses. I find it gives it a harder edge and adds brightness to the dark humbucker sound if you set them right.

You might have a similar sound, but you'd have to do a lot of work if you wanted the real Wylde pickups since they are active.

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93 Reply by SGinCYQX

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Most Hendrix is not very hard. I learned Watchtower when I was about two months in.

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94 Reply by SGinCYQX

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I'm not a fan of the Juniors, or the Melody Makers. Trim is big for me, I like a nice looking, nicely finished guitar.

But for $300 or so, the LP Junior is awfully attractive as a beater...

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95 Reply by SGinCYQX

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G S E wrote:

Hey Doc ,
  I'm no expert when it comes to Gibsons , but I have done some research as far as the Les Pauls go .
  If you're going to compare the Epi and the Gib Les Paul ,
don't use the $100 Epi . The guys I know who play this type of guitar , have played both the Gib and the Epi Les Paul standard and tell me , they would never put out the bucks for the Gib . I've also heard people say that the Epis aren't real Les Pauls .
Let us not forget ( unless all my research was incorrect ) ,
that when Les Paul developed
his first prototype ( the " Log " ) of what evolved into the modern Les Paul , he was working for Epiphone ..........

Correct.

However, Epiphone was not a Gibson factory second then like it is now. They were two seperate companies.

I still love my Epiphones. I have two now, and wouldn't trade them for any Gibson.

My next guitar will be a Gibson Les Paul Studio, though.

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96 Reply by SGinCYQX

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tonydr wrote:
G S E wrote:

My bro in law has been doing this with his 1970 Kustom SG since he bought the thing in 1971.
   The first time I saw him do it about twenty years ago , I just cringed . He does it at the end of a few rock songs that he does , and it does sound cool . Having said that,
I don't think you'll be seeing me do it . Although has'nt bothered that Kustom after thirty seven years ???!!!.......

I think the SG really lends itself to the neck bend.  The top cutaway gives you leverage.  Never had a problem, but my strat is much stiffer and I rather just use the whammy bar.

Just reading about that makes me physically ill wink

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97 Reply by SGinCYQX

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Randy Rhoads, Kirk Hammett, Angus Young, B.B King, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Bumblefoot (Ron Thal), Joe Satriani. There's more.

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98 Reply by SGinCYQX

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I'm in the mood to develop this damn film, even if there is 20 shots left on it.

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99 Topic by SGinCYQX

(10 replies, posted in Electric)

Five standard electric guitars. Acoustics, baritones, basses, fretless guitars, 12-strings, doublenecks, etc. don't count, just five standard six string electrics to cover all your favorite sounds. Tell us why, too. Mods are allowed, just specify them vaguely. For me:

1) SG with active EMG 81/85 humbuckers, because it screams, moans and whispers so well
2) Epiphone Casino with Bigsby trem bridge, because I'd want a semihollow of some sort and I love the shimmering vibrato from the Bigsbys
3) Gibson Les Paul Studio, because it's a rite of passage for every guitarist to own a Gibson Les Paul, and there's just no substitute for the LP.
4) Fender MIA Strat, because once again there is no substitute
5) Stagg Strat copy, because guaranteed I'm gonna play somewhere that I don't wanna take the others.

Maybe some gaps, but that would do it for me for electrics, excluding bari's and fretless. What about everyone else?

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100 Reply by SGinCYQX

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Oasis is bland, boring and way too poppy.;)

Welcome back!

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