gotta have Joe
Kayla Whitham
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962: thanks man. yeah the races will be in town again next year so I am really looking for that day to come. I need a whole new brake lever.
Joe: Hey man how is it going? You know I was really grummpy today then I relized that I had not listen to you for like 3 days. It seamed like a week though. I am listening to you right now. The song that is comming on is look my way on Joe Satriani.
that is a good song
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TheWheelMan
Geof W.
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Hey all, I don't know if this is old news or not, but I just heard about this tonight at my local music store. In my eyes (having just heard about this) is a great discovery. It's a little thing called the Buzz Feiten Tuning System. If you haven't heard about this, check out www.buzzfeiten.com for info. This guy found a flaw in guitar design that basically makes it impossible to perfectly tune a guitar. I feel like I may be stating old news. My jaw dropped when the guy at the music store was telling me about this cause I sold one of my guitars because I thought it was just plain crappy! But it turns out I was just experiencing this flaw in design! My local music store is charging $200 to "Feitenize" guitars. Worth it? If you're tired of "chasing your tail" when tuning your axe it is!
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Ed Burton KD6AAJ
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Michelle
No typing while I drive... at least until I get an invertor and mount my pc in my pickup!!!
Actually, I have a laptop with a broken display, but it has a monitor out for a regular monitor. Need invertor, need invertor, need invertor............
Ed, kd6aaj
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Chris Peters
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TOALL: The Buzz feiten tuning system is crapola !! hah! You can ask a luthier and they will tell you that. And to claim that an instrument can be perfectly in tune is a lie also.....no instrument (EVEN PIANO) is perfectly in tune. If a guitar is built correctly, it can be built to have very pure compensated (equal temperment) tuning which makes the guitar slightly out of tune in all registers, thus making the instrument sound pure overall. This is how pianos are tuned. Simply moving the nut won't make a guiar perfectly in tune. My luthier friend told me that what the feiten system does do, is make a porly done fret job (with the crown in the wrong place) sound better. If the fret is crowned in the wrong place, the adjusted nut helps essential move the intonation points. If a guitar is crowned correctly though, the buzz feiten system has no effect. I'll tell you guys that the guitar Peter built for me is really really in tune in all registers, and it uses standard fret spacing. The Feiten thing is bs
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Wed Sep 7 '05 10:37:06 pm
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WOW i have not been in here for a while.....
Good Morning Joe
and his wonderful fans......how are we all?
Good news about the new G3 DVD.....Yeah Baby YEAH.....
Not got much to say, Been away doing loads of recording, upgraded my machine, got a sh*t load of new samples for Qbase I am getting some weird and wonderful sounds.
Yeah Vai on the 24th Oct looking forward to that very much although I do have my Holiday befor that.....
that should be cool a nice holiday then back for Vai and then I should be doing a few charity giggs around Christmas time.....yeah.....YEAH....
Stay Safe All.
Dave xxx
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Thu Sep 8 '05 12:58:15 am
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Simon
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TheWheelMan, Washburn's Nuno Bettencourt model guitars use the Buzz Feitin tuning system, and they are extremely well made guitars. I thought the BF seemed pretty good.
OCPS470, it seems a bit harsh to say that the Feitin system is complete BS. As I mentioned above, the N4 uses it, a couple of which I've tried, and both were fantastic in terms of tuning stability. I've not since played a guitar that has stayed in tune as well as the N4 did, which is why I really wish I'd got one instead of the Jem. Oh well, you live and you learn.
marimariSRV, while I understand your frustration, I think money should have been taken from the Flatten The Middle East fund and put into flood defences, rather than taken from the space programme. If they hadn't have spent the mular to figure out how to fix the tiles on the Discovery, they would have either had to a) leave the poor bastards up there, or b) let them burn up on re-entry.
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widiansyah
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Hi joe...how are you? I'm very very like your songs. joe, I have some difficulties to play your song. would you mind giving me some basic skills of your melodies? well, thank's. I hope you'll share your skill to me. You're The King of My Favorite guitarists. Bye.....
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962, I'll be adding "tits up" to my list of strange expressions. The latest being "shits gone sideways". Now if only I could stop saying "somebody threw a screw in the tuna"... Basically, they all mean the same thing. lol!
civgeek, you said "Up, down, sideways, especially pushed together... I like my tits all of the above!!"
??? Are you saying you have man-boobs? lmmfao!!
kd6aaj, Ed, friends don't let friends type and drive! LOL!
SOTD - Releasing The Demons by Godsmack
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Thu Sep 8 '05 5:30:25 am
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Def Leppard Concert Problem - What's On My Leg?
A 26-year-old man from London, Ontario is facing criminal charges for allegedly urinating on two women at a Def Leppard show last month. According to the London Free Press, the women turned around when they felt liquid splashing the backs of their legs at the August 19th show, and saw the man urinating. They then went to find security, who were joined by two off-duty police officers. Although he wasn't taken into custody at the time, the suspect has now been charged with two counts of assault and one count of committing an indecent act.
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Wish You Were There?
The four-DVD set documenting July 2's Live 8 concerts, which is due out Nov. 8, will include performances by Pink Floyd, the Who, Paul McCartney, U2, Neil Young, Elton John, Sting, Def Leppard and Bon Jovi. The compilation's first three discs focus mainly on the shows in London and Philadelphia, and offer highlights from the seven other Live 8 events staged across the world. The fourth disc features a variety of bonus footage, including Floyd rehearsing for their reunion set.
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Thu Sep 8 '05 5:32:34 am
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This Old Debt of Mine
Rod Stewart must pay $2 million plus interest to the Rio Hotel Casino, a Las Vegas jury decided Wednesday. The venue brought action against the singer after forwarding him a sizable advance for a December 2000 concert at which he was a no-show. Stewart had argued that he couldn't perform because of throat surgery several months earlier. His lawyers say they will appeal the decision.
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Thu Sep 8 '05 5:33:09 am
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Lego May Move Production From Denmark
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Struggling Danish toy maker Lego Group, famous for its colorful plastic building blocks, said Wednesday it is considering moving all or parts of its production to Eastern Europe or China.
The privately held group reported a pretax loss of 156 million kroner ($26 million) last week and announced it would move a production factory in Switzerland to the Czech Republic.
In an interview with the financial newspaper Boersen, Lego chief executive Joergen Vig Knudstorp said the Swiss move was a test, and could be followed by a complete or partial move of the company's main production facilities in Billund, Denmark.
"In the long term, I think that everything will be moved," Vig Knudstorp was quoted as saying.
Lego spokeswoman Charlotte Simonsen told The Associated Press no decision had been made, but confirmed that outsourcing production to eastern Europe or China was being considered. She said the restructuring plans would be completed by 2010, and any moves would take place before that.
There are about 3,000 people working at the production facility at the Lego headquarters in Billund.
Simonsen said the company's restructuring program could affect all of its production facilities, including one in Enfield, Conn.
Earlier this year Lego sold its four Legoland amusement parks to U.S.-based private equity group the Blackstone Group for 375 million euros ($457 million). The theme parks are located in Carlsbad, Calif.; Billund; Windsor, Britain; and Gunzberg, Germany.
Founded in 1932, Lego's name was invented by combining the first two letters of the Danish words "Leg godt" (play well) without knowing that that the word in Latin means "I assemble."
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Thu Sep 8 '05 5:34:00 am
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Apple Launches New ITunes Phone and IPod
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduced a long-anticipated music-playing cell phone on Wednesday and surprised the faithful with a new pencil-thin iPod.
The phone, called the ROKR and made by Motorola Inc., will come loaded with iTunes software, store up to 100 songs and include a color display screen and a built-in camera.
The ROKR, Apple's first foray into the mobile telephony market, will include built-in dual-stereo speakers as well as stereo headphones that also serve as a mobile headset.
Users will not be able to load the phone with music files over cellular networks, however. They must transfer songs from their computers. That contrasts with popular over-the-air music purchases available in such countries as Japan.
The new iPod, called the Nano, replaces the iPod Mini. In contrast with the Mini, which is hard drive-based, the Nano relies on flash memory, making it lighter and more energy-efficient.
One-third the size of the Mini, the Nano weighs about 1.5 ounces and looks and feels much like a cigarette lighter. Apple says it can store up to 1,000 songs or 25,000 photos.
"Nano is the biggest revolution since the original iPod," Jobs crowed at an event for journalists and invited guests. "It's impossibly small. ... It's thinner than a No. 2 pencil."
Besides music, the Nano features games, photo storage and a calendar. It also has a "screen lock" feature that allows no one except the user to access content.
A 4-gigabyte Nano will retail for $249, and a 2-gigabyte model will sell for $199. The devices will be in stores as soon as Thursday and are likely to be widely available by the weekend, Apple said.
The Nano is a sign that Apple intends with its market-dominating iPod players to rely more on flash memory, which is becoming cheaper, said Susan Kevorkian, a research analyst with IDC.
"Apple is positioning themselves to take advantage of those price drops," Kevorkian said. "Flash is more stable than hard drives, which are in many MP3 players, including the 60-gigabyte iPod."
The ROKR phone will be offered by Cingular Wireless in the United States.
On the phone, music will automatically shut off when a call is received and users can listen to music while text-messaging.
Like the Nano, the iPhone will include flash memory that will preserve battery power, according to Nitin Gupta, an analyst with Yankee Group. Apple said the iPhone will offer up to 9 hours of talk time, and standby time of up to 9 days.
"Using the audio player will not diminish its capabilities," Gupta said. "It's not a realistic concern when using flash-based phones."
The phones, which sell for $250 with a two-year commitment at all Cingular stores nationwide, go on sale Thursday.
In addition to the new phone and iPod, Apple also announced that Acura, Audi, Honda and Volkswagen will offer iPod connectivity with their car stereos for 2006 model lines.
Madonna made an appearance at the event via a video phone call to announce that she would make her music available for download for the first time.
All of the singers' songs will be offered through the iTunes library.
"I got tired of not being able to download my own music," Madonna said.
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Potter Novels Available as iTunes Downloads
NEW YORK - Break out your iPods: Harry Potter is going digital. J.K. Rowling, once publishing's greatest holdout against the computer age, has made all six Potter novels available for audio downloads.
In a message posted Wednesday on her Web site, Rowling said she was concerned about online piracy, included bootleg editions for which the original text was altered.
"Many Harry Potter fans have been keen for digital access for a while, but the deciding factor for me in authorizing this new version is that it will help combat the growing incidents of piracy in this area," Rowling wrote.
"There have been a number of incidents where fans have stumbled upon unauthorized files believing them to be genuine and, quite apart from the fact that they are illegal, the Harry Potter content of these can bear very little resemblance to anything I've ever written!"
The digital audiobooks are being released by the Random House Audio Trade Group, her current audio publisher. They can be purchased through Apple's iTunes store, for prices ranging from $32.95 for a single book to $249 for the whole series, which, according to Random House, includes a "full color digital booklet" and "previously unreleased readings" by Rowling.
Neil Blair, a lawyer with Rowling's literary agency, said Wednesday that there are no current plans for Potter e-books.
Rowling's fantasy series, most recently "Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince," has sold more than 200 copies worldwide in print editions and more than 5 million as audiobooks, narrated by Grammy winner Jim Dale. But up to now the author had only permitted paper and traditional audio releases, making her work a favorite for online pirates, although illegal sales are believed to be relatively tiny.
Helped by the iPod boom, digital audiobooks are already one of publishing's hottest sectors, with sales nearly quadrupling between 2001 and 2003, to more than $18 million, according to the Audio Publishers Association.
"It's very exciting that an audiobook both critically acclaimed and commercially successful is finally available to the very broad audience of people who enjoy downloading," says association president Mary Beth Roche.
Also Wednesday, Rowling said on her Web site that she was concerned by a wave of Potter merchandise with fake autographs for sale on eBay.
"As far as I could tell on the day I dropped in, only one of the signatures on offer appeared genuine," she wrote.
"There seem to be a lot of people out there trying to con Harry Potter fans. The same is true in respect to the huge number of unauthorized Harry Potter e-books and audio digital files that users of eBay have offered for sale to Harry Potter fans," wrote Rowling, who accused eBay of refusing to take responsibility for what it allows to be sold.
eBay spokesman Hani Durzi said Wednesday that Rowling is part of a copyright protection program offered by the online auction giant that allows members to report problems. Durzi estimates that eBay has 55 million listings at any given time and says that "it's the responsibility of the copyright owner to report any listings that violate their rights."
"When they do, we take those listings down immediately," he said.
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Depeche Mode returns to U.S. after 4-year break
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Veteran electro/pop act Depeche Mode will begin its first North American tour in more than four years on November 2 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
The five-week arena jaunt will run through a December 9 show in Fairfax, Va., and includes a rare club show November 26 in Las Vegas. The Raveonettes and the Bravery will alternate as opening acts.
The tour comes in support of Depeche Mode's new album, "Playing the Angel," due October 18 via Sire/Reprise. The first single, "Precious," is due to reach U.S. radio outlets shortly.
The upcoming run precedes a 2006 European tour, which begins January 13 in Dresden. That trek will wrap April 2-3 at London's newly renovated Wembley Arena.
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Guitarist Buckethead teams with System frontman
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Enigmatic guitarist Buckethead, who never appears in public without a KFC bucket on his head and a mask on his face, has signed to the label run by System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian.
Buckethead's album "Enter the Chicken" will be released October 25 under the Serjical Strike banner. The 11-track set features guest spots by Tankian on the songs "Waiting Here" and "We Are One."
Buckethead has been releasing eclectic solo albums since 1992. Until his March 2004 departure, he was also doubling as the guitarist in Guns N' Roses and had played on the group's long-festering album, "Chinese Democracy."
He is planning to tour in support of "Enter the Chicken," but dates have yet to be announced.
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cuthbert1776
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been busy lately
car, work, family, ect
don't get me started on the car -
- brought the car in for AC work (new switch needed) - they ended up scratching up the passenger side of the car real good while pulling it out after giving me a free car wash
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TheWheelMan dont waste your money on the buzzy feiten system.
I have heard (I agree with OCPS470) from guitar manufactures IE fender and Godin.. it does not work. it will also give you tuning issues in the upper register. IT should be call the BS tuning system.
a good sign if it works well is if fender or gibson jump on it. Tom anderson Guitars have dropped it and dont even offer it as an option.
rant over..
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Re Buzzy, I guess only Vai can afford a technician to make this system work for him LOL He Loves it
DCK you gonna send me some ES fotos?? Nuther question... Do you know if the ESP Joe Stump signature model is a bonafide production guitar or only produced for him??
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Ken Erickson
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Good Morning Satchland...... How are you guys?
Well I had know idea Michelle's brown eyed lady friends would have such a impact on this forum. Michelle....You are the Man...errr .....Women. Yes, I would love to talk to them. Thank you. Meeting them is out of the question due to the geography issue. So.....Please forward pic to : ken@thebluesmavericks.com. I promise I'll talk to them everyday. Just kiddin'....lol......
In other news... I heard on the news last night that snipers were shooting at SBC workers trying to restore communication lines in New Orleans. Come on people get a grip. Also, each victim is to receive 2K in debit cards.
Have A Great Day Everyone ! ! ! !
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Geof W.
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Well, like I said before, I got rid of a guitar because I thought it was junk. The Tech at the music store told me what my problem was without me saying anything. I was having a horrible time keeping that guitar in tune, epecially the G string. And he called that. He told me everything I was experiencing! It wasn't just me and a crappy guitar. He told me a way to test this for myself. He said, "Take your guitar, tune it to a tuner like you usually would. Once it's in tune, play an open E chord. The tuner should read E. Then play an F. Your tuner will read F# almost G. He said you can even tell a difference when you go from the A chord on the fifth fret to the D chord on the fifth fret. You can physically hear the tone is off." And mine did...I tried it with a couple guitars. He even did it for me in the store. He said this is because guitar manufacturers have made a "standard" in the size/scale of guitars, and this standard was made at a time when 13 guage strings were the standard string. Well, now that we have smaller strings, 9's and 10's that have become choice, there is an offset. The only thing this Tuning System does is move the nut 100/1000ths of an inch and with some fine tuning in intonation, it eliminates this offset. He showed me one guitar he put the tuning system on and it played so clean and perfect. I heard the effects of the system first hand, and I believe in it. The results were undeniable.
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