Dannyalcatraz
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I"ve been listening to a little bit of synthwave lately. Synthwave is an 80s-retro genre of (primarily) electronic music that essentially picks up where Jan Hammer, Brad Fiedel, early Satriani, late Ronnie Montrose and others left off.
Here"s a sampler article:
https://edm.com/features/top-10-synthwave-artists-2019
A lot of it is simplistic and disposable, but some of it has some real heft & complexity to it.
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Have we done this one yet?
I was expecting a pedal demo-video...
That"s vexsome! Trying again:
[video:youtube]
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Have we done this one yet?
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I'm fighting the temptation to buy a Reverend Descent baritone that's at a local store. I really don't need it. I really don't need it. I really don't need it.
but I like it.
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Apparently, there"s something similar to but cheaper than the eBow called the SoundStone (or something similar).
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I have the Malekko Helium MKII. Which, of course, has zero relationship to whether I"ll buy a Tentacle or Hoof Reaper. ð
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I haven"t gotten a Tentacle yet, nor the Hoof Reaper fuzz from which that pedal"s circuit was born. But one or both are on my list!
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Let me try:
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I have one- and a Fernandes Ravelle with a sustainer- but I don"t really use either much. Not that I don"t LIKE them, but more that they don"t fit my playstyle all that much, which is very rhythmic.
...not that I"ll ever let either slip my grasp! Every once in a while, I want to go on deep space explorations, and either tool is a great tool for such a journey.
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Woooooooot!
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Some of 'em, I don"t doubt. But most of the ones I know the rigs for- like Matt Pike (Sleep, High On Fire) favor Humbuckers.
Then again, I don"t pay much attention to other people"s rigs unless I"m trying to figure out what they"re doing...usually for someone else!ð¤ª
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Ah, the return of P90s for metal! Somewhere, Tony Iommi is nodding in approval.
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E Standard. In fact, I haven"t even changed the strings since it was shipped to me. So far, no issues.
But like I said, I"m probably going to use this for slide in Open G or C, so I"m going to get it properly set up when I do so.
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So would you consider it a reasonable substitute 'for the price', or a straight-up reasonable substitute?
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Yeeks! How does a virtual monopoly fail?
Is yours the only market they"re in, or is your island one of many of their markets?
As for the frozen bread...
I"m here in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, and I know of a few restaurants that import French bread baguettes and mini-baguettes from New Orleans, many from the same bakery, Gambino"s. In fact, it"s sold in big boxes at one of our local chef/restaurant supply stores. And it"s pretty good. It may not be quite as good as fresh back home, but it does compare well with the local alternatives available from the Vietnamese (basically French) bakeries here.
A grocery chain here called Market Street has a decent bakery as well, but all of their dough comes from some centralized professional kitchen. All they do at the store is the final bake. And while their stuff isn"t as good as some of the teeny-tiny bakeries scattered around the metroplex, they"re definitely a step up from the pre-bagged stuff in the sliced bread aisle.
So whether or not the Love"s alternatives will be worth a damn will depend HIGHLY on who is doing the baking and how they handle the dough or loaves.
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Sorry to hear that. It sucks to lose beloved local institutions. Hope you can find another local bakery that can fill the void.
In minor but positive news, I got my 2nd dose of Pfizer on Tuesday!
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Well, I tried it with settings for funk and surf...and I"m pretty pleased! Your instincts wer spot on, Winston!
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A quick note on the Radiator models.
For some reason, when they brought the Radiator back, they changed the body a bit (it"s chambered or Semihollow, depending on which review you read) and went for humbuckers instead of singlecoils, but kept the full-frontal pickguard aesthetic.
However, good used ones of the original version can still be found. Here"s one with a mirror pickguard:
https://reverb.com/item/36054276-godin-radiator-electric-guitar-w-mirror-finish-c-2005
Oh yeah...and here"s a Triumph with the natural wood clearcoat finish!
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The pickups in the Triumph are indeed singlecoils (I can definitely hear the EMF fields generated by stuff in the vicinity) and AFAIK, are not actually P90s. They seem to be wound in-house, and I have found out about them is that Godin calls them 'low noise', which does seem accurate. I can"t say if they"re like gold foils because I"ve never tried gold foils,
The Triumph- and my Godin Belmont- are both being eyed for some kind of open G or C tuning for use with slide. I looked at various versions of both, and of the ones listed below, I"m looking hardest at the bolded ones.
Open C (C,E,G)
Repetitive: C-E-G-C-E-G
Overtones: C-C-G-C-E-G
Popular variant: C-G-C-G-C-E
The bolded variant is pretty close to NST, which I already use; could be good, could be bad. That similarity could help me, or it could trip me up.
Open G (G,B,D)
Repetitive: G-B-D-G-B-D
Overtones: G-G-D-G-B-D
Popular variant: D-G-D-G-B-D
This is the Keith Richards version. I know 'Keef' doesn"t use the 6th string, but...I"m not him, sooooo...
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Good answer!
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Yeah, while they"re not exactly toothpicks, Godin necks are almost as slender as some of the ones that shredders favor.
Of course, you could always swap out the neck on one with a wider replacement from a company like Warmoth. (Just sayin" ð )
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I have a RR HSC I picked up for a funny-shaped Fret-King. Maybe I"ll give it a try for size. Hell..I have Gator & Fender cases around as well. so why not?
Food for thought!
As for the Triumph, I actually haven"t tried surf with it, which is odd for me. Perhaps I"ll give that a whirl tonight as well.ðð½ðð½ðð½
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Thanks for the info!
Re: price.
I have so many pedals that can use expression pedals that even if I bought CHEAP ones, I"d rack up a hefty bill. Now, I realize I don"t really need to do that- I"d only 'need' as many EPs as I had pedals on a board that could use one. Nonetheless, I"d aim for quality over quantity, even though it could add up quickly. I"m not hard on my stuff, and I"d rather opt for something dependable.
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Right now, it"s still strung and set up the way it arrived. The intonation is fine, soooo... We"ll see what happens when I restring it. Since I"m considering using it for slide in Open C or G, it will need a setup anyway.
As for the case, it"s been in an Epiphone LP case all this time, but I really need to keep looking. A Tele case might do the trick. Thanks!
NGD: Fret-King's Alien Surf Guitar
in Guitar Forum
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OK...an update 4 years later and after taking about 18 months off from playing.
I still love this guitar, it"s great for playing surf & classic rock. It still feels good. But the honeymoon is over. Nothing serious, just that I have found one thing I"m considering changing: the pickups.
Don"t get me wrong- the stock Wilkinson HB and miniHBs are still very good. I"d buy another one of these no question.* But they"re just a little muddier than the HBs I have in my best guitars, so I want to bring this guitar up to the next level. I"m sure I can find genuine upgrades out there. I know I can go brighter. I know I can go higher output.
The crux of the issue- if I do this- is the miniHBs. Because the only miniHBs I"ve played are these Wilkinsons and the RevTrons in my Reverends, I"m unclear as to the bigger picture. The RevTrons sound more like the FillerTrons that inspired them, and I really like them, but those aren"t for sale as new pickups.
I"ve heard comparisons between miniHBs from other brands and the (same sized) Firebird pickups, which ( like the RevTrons) seem brighter.
Which brings up the wildcard: the Ventura has Fret-King"s Vari-coil control, which is similar in function to Reverend"s Bass Contour knob, in that it alters the sound of humbuckers into a singlecoil like tone.
So I"m wondering, if I do this, should I stick with some brand"s miniHB or should I risk trying a Firebird style HB? Are there any of either that stand out to you who have used them? Or are there other miniHB options I haven"t considered?
* in fact, I have a couple in my watched list on Reverb, etc.