I'm sitting in a cyber cafe!

droolymutt · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: I'm sitting in a cyber cafe!

Mike's facial expression in that last picture is Priceless!!!

Embodies the joy of playing live!!

droolymutt · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 3:51 pm Post subject: Re: I'm sitting in a cyber cafe!

oh.. - Chris..??

your strap is upside-down........

lol....

MIKE BURN · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: I'm sitting in a cyber cafe!

I'm glad you like the live recording Drooly Mutt

))

Errrrr.... we (the band) surprised BB-Chris a bit... as we did practice her song the day before... but totally changed the middle part (the double tempo) during the gig

I will never forget how she turned her head around to the band, away from the crowd, when we played it ! :LOL :lol

Thanks for listening and the compliment

DreamTone7... BB-Chris was not prepared that we take her really to a gig... so she came without her own guitar and I borrowed her my Fender Stratocaster.

As I like to play at high volume with a Hughes&Kettner stereo amplification setup, I had no nerves to deal with the nasty feedbacks and ear-destroying sound (for my taste) of the original single coils.

Therefore I replaced them with Seymour Duncan SHR-1 Hot Rails-PickUp's.

The SHR-1 are very high output humbuckers in single coil format and therefore I adjusted the front pickup lower and with an unusual angle (like the others), because the output was simply too hot... to achieve a good balance of all three pick-up's and single strings. It looks weird but plays smoothly

The best is, the guitar really is silent when turning down the volume... with the single coils..... hum and hiss to the max :mad

:

MIKE

Edited by: MIKE BURN at: 10/21/02 5:22:28 pm

droolymutt · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: I'm sitting in a cyber cafe!

I just noticed what you said about the pickups, Dream...

That Is strange.....

You seem very astute about Tone.......

Speaking of which... - one of the best Tone tricks I've ever heard was the way SRV tuned down to Eb..

It was a stroke of genius on his part - the perfect key for him...

By the way.. Do you know what his set-up was? I read it years ago, but I forget...

I'm considering doing a cover of "Pride and Joy" with the band..

LarreeMP3 · Joined: 12 Apr 2002 Posts: 1935

...was a HENDRIX trick !!! And he, no doubt, learned that "trick" from the old blues guys he listened to.

droolymutt · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 5:28 pm Post subject: Re: Tuning down to Eflat...

Hendrix played in Eb too?

I knew SRV studied Jimi, but I didn't know Jimi played in Eb..

And I'm sure Jimi learned from the boys that came before him...

Ain't Roots the Grandest thing???

I guess respecting your elders is a good thing...

I think I'm older than you, Larree....

lol...

Just kidding, pal...

lol again...

droolymutt · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: Tuning down to Eflat...

Larree, have you ever heard of Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush?

His brother Norman is my bass player.

LarreeMP3 · Joined: 12 Apr 2002 Posts: 1935

I saw Mahogany Rush at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium back in the early seventies !!!

droolymutt · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: HAHAHA !!!

wow...!!!

small World huh???

What do you think of Frank's playing?

He recently landed a deal with Sony Music - just finished a tour of the North East...

Edited by: droolymutt at: 10/22/02 1:11:37 am

droolymutt · Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2002 12:02 am Post subject: Re: Tuning down to Eflat...

oh - almost forgot....

if chris can show her Strat, so can I.....!!

This is my '62... the cat's name is Tinker...

bbchris · Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2002 12:36 am Post subject: Re: I'm sitting in a cyber cafe!

WOW! What an interesting thread this has turned into! I didn't even know Mike had done that to his guitar! hahahahahaha And what's all this Eb business. Oh when I was in Singapore Joe Satriani played in Hong Kong, grrrrrrrrr I would have gone to see him!

George Benson is playing next month in Hong Kong, should I go see him?!?!?

Here's another photo of my strat:

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droolymutt · Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2002 2:34 am Post subject: Re: I'm sitting in a cyber cafe!

George Benson is a very mellow player... - he does some really neat stuff with Octaves....

It's real nice once in a while....

You would probably enjoy hearing/seeing him....

bbchris · Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2002 6:16 am Post subject: Re: I'm sitting in a cyber cafe!

Octaves? You not a fan of octaves? You prefer Eb?

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DreamTone7 · Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2571

That is a beautiful Strat drooley. I have a couple....one of them (an '8

looks almost exactly like chris' Strat except I have a Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck humbucker in the bridge postion.

...actually I'm more of an amp doctor than a guitar doctor. But in the search for the perfect tone, the tone begins with the guitar.

....oh, and for SRV, he used 13-56 strings....that's the first trick. Then add in the alder Strat and try using an old Fender Vibroverb (the one with the single 15" speaker). For voodoo chile, try a BF Super Reverb cranked up.

I use 10-50 strings which is sort of middle of the road, but still has plenty of tension as I use standard tuning. Eb seems to give more mids, and will be better on some Strats, worse on others.

Remember...Tone begins in the mind.

bbchris · Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2002 1:17 am Post subject: Re: I'm sitting in a cyber cafe!

Dreamtone7 - thank you so much for your tips of information. I use the lightest strings possible but I feel I must test out heavier strings

My Fender has a floating bridge so if I break a string, it all goes out of tune. Is this good/bad?!?! Have you got a photo of YOUR guitar?

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