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benjammin308

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benjammin308 last won the day on October 20 2012

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About benjammin308

  • Birthday July 24

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  • guitars
    '80 Special, '91 Cent, '93 Special FM, '97 Standard
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    '80 Hiwatt 100, '82 Princeton Reverb II
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    Nothin unusual

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    Racine, WI
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    Bars, cars, and guitars. Well, not so many bars anymore.

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  1. My kid's band opened for these guys in Milwaukee. They got a great compliment from the bass player: "We've played with a lot of local bands that suck, and you guys aren't one of them."
  2. 1992 US Hamer Chaparral Guitar with Dragon Skin & Sustainiac SER# 923659 | eBay Somebody needs this, no affiliation.
  3. 1980 Special, been with me since about '89. It's beat, but it always gets the job done.
  4. The larger the cap value, the larger the frequency range that will be drained off. A .22uf cap will remove more high frequencies than a .01uf cap. The folks at Hamer probably just preferred the way their instruments sounded with a .01 in the circuit. The value and taper of the pot will also affect the results.
  5. Even when your tone knob is on 10 some small part of your highs are being drained off through the tone cap. You will sound different (brighter maybe?) when the tone pot is bypassed. This is why changing the cap value can affect tone even if you leave the knob at 10 all the time.
  6. I use an automotive feeler guage and go for .010 to .012 inches (ten to twelve thousandths) for the space between the the top of the first fret and the bottom of the first string. More clearance for the heavier strings, up to .020 for the low E.
  7. I'm still laughing at "vegetesbian". Not that there's anything wrong with that.
  8. These threads are extra awesome when its your own project that shows up. I highly recommend it.
  9. SHT. Perfect. Reminds me of the two word review of Spinal Tap's Shark Sandwich: "Sh!t sandwich."
  10. GTR, with Steve Howe and Steve Hacket (or Buddy Hacket or something like that). The name of the band was the abbreviation for guitar, for crying out loud. It had to be good! I don't remember if I got all the way through it, but I know I never listened again. And a second vote for Passion and Warfare. Another one that never got a second listen.
  11. From a pure energy consumption standpoint, it cost you a lot more to heat that hot dog on the stove than it did in the microwave. The stovetop has a large resistive heating element that was on for five minutes. The microwave, even if it used more energy (and it doesn't), was only on for 30 sec. Now look at the circuit breakers in your main panel that these appliances are connected to. The oven/range is on a 40, 50 or 60 amp double pole (240 volt) breaker because it needs that much power. It may be the lagest energy load in your house when it is on. The microwave is on a basic 15 or 20 amp single pole (120 volt) household circuit. That's all the power it needs, and for a much shorter period of time.
  12. Yep - nothing like a heavy dose of perspective. "Too much f***ing perspective." - David St.Hubbins
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