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06-10-2008 6:21 PM
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06-10-2008 6:41 PM
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06-10-2008 8:10 PM
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06-10-2008 8:21 PM
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06-10-2008 8:24 PM
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Or you could use the one in your Forum name and become wizz.....

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06-10-2008 9:33 PM
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When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
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06-10-2008 9:45 PM
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06-10-2008 9:55 PM
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I tipped of strat, but a good program on last night to repeated on BBC4 Friday
Real god show - four episodes, BBC1 Mondays, BBC4 Fridays lots of different and strange instruments
Quote DOCUMENTARY: The Story of the Guitar
On: BBC 4 (9)
Date: Friday 10th October 2008 (starting in 4 days)
Time: 23:00 to 00:00 (1 hour long)
In The Beginning. Series 1, episode 1.
Alan Yentob embarks on a three-part personal journey to discover how the guitar became the world's favourite musical instrument. Beginning with the rise of the acoustic guitar, the series takes him from an ancient Middle Eastern ancestor of the lute, to the iconic guitars draped round the necks of Bill Hailey and Elvis Presley and beyond. Featuring interviews with Bert Weedon, Pete Townshend, Bill Bailey, flamenco player Paco Pena and classical guitarist John Williams.
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles)
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Marked By: 'Reminder: The Story of the Guitar' marker
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=17639
Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.
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06-10-2008 11:28 PM
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Quote from: Be3G That is actually a contemporary instrumental technique on bowed string instruments - changing the tuning of one or more strings to put the instrument in to a different key or make unusual sounds/timbres.
Drop tuning, I sometimes drop tune my Flying V to D... Hardcore tuning is best.
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07-10-2008 6:10 AM
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When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
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07-10-2008 9:14 AM
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http://www.guitar.ch/en/info/tunings/tunings_rare.html

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07-10-2008 1:13 PM
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I always have at least one guitar tuned to open E for slide. Wish I was bit better at it though...
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07-10-2008 1:20 PM
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Maybe the Strat with the Roland gizmo

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07-10-2008 2:38 PM
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Quote from: craigyoung Isn't there the robot guitar from Gibson now - for people who don't know how to tune? One step away from having a drum pattern built into it...
My guitarist uses a tuning meter and it drives me up the wall because it's so inaccurate. He swears by it and I swear at it. He bought it to save me having to tune his guitar for him all the time. Now it takes even longer because he spends 5 minutes trying to tune it with this infernal meter and then has to hand it to somebody else to tune it properly.
I would be wary of this robot guitar but I'll reserve judgement until I've heard it for myself.
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07-10-2008 7:07 PM
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This is very noticeable with Strat type guitars that use up to 5 springs, but modern approach is towards using 2 or 3 springs (for lightness of use) but it can make tuning very difficult indeed, using 4 or 5 springs is much more stable tuning wise, but also heavier in use. two ways around this are to lock the tremolo unit out of use (sometimes called "hard tail" Fender do supply guitars like this) or invest in a "Wilkinson" type locking system, with a locking nut and trem unit and, locking machine heads, these are very tuning stable but a pain if a string is broken.
But its not likely to be the tuning meter at fault.
When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
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