15 Jan
2006
15 Jan
'06
11:53 a.m.
On Sunday 15 January 2006 11:19, Jan Depner wrote:
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Cheers, Gene
People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word
'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's
stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-)
Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above
message by Gene Heskett are:
Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 10:27 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
Choice!
I do a little wood myself but don't seem to be able stick to a project
of late. Thumbhole style gunstocks from a plank are what I unwind
with. But lately, I've been playing with a micromill, running it with
emc from the Brain Dead Install. And definitely feeling the need for a
much larger xy table, along with some real rpms in the spindle,
currently 2500 tops. I'd like to do the rough carving on it due to its
repeatability. But I'd need a 4th axis, lengthwise rotary to do that
'in the round'. Someday, if I don't fall over first from the
inevitable effects of 71 years and counting... :-)
On Sunday 15 January 2006 09:31, Jan Depner
wrote:
I also used to make guitars but I turned my garage/shop into a
studio. Take a look at
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/two_guitars.jpg
The guitar on the left is the first one I made (about 1989). The one
on the right is the one I used for the electric guitar on this
recording.
Mark, et al,
Many thanks for all the feedback (mostly positive). To
paraphrase a familiar quote - with many ears all mixes are easy
;-) I forgot to mention that I used LADSPA effects (not counting
the electric guitar which is through a V-AMP Pro) other than
running the final master mix through a BBE sonic maximizer. I
have taken most everyone's advice and lifted the vocals (dropped
some processing too). Also, a tip of the hat to Dave Phillips for
introducing me to the Versatile Plate Reverb.
The new version is in the same place -
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/katrina.mp3
That addressed all my concerns, great stuff. Thank you for the
effort, and please do some more.
It's mostly the guitar - hand made Jose
Morales classical,
Spanish cedar top, bookmatched rosewood back and sides, hand made
rosette, all wood binding. It's a beautiful instrument. I picked
it up in Granada Spain at Jose Morales' shop in 1978 for $150
(with case ;-) I've played it next to $3000+ Ramirez guitars and
it blows them away. I used a cheap Marshall 603 condenser mic
about a foot away from where the fingerboard meets the body and a
cheap Marshall 2001 about 3 feet away and more towards the bridge.
I used a little Gverb on both sides and some Tape Delay
Simulation on the 603.
I have a friend who made his guitar in high school shop, a solid
body electric of course. Autographed by Johnny Johnson many years
ago. Its a pretty fair sounding piece of maple, but no comparison
to the clarity of your instrument. To paraphrase a nearly 80 year
old acoustic bass player brother-in-law of mine, that guitar is
'tasty stuff'. 
He (the
friend) and about 3 others, another guitar player, a father
& teen aged son trade places on an axe, & a drummer whom I've never
figured out why he isn't doing it professionally, he's that good.
They get together to jam on friday nights, but even on their best
night, theres no comparison to this. Thanks. This one is a
definite keeper.
Many thanks.
But why an mp3, why not a q7 (or higher) ogg?
I made an ogg but a lot of Windoze people have trouble with that
format (even though Winamp and Audacity handle it).