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  1. JackC

    Guitar envy?

    JackC replied to ChrisL's topic in The Bonfire

    So this is what Pat Metheny gigs look like?
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    Guitar envy?

    JackC replied to ChrisL's topic in The Bonfire

    I am converted, I will immediately go out and buy a set of EMG's and a Mesa triple rec for my ES335. I will then unleash a bastard fusion of Jazz and Thrash Metal upon an unsuspecting world. I will call it Thrazz. It will be awesome.
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    http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1252063,00.html
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    Guitar envy?

    JackC replied to ChrisL's topic in The Bonfire

    Fair enough, it's just my opinion. I'll stick to Bareknuckles though if that's OK.
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    Guitar envy?

    JackC replied to ChrisL's topic in The Bonfire

    Oh OK, I didn't know Feiten did locking nuts. I stand corrected. Yeah, it annoys me too. Personally I just tune so a D major chord really rings which means an A major chord is out of tune on the first string and then damp that string. As soon as you get up the neck a bit, it's not so much of a problem. A Feiten nut is a better way of fixing it though. As for EMG's; if you like them, go for it. Personally I think you could slap actives in a guitar made of MDF and it would sound the same as if you put them in a '59 Les Paul. But if you like them, fill your boots.
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    Guitar envy?

    JackC replied to ChrisL's topic in The Bonfire

    Floyds have a habit of making your guitar go out of tune because the strings can slide through the nut and change the string tension. Usually, you'd put a locking nut on there to stop this but Buzz Feiten presumably doesn't make locking nuts. Instead, locking tuning machines are fitted to stop the tuners from moving. This doesn't stop the string sliding through the nut, so you lube the nut with graphite so the string slides back easily. Some people use roller nuts as a more definate way of doing this but I'll bet Buzz doesn't make those either. I'd put a Feiten nut on a hard tail, but I think the risks outweight the benefits on a Floyd. Your milage may vary.
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    Guitar envy?

    JackC replied to ChrisL's topic in The Bonfire

    Nice. But seriously dude, why EMG's?
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    I dunno, a Vox AC30 is a cracking amp but there aren't that many Marshall's I'd like to own. I'm really not struck on 60's and 70's JTM's and plexis, JCM's are OK though. I built a tube amp not so long back. I left it unplugged for about a week once when I was bug fixing it and there was still 400V floating around on the B+. Bleed off resistors are definately your friend if you don't want to get zapped.
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    One that has no faith in God presumably. What about someone who was fanatical about their politics? Politics is subjective.
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    Yes, I'd say being able to pronounce the word nuclear is very important Personally, I'd vote for whoever I thought was the best person for the job. Religion would only be an issue for me if I thought the candidates beliefs would get in the way of the job. But I'm British so it's only academic really.
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    Well spotted, edited to remove the ambiguity. Thanks
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    It's often said that an atheist would never get in as president of the USA. I was wondering if this was true.
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    After the $12 billion in cash that the US government shipped to Iraq and then lost, I'd be more worried about us arming insurgents.
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    Dude, nasa use c*f=dp/dt not f=m*a. The one thing you need to take into account when designing rockets is all the mass you eject out the back. If you really are trying to get a degree in this stuff, you'd do well to listen to Kallend and not argue the toss with him because it seems to me that you really don't know what your talking about.
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    Stop bullshitting then. Bollocks. Here's the actual law. Note the exceptions - antiques, starter pistols, signals equipment etc. Post one of these sources then. Here are a bunch of references that say 160,000 (the actual number was 162,198 from the governments own publications department). http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo980903/text/80903w04.htm www.publications.parliament.uk/ pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo970609/text/70609-03.htm dvc.org.uk/dunblane/ www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A11103580 thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=14752003 www.gun-control-network.org/A009.htm www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/news/06/0630/brief.shtml No you didn't, you said "4% of Brits owned guns prior to their confiscation in 1997" which is a big fat fucking lie. Less than 0.3% had guns confiscated. You even have the neck to lie about stuff you said on the last page! Blah blah fucking blah. You're full of crap.
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    And how many other life bearing planets do we know of to compare with? Yeah, a really compelling argument. Not.
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    I've never heard of the guy but apparently he's a Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. He's very well published and looks to be one of the foremost experts in structural engineering. It should be a very interesting lecture, I'd go for sure.
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    That is a blatant lie and I've called you on it before citing government sources. There were 160,000 guns confiscated in 1997. Another lie. In 1997 the UK population was 58 million. Even at your lie of 1.5 million guns, assuming each one was owned by a different person, that makes 2.6%. The ACTUAL figure was 0.3%. Your constant barrage of bullshit is not fucking funny. You are blatantly just making this shit up.
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    False. I desire to prove that square-circles exist. They don't since circles cannot simultaneously be square. Ha. Next.
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    False. I desire to prove a negative. Satisfaction for that desire does not exist but I do. Edit: I desire to prove I'm not non-existant. Since I exist I have proven I am not non-existant and have therefore proved a negative. Shit. Back to the drawing board.
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    From my point, fame has nothing to do with anything. If Flew (or anyone else for that matter) had a valid point, I'd take notice. But alas he [Flew] doesn't, so I won't.
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    Quit pushing the guys buttons and learn some chemistry and you'll do a lot better. They don't call it "reading for a degree" for nothing. If you did that, you'd know how accurate carbon dating is.
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    Junkscience.com is a quack site. Steven J. Milloy is a journalist not a scientist and he's paid by Exxonmobil and tobacco giant Philip Morris. He claims dioxin, pesticides in foods, environmental lead, asbestos, secondhand tobacco smoke and global warming are all "scares" and "scams". Not that you'll take any notice.
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    http://www.sciam.com/page.cfm?section=sidebar&articleID=0004F43C-DC1A-1C6E-84A9809EC588EF21
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    No I didn't, I asked what the other causes were. You jumped to the conclusion that I think it's all human caused and implied I wasn't doing enough. Yes you stay on the fence, that way you can avoid any responsibility. I'm done.