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Offline NUKE

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« Reply #15 on: December 16, 2005, 12:13:52 AM »
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http://cnx.rice.edu/content/m11638/latest/
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/papers/uses-math/music/
http://www.musicmasterworks.com/WhereMathMeetsMusic.html



Musical theory is math, kind of. Musical talent and creativity have little to do with math.

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« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2005, 12:29:48 AM »
Tom Scholz also graduated from MIT and made most of Boston's electronic equipment.

Golfer, another thing that may be a problem is the bridge.  When I first got my Alvarez, it had 14s on it, which are too big for my preferences.  So, I bought a set of Elixir 12s and had the same problem.  So, I just placed some shims under the bridge to raise it up a hair and it worked out fine.

These shims were very thin pieces of plastic that I cut from a sheet.  The sheet was about .5mm thick I think.  I just took the bridge piece and traced it, then cut along the line on the inside and cut it out.  Took the plastic, slipped it in the bridge and placed the bridge tailpiece over it.  Worked like a charm!

Also, as Skilless said, strings pull on the neck and bend it slightly.  With the lower guage strings, the bend wouldn't be as great and it may cause the strings to vibrate somewhere along the neck.

A good thing to test to see if there is any fretbuzz is to capo at the first fret, then fret at the twelfth.  You should be able to fit a standard 3x5 notecard inbetween the fret and the string.  If you cannot do that, you may want to consider raising the action.


And, from what I know, Axle Rose did NOT play guitar. :p
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« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2005, 12:45:08 AM »
The nut isnt' damaged, nirvana.  Read the posts man!  :)

What I've got here is something I saw my buddy do when he played a song in Drop D.

"Everlong" by foo fighters comes to mind.  I couldn't bear to listen to it because the guy could sing...but couldn't play a friggin guitar.  He'd buzzzzzzZZZzzzZZZzz and I'd want to take tinsnips to his strings and send his pretty nice Ibanez through a wood hcipper.

I think it's a combination of needing the guitar to be tuned in what I like to call "Whack D Flat" for the specific song and the new extra light strings.  I tuned it back up to standard and it was still there.  Dammit man!

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« Reply #18 on: December 16, 2005, 12:53:02 AM »
Speaking of Guitars.

Im sitting here watchin the "Eagles Farewel Tour I"

Does it astound anyone else how Joe Walsh can make playing the guitar look like its the simplest thing in the world to do next to breathing? LOL
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« Reply #19 on: December 16, 2005, 12:57:20 AM »
Most pro guitarists Ive seen can do that.  Then when I go to do it, I only embarrass myself horribly.  But yes, the pros do have the ability to take something extremely difficult and blow through it like a warmup.

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« Reply #20 on: December 16, 2005, 01:03:15 AM »
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Speaking of Guitars.

Im sitting here watchin the "Eagles Farewel Tour I"

Does it astound anyone else how Joe Walsh can make playing the guitar look like its the simplest thing in the world to do next to breathing? LOL


Just finished watching the same thing.  Brother walked into the room and left simply with the words "they're sweet"

Yep.  That about sums it up.

That's easily the 5th time I've watched it including when it was live. (live on tv)

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« Reply #21 on: December 16, 2005, 01:11:46 AM »
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Most pro guitarists Ive seen can do that.  Then when I go to do it, I only embarrass myself horribly.  But yes, the pros do have the ability to take something extremely difficult and blow through it like a warmup.


No I was looking at the rest of the band too. They all sounded great, They all were playing and all looked like they were having fun doing it. But Walsh looked like well,, like it was absurdy easy. It was like he was on another level altogether
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« Reply #22 on: December 16, 2005, 01:13:25 AM »
Sweet.  I'll have to pick it up sometime and watch it.  Unfortunately I missed the live airing.

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« Reply #23 on: December 16, 2005, 01:56:30 AM »
Get yourself a set of BLUE STEEL strings...Best sounding acoustic
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« Reply #24 on: December 16, 2005, 06:44:59 AM »
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Musical theory is math, kind of. Musical talent and creativity have little to do with math.
You are missing the point.  People who have an innate ability in music, will also translate that ability to math (if they choose to), and vice-versa.  The thought processes are virtually the same.

As far as the creation of music, not all mathematicians are Einstein's either.  Most studio musicians could not write a lick of music from scratch, but they read and play well.  To play well, you still have to have the ability to understand music.  Whether that understanding is derived from a natural ability or learned through education, you will find that person also is very good at math (if they choose to go that route).

Writting music is a logical and structured process.  It is an abstract math.  Creativity is another layer on top of it all.  Most people in the music/math industry are not visionaries and cannot create.  It does not mean they are not good at what they do.
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« Reply #25 on: December 16, 2005, 08:18:19 AM »
I just did a Google on "Musical Math"  ....
Results 1 - 10 of about 8,350,000 for Musical Math. (0.14 seconds)

Whoa!!!!

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« Reply #26 on: December 16, 2005, 08:34:33 AM »
Did you put quotes areound it? If not, you got every page that had "musical" and "math" in it no matter where they were compared to the other. :D
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« Reply #27 on: December 16, 2005, 09:41:01 AM »
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Did you put quotes areound it? If not, you got every page that had "musical" and "math" in it no matter where they were compared to the other. :D


No quotes... just   Musical Math

Try it.

Skuzz is right...   Link

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« Reply #28 on: December 16, 2005, 10:36:42 AM »
Truss rod in neck counter balances string tension.  Lighter strings, less tension. Truss rod adjustment nut usual requires an allan wrench and can be located through the hole or under the plastic cover at the top of the neck. Lefty loosey…
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« Reply #29 on: December 16, 2005, 11:09:39 AM »
Check your truss road adjustment.
If there is a bow in the kneck it will contact the strings and make em buzz.
Also check the nutt and make sure the strings fit in it correctly" this happends alot when you change to bigger strings".

And try out some john pierce strings.