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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts 
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On Jun 27, 2017, slowkneenuh wrote: As a corporation, at least in recent years, Gibson was / is a jerk. Google it if you care. Several times it was voted 'worst company to work for in the United States by its employees'. There is even an old thread devoted to it in this very forum.
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1777 Posts
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Years ago when I was in Peter Frampton’s band, we visited the Gibson Guitar premises. I remember Peter was highly amused when our “tour guide” introduced himself as Richard Head.
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AceOfJokers New user 65 Posts
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Anyone remember jaw harps? Are they still even made?
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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On Jul 3, 2017, AceOfJokers wrote: Yes, they are still made and used, and are only called "jaw harps" by the politically correct. Meanwhile, you are spamming this forum without gaining any posts toward your coveted 50. You realize that, right? Your post count doesn't go up when posting here. Wanna stay a while and join us for a discussion? You are welcome. Wanna boost your post count with talk of "jaw harps" in a thread about electric guitars?  Just go spam this forum instead: http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewf......5&423380
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AceOfJokers New user 65 Posts
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On Jul 3, 2017, stoneunhinged wrote: The discussion was about the 'slow secret death' of electric guitars. My question was merely about the possible 'slow secret death' of jaw harps, which seems reasonable to me. I don't see you jumping down the throats of people mentioning ukeleles, so why me? If this is your idea of 'conversation' you can keep it. |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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I'm not jumping down your throat. I'm criticizing you for spamming this forum.
You have posted in a dozen threads here in "Not Very Magical Still" in the last few hours, and I suspect you want to boost your post count. Yes, I am accusing you. Yes, I probably seem unfriendly for accusing you. But I guess that you are trying to reach fifty posts so that you can get to the unbelievable secrets in the secret forums, and if I'm wrong I will apologize in a month or two after you have shown that you want to join our conversations rather than boost your post count. My name is Jeff. I'm a lecturer at the University of Göttingen. I play the banjo and have a wife and four kids--one of my own, and three step-kids. I like to use pencils and clipboards and I keep a hammer on my desk. I'm not a magician, but most of my online friends are. We come here to chat and brag and play chess and complain about Gibson. Everybody is welcome, but we prefer friendliness to SPAMMING OUR FORUM. Hope you understand. |
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1777 Posts
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I’m with Jeff on this. New Café Members often think they can quickly reach 50 posts by adding meaningless comments in the NVMS section. As soon as they realize it does not increase their point count, they usually disappear.
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts
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I read the article with great interest. Kind of like being in an episode of the Twilight Zone. It was just so unreal, but facts are facts.
It brings me back to Segovia and how he thought that an electric guitar was not a real guitar. (Snob). I hope he wasn't right and that the electric doesn't die out in favor of the classical guitar. Because I love them both. I play classical guitar on an electric with nylion strings and a classical fingerboard. To me, ALL guitars are worthy. Anyway, no matter what happens, I have over one hundred albums that I can listen to by a certain Mr Atkins in multiple muscal styles from Bach to rock and every stop in between, that prove that in the right hands, that is, in the hands of a true master, the electric is a beautiful and venerable instrument worthy of being with us for a long, long time. I pray that will be so.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts
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Oil paints seem to be in use today - as are pencils, charcoal, and watercolors. Fads come and go. Don't fret that the dance hall is dead just because fewer folks are learning the mashed potato.
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1777 Posts
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I’m primarily a keyboard player but I’ve always doubled on guitar. Had my trusty Fender Telecaster since 1980 (actually it replaced an older one which was lost in a plane crash while on tour with Peter Frampton). Got rid of a lot of other gear when I downsized my studio a few years ago. But recently I’ve invested in some other handy guitars: A Squier Bullet Strat, an Ibanez Hollow Body, a Cordoba nylon string acoustic, a Yamaha acoustic-electric, and an Ibanez Short-Scale Bass.
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts
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Ssounds like an awesome collection!! Chet used to have a guitar room in his Nashville home, where he displayed his plethora of guitars of every persuasion.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts
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Hi Arthur, could/would you describe what's different about composing or playng music on those different instruments?
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rockwall Special user 762 Posts
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On Jul 3, 2017, stoneunhinged wrote: You seem a bit cranky today Jeff. Are you now an unofficial "Not very magical" moderator? spam verb gerund or present participle: spamming send the same message indiscriminately to (large numbers of recipients) on the Internet. I just checked his posts here. Most seemed on topic. (A slight veering off the main topic here but that's hardly unusual) Hardly what I would call "spamming". He's new to the Café. Maybe he just discovered "Not very magical" and was going through all the posts and thought he would comment on them. Instead, he discovered a decidedly unfriendly member. and btw, I thought Jew Harp was the un-pc name for the instrument. Why would Jaw harp be un-pc? And why exactly is jew harp un pc? Simply because of the word jew in it? How did it come by that name? Is it an instrument used predominantly by jewish people? Jaw harp certainly seems to make more sense since it is held in the jaw but I'll admit, the name I heard when I was a kid was jew harp but I never connected that with the Jewish people for some reason. |
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1777 Posts
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On Jul 3, 2017, Jonathan Townsend wrote: Jonathan, I wanted to cover all bases with my purchases. So each of the guitars I purchased its own unique sound. Fender and Gibson are probably the oldest and most commonly used guitar manufacturers, but there are many more. But each company also makes and sells various different models of their own brand. And each of these individual models have their own distinct sound. For example, my Fender Telecaster provides a different sound than say, a Fender Stratocaster. I’ve used my Tele mostly for rock, pop, and funk applications. My new Squier Strat gives me a lot more options for other musical textures. Plus it has a “whammy bar”, which is very useful for vibrato, “dive-bombs”, and other special effects. The Ibanez hollow-body is modeled on a Gibson style, and I bought it specifically for a mellow jazz style of playing. However, with suitable amplifications and effects, it will also allow me to mimic a Gibson Les Paul guitar sound. Of the others I purchased, the Cordoba is an acoustic nylon string guitar, which means it’s suited to classical, Brazilian or Latin music (but it’s a sound which has also occasionally been used in pop recordings). The Yamaha acoustic-electric is a steel string acoustic guitar which also has a pickup. This means I have the ability to record it via microphone, or plugged directly into my mixing board. I’ll use this for pop, rock and country styles. And finally, the tone of the Ibanez bass guitar is flexible enough to sound like an electric bass or an acoustic upright bass. |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts
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Jew's harp was what we used to call it around here. Ever have one of those things hit you in the teeth? Wooo-eeee. That'll have you cursing in front of the rabbi and the priest in a heartbeat.
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1777 Posts
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Jew's Harp Boogie:
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[quote]On Jul 3, 2017, arthur stead wrote:
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On Jul 3, 2017, Jonathan Townsend wrote: Thought I'd qualify this before somebody flips their lid: Fender and Gibson are probably the oldest and most commonly used ELECTRIC guitar manufacturers ... Thank you and goodnight! |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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Wikipedia has a surprisingly interesting article on the Jew's Harp.
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History A few of you may recognize the name Marin Mersenne, whose main fame lies outside of music 
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts
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That Mersenne? Did I get his number?
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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On Jul 3, 2017, rockwall wrote: Maybe I was. As I said, I'll apologize later if he comes back and joins us in discussions. |
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