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I can't recomend this magazine enough. It's my favourite publication. bIz ------------ groovetronica.com - "The beats are ok, I suppose, but the vocals sound like some vintage jazz singer from my dad's record collection. Definitely not for me." ------------ Are you still here? The message is over. Shoo! Go away! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Squid Loop" <tentacle_joe@yahoo.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 1:14 PM Subject: Re: LINE 6 VARIAX > http://www.tapeop.com/ > > You can order back issues. The one you want is #34 but > while you are there why don't you get a free > subscription .. it's a great publication. You won't > get #34 but you can order that one for a small fee. > > The interview is with JD Foster. > > > --- Louie Angulo <laab2000us@yahoo.com> wrote: > > This would definetly interest me, do you have a > > link? > > Louie > > --- Squid Loop <tentacle_joe@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Yeah in the last issue of Tape Op his producer > > talks > > > about his choice of guitars and having to make 'em > > > sound good :) > > > > > > > > > --- Louie Angulo <laab2000us@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Wow,really? he has such a fat tone on those Cds > > i > > > > swore it was something sofisticated like a > > > Gretsch.I > > > > also saw him in switzerland playing with a lne6 > > > DL4 > > > > but he didnīt do much looping. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Squid Loop <tentacle_joe@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > Mark Ribot likes to use cheap Sears guitars on > > > his > > > > > records because of the challenge of playing > > one > > > of > > > > > those things ... he used one on the first > > > > Prostetic > > > > > Cubans cd. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Paul <paulrichard10@attbi.com> wrote: > > > > > > << relatively low quality, -to me at least, > > > that > > > > > > impacts the general quality > > > > > > of the > > > > > > instrument, which, incidentally, IS, a strat > > > > copy, > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Totally irrelevant. Heck, my first guitar > > was > > > a > > > > > > cheap Harmony. Years later, > > > > > > my nephew inheirited the ax and he was using > > > it > > > > > > while playing with his band. > > > > > > > > > > > > I've often wanted to buy one of the cheapest > > > > > guitars > > > > > > at a mail order joint > > > > > > just to see what I could do with it. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Goddess" <thefates@earthlink.net> > > > > > > To: <loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com> > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 1:46 AM > > > > > > Subject: Re: LINE 6 VARIAX > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Whether the statement is accurate is > > > > anyone's > > > > > > guess; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually no, it's not anyone's guess. > > > > > > -Considering that it has a bit > > > > > > of > > > > > > > trouble staying in tune, and most of the > > > > > hardware > > > > > > on it is relatively low > > > > > > > quality, -to me at least, that impacts the > > > > > general > > > > > > quality of the > > > > > > > instrument, which, incidentally, IS, a > > strat > > > > > copy, > > > > > > according to the > > > > > > > line-6 rep. -or at least the model that > > > he'd > > > > > > demoed with some of the > > > > > > > employees at the store where I teach, was. > > > > > > This > > > > > > is why I'm concerned. > > > > > > > -With issues like that, the modeling just > > > > > doesn't > > > > > > justify spending that > > > > > > > kind of money to me. -That's all... > > > -just > > > > my > > > > > > opinion, and perhaps they > > > > > > > will, or have already upgraded the guitar. > > > > > > > -It's > > > > > > certainly possible. > > > > > > > I'll still try one for myself... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Smiles, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cara > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 03:47 PM 5/21/03 -0400, you wrote: > > > > > > > ><< what I know from co-workers who've > > > tried > > > > > it, > > > > > > is basically a really > > > > > > cheap > > > > > > > >strat >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >But.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Whether the statement is accurate is > > > anyone's > > > > > > guess; i.e. that there's a > > > > > > 50% > > > > > > > >cost in the guitar end and a 50% cost in > > > the > > > > > > software/hardware/development > > > > > > > >end (per the article on the Variax in > > > Guitar > > > > > > Player). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >However, there are some nice axes > > available > > > > now > > > > > > in the approx. $500 price > > > > > > > >range. I bought a PRS Santana for $499 > > > which > > > > is > > > > > > really well-made for the > > > > > > > >price point. I also bought a close out of > > a > > > > > > Jackson DK-2S with the > > > > > > Sustainer > > > > > > > >for $399. Again, pretty nicely made and > > > > decked > > > > > > out for 4 big ones. > > > > > > 'Course, > > > > > > > >if it's a $149 item, that's another > > story. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Regarsd, Paul > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > >From: "Goddess" <thefates@earthlink.net> > > > > > > > >To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > > > > > > > >Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 2:08 PM > > > > > > > >Subject: Re: LINE 6 VARIAX > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> What bothers me about this though, is > > > > that > > > > > > the guitar itself, from > > > > > > what > > > > > > > >I > > > > > > > >> know from co-workers who've tried it, > > is > > > > > > basically a really cheap > > > > > > strat, > > > > > > > >> and if I'm going to spend that kind of > > > > money > > > > > > for an instrument, <smile> > > > > > > > >> it better be a nice one! lol! -just > > > my > > > > > > thoughts... > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> Smiles, > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> Cara > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> At 11:54 AM 5/21/03 EDT, you wrote: > > > > > > > >> >In a message dated 5/21/03 3:25:51 AM > > > > > Eastern > > > > > > Daylight Time, > > > > > > > >> >laab2000us@yahoo.com writes: > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > So how much are this sweeties? > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > louie.....they (GP) said street price > > > > will > > > > > be > > > > > > about $999.00.....i was > > > > > > > >> >surprised by the very positive reviews > > > on > > > > > both > > > > > > accounts and the talk > > > > > > of > > > > > > > >> >expandability in the near future, > > > ability > > > > to > > > > > > download new models > > > > > > (sounds) > > > > > > > >> >into the variax and directly connect > > to > > > a > > > === message truncated === > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! 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