Re: double neck guitar and bass

[Jeff Duke <echo177@bellsouth.net>]

What kind of  plug in is that  Aaroneous? I,m game but would like to know 
what Dr Net is first.
fellow loop addict, jeff

AaroneousAG@aol.com wrote:

> Hey Loop-Addicts!
>
>     I just ordered my very first Doubleneck Guitar and bass!!  It's an 
>SG style 1976 Starfield with the Bass at the top.  I started out playing 
>bass, then moved to guitar later, so this reflects my preferences as well 
>as how high I generally hang each instrument . . . I can't wait, because 
>instrument switching has been my one hang up with looping . . . It's cool 
>to jump to keys after laying a guitar line (just letting the guitar hang 
>there Springsteen style), but taking off a guitar and strapping on a bass 
>has always been a distracting time waster . . . I had an upright bass set 
>upright to jump onto, but those don't sound so good when going into a 
>digital loop praser (they need a preamp of some kind before going in) and 
>it's huge and impractical . . . Now, I can lay a bass line, then guitar, 
>then keys, then lead, then scratch, when the bass starts to fade, do a 
>funkier bass, then solo, then bang stuff, squeeze rubber duckies, or make 
>armpit farts into the mike (try it!) . . . !
> !
> I am so totally psyched this is
>
> gonna be VERY cool . . . I've been fantasizing about having one for 
>quite some time, but they're rare or custom made, so usually expensive 
>(mine was just $445 on Ebay, thought :-)) . . . I do have one concern, 
>however . . . with my shaved head, people might confuse me for Elliot 
>Sharp (or, worse, an Elliot Sharp WANNABE)!!!!  No offense, Mr. "Downtown 
>is more than just a zipcode" . . .
>
> Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else had a Guit-bass or something 
>similar, what they prefer to have on top or bottom, what kinds they have, 
>and the like!  Also, I thought you all should check this out:
>
> http://www.musicyo.com/product_specs.asp?pf_id=189
>
> I personally can't stand Steinbergers, but it's a pretty cheap (although 
>sold out at the moment) Guit/Bass Doubleneck and the white one with the 
>black trim doesn't look THAT bad (read: not quite so 80's dinner theatre 
>metal)
>
> Lastly, everyone interested in the possibilities inherent in random 
>instrumentation should check out the Beck-flavored tour de force known as 
>Self's new album
> "Gizmodgery"
>
> http://www.spongebathrec.com/
>
>  -  The album is done entirely using Toy Instruments (Muppet Show Drums, 
>Pianosaurus, Plastic Guitars, Sears Student Bass, Doll Voice Boxes, Speak 
>and Spells, Micro Jammer Drum Machines, and so on)!!  You'd think it 
>would sound lo fi, but with the aid of samplers, studio tricks, and a lot 
>of love, the instrumentation is only Overtly noticeable when it is meant 
>to be . . . If you didn't tell someone what it took to make it, most 
>people wouldn't know, with the occasional Cindy Speaks samples and cheasy 
>"drum fill" button solos aside.  Kind of makes you wish you hadn't speant 
>$3600 on your custom made Koa guitar with active electronics and midi 
>pickups, doesn't it? . . . .
>
>            Love,
>
>                Aaroneous
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