Re: Re: screaming guitar

[KILLINFO@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/11/98 11:46:14 PM, you wrote:

>This may be old hat for you guys but I discovered I could get a sound on
>my Chapman Stick by blowing on the pickups.  Now it's kind of awkward to
>try to play my Stick while blowing on a pickup; it puts me in weird
>positions and I'm sure anyone who sees me would think I'm performing
>a perverted oral activity on my Stick.

Something that works better sound-wise for me but with perhaps a little 
less
theatrical appeal are those compressed air cans that you can readily buy at
radio shack (and elsewhere) to blow the dust from sensitive electronic 
parts.
They usually come with a thin plastic tube that inserts into the 
nozzle--very
handy for precise aiming at whatever portion of the strings you care to 
blow
on. Somewhere around the 12th fret usually works better for me.

Ted