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http://chrisbsmusic.com 401 943 2520 Cranston, Rhode Island [email protected] Hope all is well, this issue is a good one! Please forward to your musician friends, we appreciate it! IN THIS ISSUE ASK THE EXPERT ------------------ FIXING FRET BUZZ ------------------ STAYING IN TUNE ------------------ REFINISHING YOUR GUITAR ------------------ TAB SITE ------------------ KORN TAB SITE ------------------ SITE UPDATES ------------------ TAKAMINE CALL FOR INFO? ------------------ BEST BAND ON THE NET' ------------------ VIOLINS AT THE NORTH POLE ------------------- HOW TO BUY AN ELECTRIC -------------------- A LITTLE CHAT WITH LIMPBIZKIT -------------------- JEM FOR SALE -------------------- FREE E MAIL -------------------- WHOLE NOTE GUITAR COMMUNITY ASK THE EXPERT Guitar.com has a great resource entitled "Ask the Expert" You can e mail questions in to pro guitar techs and see the response the following month. This month features Cheryl Crow's Guitar Tech with some great information to keep your guitar in top shape. http://guitar.com/columns/viewcolumn.asp?columnID=5 ------------------------------- FIXING FRET BUZZ From guitarsite.com a good article dealing with a very common problem http://www.GuitarSite.com/guitar_FAQ.htm#BUZZ ------------------------------- STAYING IN TUNE QUESTION: How can I keep my axe in tune? MYTH: Use an electronic tuner and it will be fine. SOLUTION: They are a few basic rules to observe when trying to achieve stable tuning. 1) Make sure your strings are properly stretched. Don't expect to put on a new set of strings, tune up and be ready to go. They need to be stretched to hold proper tuning. Pull or tug at the strings until you can tune them to pitch and have them stay there. An electronic tuner aids this process because it offers an easy reference for tuning. Additionally, change your strings periodically - don't go six months without changing them. Old strings never stay in tune. 2) The nut is also very important. A badly cut nut will be a never ending source of problems for tuning. The nut should fit the string gauge you use properly to stay in tune. If it is too , the string will be pinched and won't stay in tune when bent or played. The string will end up playing flat. If the nut slot is too big, then the string may snap out of the slot completely. So if staying tune seems impossible, one thing to check out is the nut. 3) Good tuners can help staying in tune. Cheap or inexpensive tuners may not hold the string properly and make precise tuning impossible. However, more often than not the tuning machines are working properly, so only check them if all else fails. 4) Good tuning technique is absolutely necessary. Yes, there is a technique to it. Always approach the correct pitch from below. In other words, go from flat to the correct pitch not sharp to the correct pitch. If you are tuning the 'B' string, don't down tune down to the 'B' but rather make sure you are flat and slowly tune up until on pitch. If you happen to over tighten and go sharp, put the string flat and bring it up to pitch again. This helps the string get wrapped properly to hold its pitch better. Article from: GuitarTrader.com Newsletter http://www.GuitarTrader.com --------------------------------- REFINISHING YOUR GUITAR Some good tips here:http://www.GuitarSite.com/newsletters/990412/1.shtml?nl55 ---------------------------------- A NICE NEW TAB SITE http://www.cagtp.com/ ----------------------------------- WANT KORN TAB? http://members.tripod.com/~ThaBignig/PHATKORNOGRAPHY.html ---------------------------------- SITE UPDATES FOR CHRIS B'S MUSIC our music news page, updated Fridays http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Office/3483/news.html guitar encyclopedia, a great list of links covering just about everything....let us know if you have one we can add http://chrisbsmusic.com/chrisbsmusicinc/guiten.html An update on Ibanez Players...Korn, LimpBizkit, Vai...etc... http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Office/3483/artists.html Ibanez Review of the Month ibanez of month http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Office/3483/ibanezofmonth.html Songwriting Resources http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Office/3483/musicians.html Tab Directory http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Office/3483/tab.html ------------------------- TAKAMINE INFO One of our subscribers is trying to find info on the Takamine GX-100 Thank you for your reply on my GX-100. I actually looked it up in the Orion Blue Book, and , like you said, it does not appear valueable......but it is to me! It plays like a dream, DiMarzio pickups, neck-thru, Gibson scale....I love it. (Plus I'm an 80's maniac and a big fan of Takamine). I am the Store Manager of MARS Music here in Charlotte, NC. I aquired this guitar used for only $100.00 and then bought it for myself. Thanks again. Any Help:reply to [email protected] ------------------------ BEST BAND ON THE NET The Best Band On The Net is a promotion to find the best unsigned band, using the power of the Internet to bring artists and listeners together. Best Band 99 brings leading musical instrument companies together with digital music distribution companies to offer thousands of dollars in prizes. This year's sponsors are Bass Player, Paiste, Hamer, Toca, MP3-Go, SWR, TKL, Yamaha, Telex, Ovation, Lee Oskar, Takamine, Evans, Berklee Press, Fostex, Vater, DRUM!, NewTech Music, Jazziz, Gibraltar, Guitar Player, D'Addario, Keyboard and SEIKO. The Celebrity Artist Judges for Best Band 99 represent a cross selection of musical jandra: Sheila E, Alex Acuna, Elton John band guitarists Davey Johnstone and John Jorgenson, and Tom Dumont of No Doubt. Kaman Music's Marketing Manager, Alex Fraser, commented: "Last year we had over 1 million visitors to BestBand.com and through a combination of on-line balloting and judging from our Celebrity Artists, we were able to select the group Zuba as the Best Band On The Net. This year we are able to offer the ultimate Best Band with a record deal from the true digital music label, NewTech Music, one of the RealAudio JukeBox sites. Best Band 99 will utilize the MP3 digital music format which will make it very easy for bands to submit their original material. Our media sponsors will be posting material which will be educational in nature with the goal of helping aspiring bands succeed in the industry. MP3 is currently the hottest topic in both the music and Internet communities and we feel that with our strategic alliances this year, we should see traffic exceed 5 million visitors." Another new feature of this year's Best Band On The Net contest is a pool of prizes for early entrants. Each of the first 60 bands to fully register and submit their song will receive a string pack from D'Addario, a box of Vater drumsticks, an Evans drumhead prepack and 2 autographed harmonicas from Lee Oskar. And from Berklee Press, a copy of their new book, The Self Promoting Musician, Strategies for Independent Music Success. This book is a good resource for navigating the music business. Ovation will provide one of these bands with a bonus prize of a 1998 Collectors guitar. BestBand.com is now accepting entries through the month of October. The contest format is simple. Bands will register and upload material from August through October. On-line voting begins November 1st and runs through mid December. The top 10 bands will be determined by a tally of all the votes cast on the site. Our Celebrity Artist Judges will listen to the finalists and construct their votes, with the Best Band On The Net announced at Los Angeles NAMM 2000. To register your band in Best Band on the Net '99, visit http://come.to/Chris-Bs ------------------------ VIOLINS AT THE NORTH POLE One of our customers took some of our violins to the Arctic Circle, interesting what a small world this really is: Trimble Gilbert came to the American Festival of Fiddletunes. He is from north of the Arctic circle, lives in a town without running water with about 200 inhabitants, called Arctic Village. They still live off the land! He is an Athabascan Indian(Gwich'in). At fiddletunes,He represented a 150 year old tradition of fiddlemusic that apparently came over with the french canadian trappers. But the Gwich'in indians took the music and changed it. It's got an incredible drum-like beat all through the music. And they dance their own dances to the music. They play fiddle and guitar. There was an article about this kind of music in the last issue of fiddler . Well, anyway, while he was here, he mentioned he was trying to get music into the schools, the little kids were interested in learning his music, but the school could not afford to buy them. I am in a band, and have always considered my band earnings (pretty meager) as mad money because I also have a full time job. So I told Trimble I'd use some of my band money to get instruments for his school (Yukon Flats School) I bought a half sized fiddle from Chris B's music, and a 3/4 sized fiddle from a local shop. Then people brought me about 5 fullsized fiddles, and from them I traded and got more 3/4 sized and 1/2 sized fiddles. I've only shipped 2 instruments to Arctic village so far, there are 3 that need repairs. A local luthier (Barry Schultz) has donated his labor FREE to repair these instruments! So when these are all fixed, I have a great big box to send to arctic village. People (and two music stores) have donated bows, cases, strings, shoulder rests, and of course, instruments. All in all, this is what I have: 2 1/2 sized, 4 3/4 sized, 2 full sized. all with bows and cases and maybe I am 1 rosin short. We think this is enough (Trimble thought so) the only place I am deficient is I don't have any extra sets of strings for the smaller sized instruments. So now you know the REST of the story Mimi ---------------------------- GOOD ARTICLE ON BUYING AN ELECTRIC http://guitar.com/columns/viewcolumn.asp?columnID=1 ----------------------------- A LITTLE CHAT WITH LIMPBIZKIT http://guitar.com/features/viewfeature.asp?featureID=1 ----------------------------- JEM FOR SALE One of our subscribers has a nice JEM for sale, Re: '91JEM VBK For Sale or Trade e mail [email protected] for more info ------------------------- SUMMER NAMM GUITAR ACCESSORIES NAMM is the National Association of Music Merchants, which we are proud to be a member of. Their yearly shows are where everything new in gear is introduced. harmony central has a nice report on some cool guitar accessories from the Summer show. http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/SNAMM99/Articles/Guitar-Accessories1.html ---------------------- WHOLE NOTE This is probably the best constructed interactive site for guitar instruction and resources I have seen on the net....visit our friends at: http://itp.nyu.edu/wholenote/splash.asp ------------------------ SEE YOU IN OCTOBER. PS...WE HAVE RG 7620 AND 7621 IN STOCK, THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST THESE WILL BE AROUND IN 99, E MAIL OR CALL FOR INFO. |
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