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Domino commented on smojo's group The Brits are coming"Something like huffer recipe?
Sad I missed boxstock due to other commitments, looks like a great time was had by all.."
Domino replied to Grease Stains's discussion Open G Chords; four 4 strings tuned to G-D-G-B or D-G-B-D in the group Greasy's Easy Chords"Here's my version of the various G chords available on GDGB tuning in the first 15 frets. I've limited it to 100% tone chords and what should be movable shapes. I've included inversions so there's between 1 and 8 shapes per…"
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Since i started playing these cbg's i've been wishing i had a chord book. A recent attemp to teach myself music theory gave me the idea to try to share anything i learn to help myself memorize what i've learned, and give ppl a sort of Chord Book. this will be a work in progress, so please be patient!See More
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Satelight Demo
"looks good, sounds good and i like the song you wrote. played it several times. play some more!!!"
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Domino commented on Domino's videoSatelight Demo
"Thanks Wes.
Forgot to mention, it's tuned GDGB. I tried rerecording the pickup settings without boost, but I can blame the camera mike for the issues there - it's not getting enough of the high frequencies to really show the difference…"
Domino commented on Domino's videoSatelight Demo
"Oops.. There's a bit more distortion than I intended. When editing video I thought it was the camera mike being crap, but just noticed I'd accidentally hit the boost button on the amp at some point (probably changing leads from piezo to…"
Domino commented on Domino's blog post Rough cuts and adjustable ideas"Another trip into the box to tweak the electronics. I noticed I was only using very low tone settings, so tested various settings and realized that above 6 or so there was very little difference in tone. So I've added a 1 meg resistor over the…"
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Rough cuts and adjustable ideas
Posted on June 13, 2012 at 9:30am 14 Comments 0 Likes
I finished stripping down the Satellite bass and my boxes arrived. With the guitar in bits I played around holding the neck to the boxes trying to decide the best approach.
Before I saw the boxes I imagined I'd use whichever was the biggest, but once I saw them I changed my mind and decided to use the smallest.
I've a friend David who had…
Outbid on ebay, guess I'll have to build my own.
Posted on June 10, 2012 at 6:24pm 7 Comments 0 Likes
Yeah I tried to shortcut my way into CBGs. But the world had other ideas and I missed out on both the CBGs on ebay I considered getting. I used to have an old kids bass guitar I got given maybe 20 years ago and the last time I saw it was on the basement wall. Hmmm. There's a bookcase there now.
I removed top few shelves of books and tilted the bookshelf and sure enough the guitar was still there on the wall. A bit of gymnastics stood on a stool, tilting a bookshelf and I managed to…
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- At 1:31pm on June 10, 2012,
Henry Strat-o-varius Lowman said… - WILKOMMEN to the cbg madnesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss..., mate! Anarchy out of the box!
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