jrkirkish

UPDATE The chick emailed me back: Hi Sorry for the delay. Thank you very much for your interest! I had received such an inquiry asking if subharmonics is possible on the guitar. In order to generate such a forced vibration, one needs to sustain the string oscillation I think. So if you use something like E-bow ?? it might be possible! Try it!! The attack has very little to do with it, I think. About the bow position question, it is a bit YES, it does depend on the where you put your bow. BUT, when you put rosin, or a new string, that 'magic location' changes. SO it's all relative which makes it very difficult to perform on demand. The "twisted strings" is something entirely different---I had done an experiment taking off the string out of the violin, twisting it, then putting them back on, and the result on my subharmonics was quite extraordinary getting more strange intervals. I had published about it --- I should really update my subharmonics links shortly.... I wrote an article on STRINGS magazine aug/sept 2000, and if you have access to a library there is an article about the 'twisted string' on a discontinued publication called Journal of New Music Research. If you go to my website you can find the links. Again thank you for your note and best of luck cheers mk

Beat frequencies? That's what I'm thinking. Just getting the beats so fast that they sound like a tone. here's the email I sent to her: I have just stumbled upon your wikipedia page, and am curious; could your subharmonic technique be applied to guitar, specifically electric guitar? Yes, I know, it's probably the least respected instrument (yet most outrageously popular, ironically) there is, but aside from piano - and not going all john cage on my baby grand - it's the only one I can play. Is your technique dependent on the position of the bow relative to the string? I would assume it would be, as it seems you're creating very fast 'beats' - so fast they would be perceived as musical notes, if that makes any sense. You say that the subharmonics like 'twisted strings;' I assume that this means wound strings, correct? Have you ever tried this pizzicato, or is that not possible? Have musicians of any other instruments besides violin asked you about this? If this is not possible with a plectrum, I will probably try this with an E-Bow, But the attack on that is very slow. Is a hard attack absolutely necessary? I think I have somewhat of a grasp on how this is done, although I will have to dig out my copy of On the Sensation of Tone to re-read and get my head around this.

Alright, there's this concert violinist that can play subharmonics. Yeah, yeah, everybody can zakking play harmonics, but these are pitches lower than the open string. No, I don't know how she does it. Anyone heard of this for guitar? Here's some web sites I've been able to dig up on this violinist. On archive.org some blog I'm going to find some contact information for her, and shoot her an email.

RE-201 Space echo, no issues, $650. Mr. Weems doesn't want it, for some reason. I suggest you check out this thread and see what's up. I'm looking to clear this out rapidly, so first person that PMs me that can paypal me $650 can have it. Edit: SOLD! Who's the lucky HCFXer?

Bbreaker, why bother with the Billy Joe Armstrong sig?

Hey jrkirkish, I have the same desk! I'm currently typing this from that desk!!! I recently took the 'riser' off to make more room... Sounds counter intuitive, but it works better for me. $150 at staples, right?

A larger panorama... not including the digi 003 rack, etc... shown here:

There are two ways to put a truss rod in a neck. First option is to route a slot for the rod, and covering that up with a fingerboard. The second option is to route a slot from the back of the neck, i.e. the skunk stripe. Interesting to note that in these cases, the neck is made up of 2 parts, therefore there is no such thing as a one piece neck with a truss rod. The depth of the route varies. I would check out the instillation instructions that came with the rod, but a good rule of thumb for installing a truss rod in a neck with a seperate fingerboard is to have the truss rod sit pretty even with the gluing surface of the fingerboard, though I usually try for about 1/8 of an inch deeper.