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    I am an engineer and a computer scientist by training. For me, it was easier to look at intervals as mathematical relationships when...
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    Guitar is one of the few musical instruments where one generally does not have to learn how to read music or learn music terminology to...
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    If I had designed that amp, it would have a B+ that is closer to 300VDC than 400VDC.
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    Em7 replied to the thread What Are Your Favorite Amps To Play?.
    The amp I use depends if I am playing home alone or out with other musicians. I rarely use a tube amp at home. A tube amp played at...
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    Em7 replied to the thread PRS hate! Why?.
    I do not get the Murphy Labs thing. I was pissed when I ordered a new non-reliced R7 and it came with aged hardware. That kind of...
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    Em7 replied to the thread CE24 and DiMarzio's Tone Zone.
    What is interesting about the Tone Zone is that it is one of DiMarzio's dual resonance designs. This take on pickup design was novel...
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    Em7 replied to the thread CE24 and DiMarzio's Tone Zone.
    My Virginia Ave-built '95 Standard 24 shipped with the HFS/VB combo. I liked hat combo more than the Standard Treble/Standard Bass, but...
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    DiMarzio's Tone Zone is my favorite 80s metal pickup. This pickup was basically relabeled and packaged with a ceramic magnet by Ibanez...
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    Em7 replied to the thread 80s Metal Amp.
    Nuno Bettencourt, Vito Bratta, and Paul Gilbert are prime examples of why a pure tube design does not work for truly high-speed...
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    Em7 replied to the thread 80s Metal Amp.
    I did not say that the Boogie graphic EQ was shelving the output. I previously explained that shelving was setting the -3db down point...
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    Em7 replied to the thread 80s Metal Amp.
    DreamTheateR is correct. JCM 800s are shelved off at 720Hz, which is roughly the mid-frequency on 22-fret guitar. Have you ever...
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    Em7 replied to the thread 80s Metal Amp.
    I am an engineer. No guitar truly produces a pure sine wave. They all produce harmonic content, even one plays cleanly. A square wave...
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    Em7 replied to the thread 80s Metal Amp.
    Another weird thing about eighties hard rock/metal is that a lot of the guitar parts were not recorded by band members. Let's take...
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    Em7 replied to the thread 80s Metal Amp.
    You can agree with Boogie as much as you want, but you are looking at things through a distorted lense. I did a lot of repair work in...
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    Em7 replied to the thread 80s Metal Amp.
    Even the Boogies from the 80s struggle to keep up with sixty-fourth notes while remaining articulate. One could not give away a BF or...
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