posted December 14, 2005 10:47 PM         

when i read that .. i immediately thought of a tv talk show .. american i think ..
anyhow was on years ago .. and Chet Atkins and Mark Knophler were playing ..
.. i think they were both playing the same model guitar ...
.. they seemed to be able to switch from a very 'nylon string acoustic' sound
to a fairly twangy electric sound .....
.. about a month before the show .. .. gibson announced a new guitar
that was somehow connected with Chet Atkins .. the spin was on a new type
of pickup or combinations of such ... .. basicly it was a thin acoustic ( i think ) ..
i.e. hollow body .. with one cutaway .. no apparent pickups on veiw ...
at least i think not ....
i do remember the price as being fairly hefty ...

so anyway .. was at a mates place today .. guitarist .. and got to talking on the subject ..
he is a sound engineer .. and has a better liking of acoustic guitars than myself :-) ..
.. well he plays them more often ... ...
he came up with the name "fishman" transducers (acoustic pickups) .. as in the way to go
for an accoustic sound from an electric ... evidently they make quite a variety ..
as like .. one with separate transducers for each string ...

.. flatwound strings will mellow an electric out .. i think in that 'tone' article ..
there was mention of bolt on necks contributing to 'twang' .. something about
mechanics of it and how it tensions the strings .. something lke that ..

.. and there are some new 'coated' strings about .. no idea about them ..
except they might produce a bit more of an acoustic type sound ..
.. but then again maybe not ...

.. and for a somewhat gibson sound from a strat .. some of the stacked humbuckers
sound good .. ... .. e.g. i have a fender jap Tele .. bought .. when what i realy had in mind was
a 335 .. .. so .. as i had a p.a.f. clone to hand (gibson pickup) .. i took the plunge .. routed
out the body wood and stuck the p.a.f in the neck position ..
.. if i take it to a jam session .. i often get gibson owners comming over to check out
why it sounds like it does .. after hearing it wound up .. so to speak ..
.. i don't use distortion .. just the clean channel turned up a ways :-)

anyhow the point of post was .. the .. "fishman" transducers ..

be well ..

posted December 15, 2005 12:54 AM         

re: *** .. What are your placements??***

hi .. i was just about to quit the web .. (almost 6 a.m. here)
so this should answer it ..

chart here :
http://www.happydragon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/hd.chrt.jpg

.. now be shuteye time for me ..

posted December 15, 2005 01:39 AM         

My planets:

gemini sun
cancer moon
merc cancer
mars cancer

posted December 15, 2005 12:42 PM         

My friend GemStar likes the 'Three-Dots-No-Spaces' Method for the punctuation between thoughts

posted December 15, 2005 01:44 PM         

Taurus Sun
Scorpio Moon
Merc. in Taurus
Mars in Aqua
Asc. in Cancer

posted December 16, 2005 11:25 PM         

I'm not too much of a techy when it comes to instruments. If it sounds good, I like it.

That said, there are quite a few electrics equipped with piezo pickups these days, which is supposed to mimick the sound of acoustic guitars.

I think I'd like one of these:
http://www.godinguitars.com/godinsigseriesp.htm

LGX-SA, Three Voice
The LGX-SA is a three-voice guitar featuring electric and acoustic guitar sounds, plus the infinite possibilities provided by synth access. The output from the bridge transducer system in the LGX-SA produces six separate signals—one for each string. This divided signal is called hexaphonic and is used to drive guitar synths. The LGX adapted itself to this application quite easily. However, in addition to the electronic modifications, the guitar itself was altered in order to achieve the best possible performance. The most visible difference between the standard LGX and the LGX-SA is in the ebony fingerboard. The use of the ebony fingerboard improves synth tracking. Guitar synth systems in the past were technically complicated and required radical changes in playing technique. The LGX-SA/RolandTM GR-synth combination represents a new standard in user friendliness and performance. This is truly a 'plug in and play' system.
Specs
Mahogany neck
Ebony Fingerboard
16" fingerboard radius
25 1/2" Scale
1 11/16" nut width
Mahogany body
Figured Maple Top
Seymour Duncan Custom Humbuckers
5-Way switch
Guitar volume
Tone
Synth volume
Program up/down
3-Way
Magnetic Output
13-pin Synth Output
Acoustic transducer Output
RMC transducer saddles with custom Pre-Amp EQ for: Acoustic Volume, Treble, Mid-Range and Bass controls
Colors: CognacBurst, Trans. Blue