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The Hillbillies of Beverly Hills Umaired Pilot Episode' for 'The Beverly Hiillbillies Full Episode

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#277
free speech is still alive

https://www.bitchute.com/

https://d.tube/



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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cipollina

Born in Berkeley, California in 1943, Cipollina attended Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California (as did his brother, Mario, born 1954) and sister, Antonia (born 1952). Their father, Gino, was a realtor, and their mother, Evelyn, and godfather José Iturbi, were concert pianists.

John showed great promise as a classical pianist in his youth, but his father gave him a guitar when he was 12 and this quickly became his primary instrument.[1]

Equipment and technique
Cipollina had a unique guitar sound, mixing solid state and valve amplifiers as early as 1965. He is considered one of the fathers of the San Francisco psychedelic rock sound.

"I like the rapid punch of solid-state for the bottom, and the rodent-gnawing distortion of the tubes on top."[2]

To create his distinctive guitar sound, Cipollina developed a one-of-a-kind amplifier stack. His Gibson SG guitars had two pickups, one for bass and one for treble. The bass pickup fed into two Standel bass amps on the bottom of the stack, each equipped with two 15-inch speakers. The treble pickups fed two Fender amps: a Fender Twin Reverb and a Fender Dual Showman that drove six Wurlitzer horns.[3]



http://www.johncipollina.com/techTalk/index.htm
http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Gibson-Tone-Tips-Match-th.aspx




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https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/most-reliable-loyal-product-endorser.1919879/page-4

Quote from: ripgtr, post: 25984519, member: 153767
I did read somewhere where (BB King)  said he liked the hollow/semi hollow {Guitars} better because he could hear himself better,when he was practicing in a hotel room.

This is a significant fact and IMHO explains why the Beatles settled upon using Hollow Body guitars ( Epiphone Casinos & Hofner Violin Bass ) while on world tour 1965-66 to compose songs unplugged in the hotel rooms



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A working version of the huge hit "Secret Agent Man," "Danger Man" was demoed by writers P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri in April of 1965 -- quite a long time before Johnny Rivers made it a standard. One of the interesting things about this early demo is that it includes literally all of the ingredients of Rivers' later version. Rivers later claimed to have come up with the fabulous guitar riff that reoccurs in the song, yet this version proves that it was all Sloan's doing all along, and it could have been a hit on its own, with the title change.



P.F. Sloan was jaw-droppingly prolific in the years 1965 to 1967, not only writing, producing, and playing on numerous fine hit and non-hit pop and folk-rock records by other artists, but making two good solo albums. It didn't stop there: he also recorded quite a few unreleased demos, 20 of which make their first appearance on this compilation. Most of these were recorded and released by someone or other, and in one case ("Miss Charlotte") redone by Sloan himself later in the 1960s. No one sings Sloan like Sloan, though, and it's quite a treat to hear him as the performer on these largely outstanding, rousingly melodic pop-rockers. Some are well known ("You Baby" and "Can I Get to Know You Better" were hits for the Turtles, "Another Day, Another Heartache" did okay for the Fifth Dimension, and, of course, "Secret Agent Man" was big for Johnny Rivers), and others not so well known, but in the same class ("Child of Our Times," the Beatlesque "You're a Lonely Girl," "I've Got No More to Say"). Although these were demos, the production is sometimes as state-of-the-art as anything in L.A. in the mid-'60s, and the fidelity, performance, and arrangements are up to release quality on almost everything. The only reason this rates just a little below his first two solo albums is that it's lighter on the personal folk-rock and social consciousness statements ("Child of Our Times" being an exception); much of this is like a link between L.A. folk-rock and L.A. sunshine pop. It's very good, though, and enthusiastically recommended to anyone who enjoys the albums that Sloan did release in the mid-'60s.


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https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?posts/14183168/


I bought a plastic power steering fluid funnel in the automotive section at Walmart for about $1.80, cut it, ground a 90 degree notch in the skinny end, then melted the notch edges with a candle to round them up.

Fits in the back of the amp and weighs nothing.

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QuotePlayed the Amos a couple times at Sam Ash amid the hype. Just in terms of geometry the neck carve was a generic 60's C (not the fatty I expected) and had that lack of shoulder like a lot of imports do

100% my experience

The neck profile on the Amos I recently acquired (online purchase via Reverb) is NOTHING as I expected.

All prior Joe Bonamassa Epiphones have had a massive 50's neck profile - the Amos specifications even say '58 rounded profile"
http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Designer/Ltd-Ed-Joe-Bonamassa-1958-Amos-Korina-Flying-V.aspx
Neck Profile Rounded-C 1958 profile

they lied 

When my new Amos V  arrived , I was instantly disappointed to find the Amos Neck is a thin 60's profile - thinner than most SGs. thinner than my 2010 Epiphone Wilshire
So look elsewhere if you seek a 50's neck profile

I'm pursuing making my Amos V neck thicker -to match my '58 LP


http://www.tdpri.com/threads/enlarging-a-strat-neck.166154/#post1885650

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I got a limited run 2016 Freddie King ES-345  - but damn this neck is nice and  fat  -  must be closer to .950" thick at 1st fret ( I love it!)
http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2016/Memphis/Freddie-King-1960-ES-345.aspx


Great guitar - but it comes wired Stereo, required a 1/4" Y cable to gain access to both pickups - but there's an optional trick

old timers know you can just insert the  1/4" mono plug on your guitar cable 1/2 way in, and the guitar works like a mono ES-355  - and all Vol / Tone controls react like a Les Paul.

( I believe they employ a switching female jack on this version Freddie King Stereo ES-345 !)     





Turns out the limited run Freddie King ES-345 has its pickups "wired in phase" -  and using this Swithcraft # 430 short 1/4" male plug  above plugged in "all the way"  - makes a positive connection with the ES-345 Ring  / Sleeve connection = and misses the internal  Tip connection

Result?  - now the "Stereo Freddie King ES-345" works same as a Mono Varitone ES-355 - and all Vol / Tone controls react like a stock LP - and Varitone rotary control  on Positon 1 disables the Varitone circuit, then kicks in using positions 2,3,4,5,6

https://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?191410-A-few-vintage-ES-345-s











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And there is another online chord generator by our member Les Pauled  here


I don't know if I posted it on this site, but I created a site that shows you all the notes for any chord/scale on the fretboard in any tuning.  The only current limitation is that it only shows 6 string guitars.   I might update that in the future.  I didn't highlight the chords, like they did, because I wanted the user to find new fingerings/inversions that they never though of before.

In any case, please check it out and let me know what you think.

http://lespauled.com/FindNotesOnFretboard/

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QuoteHave too much gear and no time to read all the Owner's manuals?

I load the Owners manual up in Adobe Acrobat Reader, and simply CTRL+F to bring up the search tool to only read the topic I'm interested in.


I will also use the text to speech processor built into all recent versions of Adobe Acrobat  - Open up a new PDF  User manual  and  let the computer read it out loud to me.  I may use my 900MHz wireless headphones and be mobile around the house as I listen to my PDF Owners Manuals being read aloud to me.

http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/reader6/sec2.html

https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/

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Any Mac does this already,

Now all my other computers  / tablets / phones that run Chrome can too

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/read-aloud-a-text-to-spee/hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp/related?hl=en

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Think about it, eventually the VG-99 will be worth money as a "collectors item."
Much like my old Uni-vibe. It was the first one to feature an attachable pedal to control the speed.

I'm very sure that will occur

Many of us here also own  or have migrated over to JTV Variax and Helix  ( and some went back to their VG-99 ;)

in fact we are the largest host for Variax user patches on the net
https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?board=138.0


Myself I  also own a few JTV Variax's
https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=9291.0


and Helix
https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?board=199.0



, I still continue use my Boss GP-10 far more  - due to  its small efficient size and ( to my ears and hands) better sound and feel for my needs
https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?board=146.0



I do recommend wax potting the GK Mag pickup ( improves Guitar to MIDI tracking and less Alt tuning warbles ),
https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=43.msg71#msg71

and using Gumbos improved GK 13 jacks ,
https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=8888.0

and Codesmarts GK 13 cables   
https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=13234.0


Roland / Boss has a new high speed  / high MIPS  DSP platform ( 1st used on GT-1000) which should yield new opportunities for modern Roland / Boss VGuitar / Synth products, hopefully before this decade is over 

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