I saw this on the news the other day; http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/12/04/selftuning.guitar.ap/ http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6221226.html http://www.news.com/2100-1041_3-6221226.html and the official word from Gibson; http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Introducing%20Powertune_%20Gibson_/ I dunno about this though. Years of ear training to stay in tune, and a certain skill that builds up over time has been kinda nullified. The creepy part is the tuner moves the tuning pegs for you. I have very mixed emotions about this (and the air guitar T-shirt too!) Hell I don't even like electronic tuners! (I have a tuning fork!) Also this type of guitar ain't cheap either ($2,500 smackeroos!) Maybe if they made one for a Rickenbacker 12 string I might think about it though (they are such a PITA to tune!) Lemme know whatcha think about this?

Where do you get your inspirations? How do you write your songs? How important are things like originality and skill? Maybe I shouldn't ask that question. Oh well, just curious. I'm not a songwriter, but I wish I was. Maybe someday.

Shit man, I've downloaded sooo much from ya over the past couple o' years ...under several usernames...I think Jim Stark was the last one I used and occasionally hop back on under that "handle"

I like soulseek a lot myself, but I only have a 40GB hard drive, so my stuff is a little limited.

my username is disgusteen and I'm in the garagepunk room whenever I'm on.

What's your favorite fuzz that you are using?? Right now I'm using the Ashbass fuzzbrite, which is a mosrite fuzz clone. very nice buzz, but lacks a little bass when using a bright guitar or amp.

Great song. Doesn't it also have harmonica and vibes on it, too? Wild!

I'll put it on my player when I get a chance. Can't do it right now on dial-up.

thanks alot.
much appreciated.
will track this down.

Try "Gone and Passes By."

trying to find the title of a watch band track.it has a Bo Diddely beat with some fab sitar.help!!!!

What services do you recommend that will let me:
1) Create a stream-like player that allows me to just put the songs up like a real jukebox? (In other words, I can choose what I want to play when.)
2) Have it randomize the order of play (like hitting randomize on an iPod), but possibly starting with my song choices?

Ha, I've still got Hell's Bent on Rockin'- possibly the worst cover art of any album I own!

It's a shame psychobilly didn't just drop down dead at the end of the eighties though. Kill it someone, PLEASE!

You got it mate!

You forgot Hell's Bent on Rockin' (on Nervous)...

The thing is I'm nowhere near creating this online radio station (streaming or podcast) as I really have too much work at the moment. I hope to be able to do that some time in 2008.

Psychobilly these days is so boring. Nothing like the excitement of that time! In fact I lost interest in it when the really narrow-minded bands appeared, like the Klingonz or the Torments.

True, but why create a stream when you can create a stream-like player (like the GaragePunk Podcast jukebox) for a podcast? Then all you have to do is create the podcast. Kill two birds with one stone (not two). Seriously, with the options available to podcasters, it's stupid, antiquated, and a waste of time to create streaming audio files anymore. Just my two cents.

Damn! I was just going to post a comment saying, "What! No Purple Things?", and there they are at number 86.

Looks like the soundtrack of my mid-to-late teens, ie. Blood on the Cats, Rockabilly Psychosis and the Garage Disease, Meltdown, Psycho Attack Over Europe, etc.

Well I needs to know... hear it here: Wild Wild Sound #6

My zine http://lowcut.dk had a radioshow most of this year on Christianshavns Kanal 98,9fm (reaching Copenhagen and Malmo - around 1,2 potential million listeners). Airs every sunday between 19.30 and 20.30 - although next sunday Little Steven's Underground Garage is hosting Lowcut Radio. We'll be back January 6th. Bands/Labels who send music for review to Lowcut magazine will most likely also be played on our radio, if the stuff's any good of course. Yesterday's playlist and Dec 9th, that should give you an idea of what Lowcut Radio (and the online zine) is about: Dec 9th: Functional Blackouts : Finger On You The Daily Void : (Surprise Surprise) Masonics : When You Cry At Night Modulo 1000 : Turpe Est Sine Crine Caput Forbidden Tigers : Son Of A Carnivore Dead Hookers : Technical Mortal Graham Day & The Gaolers : Get Off My Track Lightning Bolt : 13 Monsters Cynics : Here We Are Pyroman : Antisexy Satelliters : Hide Your Time Hell On Heels : Dogs, Records & Wine The Unheard : One Day Alan Vega : Viet Vet Dec 16th: Nathaniel Mayer : Doin' It Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians Of The British Empire : A Poundland Christmas Peter Pan Speedrock : You Do It Or You Don't Knugen Faller : Jeg Vill Inte Vara Med The Butcher Shop : Youth Culture Sucker Human Eye : Human Eye Monster Magnet : 2000 Lightyears From Home Resonars : Games Of Fear Om : Pilgrimage Black Lips : Bad Kids The Only Ones : Lovers Of Today Flipper : Sex Bomb Haunted George : She Told Me Her Name Was Lisa The Urges : You're Gonna Find Out

I just did a gig where the soundman could not leave the PA alone once he got me up and running. The PA kep squeeking and ringing throughout my performance (and the following band) He came up to me expecting praise at the end of the show and I was Honest (but polite) when I said, "It was a bit bright and that distracted me from my performance and the performance of the band following me that I wanted to watch" (translation: Stop Fucking with the Gawdamn PA and unless there is a problem quite bugging folks on stage while they are playing!) I soldiered through my solo set, but I never quite got into my stride. It wasn't the worst set I have done and the guy was nice enough so I didn't say what I was thinking to him. I hoped my honest coments of "if it ain't broke don't fix it in the mix" meant something to him. Probably not, but at least I tried to be constructive.

the next night thing were better with my band. I am so used to balancing my band's stage volume I almost never need to put them through the PA. I just had vocals that night. It went well and my ears aren't ringing too hard today (LOL). I hope this helps you all out in your quest for good stage sound.

I'd say the performance comes from the bands mood and the vibe they get from the crowd.If the crowds up for it, the band usually are.So i believe sound checks have a purpose in that hopefully the sound guy can give you a decent sound out front,for the crowd to get off on.
Lets be honest how many times have we been able to hear our own instrument(apart from the drums) at a gig.I ain't heard my guitar for 20 years.
Time for tiffin!

Thank for the advise. I should have it next week sometime. I am going to mess around with it for a while. Hopefully it will make it to practice.

Mort

I have one, it's old and beat to hell but I get great sounds out of it. Needs constant tuning and tweaking (invest in a set of screwdrivers! Not as versatile with sounds as the Vox Continental but does the job. The tremelo is great if and when it works (mine doesn't anymore...) Good luck with it!

Yeah, I can understand that. There are plenty of combos that have that problem. For general combo organ problems, try the Combo Organ Heaven Spares & Repairs page. For things that aren't there, join the ComboOrgan YahooGroup. The quickest way to do that is probably by using the link for the Discussion Group at Combo Organ Heaven.

I guess I should have clarified "better" they are better on the Jaguar because they were functional... the Farfisa bass keys never worked right...so I actually don't have much to compare it to.

Hmm...You guys like the bass keys on the Jag better than the Farfisa, huh? I could see that if it was the FAST 3 or 4 or 5, but I always liked them on the Deluxe. (By the way, remember that a Vox *Continental* does not have bass keys.) Another nice thing about both a Farfisa Combo Compact Deluxe and a Vox Jaguar is that there are separate outputs for bass and treble, meaning you can run the bass sounds over to a separate amp if you want. This is *not* true on all combo organs. (And evidently some people blew out some amps back in the 60s as a result.)

Personally, I like the bass on the Farfisa Combo Compact Deluxe 'cuz you can throw on the percussion (drums and/or cymbals), as well. The regular drums gives a bit more oomph to the bass sounds.

Another thought, of course, is to pick up a key bass. I use a Hohner Bass 3 on top of my Yamaha YC-20. (Yeah, the YC-20 has bass keys, but the volume's not loud enough and there's no separate bass jack, although one *can* evidently be installed by someone w/the know-how.)

If you're someone who likes electric piano sounds, you might also consider throwing a Hohner Pianet up top (or putting the Farfisa above a Wurlitzer - or Rhodes, I guess - electric piano. Sometimes it's fun to use the lower keys of the electric piano for your bass sounds. Plus, a Pianet can sound very cool through a distortion pedal.

You might also consider joining the ComboOrgan YahooGroup.

Great news! I saw him a couple of years ago here in Curitiba, fucking great!! HALLELLUJAH!!