From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2016102723324611198-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > So, when did you get access to youtube ?   Didn't you use to say you   
   > didn't have a good enough connection ?   
      
   My church got me a brand new Dell Inspiron 5000 series notebook computer and   
   I now have a wireless AT&T U-verse high speed connection to go with it...and   
   just in time, the old computer failed completely only a few weeks after   
   that.   
      
   > Watched that video.  No surprise, the thing is a useless piece of junk.   
      
   Maybe for you, because that's not *your* *preference*, which goes back to   
   the silly idea of throwing away something just because someone else says   
   they've got something better.   
      
   It takes a certain kind of player to prefer a fretless instrument to a   
   fretted one, but that's what CHOICE is  all about!   
      
   Just like I'm Very fussy about pianos....they've got to have just the right   
   touch...not too heavy, not too light, sort of like Goldilocks ;) and I   
   expect the sound to be totally orgasmic too!   
      
   Same with an unweighted key instrument, particularly an organ...I prefer a   
   very light touch and the note to sound as soon as I move the key in even the   
   very slightest deflection i.e. "fast fire" keys.   
      
   > It does reinforce my thoughts on Strats tho. Namely that those worked best   
   > in 3 piece or less combos where their poor tuning abilities weren't   
   > noticable.   
      
   If anything, the  smaller bands should draw even greater attention to the   
   sound of any instrument being out of tune.   
      
   > Even an out of tune strat might sound ... ok ... er, passable as long as   
   > there's nothing else around to compare it to. Bass, drums, strat .... add   
   > a screaming vocalist and you've found the ideal garage lineup.  Add a   
   > keyboard, and instantly things go sour as the strat tremolo tuning issues   
   > immediatly show up.   
      
   Why should a strat tune any worse than any other guitar?   
   Bad tailpiece?   
   You mentioned 'tremolo', actually it's vibrato, and many players don't even   
   use them but I'm sure for those who do, there'll be something better to   
   replace the stock tailpiece with.   
      
   > Ok, not immediately. If you play loud enough, and can't play much anyway,   
   > you'll not notice how crappy a constantly out of tune guitar sounds.   
      
   Just the thought of that makes me want to Puke!   
      
   > I'm referring to the strat factory tremolo's making the guitars virtually   
   > untunable.   
      
   Okay, I figured it might be something like  that...so get a custom vibrato   
   tailpiece, or of you don't need that, just a custom tailpiece without the   
   whammy bar.   
      
   > Sure, you can bolt that down solid, or " Claptonize " it, as in drive a   
   > hardwood block in to jam it from behind.   
      
   Is that what he does? ;)   
      
   > But tuning and playing one to any sort of reference pitch when the floaty   
   > tremolo works .... never gonna happen :-)   
      
   There's got to be some kind of 'gold standard' for vibrato systems.   
      
   > Sorry I got to ranting on tremolos .... it happens.  Fretless guitars   
   > might be useful as a sound effect sort of thing.  Notice how the guy never   
   > even tried to play any chords ????   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   That demo wasn't all that good...try this one:   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjEGtUXGWa0   
      
   And check out this fretless acoustic Flamenco guitar:   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7FYR_PefLk   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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