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Jumpin' Jack Flash and Street Fighting Man came about because I had become fascinated by the possibilities of playing an acoustic guitar through a cassette recorder, using it as a pick-up, really, so that I could still get the crispness of an acoustic - which you can never get off an electric guitar...

I've posted this on the TOMB before - there's a GREAT website with a bunch of rolling stones recording info: http://www.timeisonourside.com/index2.html - scroll down to 'TrackTalk,' organized chronologically with lots of great quotes from Keef an' Mick.

I've sung into a fan before. Sounded awesome in the context of the track, which was intentionally low-fidelity old-timey sounding. Also used a baby monitor one time - sung into the transmitter, held the reciever up to the mic, so I got a mix of regular voice & the monitor sound. Used a boss flanger ...

I have an old Yamaha acoustic, which I hope to convert to either an alternate tuning/and or a slide guitar. (Where do you get those raised nuts?) get a "nut extender" - I got mine at a local bluegrass-oriented guitar shop. here's one online: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Nuts,_saddles/Resonator_nuts,...

roots & crowns by califone.

Yup. It's my experience that music gear rotates around. Borrowed, indefinitely loaned, traded, left, lost and stolen... gotten: SM57 peavey PA head 2 gigantic PA speakers glockenspiel drum set given: boss super overdrive boss flanger drum set 2 gigantic PA speakers (one last seen in an East Lansing,...

Here Comes the Sun - has some cool syncopated claps, tight and fierce sounding, esp. where they come out of the bridge back into the verse. Today, that is my vote for the best, although it's a tight race btwn those and the 'who are you' claps as performed in 'the Kids Are Alright' movie as mentioned...

homemade suburban folk blues: http://myspace.com/bandylou sidenote: the big company I work for has just blocked my access to myspace from work because myspace is "inappropriate or offensive... [and] poses subtantial risks to the reputation, resources, or security" of the company (!) I'm not too surp...

for those that don't think they suck, and might want to read about it: http://www.invisible-movement.net/articles/2006-guitaworld-interview/ interview w/ frusciante, some recording/technical stuff. "...There was a lot of tape manipulation of the guitar tracks as well - varispeeding the tape to put t...

nope, it's not just you... he's truly unbelievable. I've found some info at http://www.keeslau.com/TomWaitsSupplement/ - click 'Biography' and then 'Interviews' - some of the interviews have recording tidbits. And your impressions are right on, he did record outside (with live rooster) and live, etc...

hi.
Bandy Lou's new e.p. is available for listening or free download at http://myspace.com/bandylou.

I bought a Blueridge dreadnaught off of a friend in 1988 for $50. I've still got it, it's never let me down. It's kinda hard to find much info on them - elderly http://elderly.com/brand/BLUERIDGE.html has some for sale... and I can remember reading somewhere that they were a good value - not one of ...

oh yeah... zero budget rules. I've got a Nobels pocketstudio headphone amp/effects box and a little 2x4" speaker cab, plus a BLAckhorSE acoustic modified w/ a nut extender for a lap slide, all (aside from nut extender modification) FREE from my garage, thanks to my father-in-law's packrat tendency. ...

http://www.timeisonourside.com/index2.html scroll down to 'Track Talk' You can click thru to albums, grouped by year, and click individual tracks for commentary. for example: "The basic track of that was done on a mono cassette with very distorted overrecording, on a Phillips with no limiters..." T...