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Topic: The BABY BEAST pictures |
Per Berner
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Skovde, Sweden
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 9 Mar 2005 11:39 pm |
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...and some more. Enjoy!
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 10 Mar 2005 5:57 am
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That is SOOOOO cool!  |
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ed packard
From:
Show Low AZ
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Posted 10 Mar 2005 7:08 am
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Per; Thanks so much for posting the pictures!
DD; Coool?...you mean not like Thai food? How goes the journey?
One of the pictures is not the Baby BEAST, but of Bill Stafford test driving the BEAST. I had a senior moment and for got to remove it from the sequence; Hope that Bill will forgive me. He is to blame for my 14 string hangup. If you want to hear what can be done on 14 strings, get his CDs, ..he is the master. At the International, Speedy West would dismiss the band so that he could hear Bill play alone. Jerry Byrd chose him for the first Jerry Byrd award, and said "if I was to play pedals, I would want to sound like that".
OK, the Baby beast uses the PST integrated Tuner/Changer, and the string terminator block, but with the Tuner/Changer on the players right.
It uses the SIERRA Session series hardware for the rest of the instrument.
The neck is the standard wood block, not the PST rail system; no glass/?? neckplate.
It is a standard E9 10 string with 3 & 5 and a standard 24.25" scale.
The u shape of the string terminator block is because of the hole location for the keyless tuner on the Sierra Session body...this illustrates that retrofitting is easy. The option is to make the block without the legs on the u for the baby beast and cut several inches off the instrument = sax cases, and weight loss (Jenny Craig model?)
It should be obvious that the PST hardware approach can be used in many configurations (either end around), and on double 10s/12s etc.
Thanks again to Per for the photo posts.
[This message was edited by ed packard on 10 March 2005 at 07:08 AM.] |
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Jackie Anderson
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Posted 10 Mar 2005 9:56 am
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| I know you are (generously) offering a lot of pretty sophisticated data about this, Ed, but are there any obvious sonic differences (that you could describe in a few words) between having the tuner/changer at the "nut" end vs. at the "bridge" end? |
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ed packard
From:
Show Low AZ
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Posted 10 Mar 2005 10:09 am
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Jack;
The PST hardware mods were compared as they were applied with the same instrument before the mods using the Frequency Spectrum Analyzer as the monitoring tool (and my ears). This is with the Changer/Tuner on the players right.
Tom Baker, at SIERRA, did the construction of the BEAST using the same Session series hardware but with the Changer/Tuner on the players left, and the string terminator block on the players right. Quick FSA measurements do not indicate any adverse effects.
In short, I like the results (subjective comment). If you would like to see the charts/graphs etc. of the FSA/FEA as it proceeds, I will put you on the email list.
The rod on the string termination block, when on the players left, allows lots of sound variations by using different materials and configurations. |
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Jackie Anderson
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Scarborough, ME
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Posted 10 Mar 2005 11:46 am
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| Thanks, Ed. I would like to be on the list. Hmm: I would have thought that there would be more variability in sound effects (!) with the string termination block and various rods as a bridge on the player's right, with the mass and looser mechanical couplings of the tuner/changer on the player's left, "behind the bar." Well, jeopardizing hypotheses is what experiments are for, if someone will take the trouble to do them. More kudos to you for that! |
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Jason Weaver
From:
Topeka, Kansas
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Posted 11 Mar 2005 6:55 am
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Not to hijack this thread, but I read about Bill Stafford and went on a search for his CDs and cannot find his website or a seller that lists his music.
Could someone please direct me?
Thanks,
Jason |
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ed packard
From:
Show Low AZ
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