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anstratdubh1979

Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:Thinking about putting a pair of P94's in my LP custom to replace the stock epi pickups. I've always preferred P90's to humbuckers, and these are essentially humbucker sized P90's, so I'm seriously considering it. Anybody had any experience? I've read that they totally rock.
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Gibson%20Gear/Pickups/P-94/

P-90's are humbucker size. They are also single coil pickups. I think that the P-94's are single coil also. They won't sound as dark and rich as a humbucker but the P-90 sound (and assuming it's upgraded P-94 counterpart) do offer some great tones. Think "Billie Joe" from Green Day. And that ain't a bad thing

RattleandHum1988

15 years

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:[..]

P-90's are humbucker size. They are also single coil pickups. I think that the P-94's are single coil also. They won't sound as dark and rich as a humbucker but the P-90 sound (and assuming it's upgraded P-94 counterpart) do offer some great tones. Think "Billie Joe" from Green Day. And that ain't a bad thing

I believe P90's are a bit smaller, which is why a lot of guys buy the 56 epi goldtops, then they have to rout the wood a bit to fit humbuckers in.

"The P-94 is a unique combination that provides the best of both worlds - the classic Gibson P-90 sound in a traditional humbucker-size housing. Replacing a humbucker with the P-94 requires no routing or other damaging modifications to the guitar. "

But yeah P90's are awesome. I used to own a les paul that had them in (can't remember the model or the brand) and I loved em'. They're basically like a humbucker and a strat single coil put together, at least that's how I hear em'. Excited to get them!

anstratdubh1979

15 years

Looks like the new Line HD 500 is an M13 on steroids. At $500.00, this will make the M13 obsolete. I imagine the price will go down on the M13.

Don't get me wrong, the M13 is great. But the HD 500 has amp sims, you can move the effects around to various orders, the chips are upgraded and loads more. I'm gonna have to look into this a bit more but I might have to get one of these.

http://line6.com/podhd/movies.html

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NLOTH_Victor

15 years

Can anyone help me to get u2´s disappearing act chords? it´s tough, it´s knowhere....

LikeASong

15 years

We have two things called ears, we don't need Google

Give me some minutes!

LikeASong

15 years

Intro is:
A#... F... Cm
A#... F... F.......

then (00:27) changes to a slide progression of:
Gm... F... Gm... F

then (00:45) first chorus (You do your disappearing act) goes like:
Eb... A#... F... Cm...
Eb... A#... F... Cm...

Verses (00:55) are:
Gm... Gm... (F)... Gm... Gm... (F)...

Then (1:21) goes to the intro again:
A#... F... Cm... A#...
A#... F... Cm...

then (1:53) goes to the bridge (and You think that you can love), which is:
Eb-Gm... F... Eb-Gm... F --> that means that Eb quickly changes to Gm and the quickly goes to F

and then back to the verses:
Gm... F... Gm... F

until 2:25, when You do your disappearing act comes back, and then (2:36) verses come back too. Then (2:53) intro comes back. And in 3:26 the You think that you can love comes back.

Oh, the piano break/outtro has the same chords as the verses.

This song is pretty easy, just mess around with the basic A# structures and its "associated chords" (F, Eb, Cm, Gm, ~~Dm not included~~)

NLOTH_Victor

15 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:Intro is:
A#... F... Cm
A#... F... F.......

then (00:27) changes to a slide progression of:
Gm... F... Gm... F

then (00:45) first chorus (You do your disappearing act) goes like:
Eb... A#... F... Cm...
Eb... A#... F... Cm...

Verses (00:55) are:
Gm... Gm... (F)... Gm... Gm... (F)...

Then (1:21) goes to the intro again:
A#... F... Cm... A#...
A#... F... Cm...

then (1:53) goes to the bridge (and You think that you can love), which is:
Eb-Gm... F... Eb-Gm... F --> that means that Eb quickly changes to Gm and the quickly goes to F

and then back to the verses:
Gm... F... Gm... F

until 2:25, when You do your disappearing act comes back, and then (2:36) verses come back too. Then (2:53) intro comes back. And in 3:26 the You think that you can love comes back.

Oh, the piano break/outtro has the same chords as the verses.

This song is pretty easy, just mess around with the basic A# structures and its "associated chords" (F, Eb, Cm, Gm, ~~Dm not included~~)

thank u very very uch... as u can guess i am not very well ear trained yet

LikeASong

15 years

Then, what you need is TRAINING, precisely

Try guessing the chords on your own, firstly start by guessing the "main" note (with the small E string works better), that will be the root note of the chord most of the times. For example, when I first played DIsappearing Act this morning, first note I guessed was the E string on the 6th fret (--> A#). When you're more trained you can guess the full chords (and its modifications like minor, seventh, etc) just by knowking the progression it's in, or viceversa.

But Google-ing the tabs and chords do NOT train your ear!!

PS. Just a tip, and advice from player to player. Trust your ear more than your eyes

thechicken

15 years

The "right" name would be Bb. And Dm is part of this key.
The key of Bb:
Bb Cm Dm Eb F Gm Aº.
There you are.

jofice

15 years

Haha I was going to mention that's it's really Bb but decided not to. I hardly ever look up the chords to things now, it's so much handier to just listen and play

jofice

15 years

Not saying that A# is wrong Sergio

NLOTH_Victor

15 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:Then, what you need is TRAINING, precisely Try guessing the chords on your own, firstly start by guessing the "main" note (with the small E string works better), that will be the root note of the chord most of the times. For example, when I first played DIsappearing Act this morning, first note I guessed was the E string on the 6th fret (--> A#). When you're more trained you can guess the full chords (and its modifications like minor, seventh, etc) just by knowking the progression it's in, or viceversa.

But Google-ing the tabs and chords do NOT train your ear!!

PS. Just a tip, and advice from player to player. Trust your ear more than your eyes

Thanks for the advice, I have tried somethings but I always end up bein lazy

but, again, thanx sergio

Edit: the times I tried i usually got the distance between the notes right but not the right key if u know what i mean... and sometimes i had trouble with major minor but that comes w time...

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