So you 've decided you want to be a rockstar, eh? You 've decided that you 're going to join the likes of Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Stevie Ray and Slash as a rock n ' roll and guitar icon. Well, before you get too famous and lose yourself in either your music or drugs and alcohol, you have to get a guitar to begin with. It can be daunting to go into a guitar store and see millions of guitars, some for $200 and some for $2000. So which ones should you go for and what should you be looking at? Well I 'll do my best to lend you a helping hand in this oh so important first step. First of all you have to decide what you want to play, electric guitar or acoustic. I would recommend starting out on acoustic because most players do and it is usually cheaper. Keep in mind if you 're buying an electric you 're also probably going to have to buy an amp to go with it. Acoustics are also more portable because you only have to lug around the guitar, with an electric you have to carry a guitar in one hand and an amp in the other. Remember, set a budget before you go in the store, only spend as much as you can afford. Well now that we have established that I 'm going to start of first with acoustic guitars. This point goes for both electrics and acoustics. If you are buying the guitar for your child, then you might want to consider one that is smaller in size. Most guitars come in half and 3/4 sizes, which are perfect for smaller kids. Next you should look for an acoustic that you like.…
summer of 2001; my oldest sister, of the two, would always drive around in our hometown playing her favorite alternative rock tracks. It was calming driving the backshore, with the waves crashing into the rocks. It was like I was at peace sitting in the backseat of her jeep, just watching the ocean; I could feel myself hearing Stone Temple Pilots. At that moment, I was sure I found my liking, and that would be rock and roll. When artists like Radiohead and the Foo Fighters came on, I’d be so…
Silence, after a hard day of school, all I wanted was to relax to the ballads of 50 cent, and I got silence. The bass must have shifted an exposed wire and shorted the amplifier, I fixed this a few times before that it almost became routine, but it was not a shorted wire. Troubleshoot, no solution, what could it be? My set up was almost perfect, lacking solely in achievable decibels. Second hand children science encyclopedias along with Questions and Answers books got me this far and for a…
Need an amp to boost your system so it doesn't skip a beat? Then this review is for you. Purchasing a new amplifier for your automobile can in fact be easy, fun, and cheap. Don't believe me, read on. There are plenty of options available for the car audio enthusiast, with many powerful models being priced under $100. A quality, mid level, car audio system can be very reasonably priced as long as you, the consumer, do some research on your own and shop around for the best deals. Read customer…
effective trick and a common technique. In a nutshell, use a reamping box to record a dry signal to your DAW while listening to the tailored tone from your amp. Next, use the reamping box to play the dry performance back to your guitar amp. You can dial in alternate tones using the same performance that has already been captured. Mic the amp as usual and record these alternate tones till your heart’s content. This is a great way to layer different sounds while using just one take. Let’s…
Title of Song: Jekyll and Hyde Artist: Five Finger Death Punch Speaker: From whose point of view is the song being sung? The song is being sung from the perspective of a man talking about everyone’s dark side/inner demons. Setting: when does your song take place? The song takes place in 2015. Subject/Topic: What is the song mainly about? The song is mainly about fighting against one’s inner demons. Mood: What is the mood of the song? How does it make you feel? Does it change? The mood…
in mind the style of music you will be playing. It is no good buying a "shred-master" metal machine if your primary musical influences are jazz or blues. Take a look at the players you often listen to and see what they are using. Most players will cite a particular model or type of guitar as being best for a particular style of music. An example would be using hollow body electrics for jazz or Telecasters for country music. However, there are no rules, and the general wisdom is at best a…
The aim of this project is to develop an Electrocardiography (ECG) amplifier circuit from scratch. The main challenges include amplifying the desired week signal in the presence of noise from other muscles and electrical sources. As this semester was about transistors we had to use transistors at some stage in this project. The project was successfully designed and built in two ways: one with solely using operational amplifiers and other using transistors as differential amplifiers.…
introduced to Mr. Berry by Harold W. Anderson, an electrical engineering professor, after Atanasoff told him what kind of person he was looking for. Apparently Berry was exactly that man because that was who he recommended. The computer was then built from 1937 to 1942 at Iowa State University. This computer weighed about 750 lbs., looked like a desk, and used drums to store memory. This computer still made a larger impact because numerous invention is still used today, they include, “a binary…
Keeping your phone on during the night or next to bedside can affect your sleep by urging one to use the electronic device instead of sleeping.(The negative effects, 2015) When one should be getting 10 hours of sleep at night they get less because before one goes to sleep they have to check their device for messages or calls. Which now urges them to start messaging or call someone, which now is taking away from that sleep and relaxation time. Now only does it take away from sleep, it also…