Latest editorials
Dumbing down
by Sicovitol • 26 February 2012 • Rating: 0.0/5 • 0 comments
I inadvertently watched network TV for five minutes, at the dentist's. My IQ promptly dropped by ten. I'm now at 190. Need to be more careful next time.
Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark and Hilldale
by Sicovitol • 13 February 2012 • Rating: 0.0/5 • 1 comments
Some great music is just a wee bit too "interesting" composition-wise to ever appeal to mainstream audience. Most mainstrean music is too damned uninteresting to be worth listening to repeatedly. This song, from one of the truly groundbreaking, game-changing, and best albums of all times (Love - Forever Changes, 1967), manages to grab your attention instantly, while at the same time featuring an awesome, strange, off-standard composition. Arthur Lee is no more, his music lives on.
Maggot Brain
by Sicovitol • 13 February 2012 • Rating: 0.0/5 • 0 comments
Apparently George Clinton (while on LSD...) told Funkadelic's guitarist Eddie Hazel to play this solo as if he just received the news of his mother being dead, and then found out his mother was actually still alive. The result is a mind blowing close to 10 minutes solo that shoots straight into immortality. All other instruments were dimmed during mixing, once Clinton realized the sheer lyrical force of Hazel's take. Enjoy.
music • guitar • recommendations
Baby's On Fire
by Sicovitol • 13 February 2012 • Rating: 0.0/5 • 0 comments
Brian Eno + Robert Fripp (of King Crimson fame) = genius. One of the best face-melting guitar solos you'll ever hear. Featured as played by (some members of) Radiohead in Velvet Goldmine.
music • recommendations • guitar
Capacitor Test: Polyester Film vs. Paper-in-Oil (PIO) in Guitar Tone Circuit
by Webmaster • 25 January 2012 • Rating: 0.0/5 • 2 comments
Background
There are people swearing by paper-in-oil (PIO) capacitors for electric guitar tone circuits. The say all else being equal (same capacitance, similar tolerance -- voltage is not relevant in guitar circuits), a PIO capacitor will sound different, meaning better. Words like "warmer", "mellower", "livelier" are being employed to describe the difference. The theoretical basis for this would be the dissipation factor, which obviously varies with capacitor "architecture".
Read more »guitar • tone • electronics • capacitor • PIO
A Brighter Guitar
by Webmaster • 23 January 2012 • Rating: 0.0/5 • 0 comments
SUMMARY: Advice regarding brightening-up your Les Paul-type guitar, which applies to most dark wood made, humbucker-equipped guitars.
Read more »More writings on Netarhia »
Don't just stand there! Write your mind »
Top authors
Webmaster
41 articles
The main system engineer at Netarhia, transforming concept to binary reality. Thanks for listening.more »
Sicovitol
35 articles
Sicovitol® tablets 500+ characters. Use when fed up. Or not. Do not leave within the reach of children. DISCLOSURE: Sicovitol is the...more »
Paracelsus
6 articles
(Almost ex-)Romanian doctor trying to make it in the UK. About RMO work, medicine, health, immigration and the philosophy of it all.more »
Want on top? Write!
Read about
advertising
advertorial
blog
capacitor
dean
degeneration
democracy
DMT
electronics
fake idols
football
free advertising
freeware
fun
gear
guitar
humbucker
information overload
life
lifestyle
literature
media
MHA
modern living
movies
music
myocardial infarction
Netarhia
New World Order
philosophy
pickups
PIO
politics
programming
recommendations
religion
revenue sharing
reviews
RMO
self development
seymour duncan
silent heart attack
tech
tone
UK doctor
unhappiness
web
web design
web security