: Hey was wondering if anyone has any reallly good hendrix rp100 patches. Is is possible to emulate his distinctive sound very closley? I have gotten very very very close to exactly the right sound for purple haze with ReValver, an amp simulation for pc, but cant seem to get it right on the Rp 100. any advice?

I like them. they are not expensive, though sound quite good.
Of course not so good as fender but not far from it.

: Can anyone tell me something about squier guitars, because I want to bue one. What do you think about the tremolo bar? Squire is made by Fender, Japanese or mexican, I bought one in '81. Maybe different now but it's basically designed from the Specs of a '75 strat. The trem is stock, you can add springs in the back to stay in tune and use heavier strings. it will go out of tune anyway. Drop a Floyd in there no wang bar probs. Well, 45 mins to change strings and once you break a string at a gig you better have a back up. If your seriously looking for a lesser expensive quality guiter with trem squire is hard to beat. Look at epiphone they are made under Gibson supervision and the prices have come down for some decent quality.

you're right, tabs are easy. but everyones gotta learn so here goes. Its easier to learn in person w/ someone teaching you but i'll see what i can do.
First you have 6 horizontal lines that represent the strings on a guitar. the letters on the far left represent the string. i. e.
A------------------------. So that means the a string. Numbers on the line represent what fret you hold on that string. ie A------------8---------. That means you hold
8th fret on the a string. if they want you to play a chord, it will look like this
e----3
B----0
G----0
D----0
A----2
E----3
So that would be a g chord, if you dont understand why, then you're gonna have to consult someone else. so chords are tabbed in line w/ each other.
solos and other riffs where you are not using chords are tabbed progressivly. hope this helps.
sean

Guitar World Acoustic has a very neat tab guide in most issues. Tablature typically gives you the notes to play, in order, but usually doesn't assign time values to the notes. So, a note that should have a time value of an eight note shows the same as a note with a time value of a whole note. It ends up being up to you to be familiar with the song to know the difference. But, GWA has come up with a tab notation that incorporates timing.

Did you ever find out who made Trutone guitars? I also have one and am curious.

Washburn AE always seemed a little tinny to me (maybe its just me) As far as buying on line, I'll give the same advice I gave to "the Dude" regarding a Guild D-25. How Do you know how this guitar is going to play or sound without trying it first ?? You may try two or three of the exact same model,and sometimes you can find one thats just perfect or one that sucks. Hope you don't get one that sucks. ( I know you can send it back & get another one, but how many times do you want to do this & pay freight ?)Maybe hit a couple of guitar stores first. Good luck