My StoneTone block review has begun
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One of Jerry's Kids
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You are freaking worse than my Editor at TMRZoo.com. I do have a day job also you know. Like I said preliminary findings tonight, hopefully, the full blown review on Monday.
You are freaking worse than my Editor at TMRZoo.com. I do have a day job also you know. Like I said preliminary findings tonight, hopefully, the full blown review on Monday.
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Funkfingers
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One of Jerry's Kids
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I should have had that covered my last name is Welsh.
https://www.houseofnames.com/owens-family-crest
I should have had that covered my last name is Welsh.
https://www.houseofnames.com/owens-family-crest
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those Celtic tangs are fascinating, how did they manage to go extinct ? great mystery. BTW is welsh considered Scandinavian?
those Celtic tangs are fascinating, how did they manage to go extinct ? great mystery. BTW is welsh considered Scandinavian?
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Take your time bro, we need full precise measurements to the millisecond!
Take your time bro, we need full precise measurements to the millisecond!
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
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Welsh is a Celtic thing....was much wider spread through old Europe in the old old times, before those crappy Romans came along
Nopes Scandinavian is a northern branch of Germanic....
Welsh is a Celtic thing....was much wider spread through old Europe in the old old times, before those crappy Romans came along
DrNewcenstein
He Did the Monster Mash
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4 pages in and what was this about?
I wound 47 miles of coil wire
I got push-back braid for a neck-tie
I got a brand new house on the roadside made out of old A5s
Got a big ol chimney sits on top, made out of P.A.F.s
Come on baby now tell me true
Tell me what this thread's about
So I'm assuming that someone's already hard at work on milling out stone tuneomatic bases to hold titanium saddles, and threaded inserts and bridge posts to match?
Maybe wood will be the next wave? Or we can go with blocks and saddles and locking nuts and baseplates made from vintage pre-ban ivory. How about a block made form old Marlboro boxes? Red for a hotter tone, Lights for a smoother tone, Menthol for those sweet Jazz and Funk tones, Black for those Metal tones.
4 pages in and what was this about?
I wound 47 miles of coil wire
I got push-back braid for a neck-tie
I got a brand new house on the roadside made out of old A5s
Got a big ol chimney sits on top, made out of P.A.F.s
Come on baby now tell me true
Tell me what this thread's about
So I'm assuming that someone's already hard at work on milling out stone tuneomatic bases to hold titanium saddles, and threaded inserts and bridge posts to match?
Maybe wood will be the next wave? Or we can go with blocks and saddles and locking nuts and baseplates made from vintage pre-ban ivory. How about a block made form old Marlboro boxes? Red for a hotter tone, Lights for a smoother tone, Menthol for those sweet Jazz and Funk tones, Black for those Metal tones.
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
Re: My StoneTone block review has begun
So what you are saying is once again you have nothing of value to add to the conversation but felt compelled to post anyway. Interesting.
So what you are saying is once again you have nothing of value to add to the conversation but felt compelled to post anyway. Interesting.
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Funkfingers
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Celts are the people who recolonised the Atlantic coastal parts of Europe after the last Ice Age, starting from the Iberian peninsula. Scandinavians recolonised from the East. Genetic studies into this subject have been wonderful for upsetting nationalists. http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/stephenoppenheimer/origins_of_the_british.php
Nopes Scandinavian is a northern branch of Germanic....
Welsh is a Celtic thing....was much wider spread through old Europe in the old old times, before those crappy Romans came along
Celts are the people who recolonised the Atlantic coastal parts of Europe after the last Ice Age, starting from the Iberian peninsula. Scandinavians recolonised from the East. Genetic studies into this subject have been wonderful for upsetting nationalists. http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/stephenoppenheimer/origins_of_the_british.php
Ashurbanipal
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We haven't covered Georgian yet - მაგარია! There, that'll buy some time.
Crappy Romans haha, 'What have the Romans ever done for us?'
We haven't covered Georgian yet - მაგარია! There, that'll buy some time.
Nopes Scandinavian is a northern branch of Germanic....
Welsh is a Celtic thing....was much wider spread through old Europe in the old old times, before those crappy Romans came along
Crappy Romans haha, 'What have the Romans ever done for us?'
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...and for the most part I'm a hardtail player. But here I am.
...and for the most part I'm a hardtail player. But here I am.
kramersteen
PowerMetalRaph
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Get him to do a review with lots of ''um yeah's'' and powerchords.
Get him to do a review with lots of ''um yeah's'' and powerchords.
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
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This is just the "sniff test" but the guitar is audibly louder with the StoneTone unplugged and through the DAW. The baseline clip is on top, you can visibly see more volume and sustain. The clips are chopped to fit in the frame but the StoneTone signal is also longer (you will see that when I post all of the data). I need to plug it into the Marshall and give it the "real world" test. I need to see how my ears respond to the block. I also want to plug the clips into the Audio software to look at the frequency spectrum. I got the brass block today it will be intresting to see the results from all three.
I should have the end-to-end review and rundown in a few days. This is the first time on TMRZoo.com we have gone this far to analyze a product. Typically our reviews are based on our opinions and experiences. It is cool that this thread and product pushed us to drill down this deep into the atributes of this product.
So far all of the claims that StoneTone have made are true.
This is just the "sniff test" but the guitar is audibly louder with the StoneTone unplugged and through the DAW. The baseline clip is on top, you can visibly see more volume and sustain. The clips are chopped to fit in the frame but the StoneTone signal is also longer (you will see that when I post all of the data). I need to plug it into the Marshall and give it the "real world" test. I need to see how my ears respond to the block. I also want to plug the clips into the Audio software to look at the frequency spectrum. I got the brass block today it will be intresting to see the results from all three.
I should have the end-to-end review and rundown in a few days. This is the first time on TMRZoo.com we have gone this far to analyze a product. Typically our reviews are based on our opinions and experiences. It is cool that this thread and product pushed us to drill down this deep into the atributes of this product.
So far all of the claims that StoneTone have made are true.
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Masta' C
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As I mentioned in the other thread, my thought is that the Granite material, in tandem with the softer lead alloy inserts, is somehow eliminating stray vibration/resonance through the block and trem springs and focusing more energy back into the contact points (i.e. pivot posts) and strings. In a sense, behaving more like a hardtail type bridge in the way the string energy is dampened and transferred throughout the guitar.
:dunno:
As I mentioned in the other thread, my thought is that the Granite material, in tandem with the softer lead alloy inserts, is somehow eliminating stray vibration/resonance through the block and trem springs and focusing more energy back into the contact points (i.e. pivot posts) and strings. In a sense, behaving more like a hardtail type bridge in the way the string energy is dampened and transferred throughout the guitar.
:dunno:
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
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Both, It is an E (E B E G# B E) I set the metronome to 110 bpm and first strummed the chord slowly (arpeggio). I then gave it 4 strikes letting the last strike ring until I saw no noticeable signal in the DAW. The sustain is very noticable.
I would have to go back to the baseline block and record more clips. Then do another setup and intonation. That is not happening unless you want to come over here and help me.
Both, It is an E (E B E G# B E) I set the metronome to 110 bpm and first strummed the chord slowly (arpeggio). I then gave it 4 strikes letting the last strike ring until I saw no noticeable signal in the DAW. The sustain is very noticable.
I would have to go back to the baseline block and record more clips. Then do another setup and intonation. That is not happening unless you want to come over here and help me.
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I know its a PITA, hmm too late I guess. Anyway, you might do those tests with the granite block, and then repeat with the brass one, assuming brass will be superior to the original. The more complete are the tests the more beneficial to all of us. The result already is beyond any expectations, I have to say! (and thanks for this work)
I know its a PITA, hmm too late I guess. Anyway, you might do those tests with the granite block, and then repeat with the brass one, assuming brass will be superior to the original. The more complete are the tests the more beneficial to all of us. The result already is beyond any expectations, I have to say! (and thanks for this work)
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I think that if this energy transferred to the body comes back and forth in frequencies that are multiples of the main frequency (harmonics), then this is what works against the basic string vibration and finally kills the sustain. For ultimate sustain, ideally you'd want completely still parts beyond the nut and the saddles. However, this "dampening" if done to certain harmonics might change the tone for the better, without harming sustain badly.
I think that if this energy transferred to the body comes back and forth in frequencies that are multiples of the main frequency (harmonics), then this is what works against the basic string vibration and finally kills the sustain. For ultimate sustain, ideally you'd want completely still parts beyond the nut and the saddles. However, this "dampening" if done to certain harmonics might change the tone for the better, without harming sustain badly.
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Funkfingers
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I have one very specific question:
For a 21 or 22 fret guitar, with a single coil-sized pickup positioned beneath the node where the 24th fret would be, select the neck position pickup, play harmonics above the fifth fret. Do these sound as loudly through the amplifier as harmonics from above the twelfth, ninth, seventh or third frets?
I have one very specific question:
For a 21 or 22 fret guitar, with a single coil-sized pickup positioned beneath the node where the 24th fret would be, select the neck position pickup, play harmonics above the fifth fret. Do these sound as loudly through the amplifier as harmonics from above the twelfth, ninth, seventh or third frets?
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