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Play It Again Sam is located in Montpelier, VT, and is an authorized dealer for Fender, Peavey, Taylor, Epiphone, Washburn, Tacoma, Ovation, Applause, Danelectro, Kawai, Roland, Tascam, Deering, Goodtime, Weber, Pearl, DOD, Digitech, LP, SansAmp, Tech 21, Mackie, Toca, Bill Lawrence, Everyone's Drumming, and many other world-renowned guitars, banjos, mandolins, keyboards, amplifiers, effects, drums, music books and accessories. We ship worldwide! See our shipping cost chart at http://www.guitarsam.com/services/order.htm for shipping in the 48 connected United States. Outside of that area, email us for a shipping quote! Some manufacturers do not yet allow their products to be advertised on the Internet. We may, in some cases, be able to provide you with certain products that we cannot advertise, so if you're looking for something we don't list, check with us anyway! ________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE:
MUSICAL TIPS TIP #1---As a follow-up to last month's tip about fixing vintage-style tremolo arms with the "jitters", Jim Earp has emailed us the following advice as a remedy for Kahler, Floyd Rose, and vintage style arms. Jim says: "Head on down to your local hardware store and purchase a roll of teflon tape. Simply give one pass around the threads of your tremolo arm, and thread the arm back into your traditional or Kahler unit. Or, just wrap the tape a few times around your Floyd Rose snap-in arm, and the wobble is gone." Thanks, Jim! TIP #2---In some parts of our world, outside temperature is dropping, and with it drops the humidity level. This natural phenomenon causes distress in many guitars. Most highly at risk are acoustic guitars built with solid wood. When the guitar gets dry, the wood starts to shrink, causing playability problems and potential cracking. Humidity Facts... --The best relative humidity level for instruments is between 45% and 55%. Guitars live in this range very nicely. --When the relative humidity level drops to 40% inside your home, your guitar's fingerboard may start to shrink, causing the frets to stick out slightly over the edge. --At 35% relative humidity, the frets are definitely starting to feel uncomfortable. The solid top of your acoustic starts to shrink, causing it to bow in near the soundhole, making the action higher, and you're beginning to notice that your guitar doesn't play as well as it used to. --By the time your guitar has been living in 30% humidity for a while, you may start to see finish cracks, or even wood cracks in the top. The list continues, but we've scared you enough. Here's some simple tips to keep your guitar in good condition all year long: 1) Keep your expensive guitars in their cases when not in use. The case will help keep the guitar's natural moisture in place. 2) Don't store your guitar near a direct source of heat, in direct sunlight, or near outside doors. 3) If you have a dedicated music room, keep the temperature slightly lower in that room, when not in use. 4) Use a digital hygrometer to measure the relative humidity level in your home. These sell at many hardware or electronic stores for around $25.00-$30.00. 5) If you find that your home is very dry, use a room humidifier to raise the moisture level and keep it there. 6) Use a guitar humidifier like the "Dampit" to add moisture to your guitar on a regular basis. These easy-to-use devices sell for about $15.95, and are available from us, or any well-stocked music store. They'll help keep your guitar at a better humidity level, even if your entire house isn't. --If you have specific questions about humidity (or lack of) and the effect it has on guitars, email us, and we'll personally answer each one. --Thanks to Taylor Guitars for some of the facts and figures in this report. Taylor Guitars was the first guitar manufacturer to campaign for better consumer information on guitar humidity, even though it's an issue that every guitar builder has struggled with forever. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MUSIC SITE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jammin' Johns! .......(Better sit down for this one) As a youngster, Marvin Maxwell built a guitar out of a toilet seat. As an adult, he makes toilet seats that look like guitars! "Jammin' Johns" builds high-quality toilet seats and covers that look like acoustic and electric guitar bodies, and also pianos. These "music to your rear" products are built in California and Kentucky, and include some real parts and amazing detail. As a bonus for all "Play It Again Sam Email Newsletter" recipients, "Jammin' Johns" is offering a 10% discount on any purchase during February 1999. Be sure to mention your 10% discount when you order! Have a seat, and go check out Jammin' Johns at: Don't forget to flush... BEST SELLING GEAR # 1--FENDER MINI-TWIN Battery-operated miniature amplifier that looks like a Twin! Has two 2 1/2" speakers, and a headphone jack that doubles as a line-out or speaker out. Controls include gain, volume, tone, and a clean/overdrive switch. The Mini-Twin has tilt-back legs, and comes with a 9v battery! Measures 6.5"x4.5"x2.25". Best ratings of all mini-amps. Sale price $39.95. #2--TACOMA PAPOOSE Tacoma's travel guitar plays and carries quite easily. The Papoose tunes to A-D-G-C-E-A, so it sounds just like when you capo a standard guitar at the 5th fret. The fingerboard is comfortable, just a bit wider than many travel guitars, and the sound is big! Great for all styles of music, and lends a whole new sonic texture when used with other instruments. Sale price $349.0 includes a gig bag. See the Papoose at: http://www.guitarsam.com/catalog/tacoma.htm # 3--LEE OSKAR HARMONICAS Most professional harp players agree that the Lee Oskar 10-hole diatonic harmonica (made by Tombo) is the best sounding, easiest note-bending, and loudest harmonica built. We carry all major keys, including sharps, flats, plus "Low F" and "High G". List price is $34.95, but at Play It Again Sam we still sell them for $23.95. Call us behind the times, call us crazy, or just call us to order some! # 4--DEERING BOSTON BANJO Deering's most inexpensive professional banjo is one of the most popular 5-string banjos in the world! To see a photo and read more about it, go to http://www.guitarsam.com/catalog/banjocatalog.htm List price with case is $1279.00, our SALE PRICE is $849.00 with the Deering hard shell case! MUSIC BOOK OF THE MONTH "MOTOWN BASS CLASSICS" Bass Guitar Tab and Notation.....21 of the greatest Motown songs ever, including: For Once In My Life, Get Ready, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, My Girl, What's Going On, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, Baby Love, Ain't Too Proud To Beg, Dancing In The Street, I Can't Help Myself, I Just Want To Celebrate, I Second That Emotion, It's The Same Old Song, My Guy, Reach Out I'll Be There, Shot Gun, Stop! In The Name Of Love, Where Did Our love Go, You Can't Hurry Love, and You Keep Me Hangin' On. This book has the melody line, words, chords, and the bass part in tablature and notation. The price is $14.95, and only $2.00 to ship in the 48 connected United States. Published by Hal Leonard. To order by fax or mail, click to http://www.guitarsam.com/services/Order_Form.htm Or just call us with your charge card at 1(802)229-0295, and we'll ship it out to you the same day! WORKSHOPS DIDGERIDOO WORKSHOP...The return of Pitz Quattrone! Pitz will be at Play It Again Sam on Thursday, February 18, 1999, from 7-9 PM, for an instructional session on the history and playing of the didgeridoo, an instrument that is thought by many to be the world's oldest musical invention! Admission is just $5.00, and reservations are appreciated. STRIDE GUITAR WORKSHOP...Paul Lolax, a frequent clinician at Play It Again Sam, and author of "Guitar Solos in Open and Altered Tunings" (Mel Bay) will conduct a workshop on Thursday, February 25, 1999, from 7-9 PM. The goal of this workshop will be for the participants to learn a complete stride tune, front to back. Bring your guitar. Admission is $5.00, and reservations are appreciated. PLAY IT AGAIN SAM'S MONTHLY GIVEAWAY! Win a free Lee Oskar harmonica (your choice of key). Be the first one to email us with the correct answer to the following musical question, and we'll send your prize to you, anywhere in the world for free! Please note! This contest is over! We have included this in our archives for informational purposes only! The winner.......Brad Sheasby! Question.......Who was the first Motown recording group to hit #1 on the charts? Email us with your correct answer here: Answer: the Marvelettes, with "Please, Mr. Postman". LAST MONTH'S WINNER! Congratulations to Gerald Nicoletti, our last month's winner. Gerald was the first to tell us what significance a farmer named Max Yasgur had on rock history. The answer, of course, was that Max owned the farm in upstate NewYork that Woodstock was held at. Gerald won a copy of "Edly Paints the Ivories Blue". --By the way, for all of you well-archived readers who have mentioned that our questions are too easy, I thought I'd let you know that we do get some wrong answers! Here's a couple of my favorites: "Max Yasgur was Joni Mitchell's long lost father"....."Max Yasgur played keyboard on some Rolling Stones songs". My respectful apologies to those parties with the wrong answers. Your identities are safe! --Also, in a previous issue, our question was "Who played the guitar solo on George Harrison's song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and the most popular answer was...George Harrison. The soloist was, in fact, the one and only Eric Clapton. Most everyone thought it was a trick question! PREVIOUS EZINE ISSUES To view previous issues of the "GuitarSam eZine", go to http://www.guitarsam.com/ezine/archive.htm
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