Hmmm.... I wonder whats going on here?Dear Friends of Gerald Weber,
I wanted to let you know firsthand that my health is just fine and there is no need to concern about why my Amp Column and my Ask Gerald column is MISSING from the new Vintage Guitar Magazine. There was initially concern from readers that perhaps my health was not so good because this is the first time in 16 years that my articles are not in the magazine! Why are they left out? They were sent in on time! A new appointed editor at the magazine has a new solution when someone disagrees with him. I am not going to say what it is, but let's just say he isn't big on asking questions or listening. It is the classic case of someone in a job beyond their competency level. So you are likely to see a mass exodus of writers, advertisers and subscribers. Or, if enough people bitch about him to the owner, you may just see a newer editor.
Don't bother sending a letter to the editor to complain, unless you send another copy to the same address for the owners like this:
Attention: Cleo Greenwood or Alan Greenwood
Vintage Guitar, Inc.
PO Box 7301
Bismarck, ND 58507
The editor will just throw it away 'and hide it from the owners. He doesn't need you or me and he has never made a mistake, at least not one he's been responsible for. He even told me he was the most responsible person he knows. Can you believe that?
Anyone get the new Kendrick newsletter? (full of mudslingng)
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Anyone get the new Kendrick newsletter? (full of mudslingng)
Apparently (according to Gerald Weber) Vintage Guitar Magazine has an issue with the new editor:
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Re: Anyone get the new Kendrick newsletter? (full of mudslin
actually im not sure how to take it.Billy Batz wrote:Apparently (according to Gerald Weber) Vintage Guitar Magazine has an issue with the new editor:
Hmmm.... I wonder whats going on here?Dear Friends of Gerald Weber,
I wanted to let you know firsthand that my health is just fine and there is no need to concern about why my Amp Column and my Ask Gerald column is MISSING from the new Vintage Guitar Magazine. There was initially concern from readers that perhaps my health was not so good because this is the first time in 16 years that my articles are not in the magazine! Why are they left out? They were sent in on time! A new appointed editor at the magazine has a new solution when someone disagrees with him. I am not going to say what it is, but let's just say he isn't big on asking questions or listening. It is the classic case of someone in a job beyond their competency level. So you are likely to see a mass exodus of writers, advertisers and subscribers. Or, if enough people bitch about him to the owner, you may just see a newer editor.
Don't bother sending a letter to the editor to complain, unless you send another copy to the same address for the owners like this:
Attention: Cleo Greenwood or Alan Greenwood
Vintage Guitar, Inc.
PO Box 7301
Bismarck, ND 58507
The editor will just throw it away 'and hide it from the owners. He doesn't need you or me and he has never made a mistake, at least not one he's been responsible for. He even told me he was the most responsible person he knows. Can you believe that?
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Well. The other side of the story is missing. Though, personaly Im more inclined to believe Weber then a suit (just my personality 
). But Id like to hear something from someone else. Its not like I get that rag anyway. I havent bought a guitar rag in I dont know how friggin long. But from flippin through occassionaly, I think it was one of the few I would enjoy reading.
). But Id like to hear something from someone else. Its not like I get that rag anyway. I havent bought a guitar rag in I dont know how friggin long. But from flippin through occassionaly, I think it was one of the few I would enjoy reading.-
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It has been the only one I've bought in quite a while, and often to check out Gerald's column (in fact I wondered if Mark was the one who wrote in questioning Gerald about the LCR cap thing from a couple of months ago!!!) It remains to be seen how much things might change other than Gerald's absence from the rag though.......now if the repair columns by Dan Erlewine and such disappear I might get ticked, I'm not much for the fluffy artist articles in many cases......
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Somebody wrote in asking why Gerald says LCR caps suck and he recommends not using them -- it kind of mimiced a thread Mark started ages ago.........Gerald is still the only person I've ever heard gripe about LCR caps though......mightymike wrote:What LCR cap thing?Flames1950 wrote:.(in fact I wondered if Mark was the one who wrote in questioning Gerald about the LCR cap thing from a couple of months ago!!!) ...
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hey Andy,
it wasnt me in the mag u probably remember me posting a conversation i had with Gerald via email, ( i had also had it with him on the phone) where he said try it for yourself, with full load the lcr did not do their job and filter out ripple and i would hear ghost notes atthe 14th fret... or was it the 15th. anyway. i never did try it but again i havent much experience with lcr from these conversations.
KOC ripped Gerald a new one in one of his TUT about something about transformers - i would have to go back and read it but basically called Gerald on it. im surprised he hasnt called him on the lcr caps because he does recommend them. although the one thing KOC does agree with Gerald is that Illinois caps are to be stayed away from.
Mark
it wasnt me in the mag u probably remember me posting a conversation i had with Gerald via email, ( i had also had it with him on the phone) where he said try it for yourself, with full load the lcr did not do their job and filter out ripple and i would hear ghost notes atthe 14th fret... or was it the 15th. anyway. i never did try it but again i havent much experience with lcr from these conversations.
KOC ripped Gerald a new one in one of his TUT about something about transformers - i would have to go back and read it but basically called Gerald on it. im surprised he hasnt called him on the lcr caps because he does recommend them. although the one thing KOC does agree with Gerald is that Illinois caps are to be stayed away from.
Mark
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found it!
this was an email Gerald sent me after i asked him about it after reading it in one of his books.
"Dear Mark,
Do a listening test, but only do it at loud volumes. LCR's sound fine at low
volumes because filtering is a function of current. More current takes a
better filter. LCR cap will not remove the ripple that occurs when AC is
rectified to pulsating DC. The 120 Hz pulse will be in the power supply and
modulate the signal path.
Do a little experiment so you will be able to speak with authority on this
subject. Record the sound with LCR's on one track of a stereo recorder or
multitrack recorder. Notice the ugly, out of tune sound and the lower
non-harmonic note that moves with the note you are playing, but in a
non-harmonic way. Pay particular attention to the notes A and B flat. You
must turn the amp up to overdrive condition to hear this. When the amp is
drawing a lot of current, the LCR's will not rid the power supply ripple and
it is clearly audible as an out of tune sound underneath the note and a
lower but non-harmonic pitch.
Now change the filters to F&T and do the same test. Turn the amp up and
listen. You can do an overdub recording of this on a second track. Notice
how the notes sound in tune when overdriven. Play and A and a B flat. Notice
how clear the harmonics are and how there is no out of tune sound.
At this point, you should know why I don't like LCR caps. If you aren't
convinced, play both tracks into a mixer and mute one track. While it is
playing, unmute that one and mute the other so you can switch back and forth
and remember what the other one sounded like. Each time, one track is muted
and the other unmuted. Or turn the balance control on the stereo amp to the
left and listen, then to the right and listen. Which one do you prefer? Does
the one that is in tune sound better to you. Me too.
Why does Marshall use LCR? Because Marshall is a Brit company and LCR is
made in Britain. They have always used British parts unless the parts are
not available in Britain. I don't think Brits like dealing with Germans
anyway. Remember Germany sank many British ships and bombed London and
killed many British people's parents and grandparents and there is not a
great deal of love lost for importing expensive German parts over locally
produced cheap British parts. With a big manufacturing company like
Marshall, cheaper local is better than more expensive German.
Kindest Regards,
Gerald"
it doesnt sound like he is bullshitting.. but again.. maybe he doesnt realize who he is messing with and i would try this experiment.
Mark
this was an email Gerald sent me after i asked him about it after reading it in one of his books.
"Dear Mark,
Do a listening test, but only do it at loud volumes. LCR's sound fine at low
volumes because filtering is a function of current. More current takes a
better filter. LCR cap will not remove the ripple that occurs when AC is
rectified to pulsating DC. The 120 Hz pulse will be in the power supply and
modulate the signal path.
Do a little experiment so you will be able to speak with authority on this
subject. Record the sound with LCR's on one track of a stereo recorder or
multitrack recorder. Notice the ugly, out of tune sound and the lower
non-harmonic note that moves with the note you are playing, but in a
non-harmonic way. Pay particular attention to the notes A and B flat. You
must turn the amp up to overdrive condition to hear this. When the amp is
drawing a lot of current, the LCR's will not rid the power supply ripple and
it is clearly audible as an out of tune sound underneath the note and a
lower but non-harmonic pitch.
Now change the filters to F&T and do the same test. Turn the amp up and
listen. You can do an overdub recording of this on a second track. Notice
how the notes sound in tune when overdriven. Play and A and a B flat. Notice
how clear the harmonics are and how there is no out of tune sound.
At this point, you should know why I don't like LCR caps. If you aren't
convinced, play both tracks into a mixer and mute one track. While it is
playing, unmute that one and mute the other so you can switch back and forth
and remember what the other one sounded like. Each time, one track is muted
and the other unmuted. Or turn the balance control on the stereo amp to the
left and listen, then to the right and listen. Which one do you prefer? Does
the one that is in tune sound better to you. Me too.
Why does Marshall use LCR? Because Marshall is a Brit company and LCR is
made in Britain. They have always used British parts unless the parts are
not available in Britain. I don't think Brits like dealing with Germans
anyway. Remember Germany sank many British ships and bombed London and
killed many British people's parents and grandparents and there is not a
great deal of love lost for importing expensive German parts over locally
produced cheap British parts. With a big manufacturing company like
Marshall, cheaper local is better than more expensive German.
Kindest Regards,
Gerald"
it doesnt sound like he is bullshitting.. but again.. maybe he doesnt realize who he is messing with and i would try this experiment.
Mark
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I got it also............
Flames remember I said the same thing about the LCR giving out of tune notes, I got that from Weber, just like on that e-mail to MArk....
That was 2 years ago right here somewhere....Hummmm he migh be right but I never had that prob so far......
Flames remember I said the same thing about the LCR giving out of tune notes, I got that from Weber, just like on that e-mail to MArk....
That was 2 years ago right here somewhere....Hummmm he migh be right but I never had that prob so far......
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JF u got the same email? - the very same email?5150loveeddie wrote:I got it also............
Flames remember I said the same thing about the LCR giving out of tune notes, I got that from Weber, just like on that e-mail to MArk....
That was 2 years ago right here somewhere....Hummmm he migh be right but I never had that prob so far......
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No not that one you had but Dan got.......rockstah wrote:JF u got the same email? - the very same email?5150loveeddie wrote:I got it also............
Flames remember I said the same thing about the LCR giving out of tune notes, I got that from Weber, just like on that e-mail to MArk....
That was 2 years ago right here somewhere....Hummmm he migh be right but I never had that prob so far......
What I was saying about the LCR is that I've mention the very same thing about them making a out of tune note, like Weber explain to you, I was Weber's subscribers for amp tech service via e-mail, and he told me the same exact shiit about the LCR....
here the thread I mention it to FAlmes..... http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php ... t=lcr+tune
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I guess we will have to bench test the filter caps know and see which sounds the best, etc........rockstah wrote:interesting.
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Regardless of the other side of the story, I've written columns and know a lot of folks in the magazine industry. I've never seen an editor take kindly to being called incompetent (or out of his depth) by a writer. Especially in public. Nor is a mass exodus of subscribers likely from a great magazine like Vintage Guitar, just because one column is dropped from one issue or more.
(Well, if Sports Illustrated ever dropped Rick Reilly from the back page, I'd have little reason to read the mag. But that's in a whole other league of writing, and actually speaks to how weak that magazine is.)
It's unfortunate -- dude should have handled this differently, IMHO. Vintage Guitar is my favorite magazine. I even read every ad on every page. I also read Weber's column every month and I like it. But I honestly didn't notice it was missing this month, and I can be spared this particular drama, thank you very much.
(Well, if Sports Illustrated ever dropped Rick Reilly from the back page, I'd have little reason to read the mag. But that's in a whole other league of writing, and actually speaks to how weak that magazine is.)
It's unfortunate -- dude should have handled this differently, IMHO. Vintage Guitar is my favorite magazine. I even read every ad on every page. I also read Weber's column every month and I like it. But I honestly didn't notice it was missing this month, and I can be spared this particular drama, thank you very much.