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B-band

It took more than 20 years to convince me to electrify my old acoustic guitar.

the wave of enthusiasm after winning at the recent Acoustic Festival and gassed by the performance of Bermuda Trio (those never say Tuesday) I decided it was time to remove dust from the "old" and give it new life. On the advice of
Valentino, in turn advised by the Bermuda Way, I bought the kit of the B-band, two pickups (UST 29R, AST 1470), preamp and a remote control with volume and mix ( model A2 .2).

The kit, which arrived from Germany, is composed of three box containing everything you need, including the jack and a 9V battery and all wiring. The two pickups are referred to as UST and AST, and have completely different characteristics:
- the FSO is mounted under the bridge and passed through a hole in the coffin easily obtainable with a 3mm drill bit. There are two models of UST, the 23R and 29R and differ only by the width (2.9mm against 2.3mm) and of course the model must be purchased depending on the extent of the bridge of his guitar.
- AST, the only model available, should be pasted inside the box, so that it is positioned under the bridge. In my case, since there is enough space, as recommended by the manual, was put behind the bridge, that is, to understand not between the hole and the bridge but after a small bridge to the bottom of the box. Since the operation is done almost blindly, there is provided a preformed cardboard cutout, with the adhesive, allowing you to take your measurements before and then go outside with a sure hand in the guitar.
links are quite trivial, there is no welding to be applied. The pre-amp, the battery box and the remote control is equipped with an effective double-sided, and in the case of the battery holder, with a layer of velcro that allows to disassemble for changing batteries.
The jack in my case has replaced the pinch "of the series, since the diameter was luckily just the same.

The remote control is particularly interesting because it is applied inside the box near the edge of the hole, so that even if the controls are invisible to the eye in fact, readily accessible by the fingers of his right hand.

The FSO going to occupy the seat of the bridge (you're talking about a fraction of a millimeter) is still to increase the action of the guitar.
Considering that the bottom surface of the bridge, the transducer in contact with the FSO, was not particularly smooth and regular, I proceeded to write a filed down the bridge about half a mm lowering and adjusting the background perfectly, so as to ensure perfect contact with the FSO. Indeed, comparing the sound before and after the filed, I noticed an improvement yield FSO, I think because of the surface more closely.

evidence shows that the system returns once great satisfaction: the sound is very balanced with no difference in volume between the strings and a fair equalization without too many annoying average, typical of the guitars and piezoelectric transducers cheaper.
It takes a little 'patience to appreciate the differences between the two pickups. The AST was "wide open" and returns every little nuance of the guitar sound. E 'highly crystalline and microphone, and then returns with the sound of any guitar, streaks on the ropes and slamming Included on the case. As described in the manual, this pickup works well in giving the most from 800Hz up. From
800Hz down there thinks the FSO: This is initially present as a big disappointment, because it appears to be off and with little volume. In fact working with the control mix and earnings (accessible only from the pre-and not by remote control), we get to mix perfectly sound, having the right balance between sound crystal clear and full of bass.
The control mix thus emerges as a cross between an equalizer and a presence control. Turning it from a verse of up to 100% of UST, a soft sound, full and with little attack, turning the other is up to a situation of 50% between UST and AST, resulting in crystal clear sound.
The manual advised to wait several days to make final adjustments so that the FSO will fit in the pressure of the bridge.

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JOKER - 007: TWO ZERO

's nice to see for themselves that virtual communities can come true sometimes. The weekend of April 19th I was pleased with the pppiii maiscula to attend the first meeting of joker and friends, organized with a simple but effective tam-tam on the network, with the main reference site www.jokeristi.it.
Being the happy owner of an old Joker T3 (Joker), and instead I had a newer T4 (California), and therefore comes in the second category (friends), feeding the days preceding the rally serious doubts about the type of people that I found: maniacs purists T3? old joker globetrotter? how they judged my modern means?

But the thing almost incredible: 45 / 2 and its crew that did not previously know each other, find themselves in a timely camping Peschiera first of all to cook with your steak, then everyone at the table to chat about this and less like old and dear friends.

And after dinner, who had the right medium is also smoked all fumabile!

Pure time has come to be at our side, giving us a window of good weather on Saturday morning to Sunday evening, just right to allow a pleasant stay on garda (Friday night at midnight it was raining at Trent and there were 9 ° C on Saturday, were in short sleeves).

will be angry with us as a crew of 007 Quantum of Solace, parked a few miles from us, who have obviously made a lightning rod-jinx, pecking the week before (and even that after) all the water that God could rain down on earth. And speaking of bad luck, in our wanderings in column 3 of the garda we crossed Aston Martin DBS used for filming, and just to understand that good luck was on our side, we also passed the very spot where one of the Aston Martin flew into the lake, about a quarter of an hour before it happened the fact!

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The new and the old testament

I left to spend more for a week before mentally retrace the cold out with the pre-Easter campers, so fatal that the nano has only now made completely around the influence caught sleeping around.

Already starting the week before all the anticipated weather clouds more black and threatening. With this premise, with the fact that they wanted to stay around for up to 2 nights with the reserves for the third night, it was decided to anticipate the weather starting Wednesday to return just before the big chill.

This release was long overdue, not because of the route that touched places in my case already seen and magazines, but it finally Feltrin and Santini after years of happy holidays together ushered in a new way to vacation with the first exit with their official T4 California.

Depart late morning Wednesday, the day is slightly covered and not particularly hot destination Lucca.
arrive in a city without any problem circumvented by the massive traffic and historic walls reach the picnic area the Serchio . A nice surprise, not only because it is a newly built plant, clean and tidy bathroom with heated and even wireless Internet access, but because the man who looks after us (who "would not have given any money") is shown in really skilled to speak 3 languages, alternating conversation with more guests and jumping with great ease from one language to another! As if after having crapped enough with his performance in a foreign language, I was failing on two occasions when, by imitating a British crew that was maneuvering before me (with the guide and the door on the right) before I tried to park the T4 the wrong way, then resumed dall'omino, I missed you 3 times the "rails" designed specifically to avoid that in case of rain, the campers will get bogged down in pitch. Of course, in that being trilingual and cursing at me for you to park in correctly, I replied in a low voice, "but what I want it to rain with clear sky?".
After a quick visit to the center of Lucca, home to the setup in the evening, to bed at 21 so what else we have to do after ... even a couple of hours, even if the man had made himself trilingual seriously gufare against us, it starts raining and it continued all night.
3 to zero for man of the parking area.

The next day, luckily the rain leaves room for some ray of sunshine, we head to Pisa. Straight to the car park via Pietrasantina, adjacent to the area for campers.
parked in the parking lot of cars, "confusing" the two campers between the machines so they are giving the eye and seem to just two trucks, to avoid disputes over the break. The tower is there at hand, a sign indicates the square of miracles just 800m.
We are moving, I think good walk at least 25 minutes, blatantly wrong way.

Photo Rite in the square, we avoid the tail of the tower so the children could not go because they are too small, we take the piss out of the Japanese who used the usual picture of what it takes to balance the tower by hand, then off Travel by car back to the sea. Sincerely Pisa is not worth more than 10 minutes of attention.

It 's almost lunch time, we aim to Marina di Pisa with the idea of \u200b\u200bthe coast and then down to below Castiglioncello. We arrive near the former camp Calambrone (Queen of the Sea), where I and Marina have worked several years ago.

passing by and approved for only Position: hard to believe, the ramshackle colony ceded to private ISI few years ago, has become a luxury resort.

slow down and pecking at the corner of a camper in German is a dirt road leading to the sea, turn right and we position ourselves right on the seafront ready for lunch.

The day, in spite of all the most dire predictions of the time, became extraordinarily beautiful, although there are no gentle spring temperatures, the sky is completely clear.
have lunch and decide to continue on to the sea in Castiglioncello and then head directly to Volterra.

arrive all'arrocato Tuscan village hinterland through countries with evocative names such as the Fagiolaia between green hills in pure style wallpaper windows xp and level crossings worth we can do is cry.

directly before we head to the Cliffs Camping to ensure the availability (of course it was empty, had advanced the case for the seasonal opening and there were only two Germans shivering in a tent) , then after considering the alternative of stopping the car park P3, already known to the campers and hour of the network in fact already well-fed motor home, folded back on the campsite, hoping to find a better shelter from the cold.
Visit Rite in Volterra, quick, due to the polar wind unbearable truce that has not left us all afternoon and then dinner and bed.

The next day begins in a "stinky". Let's say that all olfactory Fagiolaia remembered the day before rather than the garden of olives where to stop. After I heard
blame petofonia acute assume was found to be in the wind and the sweet scent that everyone has been nothing but inhaling sulfur fumes that were coming from adjacent metalliferous hills.
We start in the direction of Pomarance (obviously not the place where apples are grown and naranzi) Assigned Merdarello, Marderello ... no ... no ... ... Larderello here ... Enel and we come to the museum with the right timing to the aggregate group that you are going to see the opening of the tourist geysers.

witnessing almost afraid to show that Mother Nature gives us, covering the ears drilled by a hissing sound over 130dB. Listening to a good guide Enel feel satisfaction ecologist Joint Italian pride when we learn that those things steaming smelly and noisy (not the one we're looking at that even in its majesty is now considered "waste" of time) produce as much as 25% of the electricity needs of the Tuscany region (the face of nuclear, wind and all you other beautiful things).

leave this valley full of tubes and head north, destination Abbey of San Galgano . We now arrive when the weather turns for the worse.
San Galgano is a magical place. On the hill stands a small church in which there is a real sword in the stone. In the plain below, however, there are the remains of an old abbey, spectacular as perfectly preserved except the roof is completely missing. So much beautiful place that we have turned the Pooh last video of the House of the Sun
Arthurian In this context, I lose a huge nap in the camper and I miss the visit to the ruins, when I wake up it's time to leave.

But what centers the title "Old Testament" and "New Testament"? Simple, white one in the photo is the "Old", the green "New"!
He said Sabrina, so we liked it and then it was!

Technical Notes path:
mileage: about 1000 (departure and arrival Trento)
Trento - Lucca - Pisa - Marina di Pisa - Livorno - Castiglioncello - Volterra - Larderello - San Galgano - Trento



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