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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Massachusetts
The Ultimate Accessories Thread!
Well since there is a ultimate guitar thread and an ultimate bass thread i think there should be an ultimate accessories thread. Include any accessory items(pedals, cables, string, etc.)
Here's what to include in your post:
Name of Item
Who It Is Made By
Style of Music It Fits
Why You Like It
Well get going!
Keep it clean - I'll have this stickied
Spam, unrelated posts, or posts that simply do not have enough/relavant information, or give a poor review will be deleted.
Please keep this thread filled with posts STRICTLY about gear. Questions can be asked in PMs. Once again, unrelated posts, WILL be deleted, and users warned.
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Last edited by SV300 : 06-18-2004 at 08:52 PM.
Exploded, done, finito
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Westchester, New York
I officially endorse this thread, great idea!
To get it started, I'll do my Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah-Wah.
Jim Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah Pedal
The wah is activated and de-activated by pressing the wah forward all the way, forcing the pedal to push down a small button under it. There is no on/off switch, just 2 jacks for chords and an unusual adapter.
I bought it for $50 used.
The wah has a ridiculously poor sweep, there is no midrange at all. There are really only 2 different sounds, high treble, and high bass. The sound doesn't change gradually, there is no gradual sweep or elegant transition from bassy to middy to trebly. When rocked all the way back, it sounds like any wah all the way back would, but then when it's about 30-40% forward, it sounds almost exactly the same. From about 40-60% forward there's a slight midrange which is really more trebly than anything. From about 60%-fully rocked down, it just sounds ridiculously icepicky and trebly, and if left in that position it would seriously cause major hearing damage.
I'm off to radioshack today to buy a bunch of random stuff to mod my crybaby, and I'll report back with the results.
I hope this thread catches on, it'd be a great help to people who would actually bother to read it.
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Last edited by nirvanaozzie : 03-06-2004 at 11:39 AM.
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Centerville, Ohio
Name of Item- MXR Blue Box
Who It Is Made By- MXR
Features- Output and Blend
Cost- 130 list, 75 street
Style of Music It Fits- I don't know
Why You Like It- It's wierd as hell, it's an ocatve down distortion on acid basically.
Like I said earlier, this is an octave distortion. It switches randomly between 1 and 2 octaves, so you can hit the same not 5 times and not get the same sound twice.
The best way to describe it's sound would probably be a malfunctioning Atari. I use this pedal to just to confuse people really.
It can't be used for any real purpose but to get people to say "What the hell was that?".
This is by far my favorite pedal.
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Last edited by dkpinhead : 03-06-2004 at 02:25 PM.
Too Cool To Post
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: New York
Boss DS-1
$40.00-50.00-dont remember the price but its no more than that.
I love this pedal, it has as much as distortion you want for metal. And you can always turn the distortion down. it has an output and input and an adapter jack. And it has great sound for rock like guns n roses and zeppelin. Its a GREAT pedal and very very cheep.
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Toronto, eh?
I think I'll continue on the DS-1.
For anyone who thinks they need an OD-20 drive zone to get a blues distortion, you are wrong. This pedal handles a great trebly, raunchy blues distortion with ease. Getting true overdrive can be a little difficult, but it certainly handles a lot of great stuff.
My favourite setting is having the tone just past 12:00, and the Drive at full. Then, on my amp, I have the mids at about 5-6, treble at 7 and bass at 5. It's simply a great, heavy sound. I use it with .011 gauge strings and whole step down tuning, and it just works amazing. It brings my squier strat and frontman 15 amp to life.
EDIT: I have a soundclip of me playing through the DS-1 straight to the computer. Clickhere to have a listen. The settings are: Gain at full, tone at 12:00, level at 12:00. Of course, when put through my amp, it does sound a bit more contained. I'll also be submitting my DS-1 for modifications to Robert Keeley, and I'll be sure to update you guys once that comes through.
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Behringer V-amp 2
Made by - Behringer
Features - Amp modeling, Cabinet modeling, Effects
Cost - $130 USD
Style of Music - Any style. It comes with 125 presets that range from Blues to Metal to Funk as well as just so f*cking wierd sounds.
Why I Like It - The V-Amp 2 fits any style of music I have ever tryed to play and pulls it off amazingly. Its distortion is amazing (especialy when set on one of the two rectified amp models). The effects are great and very controlable. There is a seperate reverb control which v=can be use at the same time with up to two other effects, distortion, and amp and cabinet modeling.
I also think that people should include any problems with the product.
Problems - The foot switch that comes with is is pretty much sh*t. But they do sell a MIDI foot controller that can be used with it. However it is another $130.
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: San Diego, California
Re: The Ultimate Accessories Thread!
BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner $80-100 US
-Handsfree operation
-'Stream" meter for easy accuracy
-Seven modes for easy options
-Seven-segment LED
This tuner is great for many reasons. One thing that I like about it is it's handsfree operation. Simply step on it, hit the string you want to tune and it will show up on the meter with unbeatable accuracy. You can't forget it's design either. The TU-2 is extremely compact, just like all of BOSS' pedals and extremely durable too. Whether you plan on using the TU-2 for gigs, or just for home use, it is a very ideal buy.
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Protégé of Five Magics
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Falling Into Infinity
Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
Name of Item : CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
Who It Is Made By : Boss
Features : Compact chorus pedal, High and low filters, E.Level, Rate and Depth controls
Cost : £32 (Pre-owned)
This great compact pedal gives a range of chorus tones from mild and natural, to clear and penetrating stereo chorus.I bought this pedal from e-Bay for £32 and it has proven to be truly a great buy, i use this mostly for my clean playing to add another dimension to my cleans but i also use it with distortion to add that 'nother dimension to my tone.
Last edited by YouKnowYourRite : 03-07-2004 at 03:59 AM.
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Toronto, eh?
I'm voting we're allowed to post strings. Let's hope nirvanaozzie "officially" endorses that.
Brand: D'addario
Type: XL Nickelplated steel, .011 - .049
Cost: 6-7 bucks, tops.
Description: Well, I've used other gauges of D'addario, and these certainly take the cake. I use them on whole step down tuning (what else?) and they're amazing for chord work, acoustic playing, and even fast soloing. I mainly stick to pull ons and hammer offs, and it works great all around. Compared to the old fender bullets, and even d'addario 10's, these just sound great. And you can't beat the price of these strings. It almost has an "alive" sort of feel. Meaning that the sound isn't flat at all... it almost shimmers. Say, I play a low powerchord on the typical distortion settings, these things really pull out some great crunch. Wonderful fast action, and I don't seem to have a lot of hiss when I run my fingers along them. The high strings have great high end clarity, while the bottom strings are booming with power. Great for any type of rock to jazz. You can also get this gauge with a wound third string. Make sure you read the package carefully, as I once accidentally bought the wrong set and had to go back to the music store to exchange it.
I also use D'addario because of the environmentally friendly packaging. And the players points. One more string package till I get my Vandoren coffee mug.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: The State of Confusion (Western NY)
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I use the same gauge and they cost me $3.33 per set.
Ok my review
Name of Item- Dunlop Straplocks
Who It Is Made By - Dunlop
Features- Locks
Cost- $20? I paid 20 with installation.
Style of Music It Fits- All of them
Why You Like It- My guitar doesnt fall. They have never failed me yet. Really easy to use, too.
Infinite & Momentary
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Never leaving Harlan alive
Re: The Ultimate Accessories Thread!
[B]Name of Item: Zoom GFX-8
Who It Is Made By: ZOOM (duh)
V.A.M.S. Circuitry
Custom Distortion (that OWNS, there are endless possibilities)
69 effect types
Metal body
Intuitive interface
Patch memory
4ch equalizer
MIDI compatability
and a LOT more
Cost: 279.99 USD
Style of Music It Fits: Any style... it's a freaking multi-effects processor, it's MEANT to fit more than one style
Why You Like It:
The main reason why I like this pedal is how customizable it is... Each effect has a multitude of different paramaters which are easily (if you read the manual) tweaked to your liking. On the same line as tweaking, it has "Manual" mode which allows for quick and easy tweaking allowing you to step on the footswith to turn on that specific effect.
Soundwise, it's completely killer. I would have to say that this excels in the 'Modulation' effects, though they are all good. Every Mod effect is crisp and clean and easily edited, as I said before.
Though overall the mod effects are the best, in my opinion this pedal has some of the best distortions I have ever heard. I can easily get Opeth-esque distortion (from songs such as To Bid You Farewell and Black Rose Immortal). I can also get such smooth distortions as though used by Satriani (Why, for example) and Vai (For The Love Of God). Classic distortions (Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top) are also easily obtained.
The reverb/delay effects are also very good, but I hardly ever use delay effects and I use my amp (Peavey Delta Blues 210) when it comes to reverb.
Great pedal for the price
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: the Hague, the Netherlands.
Name of Item: DOD juice box
Who It Is Made By: DOD
Features: slight warm tube overdrive stimulator, boost ur allready driven sound so it sounds like a tube drive..
pulp (bass) tang (treble) juice (gain) sweet (level) knobs
Cost: 70 euros
Style of Music It Fits: most styles, when played only whit the juice, it sounds kinda bluesy.. fits every stile...
Why You Like It: long sustain if used for boost of ur drive channel... good foor long melodic solo's... also sweet when playing long (power) chords.. sweet sound, good overdrive when played alone with juice box..
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Boss DSD-3 Sampler Delay
Has four controls, the usual delay things, level, repeats, time and a control to select between the long and short delays and the sampler.
Cost me £52 from eBay
I suppose it could be used for most kinds of music really, delay is a pretty common effect. I like to set my delay length to about 600ms, my repeats jus past 12 o clock, and my level at about 12 o clock, for a nice atmospheric wash, which can also be used to build up a bit of a wall of repeats and playing. I also enjoy messing with the sampler. As its only 800ms, it isn't a lot of use musically(I only got the sampler version because they tend to go for less on eBay than just the standard dd-3s), and you can only really get one bar at the most sampled, but i prefer to put in loads of overdubs, staying in a key, but not thinking about what i play until it just builds to a solid wall of sound, which can be very fun, especially combined with feedback etc. Once you have this wall of sound, its then possible to use the time knb to manipulate its pitch and just generally creat fu<C>cked up noise... very fun.
Also, the pedal is a lot darker than the picture makes it seem....
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BareKnuckle Freak
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: London, UK
Digitech WH-1
Name of Item WH-1 (Original Whammy Pedal)
Who It Is Made By Digitech
3 modes: harmonizing, pitchchanging and a 'detune' mode where original signal is mixed with the slightly (Shallow) or strongly (Deep) signal.
harmonizing mode offers the following intervals (they are in reference to pitch of original signal):
[ pedal 'down' / pedal 'up']
-1 octave / +1 octave
-5th / -4th
-4th / -3rd
+5th / +7th
+5th / +6th
+4th / +5th
+3rd / +4th
+b3rd / +3rd
+2nd / +3rd
these are the pitch changing modes:
['down' = unchanged signal]
+1 octave
+2 octaves
-1 octave
and there are the two 'detune' modes as described earlier.
Input; 'Dry' output, 'Wet Added' output'.
rotary switch / knob to change mode, bypass switch (true bypass as far as i know); expression pedal (very smooth rocking motion! much smoother than any wah you'll ever try).
the pedal only runs of an external 10V digitech made power adapter.... these are rare; the previous owner of now my WH-1 had to get one shipped form US, and to this day i use the WH-1 with taht power adapter and a voltage changer.
if you want the originals, prepare to spend some serious buck. I got mine for £240 ($400) - and i actually got a good deal.
Style of Music It Fits
hard rock, metal and shred would be best i think.
It is a pedal which is almost like a new instrument - its very hard to use it and get MUSICAL sounds out of it, and not 2 octave shifting jibberish thats out of key and just horrible.
If used well however, it can really create interesting and exciting sounds, to see what i mean, check out these songs:
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name [solo] - one octave up
Joe Satriani - Cool #9 - in various places, one octave up mode too.
i mean pretty much any Tom Morello (formerly of RATM, now of Audioslave) has WH-1 in it. other famous users of the WH-1 are Edge of U2, Steve Vai, Steven Carpenter.
Edge in fact is obsessed with WH-1's, when he found out they will no longer be made, he went out and bought ANOTHER 9, just in case if his one breaks. keep in mind the prices on those things.... taht tells you something, eh?
Why You Like It
well its the Red Ferrari, the 1960's Marshall amp or the Fender Nocaster of effects.
i have never met another guitarist taht has a WH-1, and every one of them that had seen or played my WH-1 were deeply awed; so definetely the 'wow' factor.
and its ferrri red colour! how cool is that!
now being serious, this is one of the craziest and most desirable effect pedals of all time. it is vintage now to an extent, and it will keep getting rarer and rarer, hence more and more expensive.
unlike the Original Tubescreamer obsession, the prices for the WH-1's are reasonable, because you can just buy a re-issue Tubescreamer and do the TS808 mod, which is essentially putting in one easily available chip..... and you will not hear the difference between the two. I have tried it for myself, and its true. the TS808 mod is all you need.
now, the WH-1 obsession (hence high prices) is totally a different matter. let me explain the why.
when Digitech was formed in the 80's, they wanted to launch a big effects pedal that would put them in the centre of the effects market. The pedal they designed was the WH-1.
it was meant to be a pedal that not only replaced the need for tremolo bridges, ala for doing pull-ups, divebombs, etc but extend the range and add further versatility to whammy bar effects (hence the name). they went about this task by designing a totally digital pedal, with an expression pedal, which changed the amount of pitch changing.
at the very heart of the pedal's operation were two chips, especially written by an outside software company (the name of which has escaped my memory). anyway as this was Digitech's first product more or less, they wanted to make it the best quality possible (as you do when you try to have a big impact on the guitar effects market). they used durable materials, top quality circuit components, and of course the custom written software chips. the next objective was to make it as cheap as possible.
the pedal did not really take off (as obvious from the lack of 'Whammy' sounds in 80's guitar music...).... so one way or the other, the software compare tore up the contract to make those chips..... this meant Digitech could no longer manufacture the whammy pedals as they were in their present state - it would have cost way too much to have the chips rewritten by another company - so what they did, they made basic Digitech copies of the chips, which have been put on every pedal reissue version (i.e. the WH-2, WH-3, WH-4).
the Original WH-1 is known for nigh-on perfect note tracking and highly realistic harmonizer as well as actual pitch changing effects. on any reissue of the Whammy, the effects sound pretty horrible, very digital, the tracking on th WH-4 i found to be jyst awful.
now in context of the Tubescreamer - these chips will never be made again - Digitech will never make exact reissues of the WH-1 becaase it would simply cost too much. each pedal would end up running at about $300 new, and they would hardly sell. however whereas you can have a 'vintage' tubescreamer after one mod, this mod is not possible with the WH-1 unless you're looking after tracking down some original chips.
in layman's terms, the WH-1 is vastly superior to any other WH reissue. to me, it sthe king of effects, and that is why i sold two of my guitars so i could buy a WH-1.
with the WH-1 i can play a guitar and have it sound like a bass. so close to a bass in fact, that i fooled a couple of my friends by showing them a recording of me playing 'bass'.
so you can play overdrive bass, Cliff-style (r.i.p)..... -2 octaves is insane, you can blow a bass amp with that! and its great on +octave modes; the harmozing is great too, but only really works
with single notes - anything more than two notes at a time makes it muddy....
detune mode is great for making creepy out of tune noises! with 'shallow' mode, its possible to get that 'digital' sound! makes the tone very thick and it gives the impression that two guitars are playing at once.
basically, if you like what you hear, have enough money and see one......... buy it and dont let go! these things own!
even if you buy it and decide you dont like it, you can easily resell it at the same price (or wait a couple of years and you'll get a profit )
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Name of Item-digitech RP200A
Who It Is Made By-digitech
Features-amp modeling, effects (such as rotary speaker, envelope, vibrato, reverb, delay, pitch shifter, chorus, flange, whammy, tremolo), drum machine (30 beats), customizable effects (40 slots), 40 artist sets, 40 factory sets (for those that are lazy, 120 total sets), expression pedal
Style of Music It Fits-all, but doesnt do very well with metal
Why You Like It-very versatile and suprisingly good tones, digitech has a site where you can post your settings and get settings
Last edited by floydsquared : 03-30-2004 at 11:13 PM.
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: London, UK
Re: The Ultimate Accessories Thread! <- MAKE USE OF THIS!
ok, nirvanaozzie posted earlier about his Crybaby Wah Pedal....
i have one too, and i agree with everything he said; so i too studied the schematics and made two modifications to mine that have made a MASSIVE difference to the sound, hence i will review a 'modified Crybaby'.
Name of Item Jim Dunlop Original Crybaby 'StreamLine mod'
Who It Is Made By Jim Dunlop USA, modified by me
Features a wah pedal. click on button at top. rock foot back and forth, difference you hear is 'wah'. d'uh
Cost £70 new, plus several caps and resistors (about 30p each)
Style of Music It Fits the modified version fits a variety of music, but most notably metal because of the powerful sweep, quite like the Bad Horsie in terms of tone now.
Why You Like It its unique, built like a tank, will last forever; has a great wah tone, exactly what i always wanted.
now to the changes, i've read up a lot on wah mods and schematics, and armed with several resistors, inductors and capacitors i set out to mod my wah .
what i eventually settled on was a two item mod, in comparison with the 'Original' Crybaby.
i replaced the 33k resistor which is in parallel with the inductor with one that is 100k (the smaller circled component on pic); this was done to give the wah a more vocal quality, which is exactly what it gave me. the wah does not longer sound harsh and agressive as it did before. when used with no overdrive, it gives a lovely, smooth vocal tone, much like the Vox Clyde McCoy which are considered to be one of the best ever wah's by many.....
second mod was replacing0.01µF cap with a 0.068µF cap, which increased the wah range, in making it more trebly and more powerful overall., i tried several higher values, but ended up sticking with the 0.068 - it sounds great IMO.
ok basically, this is a simple mod, costing next to nothing (albeit several burns on fingers, lol); this dramatically changes teh wah's sound like i said before.
so just describe the change, imagine something like a Dimebag sig wah, or Bad Horsie, Vai's sig - it sounds closer to taht now. at the bass end notes have a fair bit of treble too - lots of definition; sounds a lot like the satch 'reverse' wah trick he does. the actual just has more power.
having said that it still maintains 'Crybaby' feel and overall smooth tone; to me, this is the perfect cross between a 'vintage' wah and a modern high gain designed wah pedal, it responds wonderfully to different gain settings - very versatile.
here's the pic of the modded PCB, two changed components are circled. (the large one is the 0.068uF cap, smaller one is the 100k resistor).
i hope this helps, and if you got any comments or opinions please PM me, as i understand SV300 wants to keep this thread 'review-only'
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Zoom PS 04
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I just bought a Zoom PS 04 Palmtop studio coz' i was sick of forgetting all the cool song ideas id come up with......
I havent yet got the thing mastered but i tell you for the money this is a great product i would reccomend it to anyone who was thinking of buying anything in the digital recorder low price range.
Drum Machine
Bass programming
4 tracks (with 10 v takes on each track)
Fully integrated guitar, vocal and mastering effect presets (this is great cos you can use it for practising with just the headphones on)
it didnt come with a transformer but 4 aa batteries last for 10 hours...
It cost me $420 australian which works out to $310 us or 173 pounds. good value i thought considering what it does
heaps more, just ask me if you want to know anything more
Last edited by SV300 : 04-15-2004 at 09:56 AM.
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: The place where socks go when the dryer eats them
Like the RP-200A, but can't afford it? Try this little guy:
Name of Item : RP-50
Who It Is Made By; Digitech
Features: Same as the RP-200A, but without the artist Presets.
Cost:$99... I got it for $59 at Gutiar center, though.
Style of Music It Fits: Any. The matal thing applies, as well.
Why You Like It: CHEAPNESS! Oh, GOd, for the money you pay you have a MaCHINE that is incredible!
I love it. I have gotten Pink Floyd sounds, the Metallicrunch, and Blues tones that are awesome. I reccomend this thing for someone who just wants the effects and wants to play a bit.
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Florida
Name of Item: Peterson VS-II Virtual Strobe Tuner
Who It Is Made By: Peterson
Features: Just about anything you could ever imagine in a tuner and its extremely precise.
Cost: $199.00 USD
Why You Like It: Intonation and tuning are so close to perfect it should be a crime. The ability to tune a multitude of different instruments and the "sweetened" guitar tuning does make a hell of a difference. I also like the portability of this unit over my bench strobe. I can take this anywhere without any hesitation because of its size and the fact its battery or AC powered (it comes with a wall wart). I also like the back lit screen. The VS-1 did not have a backlit screen and sometimes the glare was unreal... the backlit screen put and end to that problem, plus the VS-II has quite a few more functions over the VS-1. The programmable functions are a breeze. You can save any setup you can imagine.
Downside: The price. Its expensive for a tuner, but if you're really into more instruments than just guitars or you want perfect tuning and intonation, this is about the least expensive strobe available on the market.
Manufacturers Site: http://www.petersontuners.com/produ...elvs2/index.cfm
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Bristol
Boss BF-2 Flanger pedal.
Quite possibly one of the best flange pedals ever made!
I aquired this pedal which is a japan made early 90's relic for £20 and i have been extremely happy with it.
cant get much simpler than stepping on it....four knobs isn'trocket science........i use this all the time manual-all the way up, rate and depth at 12:00, and regeneration all the way down
it does great for the sound i want, i use a Washburn Ec36 through a Laney VA50, it colors my tone without distorting my whole signal, it is also noiseless no hum feedback etc.....sounds good with the ME-30 i have used, but if you mess with the knobs to much you can get some really sillyass sounds
Forget what people have said about "delays" and junk. A flange is not a delay with "extra" controls. Consider this, your flanger travels across the frequency spectrum. It goes back and forth. The manual knob is used in conjuntion with the depth knob. The depth controls how far along the spectrum the flange will travel, and the manual is the origin, or starting point of the spectrum. Put it in the middle, and the frequency will travel evenly from either side of the center of the spectrum. Just thought I'd clear this up. This is not a delay, it doesnt sound like a delay, it bears no reminence to a delay. Get this if you want a flanger, get a delay if you want a delay.
They key to a great pedal is its versatility. How many different types of sounds can you get from the pedal? Well, you can get metallic sounds, robotic sounds, classic flanging sounds, chorus sounds, feedback sounds.... all from this single pedal.
Many pedals i have owned have failed the test of time and have been sold on ((Boss PW-10, Boss Cs-3 Compressor, Boss Power driver)) But this pedal i will keep. Excellant unit
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According to RollingStone.com, NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor earlier today (Tuesday, April 22) released a brand new song, titled "Discipline", to radio stations. Unlike the instrumental "Ghosts I-IV" album, which was web-released less than two months ago, the new track actually features vocals from Reznor. In addition, an April 21 post on NINE INCH NAILS' official web site, www.nin.com, reads "2 weeks!" echoing a similarly mysterious message posted in mid-February that ultimately resulted in the release of "Ghosts I-IV".NINE INCH NAILS recently launched an online film festival showcasing short films made by fans to accompany music from the new NINE INCH NAILS album, "Ghosts I IV". According to a press release, the NINE INCH NAILS channel on YouTube, which went live on March 13, is accepting submissions immediately through May 1. Music from "Ghosts I IV" is available for filmmakers through YouTube's AudioSwap channel. Submissions will be personally reviewed by Trent Reznor, who will host a festival featuring the best entries at a later date. Reznor released "Ghosts I IV" online on March 2. The two-hour collection of 36 untitled instrumental tracks was made available in various high-quality DRM-free formats at different price levels. According to a press statement, a total of 781,917 copies of the project were transacted at NIN.com in the first week of release, including paid and free downloads, plus pre-orders for physical editions of the set. The total gross earned was reported as $1,619,420. The expensive "ultra-deluxe" limited edition of "Ghosts I - IV" sold out almost instantly despite a steep $300 price tag. A digital version is available for five dollars, along with a $75 limited edition "deluxe" package. A $10 double CD version and a $39 vinyl edition was made available at U.S. retail on April 8.
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This is by far the most common question in the solar thermal industry, and strangely enough, many people have begun to take sides. Like a Red Sox vs Yankees type of rivalry, this is a heated debate. In the end, the real answer is that it depends on the job you're working on–the climate, the roof, your budget, and the type of system you're working on. For example, if you want to install a drain-back system, evacuated tubes simply will not work. Bob Ramlow recently wrote some helpful tips on selecting proper solar thermal equipment but I wanted to follow this up with a specific discussion on solar thermal technology.
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CLICK HERE TO SEE: Bob Nape's side by side, real time comparison of solar thermal flat plate versus evacuated tube collectors.
There are several design parameters to consider while looking into flat plates or evacuated tubes. So we'll go over a few:
Flat plate collectors tend to be cheaper than evacuated tubes because they are a simpler design and easier to manufacture. This analysis however, is on a collector-to-collector level. Flat plates are cheaper collector-to-collector and also on BTU per $$ level. Evacuated tubes tend to be 10-15% more expensive than flat plates, but their processing costs are dropping.
Generally speaking, you want to design these systems to last 40 years, and they should be able to. In the past, I've spoken with contractors who have said the flat plate collectors will tend to have longer warranties–a 20-year warranty as opposed to a 10-year warranty for evacuated tubes. This is presumably because of the level of sophistication with the technology. Be sure to check with the distributor and manufacture of the collector to see how long the warranty is.
Flat plat collectors are heavier, take up more room, and can be cumbersome to install on certain roofs. Evacuated tubes tend to have lighter components and are easier to manage on the roof. On the other side, evacuated tubes tend to be more fragile than flat plates.
Flat plate collectors can only heat water up to 170-180 degrees Fahrenheit, which means there is very little risk of overheating. Evacuated tubes, on the other hand, can heat water to well over 250 degrees. For this reason, they are much more likely to overheat than flat plates, and you need to be more concise with your design. If you're using evacuated tubes, it's always better to oversize your storage tank rather than under-size it for this reason. Evacuated tubes are also used more in colder climates because they are more efficient than flat plates in extremely cold temperatures. In extremely warm climates, evacuated tubes have a very high chance of overheating, so be careful if you're in the southern states.
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In determining the best collectors to use, it will depend on what you're going to use the water for and how much you're going to use. Evacuated tubes can heat large amounts of water very quickly and can get the water above 180 degrees. So, if you have a sizable load, such as in commercial or space heating situations, you may want to look into evacuated tubes. Flat plates work best with domestic water. Their temperate range fits well within code for hot water usage. They can also be used for space heating in low-heat hydronic applications, but you'll need to size accordingly.
If you're in the Northeast or Midwest, snow loading and production during the winter is a large factor. Generally, evacuated tubes are not good at shedding snow. This is because the tubes are such a good vacuum that they do not shed much snow. Flat plate, on the other hand, can shed snow easily with just a little sunlight.
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If you're working on a job where the rafters are questionable, and you're in an area with significant wind loading, evacuate tubes tend to have the advantage. They are lighter in general because less water runs through the system, but they also have less wind resistance because the wind can pass through the collectors.
If both types of collectors are placed side by side on the same roof, the performance is based on the difference between the entering water temperature that you're heating and the ambient temperature. In other words, the performance depends on the temperature of the water coming from the storage tank compared to the ambient temperature, i.e. the temperature of the surroundings. As the variance increases (i.e. you're in colder temperatures), evacuated tubes become more efficient.
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So the conclusion is that it depends. To be honest, they both work. If designed correctly, you're not going to see a huge difference between one or the other in most cases. It's not like an evacuated tube produces 100% hotter water at 50% less cost–we're talking about incremental performance considerations here. Just look at Bob Nape's side-by-side comparison. They both work.
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This STS-110 patch belonged to NASA astronaut David Brown, a mission specialist who flew in space for the first time as a member of the crew of STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia mission that disintegrated upon reentry on February 1, 2003. (Because of changes in the flight schedule, STS-107 flew after STS-110.) A flight surgeon and a naval aviator, Brown was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate in April 1996 as a part of Group 16. Aboard STS-107, Brown logged 15 days, 22 hours, and 20 minutes in space. Although this patch was never flown in space, it was a personal memento of Brown's.
STS-110 was a space shuttle mission to install the S0 truss segment of the International Space Station. Three of the astronauts aboard STS-110 were members of Brown's astronaut class (group 16): Rex J. Walheim, Stephen N. Frick, Lee M.E. Morin. Brown may have owned this patch as a token of support for and connection with his classmates
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SNOQUALMIE PASS — Officials called off their search Saturday night for a missing snowshoer caught in an avalanche at Snoqualmie Pass, while a second avalanche, nearby, had rescuers bringing people off the mountain long after darkness fell.
The two avalanches had rescuers from the King County Sheriff's Office scrambling for most of the day as they confronted initial reports that as many as three people might be missing.
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The first avalanche took place at noon on Granite Mountain, near Interstate 90's Exit 47. The second hit a half-hour later on Red Mountain, a few miles east.
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Officials knew for sure that a man was missing at the Granite Mountain site, where an avalanche caught three snowshoers, all from South King County, and carried them 1,279 feet at a top speed of 53 mph, said Sgt. Katie Larson of the King County Sheriff's Office. That level of detail was available because at least one snowshoer was outfitted with GPS.
Two injured men, in their 30s, emerged from the snow, but their companion did not, Larson said.
About 50 rescuers with dog teams searched for the man, who is about 60. But they battled "horrible" conditions, Larson said, and wound up suspending the search sometime around 8 p.m.
At the Red Mountain site, matters remained confusing late into the day, with officials unsure whether one or possibly more snowshoers remained buried in the snow.
The confusion came in part from a language barrier between search-and-rescue officials and a group of snowshoers, of Asian descent, who had been caught in the avalanche.
On Red Mountain, a woman was hiking with her dog near that group of 12 snowshoers when the avalanche struck, sheriff's Deputy E.R. Gagnon said. The snowshoers, who were at about 4,800 feet, realized the woman was missing when the dog, alone, came up to them afterward.
Members of the group found the woman under about 6 feet of snow, Gagnon said. She was conscious but experiencing hypothermia.
The avalanche split up the group of 12, with four making it off the mountain as of 5 p.m. Searchers made their way toward the remaining eight snowshoers — and the injured woman — as evening approached, reaching them before 8 p.m.
The rescuers anticipated that it would take about two hours to get the eight snowshoers off the mountain. But sheriff's officials said it could take four hours — or until close to midnight — before they would be able to bring down the hypothermic woman, who was being carried on a litter.
Won Shin, 56, of Mukilteo, was among the four who made it off the mountain first. He said that when the avalanche hit, he suddenly saw snow all around him.
"The only thing I thought about was just, 'Get out of here,' " he said. "I've never felt anything like that."
He said those in his group of four were lucky because they were close to trees that broke the avalanche's impact.
The 12 friends are experienced snowshoers who make it into the mountains about every week, he said.
The two snowshoers who were with the missing man on Granite Mountain suffered non-life-threatening shoulder and hamstring injuries, the Sheriff's Office said.
The last avalanche fatalities occurred in February 2012 when four were killed at Stevens Pass and near the Summit at Snoqualmie, Larson said.
She said avalanches can be common this time of year.
"Whenever you have warm weather and then cold weather and snow, it can be bad," she said.
Paul Baugher, director of the Northwest Avalanche Institute, which offers avalanche consulting and safety training, said storm conditions had been expected in the mountains this weekend.
"This was not a freak spring storm that comes out of nowhere," said Baugher, who is also Ski Patrol director at Crystal Mountain Resort. "It's a well-forecasted storm. It was all available to look at."
He said the forecast for avalanches at Snoqualmie was "high" Saturday.
Both his ski patrol at Crystal Mountain and its counterpart at the Snoqualmie Pass ski resort did routine avalanche control Saturday morning. They used small explosives and "ski cutting" to release slabs of snow that might slide and create an avalanche.
The conditions resulted from lots of new snow, enhanced at Snoqualmie Pass by the Puget Sound convergence-zone weather pattern.
"Because of the cold temperatures, the snow underneath is relatively well frozen and stable," Baugher said. "But there's a poor bond between the new snow coming down and old snow, which is very hard and slippery. That produces soft slabs of very sensitive snow."
He said, "They have definitely got high hazards at Snoqualmie. It's set up for human-triggered avalanches." In particular, "Granite Mountain has a history of avalanches, and they often happen later in the season," Baugher said.
"A lot of people plan by the calendar. Late in the season, people expect it to be spring and start planning outings they might not do in the winter," Baugher said. "But this is true winter conditions. It's just occurring in the spring."
In the 15 years before this winter, there were 46 avalanche fatalities in the Northwest, according to statistics compiled by the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center. Most occurred in December through February, with only four deaths in April.
This winter, the center recorded two previous avalanche accidents in the Pacific Northwest. In the first, last November, some snowmobiles were buried but no one was hurt. In December, at Crystal Mountain, three skiers were caught in an avalanche, but all escaped serious injury.
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What do Desiree Hartsock's final four dudes have in common? If you said "inner beauty," then you're wrong. Well, we dunno, maybe you're right. We've only heard, like, eight words from them. But after watching a little preview of Des's season, and reading the newly released bios for her 25 dudes, we have noticed a few common threads.
The rumored final four guys (according to Reality Steve) who get to take Desiree home to their love shacks are Brooks Forester, Chris Siegfried, Drew Kenney, and Zak Waddell. If this is true, we'll get to see what happens when Des hits up Utah to see SLC resident Brooks, Oregon to visit with Chris' family, Arizona for Drew's clan, and Texas to hang with Zak.
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Employers should be aware of their considerable liability under the federal civil rights laws not only for discrimination, but also for retaliation against employees who assert these civil rights.
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A student of Richmond Hill Elementary School races to catch up to her group as an American Flag hangs overhead at the Richmond Hill Elementary School, Feb. 26. The soldiers of the 2-3 Brigade Special Troops Battalion "Titans", 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, went to the school to help during the Jump Rope For Heart event held at the school today and the day prior. According to the American Heart Association, "Jump Rope For Heart is a fun event where you can jump rope, learn about your heart and how to keep it healthy, while raising money for the American Heart Association." If you would like to help them or any other team raise money for the American Heart Association, go to www.heart.org/jump and search for your team and donate today! (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Wrigley, 2nd BCT, 3rd Inf. Division, Public Affairs)
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Gaikai and Samsung have partnered together to bring gamers a brand new service that completely does away with game consoles, PCs and any other bulky hardware outside of a single game controller and the television screen. The new service is called Samsung Cloud Gaming.
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Our vision is to provide the same access to video games that consumers enjoy with TV shows, movies and music. Our research made Samsung the obvious partner to turn this vision into a reality, ...Samsung is the largest TV manufacturer in the world and Gaikai is the industry-recognized fastest cloud-based streaming service for video games. Together, we will turn Samsung Smart TVs into a console-like experience capable of delivering the best-selling video games and other content instantly to consumers no downloads, no extra hardware, no trips to the store.
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As the Huskies Dominate the NCAA Tournament, Some Wonder—Is the Women's Game Broken?
The Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team is in the midst of one of the most outrageous and improbable runs in the history of college sports. Never mind that the team has won 76 straight games. What's even more impressive is the way they've done it.
In all its games leading up to the NCAA tournament, Connecticut won by an average margin of 34.8 points. That's the equivalent of a Major League Baseball team winning by an average of seven runs per game or an NFL team stomping everyone by three touchdowns.
According to Ben Alamar, a sports-management professor at Menlo (Calif.) College, the probability that an NFL team would go undefeated, as UConn has done, while winning its games by an average of 21 points, is about six per one million—or about once in every 167,000 seasons.
The team's games get out of hand so quickly that sportscasters say they spend far more time than usual preparing filler material. "In pre-game production meetings, we say to each other, 'Let's hope for 20 good minutes,'" says Doris Burke, an ESPN college basketball analyst.
Ask most supporters of women's college basketball about the amazing Huskies and you'll hear that their dominance is good for the game.
"Not good, great," says LSU coach Van Chancellor.
"It's history in the making," says Tennessee's coach, Pat Summitt.
Setting aside the awesomeness of the feat and whether UConn's blowouts make for good TV, the laughingly lopsided nature of its wins does raise a fair, if slightly awkward, question: Is this the greatest college team of all time, or is there something desperately wrong with women's basketball?
"Obviously there's people thinking that for whatever reason, we're pushing people away and not growing the game," says UConn coach Geno Auriemma. "But that's not my job. My job is to make my team the best it possibly can be."
Nearly four decades since the 1972 enactment of Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at schools receiving federal aid, there are signs that women's basketball is narrowing the historical gap with the men's game. The talent level is soaring, coaches say, largely because more players are taking up the game in hopes of playing professionally.
"Women can do things now at a size that they used to not be able to do," says Mr. Chancellor, the LSU coach. He uses Maya Moore, UConn's 6-foot do-it-all star, as an example. "The Moore kid would've been solely a post player in the '80s."
Instead she shoots 41% from three-point range and gets four assists per game.
Coaches and analysts say the rising talent level is actually making women's basketball more competitive. They point to this season's NCAA tournament when No. 4-seeded Kentucky upset Nebraska (a team that was 32-1), Xavier's near-upset of second-ranked Stanford in a regional final, and fourth-seeded Baylor's run to the Final Four. Led by shot-blocking star Brittney Griner, one of the sport's most exciting talents in years, Baylor dismissed top-seeded Tennessee earlier in the tournament by 15 points. (Baylor takes on UConn Sunday in the Final Four in San Antonio.)
The statistics don't indicate that the women's game is getting more competitive. Two teams, the Huskies and Lady Vols, have won 11 of the last 15 national titles. Through four rounds, the average game in this year's NCAA tournament has been decided by 16.7 points. That's well above the men's average margin of 10.7 and 8% higher than the average margin for the women in 1994, when the tournament expanded to its present 64-team format.
Even if you remove UConn from the equation, the average margin (14.6) is close to what it was 16 years ago.
There is a vast difference between the best teams and the rest of the pack. The top programs, Tennessee and UConn, have both topped 10,000 fans per game this season, which is higher than every Pac-10 men's team save Arizona.
Meanwhile, 43 of the 73 schools in the six major conferences averaged fewer than 3,000 fans, a level that's lower than all their major-conference men's counterparts.
Carolyn Peck, a former coach at Purdue and Florida who is now an ESPN analyst, says the sport is growing, "but it's not where it can be. It's not just a matter of being on TV. You want to play in front of a crowd."
Teams that don't have the same level of talent or support often look like junior varsity squads against UConn. The Huskies haven't trailed anyone in the NCAA tournament so far since the first 30 seconds of their first-round game (congratulations, Southern University.)
Southern and another opponent, Iowa State, both were down 20 points before 15 minutes had passed. Temple, the Huskies' second-round sacrifice, did so in roughly seven minutes. Florida State, the last so-called barrier between UConn and the Final Four, managed to hang within 14 points at halftime before UConn went on a 24-6 run and won by 40, the biggest margin ever in a regional final.
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Still, many members of the sport's establishment insist the carnage is good for the game, since it drives interest. "Right now, everybody is watching and following Connecticut," says Ms. Summitt of Tennessee. "It means we're going to have people fixed to their TVs to see what happens. That's good."
Supporters of the women's game mention that no one ever questioned the dominance of UCLA's men's basketball team, which won 88 straight games in the early 1970s under coach John Wooden.
The legendary coach himself agrees. "I think it's good for the game," says Mr. Wooden, now 99. "There's more incentive for others to come up to Connecticut's level."
As for anyone who might venture to criticize his team, Mr. Auriemma, the UConn coach, has this to say: "I don't think anybody can say that being this good is bad," he says. "I guess only in America could people make comments like that."
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An arraignment has been postponed for four teens charged with murder in the fatal beating of a University of Southern California graduate student from China.
The hearing was reset for Aug. 12.
The four teens are each charged with one count of murder with a special circumstance of murder during an attempted robbery.
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The victim, 24-year-old Xinran Ji, was attacked Thursday as he walked to his off-campus apartment after a study group.
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Apple may have just killed my want for an AppleTV with it's new Digital AV Adapter. Announced during the iPad 2 presentation, this little dongle gives you an HDMI port for your iOS device. It seemed like it would only work on the iPad 2, but it will in fact work on other devices.
The Digital AV Adapter will, in fact, also work on the iPhone 4, fourth generation iPod touch, and the first iPad (so basically anything with an A4 chip inside). You won't get the 1080p screen mirroring (which is likely only capable with the A5 chip), but you will be able to get 720p video output for video and slideshows. So, instead of having to use AirPlay and an AppleTV to get HD video on your TV, all you need is this dongle.
No matter what device you use, movies are restricted to 720p anyway, so that shouldn't be such a problem. Using an iPhone 4 to watch a movie on your HDTV might not be ideal in case you get messages, but an iPad or iPod touch would be perfect. Sure, there are other reasons to want an AppleTV, but I know this was the only reason I wanted one. Having to hook it up manually is a small price to pay as far as I'm concerned.
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Oklahoma State basketball: Michael Cobbins starting to regain form
STILLWATER — Oklahoma State's rousing win at Kansas presented obvious heroes in Markel Brown and Marcus Smart.
And one not so obvious: forward Michael Cobbins.
Since returning from a broken toe that cost him the first month of the season, Cobbins seems to be finally regaining the form that revealed him as one of the team's most promising young players late last season.
"I'm feeling like I'm getting back into the rhythm of everything," he said. "Everything's going smoothly, jelling back in with the team and everything."
Expanding the team's cast of reliable parts, too.
And that's an aspect that could propel the Cowboys over the hump, flipping what has been a team of promise to a team of prominence.
Another checkpoint comes Wednesday night, with Baylor visiting Gallagher-Iba Arena as the last squad to beat the Cowboys, four games ago in Waco. Tip time is 6 p.m.
"To this point, and I hope (Cobbins) continues it," said OSU coach Travis Ford, "because there's no better time than against Baylor — they're so big and physical and hurt us a lot last time down inside — I think he's been our most consistent player, period, over our last six games or so."
During that six-game stretch, which includes his first five starts of the season, Cobbins has averaged 8.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocked shots per game, while shooting 53.5 percent from the floor. As his playing time has gradually increased, so has his production.
"I think it has a lot to do with confidence and comfort," said Cobbins, who no longer needs a protective shield in his shoe. "There's no pain in there, so I'm not really worried about that. I feel like the comfort of being able to go out and move on the court is a major factor."
Along with the confidence, Cobbins' midrange jump shot has also returned, giving the athletic and active big man an added weapon for not only scoring, but also changing the way opponents guard him — and the Cowboys.
"It's something the coaches have been talking to the bigs about, have different aspects to your game," Cobbins said. "Don't just back down and shoot the hook, but also face up and jab them off you, get a little space so you can get your jumper off, too.
"It makes the defender respect me. It can leaver other people open. If you hit that shot, other teams will respect it and they'll play their defense a little different."
Cobbins made that happen against the Jayhawks, drawing KU center Jeff Withey away from the basket and even hitting one shot over him.
The Cowboys couldn't have pulled off their most meaningful win in years without the scoring and leadership of Brown and Smart. But they'd have been in trouble, too, minus Cobbins' quiet performance: eight points, eight rebounds, four blocked shots and two steals in a season-high 35 minutes.
"We had some incredible individual performances," Ford said, "but Michael Cobbins I thought just competed the whole game and made a lot of big plays, from blocking shots to rebounding to putbacks to screening."
OSU's cast is expanding. Brown, Smart, Le'Bryan Nash and reserve guard Phil Forte all average double figures in scoring. Philip Jurick leads the team in rebounding. Brian Williams, a former starter, has just returned from injury.
And here comes Cobbins.
"Mike's a good player," Brown said. "He got injured, slowed down a little bit. But I think he's picking it back up again. Coach put him back in the lineup and I think picked up his confidence.
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UN sources report that in unofficial discussions Russia agrees to support US-French version of ceasefire in Lebanon. Resolution expected to pass Tuesday. Washington outraged at Siniora, who withdrew his support under pressure from Iranians and Syrians
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My keyless entry has gone out on my "02 Taurus. I changed the battery in the unit but still nothing. Is there some sort of reciever on the car somewhere that I can check out?
Exaggeration is a BILLION times worse than understating.
My sister who works for Ford, stated that you need to take it in to a Ford Service to get it done. She also stated that you may not want to hear this from a Ford person, but thats they only way to get it fixed.
Another is doing this:
The sticker should be fairly large, as well as the numbers. The module it's located on is actually about 6x6 or 8x8. The code will be 5 digits, in black, each digit about 3/4 inch in size. If you have a remote, you can hit a button on it and hear the "clicking" of the module under the dash. If no fob, hit your unlock button on the door. Of course, you're going to hear the locks cycling, but what your listening for is a distinct "click". Once you hear it, you can't miss it. This is applicable to any Ford/ Mercurty/ Lincoln with keyless entry.
The question is what does it actually do.... right now
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Holy hell! Ford charges that much to get a fob reprogrammed? My Dodge and first Eclipse both had to get fobs reprogrammed and I think it was like 50ish for both.
Thats only if it's more than a reprogramming. She believes if the reprogramming does not work then You should take it in to a "Expert"
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That makes sense.
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Yesterday, I was assaulted at 8AM as I rode my bike home from work. Two young teenage boys jumped me from behind, hit me in back of the head , then shoved me off the bike. . Amazingly, a police car was following and saw the whole thing. The hoodlums were arrested immediately, and I was taken to hospital to be checked out. The bike was undamaged. I dont know what their intention was, perhaps to steal the bike, but this would have been stupid, since I am well known to all the cops in town, who see me riding about. Im out everyday, in all weather, and even automobile and school bus drivers know the crazy old man on the weird bike. Im so conspicuous, that I once let a friend at work take my bike for a ride, and he was stopped by a cop who asked him how he got the bike.
I have a bump on my head, a bruised tailbone, and some road rash. Otherwise Im fine.
Im a little worried about the implications of the case. The boys will be found guilty because not only the police saw it, but about 5 witnesses also saw it. Other drivers,
pedestrians, shop keepers. I worry that the boys Hommies will seek revenge on me, since Im so conspicuous on that bike. I worry that the next assault will involve me getting shot, or run down by a car. Ironically, I never saw a thing, and still dont know what hit me. I certainly could not identify the culprits.
Ive been riding this route for over a year, and Ive never gotten anything but friendly waves from folks, or folks just wanting to know more about my recumbent bike. I dont really want to change my route, as this is the shortest route home, and it takes me through the beautiful Brandywine Park. At night, on my way to work, I do take a longer way, because Market St around midnight is crawling with crackheads and other evil doers.
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The reason for the decline? Greenpeace has tightened its requirements on electronic waste and toxic chemicals. Newly-added energy criteria also include:(1) require companies to show their political support for global mandatory cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the post Kyoto political process. Companies must also commit to absolute reductions in GHG emissions from their own operations. Most companies take a limited view of this by only focusing on the energy efficiency of their products
(2) rather than including the production process. The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector currently accounts for 2% of global GHG emissions
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"Electronics giants pay attention to environmental performance on certain issues, while ignoring others that are just as important. Philips, for example, scores well on chemicals and energy criteria, but scores a zero on e-waste since it has no global take-back polices," said Iza Kruszewska, Greenpeace International Toxics Campaigner. "Philips would score higher if it took responsibility for its own branded e-waste and established equitable global take-back schemes."
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The Kufiya (also Kafiya or 'Kefije, Arab: ) a head cloth carried by men is in the Arab world, the so-called "Palestinian cloth "(Palituch). The Arab term is derived from the name of the Iraqi city Kufa. The cloth is carried from Arabs to the protection from the sun.
The Kufiya belonged to the Arab to the traditional Tracht in Kufa and was later in the whole region under the male both and the beduinischen, far common. As far as the end of the Osmani realm the male urban population in the Arab area carried usually for the Turkish Tarbusch (the Fez in such a way specified). During the Arab rebellion at the beginning of the 1930er years tried the Palestinian-Arab national movement under guidance of the Muftis amine aluminium-Husseinis to intersperse the Kufiya also under the - on the one hand as symbol for self-determination and against the colonialism as well as the Jewish settlement, on the other hand, so that the militant ones of the movement in the cities, coming usually from the country, were noticeable less. The Kufiya was besides a symbol of class consciousness, there it by that economically increasingly Fellachen coming into distress, not however from the large basic owners was carried.
The Palestinian students and university graduate under the guidance of Jassir Arafat seized into the 1960ern of this symbol, in order to express so their solidarity with the simple people.
The Kufiya is a square white cotton cloth with an evenly sample. The sample is usually in-colored black or red woven. In addition, there are (fashionable) variations.
Before it is put on, one folds the Kufiya in the diagonals, so that a triangle develops. There are two fundamental kinds, the Kufiya to windings: As Turban, or in the kind, as e.g. Muslim women wear their head cloths. It is fastened with a Agal (also Ogal or Ekal), a kind cord.
Kufiyas gives it in different qualities. While on the European market cheap products (often from Swedish production) dominate, which one can use usually only as Halstuch, one recognizes high-quality Kufiyas by the size and thickness of the cloth and a through-woven sample at the inside.
Off its actual political meaning the Palestinian cloth is used in Germany in the youth culture also gladly as Modeaccessoire without directly political symbol content - which has Kufiya thus introduction into the left or allegedly left Popkultur receives. Most carriers express a rather vague with the scarf.
Carrying the Kufiya became generally accepted in the left scene in and the 80's 70's, in times as far as possible unbroken solidarity with the Palestinian independence fight. With the time this symbol strength decoupled itself of the expression of the concrete PLO solidarity to an expression rather general anti-imperialistic consciousness, until the cloth finally became the accessory for people, which felt somehow "left". At the beginning 21. Century carrying the Palestinian cloth of parts of the left scene and from the spectrum of the anti-Germans criticized, there it as document of identification of an anti-Semitic basic attitude, at least however a statement against the State of Israel applies. Because like other symbols from the political culture that linking is taken up also the Kufiya since end of the 1990er years by neo-Nazis (e.g. see the comrade shank cadres Norman boron DIN, Alexander high lake and Hayo Klettenhofer) as subcultureal indication, which is coded as and is understood as symbol of an anti-Israeli attitude.
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