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I skipped the pizza question. I have spent a lot of time in Italy. Pizza is very nice in the right places, but terribly turistico. But it is also a product of the Italian diaspora. In some respects, the NY pizza, or the Pizza Express pizza, is as much the real thing as anything you will eat in Italy.
Originally Posted by Christian Miller
I once had a very good curry in Stornaway, which I was not expecting.
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06-17-2023 05:04 AM
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New York pizza wasn’t my thing. The style is too close to Sabarros for me.
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Grass fed but are your smoking it over post oak or live oak or are you just talking about that gross corned beef brisket? You'd probably get your ass kicked if you served that at a party in Texas haha. Be advised I have my TX brisket certification so when I ask you what a properly smoked brisket looks like and you don't get it right Chuck Norris and the rest of the TX rangers will be looking for you. Originally Posted by Litterick
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Originally Posted by Litterick
So why is it then that all the Italians I know have very definite opinions on how it shouldn’t be done?
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Yes but you're educated. Cultured. Traveled. Down here we just call that spoiled. So of course you're gonna cork sniff the pizza, lol. In TX I've come to the conclusion that the pizza they make is designed to keep east coast people from moving here, haha. Yes, it's that bad. Originally Posted by Christian Miller
Down here it's "how y'all doing?" Up there it's "what do you want?" If you say "hi" down here people say "how you doing" back. Even in Austin or San Antone. If you say "hi" on the east coast everyone thinks you are working some angle on them and they get all suspicious and defensive. If all you ever visited in the US was NYC, DC, and the armpit called Orlando you would develop a very wrong idea about the US. Unfortunately that seems to be a thing with European tourism. The brits have the whole Virgin/Disney canned vacation thing happening. Orlando is probably the worst city in the southern US. A swamp they backfilled to build a shitty overpriced theme park on. If you are entertaining, disney actually demands you take breaks every 45 minutes. My first set is always 2 hours at minimum. I have to wonder about the mentality of someone who goes to Orlando and comes back and says "it was grand". Aw hell no...
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Back to strings. When I bought my L-5C, the seller (store) threw in (2) sets of strings:
D’Addario phosphor bronze .012-.053 light gauge
D’Addario chromes .011-.050 jazz light gauge
Then when I had the Pete Biltoft single floating CC pickup installed, the luthier installed
John Pearce .013-.056
That last set has been on the guitar for 6-months so I was thinking of changing them but am scratching my head….use one of the DAddario sets or go buy a matching set of the Pearce set?
Choice of strings can be extremely personal. I no longer am out playing jobs, etc. Back when I was active, I changed strings every 2-3months. But infrequent use of the instrument today suggests less changing frequency.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Tom
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Try a set of D'Addario 80/20's. John D'Angelico was involved in their development. They were designed for acoustic archtops. Originally Posted by TAA
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National shame. How it shouldn't be done is how it is done, everywhere tourists visit. Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Pizza varies around the world. Even in Italy, go to Naples and go to Milan and you will find different styles of pizza being served. Originally Posted by Christian Miller
I grew up eating Pizza in Philadelphia and New York. I opened three restaurants selling New York style pizza in San Francisco, Eugene, Oregon and Portland Oregon in the 80's and 90's. I prefer New York Style to all of the other styles of pizza with the possible exception of New Haven Style (anyone who has ever eaten at Frank Pepes in New Haven will understand). But I have had great pizzas in Europe, especially in Holland (the Dutch cheese is the world's best IMO).
In my view, pizza is like sex. Even when it is not the best, it is still pretty damn good.
@ Christian: You seem like a nice man, so here is some free advice. Slamming anything New York could be a life risking experience. May I suggest body armor for your next New York visit?
@Dawgbone; Right you are about the pizza in Texas. The amazing BBQ makes up for it (almost).
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Why do people from New York always announce they are from New York like it's important? Originally Posted by Stringswinger
@ Christian: You seem like a nice man, so here is some free advice. Slamming anything New York could be a life risking experience. May I suggest body armor for your next New York visit?
@Dawgbone; Right you are about the pizza in Texas. The amazing BBQ makes up for it (almost).
The BBQ might almost make up for it but the sausage making excellence of the german immigrants brings us a cut above. Then you have Granzine's and there is no question in the world of legit food TX is boss. Now I suppose someone will say they had TX sausage and ti wasn't as good as the bullshit in Berlin or Frankfurt. There is always this air of elitism with regard to european stuff. Somehow it's always better. More exotic. I'll remember those comments when the same people post their european built electrics. I've tried them and it's not quite the tone of what you get from Nashville or Fullerton or Mexico or Qingdao lol
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The irony of this coming from the guy who can’t stop talking about being a Texan. Originally Posted by DawgBone
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Query: How does a New Yorker change a lightbulb? Answer: None of your fuckin' business! Originally Posted by DawgBone
Query: How does a New Yorker who has moved to California change a lightbulb? Answer: None of your fuckin' business, but have a nice day anyway.
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It's a Texan thing, you wouldn't understand. I live here but I ain't from here. I've yet to find a state worth staying in but Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and parts of Florida are better than most of the rest of the country. I have visited most states to see for myself and lived in about a half dozen of them. You ain't still mad about me not letting my kid play his shit music in my house when I'm around are you? Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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And just to clarify, most of Texas does suck....
lol
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That's not my experience of New Yorkers. I lived up there for 10 years. The people that made a big stink about being in New York were the ones from other places. The actual natives never mentioned it or were quiet about it. Maybe because they were over it and looking for an escape. Originally Posted by DawgBone
"New York Pizza" is a broad category. There's great NY Pizza and terrible NY Pizza. Mostly the latter. You have to know where to go to get the good stuff. But style-wise NY Pizza is the best imo. Chicago style for instance is too dough-y.
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LOL, all this Texas showboating and you’re an implant? Just like all those Ohio kids in Brooklyn saying they’re from New York. This is too much… oh thank you. Originally Posted by DawgBone
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Youre bitter. Have a good day. Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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I forget how this story starts, but - -
A guy meets another guy probably at a bar, somewhere in Texas, and as they get to talking, it comes out in conversation that one of them just moved there.
And the other guys says, " Oh - - so, you're not from here, huh ?? "
And the other guys says , " No, but honest, I got here just as quick as I could ! "......
: )
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A businessman from New York was sent to Texas for a company convention. On his first night, he went to the Hotel Restaurant for a meal and ordered a beer. The waitress brings him a 30 ounce stein of Lager and he stares at the enormity of the beverage. The waitress sees his amazement and says "we do everything big here in Texas". He then orders a steak. When the 64 ounce slab of meat arrives, the businessman again shows his amazement by staring at the gigantic portion and once again, the smiling waitress says "we do everything big here in Texas". After finishing both the beer and steak, the New Yorker asked for directions to the men's room. Upon getting up he felt a bit tipsy from all the beer and he lost his way. Stumbling, he fell into the hotel's olympic sized swimming pool. Soon everyone nearby heard a man screaming "Help!, Help!, Whatever you do, please don't flush it!"
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"I live here but I ain't from here."
Reminds me of this James McMurtry tune. (Apropos to a discussion of TX, he's Larry McMurtry's son -- a fine songwriter imo). He cut his debut record with most of John Mellencamp's band. Maybe some folks will enjoy this song if they haven't heard it before. Hope it's not out of line to share on a jazz forum, given it only uses about 3 and a half chords.
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I'm not from here
I just live here
Grew up somewhere far away
Come here thinking I'd never stay long
I'd be going back soon someday
It's been a few years
Since I got here
Seen 'em come and I've seen 'em go
Crowds assemble, they hang out awhile
Then they melt away like an early snow
Onto some bright future somewhere
Down the road to points unknown
Sending postcards when they get there
Wherever it is they think they're goin'
I'm not from here
I just live here
Can't see that it matters much
I read the papers and I watch the nightly news
Who's to say I'm out of touch
Nobody's from here
Most of us just live here
Locals long since moved away
Sold the played-out farms for parking lots
Went off looking for a better way
Onto some bright future somewhere
Better times on down the road
Wonder if they ever got there
Wherever it was they thought they'd go
Hit my home town
A couple years back
Hard to say just how it felt
But it looked like so many towns I might've been through
On my way to somewhere else
I'm not from here
But people tell me
It's not like it used to be
They say I should have been here
Back about ten years
Before it got ruined by folks like me
We can't help it
We just keep moving
It's been that way since long ago
Since the stone age, chasing the great herds
We mostly go where we have to go
Onto some bright future somewhere
Down the road to points unknown
Sending post cards when we get there
Wherever it is we think we'll go
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Flatwounds are lame.
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I have no horse in the race. But what criteria do you use to compare flat wounds to whatever other design is better? I know string selection is a very personal thing for just about all of us. And the desired tone or sound for each individual can be quite hard to precisely define.
I don’t have flat wounds but I read somewhere (which could be old or in error) that Wes Montgomery used Gibson Hi-fi (there’s an old expression!) flat wounds. Not that that is the only criteria.
Just curious.
Thanks!
Tom
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Might be a good choice for all those octaves. Originally Posted by TAA
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I have had sets of TI flats on my guitar for years before changing them. A regular cleaning with a soft cloth (old t-shirt) with a tiny drop of WD-40, removes most of the grim and makes the strings like new.
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I use rounds but use a similar method; I clean them with a nylon carpet sample with a spray of Armor All on the sample before scrubbing the strings (in which the fibers get under the strings and also clean the frets and finger board). I do this after each playing whether practice, rehearsal, or performance set. It keeps the strings like new. Originally Posted by nuggulux
Something I do not do is stretch all the "extra" elasticity out of my new strings. After putting on new strings I just tune it and leave it alone for 24 hours, then play it normally and adjust tuning as needed. I do not want to lose any elasticity beyond what I lose through playing. Any series of hard pulls to stretch the strings may produce a series of hard bridge bending of the string, each of those bends becoming a kink as the string is tuned up after each bend - you can end up with a string that sounds funny from the start because all those kinks get pulled past the bridge into the sounding length of the string, into the terminal region of the sounding string which is a critical region for setting up the harmonic structure (the kinks can be misinterpreted by the string as the termination of the sounding string length before the bridge).
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