[QUESTION TITLE] Acoustic Guitar help? - Asked on Hi Jeff I have played guitar for many years, still do and loved every minute of it. I have played maybe 200 or more guitars and bought about 5. They were all different, in the way I connected to them, and what I felt I wanted to play on the instrument. I have played friends guitars that they loved, and I did not, and had friends hand me back my guitar after 10 strums, remarking 'not my thing'. I have played guitars in shops, saved up the cash, gone back and tried on the "exact same", and walked away with the money still in my pocket. Moral of my story- every guitar, guitar player and guitarist are unique. No-one can tell who will 'click' with what instrument. But, generally, paying more for a quality guitar will lead to a more satisfying life together, however this is not always the case. In the acoustic electric range available there is a massive choice, many are unbelievably cheap, some cheap for good reason. If you want to play heavy strings, make sure the manufacturer recommends that gauge set;I have seen failed top decks and bridges...it takes minimal distortion or buckling of the deck to create unplayable, high action. Action by the way is what we call the distance from the fret wires to the strings. The presence of a cutaway could be aesthetic, or in pretty rare cases to access the frets above 14 or so, if that is your style of playing, maybe consider an electric guitar. Sometimes I feel the cutaway impacts the sound resonance...and that may make it better in some ways. Or not. You will need amplification to take advantage of the electric feature. That subject is also a matter of the relationship between your ears, your guitar, and the sound qualities, tone, volume, etc., and, of course your budget. The brands you mentioned sit on my list of possibilities, Ibanez, Yamaha, Fender, Takamine, Tanglewood, all seem to make fair to good cheap acoustics, but go try a Taylor, a CF Martin, a Gibson, a Maton and a high-end Takamine before you hand over your credit card. The short answer is, "buy the guitar you love, friend!" [QUESTION TITLE] Poll: Do you prefer the acoustic guitar or the electric guitar? - Asked on [Question] - Depends on my mood and the song. :) [QUESTION TITLE] Best Acoustic Guitar Strings? - Asked on [Question] - The difference between brands isn't really that great, you can pick Ernie Ball, D'Addario or any other well-known brand. Eventually you'll find a brand you prefer and stick with that. What is more important is the gauge (heavier or lighter) and that the guitar is properly adjusted for those strings. If you get a set of light strings and have the guitar set up properly, it will be far easier to play. You lose a little bass response and volume by playing lighter strings but nothing dramatic. 009 is too light for an acoustic guitar - a set of 010 is usually a s light as it gets. [QUESTION TITLE] Can the Zoom G2 pedal be used with an acoustic guitar? - Asked on [QUESTION TITLE] Great Acoustic Guitar? - Asked on 2013-11-13 [Question] - I'm looking to buy my first acoustic after owning a mess of electrics. I want to spend up to $500 (maybe a little over, depending on the features.) I do not care for the acoustic/electric guitars, or the ones that can be plugged into an amp. Kinda defeats the purpose of the guitar, really, and I don't like paying extra for something I don't even need. I do like parlour sized guitars and some dreadnoughts are nice, but just awfully thick and uncomfortable, you know? What are some good choices for the price range, from parlours to dreadnoughts? And if it makes a difference, I want an acoustic that is better for led zeppeliny-EVH spanish fly stuff. Easy tapping and pull offs. I would appreciate any suggestions! [Answer 1] - For that price range, you can find a super-shallow bowl Ovation [no electronics]. They have some of the best projected, clean sound I've ever heard. I even believe Martin has beginners models under $500 now? [QUESTION TITLE] Cool acoustic guitar tabs? - Asked on [Question] - try www.guitaretab.com [QUESTION TITLE] What am i supposed to look for when buying an acoustic guitar? - Asked on [Question] - Over in India, you should spend a minimum of 8,000-10,000 rupees for a decent entry level guitar. The Epiphone DR-100 or Yamaha F310 are the best guitars over there for around 10,000. The strings should be close to the fretboard. For maximum comfort, look into a classical (nylon stringed) guitar. Easier to learn on for sure. the strings are soft and larger, and the fretboard is wider so it's easier to fit your fingers on there. good for a beginner. [QUESTION TITLE] Can the Zoom G2 pedal be used with an acoustic guitar? - Asked on 2013-11-14 [Question] - I know its fir an electric guitar essentially and I know the A3 is available for acoustic guitar but I have an opportunity of getting the g2 for next to nothing and was wondering if this pedal can be used with an acoustic guitar ti get different effects. thank you [Answer 1] - Sure, you can use it. But it will sound terrible. The G2 has basic electric effects like distortion, phaser, delay, etc. Some of the effects like reverb, chorus, etc. can e used with an acoustic, but they are used much differently. None of the presets on the G2 would sound good with an acoustic. Honestly it would be a waste of money regardless of how good a deal you get on it. The A3 is a completely different beast. It models various acoustic body type sounds, like dreadnought, parlor, etc. Also the actual effects on the A3 are made specifically for acoustic guitars. When I connect my acoustic guitar to my amplifier? - Asked on [Question] - u need to buy effects or maybe ur pickup is faulty... get it checked frm a nearby guitar expert.:) Best beginner acoustic guitar available in Kolkata? - Asked on - I've answered a few questions about beginner guitars available in India. There are not a lot of good ones. I noticed one cheap brand that always makes my laugh, called "Givson" guitars (as if we would think it's a "Gibson" guitar) Here are your best options for under 8000 rupees http://www.guitarstreet.in/yamaha-f310-n... This one is a little over 8000, but probably worth it http://www.guitarstreet.in/epiphone-dr10... You can get a complete starter kit with the Yamaha f310 for just under 9000 that includes a gig bag and a tuner.

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THE CIBA-GEIGY-EFFECT

THE CIBA-GEIGY-EFFECT On June 15th 1989 the Swiss company “CIBA-GEIGY” (Basel) got an European patent (No.0351357): without genetic modifications, just with electrostatic fields they can create fossil forms of fish, fern, mushroom …today nobody remembers these experiments anymore… BACKWARDS IN EVOLUTION: Heinz Schürch, who watched over the experiments until 1992, shows us some pictures with strange looking plant archetypes of wheat and corn. The wheat doesn’t grow high, it crawls on the ground, just the tip of the culms (where the spikes are) grows =20cm high. The corn looks more like the modern corn we know today although it’s much smaller and it has not only two big but up to eight little corncobs growing out of the stem. The amazing thing is: these archetypes were grown out of grains of the modern plants. It’s no alchemy or gene technology, it’s just experimenting with plants and electrostatic fields (stress fields, no electric current). Electric current, would produce a direct biochemical alteration, an electrostatic field does not. Test arrangement: Aluminum Plate Wheat or corn For three days Aluminum Plate direct current between the two of them After three days the grains grow in a pot or a greenhouse like every other plant. These three days at the beginning of the germination process are enough to set the archetypes. Electrostatic fields are regulative fields. Nature comes out of chaos; it needs regulative structures to manifest something. This is the idea behind it; a certain electrostatic field brings a certain structure into nature, that’s what we know out of the experiments. But we do not know of any legalities so far. We cannot tell how strong a field it needs (electric field strength) to go back to a certain time in evolution. We don’t even know how it really works. Our theory is, that the plants in the field get information, which makes them go Page 1 back to the archetypes i.e. the wheat remembers it once was a grass. (In Peru you still can find this type of wheat). “The “new-old” wheat contains new” etc. This type of wheat could be used in regions where there is a short spring and summer (the modern wheat couldn’t grow there at all): you wouldn’t need to use pesticides or herbicides. The pest cycle is the same as the one of the modern wheat life. They would not yet be developed when the “new-old “ wheat is already harvested after 4 to 8 weeks. The germination rate of the grains is much higher as well. The “new-old” species could be used to grow plants, which are healthier and more resistant to pests (cross with modern plants). FERNS: Heinz Schürch shows us a bowl with something green in it. A look under the microscope reveals “seedlings” of a fern-archetype. They have grown much longer under an electrostatic field than the wheat or the corn. They stayed in the field for approximately one month: the bowl has been kept closed for three years. These “seedlings” (protallium) are important for the reproduction of ferns. Today there is only one “seedling” per fern-leaf, which becomes pubescent. The other ones are falling to the ground and die. The “seedlings” of this “ur-fern” behave different. They are all connected through a grid-type network. That’s the reason that there is more then one “seedling” which is able to become pubescent. Still we don’t know exactly how this network works. A close look with the microscope shows us this amazing network. The connections between the single “seedlings are always the shortest possible way. It almost looks like somebody created it with the intention to save material. The tubes between the heart-shaped plants are ultra-thin, very straight and are shining, silvery. There is no information about these tubes in any scientific literature. We assume they are used to transmit information between these plants. But we don’t have a clue what kind of information this could be. More secrets are to be found in the growing process of the fern itself. The “seeding” of a common worm fern grew into another type of fern after being in the electrostatic field. Instead of pinnate leafs it had rounded ones (like tongues). Since these leafs are known from fossils, the new-old fern was named “Ur-fern” (ancient fern). The spores of the ancient fern were examined and they didn’t show any similarities with “modern” ferns. Scientists still didn’t believe in the possibility of altering plants by use of an electrostatic field. In the following years the ancient fern grew different leafs every year, it nearly looked like, the fern remembered that it was created out of a worm fern. It seemed that the fern was going through the whole process of evolution in his growing process. We examined Page 2 all it’s new spores, they were all the same. But out of them grew different kinds of ferns. There were: worm ferns, beach fern, some south African leather ferns, …The ancient fern seemed to be able to develop every kind of fern. The biggest surprise awaited us, when we came to analyze the chromosomes. The worm fern had 36, another one had 41. In all of scientific literature we never heard of anything like this. Another amazing, new, not- fern-like thing was, that every evening the fern would emit scents. Many ferns are dying out these days. That makes the ciba-Geigy-experiments extra valuable. For example in Germany there are more than 12% endangered fern-species. Ferns are extremely sensitive to environmental pollution. A possible explanation (the reason for that) might be, that the atmosphere of the earth used to be different back in the days when ferns ruled the world. There were more and stronger thunderstorms and the electric fields in the earth’s atmosphere changed often. It could be, that every time we use an electrostatic field with the ferns, we create a condition of a time long ago when this field did exist. But this is only a theory. If I can change the set of chromosomes and grow ancient (long dead) plants just by using a simple electrostatic field, I have to pronounce the question whether all the information about the shape of creatures is really in the genes, the DNA, the nucleus? I think the electrostatic charging of the atmosphere is also a factor. The memory of nature seems to go back to the very beginnings of life. BRINGING BACK THE SAURIANS? Out of a drilling-core, which came from depths of 140m. In a 200 million year old Rhine- salt-mine, was taken a probe. Analyzing this probe under a microscope shows us bazaar crystal forms out of which grows tiny creatures. These are mushrooms, which came back into life through an electrostatic field. All experiments to bring them back without the field didn’t work out. Heinz Schürch shows us a patent, the only announcement of the company in which they talk about the electrostatic fields. We didn’t want to experiment with plants only but also with animals. But we got the strict instruction not to mess with the germ line of animals. That’s why we thought of taking the eggs of a rainbow trout and put them into a field for four weeks after their impregnation. After four weeks we put them into aquariums and raised them. The result are fish, which are much stronger and robust than our rainbow trout. They have more teeth and a different color. Grown males have a hook-jaw (like wild salmons). They behave wilder and more aggressive. We needed to heighten the fence around the aquarium because the fish would jump higher. They are an archetype of our trout’s, dead since 150 years (they were identified with the aid of old drawings). Page 3 The flesh of the fish is firmer and more delicate. The fish are more resistant to disease. That’s why there is no need to put antibiotics or pesticides into the water. There is a standing joke in the company about bringing back the dinosaurs. Heinz Schürch: “It is just a joke. I wouldn’t dare do it. You can’t control a dinosaur. We would just have to use bird-eggs, for the birds are the descendants of the saurian. But we don’t even know how these fields are working.” Answers to this question will still have to wait, as the CIBA-GEIGY-team doesn’t exist anymore. EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION Improved Fish-Farming A new procedure is described, based on the short-term application of electrostatic fields, which results in useful and desirable qualities of fish. Description: Aquariums (insulator) with fish-eggs are put between two electrodes of a capacitor. The direct voltage can vary from 1 to a couple of 10000 volts. Because there is no electric current, the chemical identity of the system “fish” is not altered. The eggs stay in the field until the “little” fish start to slip. Then they are brought into bigger aquariums and raised. These fish are more vital and grow up earlier than the ones, which were not put into an electrostatic field. The most used voltage varies between 100- 10000V(most special: 300-3000V) the distance between the electrodes depends on the size of the aquarium, but preferable it should be between 1-10cm. ... Help Decisions - Supreme Court Judgments Case name Ciba-Geigy Canada Ltd. v. Apotex Inc. Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1992-10-29 Report [1992] 3 SCR 120 Case number 22251, 22252 Judges La Forest, Gérard V.; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Stevenson, William; Iacobucci, Frank On appeal from Ontario Subjects Torts Notes SCC Case Information: 22251, 22252 Download the original version Download the PDF version Ciba‑Geigy Canada Ltd. v. Apotex Inc., [1992] 3 S.C.R. 120 Ciba‑Geigy Canada Ltd. Appellant Page 4

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