"Professor" Diaz at it again

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keith

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"Professor" Diaz at it again

pulled--sorry for bringing up the topic. did not want to create problems or set up something to exploit

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Sean

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

Thanks for posting
Now I need to hit the drug store for some Preparation H

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estebanana

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

Cheesus Krist on a cracker, please don't put that crap over here.

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TANúñez

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to Guest)

quote:

This man is to "getting to the point" what Fernando Torres is to goal scoring...

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Ricardo

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

I just hope they got his padded cell ready by now.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 2 2013 5:27:04

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to Ricardo)

quote:

I just hope they got his padded cell ready by now.

Alas
Is the way of the world that these cells are usually reserved for sensitive, creative but dysfunctional people
While crackers flourish...

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Jeff Highland

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

What I'm most impressed with is how he got Santos Hernandez to put his signature on the guitar's label.

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Stephen Eden

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

Haha I was only having an arguement with him on linked in last week about that video. He argues just like a politician, Always argues his agenda and will never answer a straight question.

It was infuriating to say the least and he had the cheak to suggest I was trying to play the Guru.

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estebanana

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

If you distance yourself from the lunacy it is almost endearing how far out he is.

I said almost.

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johnnefastis

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

Sorry to be a dunce but can anyone explain the logic/ilogic here.

Cheers

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Sr. Martins

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

I watched the whole thing. Here's what I understood:

"You see this banana? Its harder than this piece of racing car, which means that we should ask for a moist carpet whenever we buy a new hair."

I hope I got it right.

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El Kiko

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to Sr. Martins)

finalmente eu percebo tudo,, está claro.obrigado pela ajuda

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mark indigo

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

just say no kids, this is what drugs can do to you....

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johnnefastis

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

Damn are you guys gonna make me have to get out a pencil and a business card.
I really want to know the science of this.

Cheers

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Ricardo

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to johnnefastis)

quote:

ORIGINAL: johnnefastis

Damn are you guys gonna make me have to get out a pencil and a business card.
I really want to know the science of this.

Cheers

It's called schizophrenic geometry.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 3 2013 16:45:01

Sean

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

I recommend some strong 3-ply, so he doesn't walk around with bits of toilet paper trapped in those eyebrows.

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Ramon Amira

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

I take back everything I said on a different thread about John Cage’s 4’33’’. After watching this video (as much as I could take of it) I had to immediately put on a video of 4’33” for a little relief.

Ramon

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Ramon Amira

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

Say, isn’t Gounaro Greek? Maybe he could translate this for us.

Ramon

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rogeliocan

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to johnnefastis)

quote:

Damn are you guys gonna make me have to get out a pencil and a business card.
I really want to know the science of this

I'm not sure about this because it has always been impossible to watch any of his videos past one minute, and I tried hard for this one. But I think that he says that he has always had a hard time tuning his guitars, he can play but it appears obvious he can't tune. So he finally fixed a problem with his guitar line that could never be tuned properly, now you can tune them.

Anyways, that is what I understood from the part I watched.

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El Burdo

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to rogeliocan)

I didn't understand anything and cut to the chase at 6' and still didn't understand anything.
But while I'm here, a harp player I spoke to a couple of days ago remarked that actually, they spend 99% of their time tuning up, and the remaining 1% playing out of tune.

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por medio

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to El Burdo)

quote:

they spend 99% of their time tuning up, and the remaining 1% playing out of tune

That's gold

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guitarbuddha

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

Makes as much sense as the 440/432 thread did. You think he posted this as a response seeing some credulity that he could exploit ?

Remember..... the truth is out there.

D.

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rogeliocan

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to El Burdo)

quote:

But while I'm here, a harp player I spoke to a couple of days ago remarked that actually, they spend 99% of their time tuning up, and the remaining 1% playing out of tune.

Man that is funny, good one.

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estebanana

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

Its an old old saying about lute players in an old book, I forgot which. A writer said:

The lutenist spends half his life tuning the lute, and the other half playing it out of tune.

Everyone since then has reused this one.

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Ramon Amira

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RE: "Professor" Diaz at it... (in reply to keith)

In the days of gut strings for guitars - first, they would never stay in tune, and second, they were constantly breaking.

The saying they had in those days was: “If a guitarist lives to a hundred, he has spent forty years changing strings, another forty just tuning up, and twenty actually playing the guitar.”

Ramon

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