Colin, its a sort of Scottish Smallpipe made for Americans, with lots of knobs
and switches so you can change key quickly. JON
Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Stratocaster, is that the two door or four
door model?
Heard of it, wouldn't know one if I walked into it, let alone sketch one.
Colin Hill
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Subject: [HG] Alden's rant on iconography, and a challenge
>
> OK, you asked for it. ;-)
>
> Arle pretty much made my points for me already, so I'll just say this:
>
> In scholarly circles there is, perhaps, a dedication to the iconography
> that
> is unwarranted. The scholars go on and on about how the instrument shown
> in
> this source has this feature while this one doesn't showing that [insert
> your
> conclusion here]. This is all very well, but any time a conclusion is
> reached
> by serious study of the available drawings, paintings, engravings and
> sculptures, there should be a big disclaimer attached that the details of
> the
> source materials are suspect. We treat the iconography as if it's a
> photograph, because we're used to that level of truth in our world.
>
> So here's the challenge.
>
> Take out a pencil and blank paper. Draw a Fender Stratocaster electric
> guitar
> from memory.
>
> This is probably the most common instrument in the modern age, and even if
> you
> have absolutely no interest in rock music, you have probably seen the
> instrument literally hundreds of times. Don't worry if you "can't draw",
> and
> don't worry about showing perspective, or showing the player (though you
> can
> if you want to). Please DON'T cheat and look up Stratocaster images on
> the
> web to work from - just work from memory, because that's the point of the
> experiment. Scan your drawing and email me the scan, or send it to me via
> snailmail. I'll post them all anonymously over the next week or so.
>
> I was going to write what I expect to see, but I think I'll wait until the
> experiment is over. Since I'm asking you all to do this, I'll post a
> drawing
> also. Remember, to make this experiment work, I need YOUR drawing. No
> one
> will laugh at it, I promise.
>
> Alden
>
>
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