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  Article: RELOADING MACHINE GUN - JIMI HENDRIX BAND OF GYPSYS
Jimi Hendrix's tone during the song "Machine Gun," recorded live at the Fillmore East in New York in 1970, is one of the shining moments in the history of the electric guitar.
While "Machine Gun" appeared with regularity in Hendrix sets up until his death, it is the gut-level intensity of this early version that has withstood the test of time.
One thing all of the "Machine Gun" effects we tested had in common was a reliance on high quality components and an obvious love of craft that their builders bring to their products.
mywebpages.comcast.net /loudfast/writeweb/mgun.htm   (1284 words)

  
  Machine gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Medium and heavy machine guns are either mounted on a tripod or on a vehicle; when carried on foot, the machine gun and associated equipment (tripod, ammunition, spare barrels) require additional crew members.
Heavy guns based on the Maxim such as the Vickers machine gun were joined by many other machine weapons, which mostly had their start in the early 20th century.
Machine Gun is also the name of a free jazz album by Peter Brötzmann as well as the New York based improvising band Machine Gun which featured Thomas Chapin and Sonny Sharrock.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Machine_gun   (2825 words)

  
 Machine gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Multi-shot guns have a long development, going as far back to the 1400s with plans from Leonardo Da Vinci, and stretching back to some of the earliest firearms, and attempts at higher rates of fire and some machine gun like traits happened as early as the 1700s.
Heavy guns such as the Vickers machine gun were joined by many other machine weapons, which mostly had their start in the early 20th century.
The newest machine gun designs center around the Personal Defense Weapon concept, a cross between a submachine gun and a sidearm that is useful for support personnel who need a small, concealable weapon that keeps their hands free, yet provides massed firepower when needed -- roles such as security teams in occupation zones.
www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Machine_gun   (2687 words)

  
 Machine gun - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A machine gun with a bullet caliber of more than 12.7mm (0.5 inch) is called an automatic cannon while smaller caliber guns would still be called "machine guns".
Multi-shot guns have a long development stretching back to some of the earliest firearms, and attempts at higher rates of fire and some machine gun like traits happened as early as the 1700s.
The Gatling gun was closer to the machine gun template; patented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling, the design's key feature was machine loading of cartridges and a hand operated crank for sequential high-speed firing.
open-encyclopedia.com /Machine_gun   (2125 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Machine gun
The mitrailleuse was a mid-19th century precursor to the machine gun.
A general purpose machine gun or GPMG in concept is a compromise weapon, a machine gun intended to be capable of doing the tasks of a light machine gun, medium machine gun while at the same time being man-portable, but performance in either role may be inferior to a...
Machine guns The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers cap badge The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME; usually pronounced phonetically as Reemee) is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance of all electrical and mechanical equipment.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Machine-gun   (6535 words)

  
 Machine Gun (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Machine Gun was an improvising band formed in New York City in 1986.
Sonny Sharrock frequently performed with the band and appears on the first release as well as the second, [[Open Fire]].
This article on a band or other musical ensemble is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Machine_Gun_(band)   (123 words)

  
 Pictures of my lego machine gun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The gun is fired by the lever on the very left 'falling' into one of the gaps between the little rivet-like legos stuck in the gear (there's two positions around the circumference without a piece in them).
This rubber band causes the pinion to disengage, while the fl rubber band towards the bottom left causes it to disengage.
The fl rubber band needs to be much tighter than the red one, because it needs to overpower the red one, as well as yank the pinion, which is jammed against the rack on the bolt, out of the rack.
www.sentex.net /~mwandel/legos/gun.html   (421 words)

  
 LEGO Machine Gun
From December, 1994 and February 1995, I reworked the mechanism of the machine gun, replacing a sliding plunger and a long lever pivoted at its center with a small L-shaped hammer pivoted at its corner.
In actual use, the gun is held so that the bricks are turned 90 degrees from their ``normal'' orientation, that is, the studs of all the bricks in the gun point to the right (as seen by the user) rather than up.
Raise the gun so that the magazine points up (it's gravity-fed), grasp the red-and-white hand grip (at the right side of the diagram) with your left hand, and point the barrel (the red protrusion on the edge of the gun pointing away from you in the diagram) at your target.
www.porchwithhouse.com /lego/shoot/machinegun.html   (1294 words)

  
 Machine Gun FellatioAustralian Musician magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Then there are other bands that will play their songs differently from how they do on the CD, which I find intriguing.
There is a reason why bands do stand there looking at their shoes, they're actually looking at their guitar or whatever.
We had a band called Vrag before Machine Gun Fellatio and I was the guitar player in that band, but we sort of got to a point where the only thing I could see myself doing was what everyone else had already done and I felt quite restricted by that.
www.australianmusic.asn.au /mag/summer2002/mgf.html   (3458 words)

  
 Texas Machine Gun Shoot
Texas's wide open spaces, sensible gun laws and rich history make it a great state to host one of the best Machine Gun Shoot events in the country.
In addition to the actual Texas Machine Gun Shoot, our members trade war stories, compare weapons and otherwise decimate the enemy such as this renegade car shown at the left and other targets of opportunity.
As the Banned of Brothers Texas Machine Gun Shoot continues to grow year after year our shooting slots get very limited so reserve your slot now before the line is full and guarantee yourself the time of your life.
www.thebannedofbrothers.com   (372 words)

  
 Trend Hunter Mobile: Rubberband Warfare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This must be the ultimate weapon in the office rubber band flicking war, the fully automatic rubber band machine gun.
Each machine gun is beautifully hand crafted and not only resembles an old western Gatling Gun but actually fires like one.
Ammunition for the gun is obviously elastic bands, of which it can hold 144 at a time (12 bands on each of the 12 barrels).Firing the gun is then a simple case of aiming and turning the handle and you’ve got to be on target at least once with 144 bands.
www.trendhunter.com /mobile-trends/rubberband-warfare   (92 words)

  
 Ww1 Machine Gun - Rubber Band Machine Gun Plan - www.spudgun.3libras.org
Rifles were carried by the infantry of WW1 Machine Guns effected war by making it easier to take or defend trenches.
gun") as well as lighter machine guns (the BAR, for example) saw their first major use in WW1, along with heavy use of large-caliber machine...
Invented by Hiram S in 1884, the Maxim Gun comprised the world's first automatic machine gun read an overview of machine gun development and use during wartime The Military Technology of World War 1 - an overview about the technical advances of fighting battles in the Great War.
www.spudgun.3libras.org /rubber-band-machine-gun-plan/ww1-machine-gun.html   (324 words)

  
 I Want One Of Those: Rubber Band Gatling Gun
Using a mechanism similar to the famous Gatling Gun of the old west, it stands 44 inches from the handle to the tip of its barrels.
Winding the handle spins the barrels and fires off the bands, and it has a fire rate of 560 rounds per minute, though you can fire off all 144 rounds in just 12 seconds if the mood takes you.
The gun comes with a free bag of 200 bands, and it's handmade by a good old Texan (of course) out of replenishable poplar pine.
www.iwantoneofthose.com /GATGUN_TOYS.htm   (262 words)

  
 Pkm Machine Gun - Rubber Band Machine Gun Plan - www.spudgun.directvdvr.org
The PK is the standard light machine gun of the Russian military.
Machine Gun Safari in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
Pkm machine gun   Pkm receiver   How to build a potato launc   How to build potato guns   Japanese machine gun  
www.spudgun.directvdvr.org /rubber-band-machine-gun-plan/pkm-machine-gun.html   (133 words)

  
 ear fuzz: Machine Gun Funk
Formed in a casual manner at the end of the 60's as a way to pick up girls (surely the number one reason behind starting any band), The Commodores struck gold when they auditioned successfully to be the support group for the Jackson 5's 1971 tour.
Machine Gun was their hit record of the album, introducing the world to their sound.
Less poppy than Machine Gun it's a choice cut of the kind of dirty funk The Commodores did so well in the early stage of their career.
www.earfuzz.com /2005/07/machine-gun-funk.html   (339 words)

  
 Pearl Jam - Fanview of Hendrix Tribute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
He was a little shy with the singing, but what he did not let loose verbally, he channeled it all into the playing.
The Band of Gypsies live album version of "Machine Gun" is about 12 1/2 minutes.
Mike's "Machine Gun" epitomized what a true tribute is. If we can get a hold of the video, please, let's do it.
www.sonymusic.com /artists/PearlJam/fanscene/2001/908hend.html   (260 words)

  
 Sister Machine Gun shoots for industrial-edged sound   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Despite its horribly cheesy name, Sister Machine Gun is a surprisingly gripping band.
The person behind Sister Machine Gun is vocalist, keyboardist and programmer Chris Randall.
Sister Machine Gun has put together a diverse album with rough and smooth cuts.
www.stp.uh.edu /vol61/109/8b.html   (315 words)

  
 Digg - Rubber Band Machine Gun; 12 Rotating Barrels...shoots 144 Rubber Bands
Rubber Band Machine Gun; 12 Rotating Barrels...shoots 144 Rubber Bands
This beauty is a fully funcitonal machine gun with TWELVE rotating barrels and a live action trigger.
Now, a machine gun that shoots spam would be new...
digg.com /gadgets/Rubber_Band_Machine_Gun_12_Rotating_Barrels_shoots_144_Rubber_Bands   (619 words)

  
 The Gadgeteer - Firewheel Rubber Band Gun
Of course there would be a quiz and no one would be allowed to load their brand new rubber band gun until they aced the quiz.
Seth stretches the first band from the nose, down through the center channel, and onto the firewheel -- this is the key to the whole mechanism.
When my son was about 10, a number of kids were in the schoolyard and shooting rubber bands when one hit one of the kids in the eye and he lost sight in that eye.
www.the-gadgeteer.com /review/firewheel_rubber_band_gun   (868 words)

  
 Toy Rubber Band Gun, Wood Rubber Band Shooters, Ammo - Toys for the little and big kids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The only concealed weapon that can be carried without a permit, this small rubber band Derringer still delivers a surprising 12 shots "when they least expect it".
Fitting perfectly in a briefcase, this rubber band machine gun insures control of any board meeting.
This is a true replica of the nostalgic Tommy Gun back to the days of Bonnie and Clyde, but as recent as WWII.
www.ebizinc.us /RubberBandGuns.htm   (449 words)

  
 Sparrow With A Machine Gun - Punk Rockin' Your Ass Since 1999 -
In fact for some reason, he wanted to be a Garth Brooks cover band and thought he could convince Brent and Patrick to do the same.
Rye found playing bass was not as hard as he first feared and has been kicking himself for quiting the band in the first place.
With the boys losing thier place to reherse, it looked like the band might be up in the air for a brief time.
www.freewebs.com /sparrowgun/behindthemusic.htm   (729 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News: Bandsman Marching in Inaugural Parade Recalls Security Duty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
He turned in his saxophone and drum major baton and became a heavy machine gun section leader with the band section of the 1st Marine Division.
They set their rifles and machine guns aside, picked up their musical instruments and started playing music again.
The drum major's job in the field band is very much a logistical responsibility.
www.defenselink.mil /news/Jan2005/n01192005_2005011908.html   (1007 words)

  
 Sister Machine Gun
Unlike other multi-instrumentalists working under a moniker, Chris Randall has allowed Sister Machine Gun to gradually evolve into a "band oriented" project over the course of three distinct and diverse albums, Sins of the Flesh (1992), The Torture Technique (1994), and Burn (1995).
After eight years in existence the band's fourth album, Metropolis, reveals that everything up to this point was part of an ultimate equation.
What both sides could agree on is that Sister Machine Gun is a musical hybrid.
www.the-plague.net /smg2.htm   (2366 words)

  
 Firewheel - the rubber band machinegun - gizmag Article
January 21, 2005 The Firewheel is a rubber band machine gun designed to give children a projectile-firing toy gun that can be used without risk of injury.
The biggest single problem with rubber band guns is reloading, particularly so for machineguns, as multiple bands need to be loaded and it's a time-consuming and frustrating business with inevitable rubber band breakages.
As time went by, the normal "load" was reduced to five or six bands as the last few are harder to load and most band breakages happen in loading the final few.
www.gizmag.com /go/3625   (616 words)

  
 information - rubber band gatling guns   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Rubber Band Gatling Gun is battery powered and has a geared gatling mechanism together with a...
representations of rifles, pistols, machine guns, tommy guns, and Gatling guns.
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www.piotreck.de /rubber_band_gatling_guns.html   (304 words)

  
 THE DOMINATION TOUR: FEATURING SISTER MACHINE GUN, CHRIST ANALOGUE & MANUFACTURA
In the fourteen years since the band was formed, SMG has released seven full-length albums, three EPs, and countless singles and side projects.
Sister Machine Gun founder Chris Randall and guitarist Miguel Turanzas are, without a doubt, one of music's hardest working duos.
With fans that treat the band as a religion, and an online presence second to none, Sister Machine Gun are Chicago's Ambassadors of Industrial.
www.dominationtour.com /bios.jsp   (884 words)

  
 Machine Gun
I think that I was actually working in a kind of early-bit grass harmonic style, playing as many as two or three strings open with a dulcimer-like technique, but then trying to make it sound like rock and roll.
It should also be remembered that the first band I had with John Entwistle was a traditional jazz band [the Confederates.—GWA Ed.], in which I played banjo.
The Who, by definition, is a band which has never, ever, for a moment stood on dignity.
www.wdkeller.com /roots.htm   (1880 words)

  
 FleetwoodMash.com - Mash Up links, articles, home of "Fleetwood Mash"
I used to call Fleetwood Mash a Mash-up band, but with the advent of Smash Up Derby, I realized that I needed a definition that was more appropriate.
I am mashing the performances of four famous artists, that have never been in a band together, into a virtual band as if their were writing, jamming & recording together - but with me as a producer/compiler.
The idea of the virtual band is in such an infant state it really needs to be expanded on.
www.ezsite.bz /mashup/index.cfm   (1281 words)

  
 Backyard Artillery
MORE than just an amazing machine, this is a true work of art.
Hand crafted in the USA, The rubber band machine gun uses a similar mechanism to the famous Gatling Gun of the old west.
Each machine gun is hand made in the USA.
www.backyardartillery.com /machinegun   (194 words)

  
 infos - 144 shot rubber band machine gun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
12 bands per barrel for a whopping 144 rubber bands that shoot off as fast as you can turn...
RUBBER BAND GUNS -- Rubberband Guns -- Rubber Band Gun Ammo...
pistols, machine guns, tommy guns, and Gatling guns.
www.mtb-hinderer.de /144_shot_rubber_band_machine_gun.html   (255 words)

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