During October 2008, Mostly Autumn performed two gigs with an alternative, semi-acoustic line-up in support of the Bad Shepherds.
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In its acoustic line the standard Fender bolt-on neck design was carried over from the company's popular array of electric guitars and basses.
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In 1965-66 the name " King " was changed to " Kingman " and finally discontinued with the entire critically derided and poorly selling acoustic line in 1971.
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1972 also saw the introduction of the DM2, a three unit system, comprising an 8 inch bass / mid-range speaker rear loaded with an acoustic line, a Celestion HF1300 tweeter and a super tweeter.
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Mathes was motivated by the problem of echo suppression on long-distance telephone lines, and his patent clearly explained the fundamental relationship between inductor capacitor ladder networks and mechanical elastic delay lines such as his acoustic line.
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In 2005 Chumbawamba took a hiatus from full-scale touring and recording projects, but a trimmed-down acoustic line-up of Boff Whalley, Lou Watts, Jude Abbot and Neil Ferguson continued to tour the UK and Europe throughout 2005 and 2006.
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2004 also saw the return of the " Hero And Heroine " line-up of the electric band, touring in tandem with the acoustic line-up, and recording their first new album for 25 years, " Deja Fou ", on the Strawbs'own record label, Witchwood Records.
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In 1973 he was influential in persuading original Quintette du Hot Club de France violinist St�phane Grappelli ( Django Reinhardt's original playing partner ) to return to public performances using an all-strings acoustic line-up, recapturing the spirit of the original Quintette to a whole new generation of popular listeners ( prior to this, Grappelli had spent a number of years playing " cocktail jazz " in a Paris hotel ).