Hi all... I´m sorry for my long absence, but when I saw this mensage, I remember that I have the Egberto´s CD´s: "Dança dos Escravos" - translating :...
Folks, I may have mentioned in earlier posts here that I have been in email corespondence with a fellow from Spain who wanted to build a 10-string. Manuel is...
Thanks, Perf: I wish I could attend! I also want to thank you for the fine job you did copying my Sedona concert to DVD, the sound and picture quality is much...
I found the answer to the mystery of that extra-large string on my new-to-me Asturias (and why the bridge and nut were raised.) This should also go down to a...
This might be a sacrilegious question to ask a group of professionals but there doesn't seem to be a lot purists here. I'm going to tighten up my string...
Hi John, As a point of reference, I recently changed my string spacing from 8.5 mm to 7.7 mm on my 10-string guitar. I did this to facilitate some difficult...
Thank you very much for your input. I can take a deep breath now. I joined a classical group a while back and any time I said anything that sounded like I...
Hi John, I'm not sure I'm an innovator, but I'm definitely an experimenter with an open mind. And, I agree - nothing ventured .... I got the 60 string from...
Hi John, Funny you should mention string spacings at this time. I was just thinking of changing the string spacings on my baroque lute from 14.5 cm. to 13.9 cm...
Hi Steven, I agree with you that spacing depends on hand anatomy which you can't change without surgery (and who wants that?) and finger control, which can...
... You may know of Austin's professional choral group, Conspirare: <http://www.conspirare.org/> I believe it is the only professional USA group other than...
Hi, Folks: Well, I've played a lot of different guitars since 1963, having played everything from Rock electric guitars to steel-string folk guitars to...
I have two sets of instruments - one for concerts and recording and another one for practice. On the practice instruments, I do 95% of all the luthier work...
Hi, Stephen: Thanks a lot for the "Austin Info," Stephen, I've looked at this with a lot of interest. I might go through Texas next month, so I'd have an...
Hi Everyone, Does anyone know what became of the Greg Smith Singers? They used to be (and maybe stil are) a professional choral group. I studied choral singing...
Michael McBroom has a new article on 10-string guitar building at the Mel Bay's free online magazine, Guitar Sessions: Luthier Building a 10-String Classical...
... Yes, Californians come over here amazed at how cheap housing is, but it is still the most expensive place to live in Texas. A 2/1 in my neighborhood goes...
My only comment on string spacing is that the 10-string has a tighter spacing than a 6-string classical, so the 10-string standard spacing is as big as you can...
... Please send me the photos so that I can post them. This is great news! It is also of great interest to our cousins over at HarpGuitars.net: MINER: Gregg...
Here is a very interesting instrument: V. Arias, Ciudad Real 1899 The photos on this page show restauration details of a 8-string guitar by Vicente Arias...
Also check out this: <http://www.rsmits.com/eINST2.htm> The Vicente Arias guitar of 1899 comes from the collection of Narciso Yepes in Madrid, Spain. It is...
I was reading in this article: <http://www.btinternet.com/~steve.sedgwick/11string.htm> and found this interesting paragraph: "It is also known that Andrés...
The upcoming GFA Convention, which is billing itself as the largest guitar event of the year, is featuting not one, but two of the world's leading multi-string...
The 2005 GFA Convention is looking more and more like the multi-string event of the year: Dominic Frasca (amplified, prepared guitar) Dubbed "Guitar Hero 2005"...
Hi, Stephen: Thanks for the input regarding Austin and Houston. I was raised in Midland and Dallas, by the way, and I was born in Ft. Worth. Whatever good...
hey if any one is online right now ive found that lutes are very similar to multi string guitasr. SO does any onehave a suggestion and things to look at one...
Folks, I just purchased another case for my latest 10-string build. Once again, I bought a TKL. For those of you who attended the Festival and who might...
Thanks for the mention, Stephen. Just to add to this, Janet Marlow asked if she could include my article in her October newsletter. Sure, sez I (and also...
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