Hi Michael: I have some further thoughts on the break angle, recently having lowered the saddle all the way to just above the saddle slot to get lower action...
Hi, Michael: Have you or anyone else here tried out this option for the problem?: http://bluestarmusic.zoovy.com/product/JLDBRIDGEDOCSCREW All my best, Mischa ...
I've tried this modification on several nylon stringed guitars. It takes a lot away from the sound of the guitar. It probably works best on steel strings...
Thanks, Perf: Too bad the "Bridge Doctor" doesn't live up to the hype, that would have been a Godsend! Here is a video of a ch'in player performing a piece I ...
Mischa, Can you explain the scale being used in that piece? _____ From: 10string@yahoogroups.com [mailto:10string@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mischa Zawaskis...
Hi, John: I'll listen to it tomorrow and ponder this carefully, just in case, but Pentatonic scales are standard for chin music (this piece is titled "Guan...
Hello Stephen, As you may know, the auction for this interesting guitar was abandonned by the seller. I was one of the bidders, but ceased when it became...
Hello Mischa, I read your recent postings on aspects of Chinese social history and related items with considerable interest. I note that you observed that no...
... YES! You should immediately forward all suspicious emails to: <spoof@...> Also see: <http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/spoof-email.html> I have...
Thanks. This will take some time to ponder. So the actual notes themselves are based on the same type of Pythagorean ratios that we use. That would make the...
Thanks, James: Certainly the Beatles did more than anyone to launch me toward guitar, I was a pianist and violinist before they came to the US. Then, around...
*Italian Brazilian Jazz Night at Havana Dreams Cigar Lounge* *with * *Michele Ramo - 8 String Guitar www.8StringGuitar.com */*and the Great Italian Drummer*/ ...
This guy is sure amazing. He has a unique tuning system and plays with his chin as well as his hands. Check out some of the mp3s. http://www.vynograd.net/ ...
Wow, I love the fact that he can actually execute rapid scales using 4 right hand fingers, pami, pami, the "Flight of the Bumblebee" is terrific! This leaves ...
... I've never tried using a Bridge Doctor. I've heard both good and bad things about it, mostly good, though. But the comments have all been regarding the...
Hi Friends: Estaré la próxima semana en Buenos Aires, ofreciendo 2 Recitales, invitado por el "Círculo de Guitarristas Argentinos" y mi embajada panameña. ...
[Next week in Buenos Aires, I will be giving two recitals. I was invited by the "Circle (club) of Argentine Guitarists" and my Panamanian ambassador. Wish me...
In what could be the biggest boost to the multi-string in decades, Sting has released a Dowland CD, with lute accompaniment, called Songs from the Labyrinth: ...
Hello Stephen, Thank you for the notice of the Sting recording of Dowland. At the Summer party of the (UK) Lute Society, there was some discussion of this...
Hello Michael, A bit slow in responding to your comment about bridge action. I agree with your description of the action of a bridge. A bridge not only imparts...
A query for you, Stephen. As you probasbly know, Manjon played an 11s guitar, though I gather most of his published works were re-arranged for 6s. There is a...
Hi James: Here is a Manjon facsimile edition: <https://www.finefretted.com/html/antonio_j__manjon.html> but it says: "He himself played the eleven-string...
Here is a live version of the material: <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/earlymusicshow/pip/2eueb/> It seems to be making some waves already. The CD is being...
Thanks, Michael: Reading the ads, this thing sounded like something from Heaven for us 10-string Ramirez players, even my rebuilt top on Amalia has tilted...
Hello Stephen, Many thanks for the reference, I shall be ordering the Tecla edition. Contacting Ms. Smits is a useful suggestion, I shall follow this up. ...
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