See if this link works for you: <http://tinyurl.com/y8bjqn> It should open an iTunes page showing Sting's new Lute EP containing Message in a Bottle and 2...
Manage "My Alerts" Sting Sting X.M. Artist Confidential (Live from the Labyrinth) EP Release Date: Nov 28, 2006 Genre: Pop Total Songs: 3 (P) 2006 UMG...
Here is a 10-String CD that is new to me: <http://tinyurl.com/yd2v9w> Songs with Guitar from the Age of Napoleon McCormick, Jane & John (10-string, Eric Sahlin...
This is a bad time of year for acoustic instruments. My new Areritage cases do a good job of keeping a constant humidity inside the case, but th ambient...
... I try to keep my shop humidity between 40% and 50% when I'm assembling a guitar. Some folks prefer a tighter range, but based on Hoadley's book,...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the 10string group: Do you consider your multi-string to be a Harp Guitar? o Yes, modern multi-strings...
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Hi, John: Thanks for the very interesting photos. I would have to say that Blind Willie McTell and I have a lot in common when it comes to left hand angles. He...
Stephan Schmidt has a great sounding 10-string guitar on his Bach CD: <http://tinyurl.com/y6vlm7> His luthier tells me that the black nut on the sub-basses is...
Hey Stephen, Did he tell you why chose he chose to use Graphtech for the sub-basses saddle? ... From: Stephen Bright, To: 10string@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
... No, I just asked him what it was. I would assume that he tried at least 2 materials and preferred the sound of the Graph Tech. They do get some pretty good...
Tusq is a different material, it's basically a man-made ivory. The black stuff, I'm guessing, is made of graphite. Graphite nuts are used in electric guitars...
Here is another write-up by Rob MacKillop of Michael Thames' 13-string Dresden guitar: <http://www.musicintime.co.uk/13-string%20Guitar.htm> Stephen...
I will soon be putting forth an argument that we ARE playing on Harp Guitars! The poll will reflect if anyone here agrees with me, as you can vote for more ...
I was offered a Christmas gig recently because all the harpists in town were already booked. I tried to quickly describe to them the instrument I play, and the...
Dear Stephen: Congratulations on your promotion to "Harp Guitarist!" Actually, I've snuck into a few holiday and other gigs through the years under this...
Hi, Perf: This is a great line, but the most important issue as I see it is not the nut, but the material used in the saddle, which must transmit the sound to...
Thanks, Perf: This graphite idea sounds intriguing, although "black" appears to be more a cosmetic choice. My Winston graphite fly rod is bright emerald green!...
Hey Mischa, The lubricating property is the selling point for those graphite nuts. I have one on my Parker Fly guitar and I guess it's one of the reasons why...
Thanks, Perf: Hey, this might have been something even better than the graphite nuts that have been available for some time, check out these testimonials and...
So, Folks: Some of you have inquired about what appears to be a double white nut on my 10-string. The extra piece that is actually not ivory, but a piece of...
Gregg Minor's reasons for excluding the multi-string are as follows: "By contrast, even though the famed Narcisco Yepes played his 10-course (10-string) fully ...
So, according to his argument, if you hang a string 11 off the bass side to an add-on nut and tuner, you have an instant harp guitar without any major change...
All of this reasoning reminds me of Humphrey Bogart's character in the "Caine Mutiny" when he was on the witness stand towards the end of the movie. Glen ... ...
Dear List: In terms of ethnomusicologial classifications, guitars and harps are chordophones. Their type is the same, they are plucked, but their sub types ...
... Please let me try and restate what you wrote in layman's terms - Harps and Lutes are in 2 distinct families, and there really is no such thing as a harp...
Some would say that guitars are not lutes. Ask Julian Bream and you'll get an ear full. Actually ask a lutenist. I have a picture somewhere of a tap...
Here it is. The directory I have it in means the pointer came from this list. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTC7kPZZmuM ... From: 10string@yahoogroups.com...
Michael Hedges is GREAT!!!! ... From: John Abrams To: 10string@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 2:26 PM Subject: RE: [10string] Re: Harp...
Hi, Folks: Well, certainly guitars have incurved waists and lutes are teardropped-shaped--a design taken from the oud. And, I suppose my teacher's sarod (sur -...
Hi, Folks: Since I'm moving, I'm sorting my many boxes of notes, and I found a few misplaced pages that I had written for my ongoing book many years ago. These...
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