Hi all, OK this may be a silly question, but does anyone know of any "cheap" 11 strings?.....I play an 8 string right now and I know all about the expense of...
Hello Zenguitar, Have you looked at the Japanese "Asturias" model hand-crafted by Tsuji? Although these may exceed your budget as a new item, part- exchange...
Hi Everyone, I also have an Asturias, which I obtained broken off of eBay. It was a great deal as the repair was very inexpensive compared to the total worth...
Funny thing....there's an Asturias 11 string within 20 miles of my home, but the owner refuses to sell....he has on occasion loaned it to me...really just made...
Who can blame him? I wouldn't sell mine, defect and all. A used one won't be cheap unless it needs work. Good luck and let us know what you finally get. ...
Does anyone know of a luthier named Liberto PLANAS in Paris? I walked outside his shop and saw a cool looking 11-string guitar. I wonder if it's any good. He...
... I want to make sure you are familiar with Houston, Texas, luthier Michael McBroom. He has become a sort of specialist in multi-string guitar construction....
Dear Zenguitar, I suggest you to consider me as a luthier, I can offer you a handmade entry-level 11 string guitar. I am sending you some photos, and a gallery...
Hi I've been checking out your 11-strings. I was looking into having one made in the near future. I was considering having some of the low strings fretless, as...
Hi Yiorgos, Why not consider 13 strings? Then you could play Weiss with no modifications. The scalloped fretboard sounds interesting but will add considerable ...
Hello dear members of the alto guitar group! I'm happy to announce that within a very short time a new site will be published. I'm hoping to move all the...
Hello Christoffer, I'm a guitarist living in California. I have two instruments: an 11-string alto guitar by Bolin (similar to the one played by Goran...
Hi David, I am in San Diego and I have both lutes and an 11-string Asturias. There is a group of lutenists in LA and also in San Fran. They have chat rooms...
Hello David, In response to your request for music suitable for the alt guitar in mensural notation, I have hand-written arrangements of eight or nine pieces,...
... 11-string alto ... a 13-string ... Weiss, for ... find more lute ... tablature. Do ... don't know if ... Hello and welcome. For baroque lute tablatures...
Hello David and James, You might be interested to know that some Weiss sonatas and Bach suites are available in staff notation on eBay. I ordered the sonata...
Hi James, The Dalla Casa book is No. 62 published in Florence Italy by SPES. I think all the SPES books are numbered as I have two others also. The title is...
Hello Robert, Thank you for the URLs. I'll check them out! Best, Marion ... http://www.performingarts.lu.se/forskning/publ/johnson_altgitarren.html ... ...
Hello again, Marion, The information on the TablEdit software sounds very useful. I will investigate. Mind you, G7 is supposed to do this, but I can find many...
Learning how to play guitar is like learning how to speak a language. The more you listen to, imitate and play along with professionals, the better you'll get....
Hi James, ... ++It's really not too hard, not like solving the Schrodinger equation for the DNA molecule. ... ++I remember that. I don't think of it often when...
Hello Marion, Yes, I would be delighted to receive a PDF of the the DS- modeled sonata. By way of return, I can offer a suite in the style of one for an...
Hello Marion, Very many thanks for the PDF and the midi-file_which I did not expect! It certainly has a characteristic sound, but, perhaps more like Soler than...
... ++You are most welcome. ... ++That's interesting I am not familiar with Soler but now it looks like I will find out more and get some Soler music. ... ...
Hello Marion, You ask about my favourite tuning for the alt. I have only ever used that in G, as a major interest is renaissance / archlute repertoire....
Hello James, Sorry about the delay in answering your message. I think the renaissance/archlute tuning is a good one. I use it on both of my 8-course...
Hello Marion, Thank you for the information on strings, I find this kind of thing useful. While I use Hannabach medium tension on my alt, I have found that...
... useful. ++you are most welcome. I always try to learn as much as possible about strings. There are so many different brands. Most of the ones I have tried...
Hello Marion, The serial numbers from the D'Addario string catalogue(rectified nylon) for a 63cm terz, i.e., all strings having the same length are as follows:...
