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Rich: That question might be best left for those more knowledgeable about luthiery than myself. I have a bandurria that is a 12 string tuned a 4th higher than...
Thanks, Jim, that helps. Doesn't the bandurria have a scale length that's about the same as a mandolin? I'd be interested in comments any of the TGR folks...
Hi Bob! I haven't dated mine...but my guess would be the late thirties or early forties. It sounds like yours is a better model than the one i have. These are...
Here is my original reply to the question of the CGDA tuning for the Colombian Tiple: "If it is strung as a typical Colombian Tiple, it is very unlikely you...
Rich: My bandurria is a little longer than a mandolin and not quite as long as a Cittern. I know very little about the instrument and hardly play it due to...
Thanks for sharing this wealth of information. Great job. One recommendation is to consider revising the string numbers. Most folk would call the A string the...
Thanks for sharing this wealth of information. Great job. One recommendation is to consider revising the string numbers. Most folk would call the A string the...
I'm Michael Simmons, the editor of the Fretboard Journal. Steve Pyott suggested that I post and let you know that the new issue of the Fretboard Journal has a...
Jim- We don't live too far apart and it was so dry this winter lots of folks were getting buzzes on instruments from the tops shrinking and lowering the action...
Steve: Thanks for the information about the probable reason for my buzzing. I normally keep my instruments in the basement when not in use, but both of these...
hey Mark, I'm in Covington, Kentucky just across the river from Cincinnati. I am trying to find a luthier who can help me. I have a friend I gig with who...
... Ah, yes, you are the guy who wrote the excellent article on tenor guitars in the Feb. 2002 issue of Acoustic Guitar. I still have the issue. Thanks for...
Always good to hear about technical matters from a very competent luthier. But I read somewhere where humidity can cause the fingerboard to expand, lowering...
Hi Michael Great magazine, I have a subscription Used to be a regular Gryphon for many years. before moving out of state. What ever happend to that killer 8...
I'm not competent at much, but I know what I see & the action on my Steve Parks tenor got higher after being in rainy San Francisco for a few weeks after...
The top of an instrument, even a flattop, is slightly domed from having the braces arched a bit. One of the advantages is that it allows the top to shrink and...
... having the braces arched ... expand more without ... and it arches more in high ... weather ... plus, if your action is low ... humidity. Things were so ...
Hi Jeff, Thanks for your kind words. I'm not sure what happened to that 8-String Dupont. I know it was in SF about 6 years ago, but the guy who had it sold it....
As I mentioned, Jason and I are both tenor guitar players, so we'll try and have an article about them every few issues. So far, the first two issues of the FJ...
Michael, Thanks for the info on the Dupont. I am in Oregon, I might follow it up. There is a bit of a bio on Gerlach on Stefan Wirz German site. I think...
... From what I know, it's been tuned just like the four high strings on a regular guitar, without the option for the bass sound. Isn't that what the Kingston...
Thanks for the reply. As interesting as the article was, I was kind of hoping it would've touched a bit on her style of guitar playing I also would've liked to...
That's the way a lot of people tune their tenors. It's called, "Chicago", or, "Modern" tuning. Because I played a baritone ukulele and my tenor was tuned that...
... called, "Chicago", or, "Modern" tuning. Because I played a baritone ukulele and my tenor was tuned that way when I bought it almost 40 years ago, it's the...
from looking at pictures of the kingston trio, their tenor guitar player capod at the 5th fret. if he was using dgbe, that means he was playing an extremely...
same here. my ony poroblem is that I also play standard tuned (with a low g) 'ukulele so if I'm playing both instruments at a gig, sometimes it becomes a...
