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8941
Hello everyone. This is our monthly info and nag message. We appear to have quite a large number of bouncing members due to their e-mail addresses not being...
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May 1, 2006
11:27 am
8942
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...
James M. Owston
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May 1, 2006
12:34 pm
8943
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...
Richard Withers
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May 1, 2006
9:40 pm
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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...
Mark Josephs
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May 2, 2006
12:22 am
8945
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...
Richard Roberge
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May 2, 2006
2:06 am
8946
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...
Jim Owston
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May 2, 2006
4:30 am
8947
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...
Richard Roberge
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May 2, 2006
4:53 am
8948
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...
Richard Roberge
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May 2, 2006
4:53 am
8949
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...
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May 2, 2006
6:18 am
8950
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 Parks
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May 2, 2006
1:22 pm
8951
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...
James M. Owston
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May 2, 2006
3:10 pm
8952
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...
Bob Day
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May 2, 2006
4:18 pm
8953
... 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...
Peter P
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May 2, 2006
6:59 pm
8954
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...
Peter P
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May 2, 2006
7:06 pm
8955
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...
jjh1946
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May 2, 2006
7:09 pm
8956
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...
Kenneth Heikkila
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May 2, 2006
8:53 pm
8957
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...
Steve Parks
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May 3, 2006
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8958
... Actually I meant to say Jim, not Bob. It was getting late.... Steve Parks http://www.steveparksmusic.com...
Steve Parks
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May 3, 2006
12:03 pm
8959
... having the braces arched ... expand more without ... and it arches more in high ... weather ... plus, if your action is low ... humidity. Things were so ...
Peter P
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May 3, 2006
4:09 pm
8960
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....
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May 3, 2006
10:24 pm
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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...
selmerguitar
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May 3, 2006
10:27 pm
8962
I was wondering if anyone might know the tuning used by Neko Case on her tenor guitars? Thanks, Mark...
Mark
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May 5, 2006
5:43 pm
8963
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...
jjh1946
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May 6, 2006
12:50 am
8964
... 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...
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May 6, 2006
4:21 pm
8965
Neko tunes her tenor to DGBE. Michael...
selmerguitar
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May 6, 2006
5:37 pm
8966
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...
Mark
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May 6, 2006
5:44 pm
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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...
NEIL E MURPHY
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May 6, 2006
6:04 pm
8968
... 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...
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May 7, 2006
12:11 am
8969
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...
Curtis Takahashi
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May 7, 2006
2:21 pm
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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...
Curtis Takahashi
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May 7, 2006
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