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Post by andy3sheds on Feb 14, 2024 14:31:57 GMT
It’s almost obligatory to have Who knows where the time goes by Sandy Denny I’d also go for Let the Mystery Be by Iris De Ment I Think It Will Work Out Fine by Ry Cooder Then to round off A Kind of Polska by Gjermund Larsen
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Post by andy3sheds on Feb 14, 2024 14:00:14 GMT
I’ve succumbed to shoulder pain but I’m not blaming my guitars. The problem arose after a couple of days intensive tree and hedge pruning with anvil blade loppers. I found it most comfortable and pain free to play the guitar with my upper right arm as close to vertical as possible which means the only option is for the guitar to rest on the right thigh I have of course bought some new loppers
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Post by andy3sheds on Jan 20, 2024 22:53:24 GMT
Oh that’s the sort of deck you use Michel Fluid Arms on. I bought one secondhand in the seventies to go on a record deck that I planned to make but the project never got of the ground. An amazing contraption with sewing thread and grease to control the arm
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Post by andy3sheds on Jan 18, 2024 16:30:03 GMT
It seems Im not alone in being sceptical about the mystical effect
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Post by andy3sheds on Jan 11, 2024 22:49:59 GMT
I think I must have been having a particularly boring dog walk but it came to mind about 432 mhz being an alternative frequency for A as opposed to 440mhz. I knew that sometimes people would tune slightly sharp so as to make them selves a bit punchier and assumed that over the years the accepted A got sharper until the drive for standardisation became the norm. Before railways there had been no need for standard railway time the church clock was enough. So I assumed it was the same with pitch and he with the most resonant knee cap / biggest tuning fork set the pitch locally. I was puzzled by the fact that I’d even started to think alternative pitchs so I did a bit of research, and what a can of worms I came up with all sorts of medical claims. I did wonder if 432 mhz tuning forks existed, and indeed they do. Not having bought a tuning fork for a number of decades I assumed the cost would be around £5-10 and indeed it is for a 440 but not for a 432 £70 and more and apparently for maximum benefit the right hammer was essential, all sorts of claims were being made the benefits of 432mhz I put incredulity to one side, I mean 10 years ago who would have guessed the need for vegan beef burgers? I’ve tuned one of my guitars to 432 A and plan to keep it so for a month or more to see how that affects the way I use that guitar, slightly detuning will ease the action and give a fuller sound so I expect some difference. Have anyone else experimented with A432?
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Post by andy3sheds on Dec 20, 2023 23:14:46 GMT
I’d like to be in the position to commission a new guitar to my liking from a respected luthier. If I ever was in that position I might well do that, but as I’m not,,,,,,,,,,
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Post by andy3sheds on Nov 8, 2023 22:00:44 GMT
that link doesnt seem to go where youd expect it to go!
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Post by andy3sheds on Nov 3, 2023 19:54:38 GMT
There’s a link to a English translation on the home page of the link I flagged up
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Post by andy3sheds on Nov 3, 2023 19:49:31 GMT
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Post by andy3sheds on Aug 10, 2023 22:45:28 GMT
I once had the long loan of a yew classical guitar that a friend had made and despite not been able to cope with classical dimensions I loved what the guitar sounded like and have appreciated the tonal qualities of yew ever since. Aesthetically I think yew is stunning and I love it’s eccentric variations of grain and colour
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Post by andy3sheds on Jul 24, 2023 12:53:14 GMT
Should read bassy not baddy
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Post by andy3sheds on Jul 24, 2023 12:51:56 GMT
There’s a lot to like about them they seem to suit baddy instruments so I suppose they are on the bright side of the tone spectrum. Since there’s no wrap contacting the bridge, just core the action iOS subtly lowered
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Post by andy3sheds on Jul 18, 2023 21:42:04 GMT
The pickguard on my old Patenotte ( the one in my avatar) is crazed and in the not too distant future will start to self destruct. But it’s a pretty pickguard an unusual design and it’s actually let into the top. I was thinking of overlaying with some clear pic guard material but the celluloid isn’t perfectly flat. Anyone got any solutions?
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Post by andy3sheds on May 14, 2023 23:46:58 GMT
I had seen those but as you say rather pricey. I don’t know of any leather workers, I would prefer to go down that option as the original handle is sound apart from the bits that go through the D rings! I did wonder whether I could fashion some brass ferrules to go on the strap ends but I’ve yet to come up with an elegant solution
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Post by andy3sheds on May 14, 2023 22:07:48 GMT
I’m struggling to find a replacement leather ( real proper bovine skin as opposed to reloused faux plastic) handle for a guitar case I want to refurbish. I’ve had this case well over fifty years and it looked pretty ancient and in need of repair when I got it and the repairs I did could have been better done. However the inside of the case is absolutely glorious which is more than be said for the first Hiscox case I bought 25 years ago. The lining of which has detached its self and looks a real mess. Hiscox say there’s no remedy. Anyway I’ve decided to refurb the old guitar case and bring it back to use. I appreciate the project case wouldn’t stand the weight of a baby elephant but neither would I and that’s not a situation I’ve ever been in. The case would be relatively light easy to carry quite recognisable particularly if I go for a colour change and give me more choices over what I bring to the next forum meet!
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