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Post by minorkey on Mar 9, 2024 9:24:38 GMT
Very complicated and just adds another layer of difficulty to an already almost impossible instrument to master!
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Post by minorkey on Mar 8, 2024 23:25:51 GMT
The post should be called, Is string resonance normal. The other strings vibrate sympathetically and the music can get muddied. Its not practical to mute the other strings when playing!
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Post by minorkey on Mar 7, 2024 11:55:06 GMT
Oh I dont mean undamped strings (though I do need to do that), but rather its the other strings resonating, creating a ringing effect. Like playing in a tunnel, or piano with pedal.
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Post by minorkey on Mar 7, 2024 11:53:27 GMT
Solid or laminated cardboard? Laminated, but with unique unpatented air pockets
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Post by minorkey on Mar 7, 2024 10:37:57 GMT
Playing on my Fender dread and I'm always amazed at how resonant the thing is. Yes it has tons of sustain, but sometimes it seems it gets in the way. If I'm playing a single line piece (no chords, just melody) as I jump from string to string, or fret to open, the whole thing resonates, so the single note I played can get 'lost in the mix' as it were. I've tried the same piece on all 3 guitars, and yes they all resonate, a natural consequence of an acoustic instrument, but the Fender is like, I'm here and I'm gonna sing the loudest. Its like the trumpet player in a marching band. No way you're gonna hear the flute when he's around.
Now I'm not complaining, that guitar is damn fine sounding, but is it a case of its better for pure chord play (strumming) but for single line pieces that I'm learning I should use the nylon string hybrid or the smaller bodied Tanglewood?
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Post by minorkey on Mar 7, 2024 7:51:56 GMT
Well the one I had was. Must have bagged a dodgy one
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Post by minorkey on Mar 6, 2024 21:09:35 GMT
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Post by minorkey on Mar 6, 2024 18:26:21 GMT
There's a brand that's on Thomann, I forget the brand name but they get good reviews...Harley Benton I think it is
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Post by minorkey on Mar 6, 2024 13:53:41 GMT
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Post by minorkey on Mar 6, 2024 6:55:20 GMT
I wish all Tanglewoods had that fancy T logo on the headstock! Looks so much nicer
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Post by minorkey on Mar 5, 2024 22:26:25 GMT
Couple of good budget brands to look out for, Tanglewood and Brunswick
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Post by minorkey on Mar 5, 2024 15:58:00 GMT
The start of a slippery slope, with players now spending more time looking at their damn clip on tuners and fiddling with the pegs than they do playing. Well, after not having played my Fender dread in ages, it came out of the case still in tune. Its the ukulele I really need the tuner for. Thankfully I have a Snark
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Post by minorkey on Mar 5, 2024 8:35:44 GMT
Saw this on Facebook
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Post by minorkey on Mar 4, 2024 16:29:24 GMT
Wow lot of useful stuff there! And to think my fender is made of basswood. Yet it sounds great (my brother couldn't stop playing it!)
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Post by minorkey on Mar 4, 2024 14:47:08 GMT
I guess one wood which would be rarely used is Hornbeam. Said to blunt many a woodworker's tools
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