Practical and Abstract Musical Information for Cigar Box Guitar Builders
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Thank you Jeff for sharing. I wonder is there a noticeable difference in tone between nylon and gut? I would assume gut is expensive.
Correction: make that two octaves of gut strings, one and a half octave of nylon. Goes from C 2nd below middle C to G above C two up from middle C.
You might be interested to note that some harps and harp makers are still designing with and for gut strings. My Lyon & Healy Silhouette (33 string solid bodied electric lever harp, very modern instrument) has one octave of bronze wound strings, three octaves of gut strings, and one octave of nylon strings.
Thank you biobot for your purchase and comments. Glad to hear you are enjoying the presentations and finding the info helpful. Please feel free to write if any questions arise. Enjoy your practice, Keni Lee
Keni Lee great video as usual. I learned a lot. I'm also learning a lot from your DVDs. BTW I love your You Tube channel too. Thanks again for posting this video. Its very informative.
Thank you G. S. Monroe for replying. I gave it a try awhile back. I guess now being so use to the wound g string, I found the unwound g a little strange. I thought it was interesting to bring up because from time to time you hear a reference to it. I often wondered how 1920/30s strings would compare to today's manufacturing standards. Enjoy.
On the topic of "G" strings, I don't use the standard guitar "G"'s, I prefer to use #12 piano wire, .023 dia solid wire for my bass string. Yes it does produce a different tone from the .023w. The tone, and vibe is more like that of an old upright bass fiddle than a bass guitar in nature. It does lose a bit of resonance down in the frets near the base of the neck, but the real advantage comes out with using a slide. Your standard "windings" can produce a somewhat raspy sound when sliding down the neck. With smooth solid wire, you don't get that "growl", the tone is more silky.
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