Thursday, April 13, 2023

Sensuous Sound

 


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  1. When is it too late to learn to play?

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    1. nevvah. investigate the suzuki method.

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  2. Almost too pretty to play. Check out Tommy Emmanuel's guitars, beaten within an inch of their lives. The best sounding boxes always look like they never get put down.

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    1. Del a Garza Archtop Oval by Roberto de la Garza. Made to order for approx $5k.

      https://www.alnicofive.com/product-page/archtop-oval-al25664

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    2. And probably worth every penny.

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    3. 5k english pounds....

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  4. Expensive wood. Mahogany?

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  5. That's beautiful, but look at Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar. A Statocaster with parts from three guitars and it looked like someone used it for a canoe paddle. It's the skill that wields the tool that matters most.
    Al_in_Ottawa

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  6. Wow. It has a wound G string. You only see that on the old school pro instruments. When I learned to play in 1964 ALL guitars had wound G strings. That is a beautiful guitar and I would love to hear it sing.

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    1. 50 years later and I am still learning.

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    2. Before Super Slinky's we used to make ultra light strings by taking what was referred to in the late 60's early 70's as "light gauge" strings to make up a set using an A for an E, a D for an A, a wound g for a D, a B for a G, and two E's for the B and E....the strings were so light you had to have a light touch to keep from distorting the chords while playing....good ol' days when you bought individual strings instead of sets...oh, forgot to add.....you were lucky if the strings lasted more than a couple of days....

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