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    Re: OM Scale Lengths

    Try playing yours with a capo on the first and/or second frets and see if the shorter scale really works for you (everyone's physiology is different). If you like the shorter scale it's a simple...
  2. Re: 12 string guitar "conversion" that does it all?

    I've done it. It works, sorta. It will still sound like a guitar, and if that's your goal then have at. You might consider tuning the whole thing down a whole step to C2F2C3G3C4F4 and capoing to the...
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    Re: Bill Bussman passes

    He was a great guy and a friend. And what a sense of humor! I used to own the only mandocello he ever built. Wish I still had it.

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    Re: Irish mandocello from Garry O'Briain

    Garry tunes his mandocellos GDAD. I visited him in his shop on my first trip to Ireland in 1990. His design is based on the Neapolitan style bowl back mandocelli but he tunes and plays it like a...
  5. Re: 6-course Cittern or funny shaped 12-string guitar...?

    Nope. No guitar to it. It's Stefan's 10 string "cittern" expanded to 6 pairs of strings. Has nothing to do with 12 string guitar. Trust me, I saw the first one SS built in 1984 for Brian McNeil.
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    Re: OM, What pick thickness do you use?

    This:

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    Re: Fretless Frankenzouk strings

    Nylon will be about half the tension of steel/bronze and will not likely drive the top adequately to sound good (I have been down this road before). I have a fretless Trillium 10 string octave...
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    Re: Music from Central France

    Hi Dagger:

    I love that music and play it on my English Border bagpipes by Jon Swayne and schäferpfeife by Thorsten Tetz, which are very similar to the cornemuse du centre that Julian Barbances is...
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    Re: 25 Irish Fiddle Tunes...

    FYI: "The Glasgow Reel" is actually entitled "Tam Linn" and was written by Davey Arthur (who is still living, IIRC). Original key is Am.
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    Re: How do you remember all those tunes?

    This is exactly right, and after forty years of teaching this music at all levels I will tell you to avoid those visual contextual cues when learning tunes if you 1. want to get good at learning by...
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    Re: How do you remember all those tunes?

    A few things:

    1. DON'T source tunes from notation or tab. Learn them only by ear, at least for the first few months or a year (depending on how much time you have to practice). If you are trying...
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    Re: How many of you play 3rd-less chords?

    Which "Celtic music accompaniment book"?
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    Re: PW Crump Guitar Bodied Bouzouki?

    Years ago a friend had one that was a Nick Lucas style body but with dreadnought depth. Long scale (25.5" IIRC) originally tuned DADG with octave stringing on each pair and it sounded like a...
  14. Re: Stephen Owsley Smith 10 string bouzouki listed in classifieds

    Eddie; Are you still here on this discussion board?
  15. Re: Strings for tuning Plectrum banjo as Irish Tenor capoed 3rd f

    YMMV but those gauges are too light for my 22.125" scale OME. I use 13/22/32/42
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    Re: Waldzither string guages

    In order to restring and retune safely, you need to know the overall tensions of a standard string set at standard tuning for which the instrument was designed. From that you can calculate which...
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    Re: Octave mandolin strings

    Archtop? Flattop? You could use the D'Addario octave mandolin set but the .012s for the E are too light in my experience. If you think the instrument will handle a comparable amount of tension as a...
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    Re: A Regal tenor guitar with a history

    As a fellow professor in Texas, I am happy to hear this great story!

    Those Regals are nice. You might research whether that bridge is original. To me, it has the look of a well-meaning but not...
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    Re: Nylon low strings on Cittern

    I have done this on a 12 string and a custom made extended range tenor guitar.

    For the 12 string, I use Hannabach nylon classical bass strings .062 and .045 for low A1 and D2 pitches and they...
  20. Re: Replacement humbucker pickup for Eastman El Rey Lollar

    Check with Pete Mallinson of Almuse.
  21. Re: Strings for tuning Plectrum banjo as Irish Tenor capoed 3rd f

    Try these: .013/.022w/.032w/.042w

    C#4 277.18 Hz 27" 0.0130"ø PL 0.00003744 lb/in 21.71 lb
    F#3 185.00 Hz 27" 0.0220"ø NW 0.00009184 lb/in 23.72 lb
    B2 123.47 Hz 27" 0.0320"ø NW 0.00019347...
  22. Re: String Gauges For Cittern, changing Unisons to Octaves

    Tuning? I am guessing DGDAE?
  23. Re: String Gauges For Cittern, changing Unisons to Octaves

    The general rule of thumb is 1/2 the gauge of the lower string, but this can be a little tricky when mixing wound and plain strings. The best approach is to find a string that is the same tension as...
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    Re: Tension/strings on a BR 40-T

    .012 at E4 on a 22.875" scale is actually several pounds lighter tension (18.78#) than the rest of that set, so I went with a .013. A .0125 would be 20.43# but they are hard to find.
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    Re: Tension/strings on a BR 40-T

    When I had one of those I used these gauges and they balanced very well:

    len 22.875"

    E4 .013" PL == 22.06#
    A3 .020" PB == 21.27#
    D3 .030" PB == 21.81#
    G2 .045" PB == 21.74#
    total ==...
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