This one is a short survey for those who have used the TI 174s:
1. What type of instrument do/did you use them on? (carved, flat, oval or F-hole)
2. What scale length, and what tuning do/did you use?
3. Is/was it played primarily for melody, chords, or both?
4. How do/did you like them?
I'm asking because I really want to get an OM that can use these strings tuned GDAE and sound decent. I know it will be short scale, and my preference is flat and round/oval hole. I am getting too impatient waiting for a particular someone whom I hope to have build me an OM with these 174s in mind from the get go. Hopefully that will still happen some day. But every time I see a nice looking short OM for sale, it gets my "wanter" going!
I would hate to make the plunge and buy something, only to have the strings not fit or be the wrong tension, or something. I won't consider using any other strings, as I can't stand round wound ones, and have been underwhelmed by all the other flatwounds I've tried.
I know I'm never going to find anything quite like what I'd have this builder make for me, but how long a scale would be too long for TI 174s? 20.5"? 20?" (As with my mandolas and the 164s, I would be willing to change out a tailpiece if everything else seemed favorable.)
Thanks!
bratsche
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