[jazz_guitar] Bossa Nova with my sister, Martha Morgan

[JamesM]

This was fun for us. Hope all enjoy.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/pti6ul

Jim

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[JamesM]

Well Mr. Kelly...
That is about the finest thing anybody could say. I deeply appreciate the fact that you listen to my music and can dig it for what it is.
I reach out to any brothers and sisters who wanna swing out. This ain't brain surgery. It is about feeling and expression and emotion and soul. We hope for the best to communicate truth. :-) My sister Martha and i have been singing together off and on since 1958. Brian, i cannot believe she is 59. Wow. We made the Bossa yesterday. I think on this performance we hear a singer who hasn't lost the childlike wonder and who can still take heartfelt suggestion and encouragement - and has the chops to pull it off. I am so proud and happy for Martha. We haven't done this in a long time and i felt like Richard Carpenter. ( Hey, Karen, I like these tunes and have made this arrangement. Wanna sing? Practice this for a couple of hours and let me know when you are ready...Now, when you sing:
Hold this straight no vibrato........now turn it on. Real in tune....You can hear it. Can you learn this in Portuguese? Martha has gone back home to her life, but I have this little reminder of what is possible for us.
We also spent some time on Aguas de Marco in Portuguese and English. We ran out of time...
Thanks again, Brian
Jim

--- In jazz_...@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Kelly" <bkelly@...> wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> You really lead a wonderful musical life. You are always doing something musical and wonderful. You are very lucky and very talented.
>
>
>
>
>
> Brian

>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: JamesM
> To: jazz_...@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:34 PM
> Subject: [jazz_guitar] Bossa Nova with my sister, Martha Morgan
>
>
>
> This was fun for us. Hope all enjoy.
> http://www.sendspace.com/file/pti6ul
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
>

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[Brian Kelly]

Jim,

You really lead a wonderful musical life. You are always doing something musical and wonderful. You are very lucky and very talented.

Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: JamesM
To: jazz_...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:34 PM
Subject: [jazz_guitar] Bossa Nova with my sister, Martha Morgan

This was fun for us. Hope all enjoy.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/pti6ul

Jim

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[Dave Woods]

What a connection between two people! Two exact intents never losing
intimate contact for a second, all the way through. Again, very very nice,
a treat to hear.

Dave Woods

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Behalf Of JamesM
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:35 PM
To: jazz_...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [jazz_guitar] Bossa Nova with my sister, Martha Morgan

This was fun for us. Hope all enjoy.

http://www.sendspac <http://www.sendspace.com/file/pti6ul> e.com/file/pti6ul

Jim

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[Brian Kelly]

Jim,

That's your sister? Wow! Do you guys ever perform together.

Anyhow, you deserve the kind words. There is always a very high level of sincerity in everything you pay.

Keep in touch.

By the way, I love the Carpenters. The guitar solo to "Good-bye To Love" is one of the best guitar solos ever recorded. The orchestration and the recording quality are about as good as it gets. Karen was really the female equivalent of Nat King Cole. Like Nat she just had to open her mouth and without the slightest bit of effort she could sing as good as anybody ever has.

What are the best times to call you. I never know what your waking hours are. I often see emails come in from you very late I think.

[JamesM]

--- In jazz_...@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Woods" <david_woods@...> wrote:
>
> What a connection between two people! Two exact intents never losing
> intimate contact for a second, all the way through. Again, very very nice,
> a treat to hear.
>

Thanks, Dave.
And thanks for the wisdom about the major/minor system. Beautifully done
Jim

[Tom Williams]

Looks like my favorite guitar string is no longer manufactured - Gibson Vintage flatwounds. I bought them from a local music store in town, just assuming they'd be available forever. Anyone know a dealer with a stash? First preference would be mediums - .012 to .56, but I'd take lights, too.

I'm currently using Thomastik George Benson flatwounds, also a good string. I prefer nickel strings, because my archtop doesn't need the brightness of stainless steel. It needs more warmth. D'Addario chromes are much too bright.

And that Gibson string produced the warmest sound of anything I've tried.

If anyone has found a good substitute for the Gibson flats, let me know.

Question for Dave Woods and Doc Dosco. What string are you using on your Peerless Jazz City archtops?

Tom Williams

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[Angelo]

Herr Becker,
I used to be a Mac person and I remember that is was easier to get those
foreign characters on the Mac than on the PC. I forgot how, but I'm sure
someone will come up with some help, here.
I'm 100% Nu Yawka, but my background is Italian. If i were Hispanic, the
name would be Angel, pronounced "Ahn-hell"...
"Thank you very much" = Molte grazie or mille grazie
Ciao,
A.

[Ron Becker]

Brian how did you listen to the tune? The site was hitting me up for
money never got to the tune.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.

http://www.myspace.com/ron45becker

[Ron Becker]

Well thanks for the help with my international language snippets. I
know even less German but from being around my father and grandfather
I have about 20 words. Ten of which are the first ten numbers. On the
tilde, I'll have to do some checking because I'm pretty sure the OS
supports the major languages. Hope your new one is better than the
last one!

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.

http://www.myspace.com/ron45becker

[David B. Klein]

Bossa Nova with my sister Martha but shimmy with my sister Kate.

[Ron Becker]

Ever tried Thomastik's BeBop 13s or 14s? My solid spruce, carved
archtop sounds great with them. I previously had always played flats
but I like these as well if not better. String noise isn't a problem.
It's just a clearer sound with out being overly bright like other
rounds. I really liked the 13s and have ordered the 14s to see how
they play.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.

http://www.myspace.com/ron45becker

On Jan 1, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Tom Williams wrote:

>
>
> Looks like my favorite guitar string is no longer manufactured -
> Gibson Vintage flatwounds. I bought them from a local music store
> in town, just assuming they'd be available forever. Anyone know a
> dealer with a stash? First preference would be mediums - .012 to .
> 56, but I'd take lights, too.
>
> I'm currently using Thomastik George Benson flatwounds, also a good
> string. I prefer nickel strings, because my archtop doesn't need
> the brightness of stainless steel. It needs more warmth. D'Addario
> chromes are much too bright.
>
> And that Gibson string produced the warmest sound of anything I've
> tried.
>
> If anyone has found a good substitute for the Gibson flats, let me
> know.
>
> Question for Dave Woods and Doc Dosco. What string are you using on
> your Peerless Jazz City archtops?
>
> Tom Williams
>
>
> __________________________________________________________

[Jeff Shirkey]

>
> If anyone has found a good substitute for the Gibson flats, let me
> know.
>

Ever tried Pyramid flatwounds?

Jeff

[Ron Becker]

Muy Amable y muchas gracias. `Taking a chance that you are Hispanic
and not Italian, heck I'll take another chance but I'm not so sure
about the spelling here. Moto Grazzi.

I'll give it a try. That did it!! Thanks again Angelo. Now I'm
wondering how Jim's sister did such a nice job on the Portuguese
lyrics. But she trilled the R like a pura Malagena. One of these days
I need to figure out how to do the tilde on my n's. You are not a mac
guy are you? There is probably a key combination maybe or else you
have to change the way the computer sees the input from the keyboard
because that character has to appear in a place not used in gringo
speak. Part of the problem may have been that I was clicking on the
hi-speed choice.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.

http://www.myspace.com/ron45becker

On Dec 31, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Angelo wrote:

> On 12/31/09, Ron Becker <ro...@tularosa.net> wrote:
> >
> > Brian how did you listen to the tune? The site was hitting me up for
> > money never got to the tune.
>

> Ron,
> Ignore the ad. Click on "Regular Download". Then, scroll down to the
> flashing red arrow and Bob's yer uncle..

[Angelo]

On 12/31/09, Ron Becker <ro...@tularosa.net> wrote:
>

> Brian how did you listen to the tune? The site was hitting me up for
> money never got to the tune.

Ron,

Ignore the ad. Click on "Regular Download". Then, scroll down to the
flashing red arrow and Bob's yer uncle..

[Will]

I used flats for a few years up until 3 years ago.

I found Gibsons to be the nicest flats, I also
tried the Chromes etc. I was using 12s on a
Washburn semi at the time which I kept for that
particular sound.

However, Gibson re-issued their Sonomatics around
then and I went back to using them and remembered
what I liked about them back in the 60s. Sonomatics
have seem to have dried up in the UK now so I generally
use L5s with a wound G.

Will

[denisbarsalo]

--- In jazz_...@yahoogroups.com, "Will" <will@...> wrote:
>
> I used flats for a few years up until 3 years ago.
>
> I found Gibsons to be the nicest flats, I also
> tried the Chromes etc. I was using 12s on a
> Washburn semi at the time which I kept for that
> particular sound.
>
> However, Gibson re-issued their Sonomatics around
> then and I went back to using them and remembered
> what I liked about them back in the 60s. Sonomatics
> have seem to have dried up in the UK now so I generally
> use L5s with a wound G.
>
> Will

Although the Gibson website doesn't come right out and say so, it seems that those L-5 Strings are just a re-issue of the Sonomatics.

On the JustStrings.com website, the description says:

"Originally known as Gibson's famous "Sonomatic" string set, 340 Nickel Plus strings are intended for players who want a heavier, jazzier feel to their guitar, but still want the brighter attack of a roundwound string. The nickel wrap gives these strings a full, warm tone and the wound 3rd string adds to the smooth, firm playability. A true Gibson classic!"

So it seems that you are still using "Sonomatics". :-)

Denis

[Will]

Thanks for that - when I couldn`t get "Sonomatics"
I went through several brands including Picato, Dunlop,
Ernie Ball and others before settling back onto the
Gibson L5s. Of all the others the only ones that came close
were the Dunlops.

It must be something in the alloy but Gibsons have a
"Zing" and richness that the others don`t match - they
also last well.

Cheers

Will.

[Brian Kelly]

I've heard of them or seen them advertised but I don't know anything about them. What is the story on the Pyramid strings?

Brian

[Rod Ellard]

 I've always liked the L5 set on my Epi archtop. Hated Chromes. D'Add half rounds were ok. TI's were better yet but maybbe the $29 pricetag raised expectations unrealistically. The L5's were "just right". It's interesting to find other people feel the same way about them. I've never tried them on my Strat. I figure either or both of the Fenderhoids and Gibsonarians will burn my house down if I did.

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[Ron Becker]

Thanks for this info. I've been paying extra for the TI Bebop 13s and
14s but I will try these for my next set. I've been liking the T I
round wound strings but always cringe at the extra money. And
juststrings new lower shipping price makes ordering strings there
much more attractive.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.

http://www.myspace.com/ron45becker

On Jan 3, 2010, at 8:31 AM, denisbarsalo wrote:

> --- In jazz_...@yahoogroups.com, "Will" <will@...> wrote:
> >
> > I used flats for a few years up until 3 years ago.
> >
> > I found Gibsons to be the nicest flats, I also
> > tried the Chromes etc. I was using 12s on a
> > Washburn semi at the time which I kept for that
> > particular sound.
> >
> > However, Gibson re-issued their Sonomatics around
> > then and I went back to using them and remembered
> > what I liked about them back in the 60s. Sonomatics
> > have seem to have dried up in the UK now so I generally
> > use L5s with a wound G.
> >
> > Will
>
> Although the Gibson website doesn't come right out and say so, it
> seems that those L-5 Strings are just a re-issue of the Sonomatics.
>
> On the JustStrings.com website, the description says:
>
> "Originally known as Gibson's famous "Sonomatic" string set, 340
> Nickel Plus strings are intended for players who want a heavier,
> jazzier feel to their guitar, but still want the brighter attack of
> a roundwound string. The nickel wrap gives these strings a full,
> warm tone and the wound 3rd string adds to the smooth, firm
> playability. A true Gibson classic!"
>
> So it seems that you are still using "Sonomatics". :-)
>
> Denis
>
>

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[guit...@comcast.net]

Not everybody's cup of tea, but for years I used the LaBella black tapewound on my Guild X-170. I think they are really aimed more at fingerstyle players, but I used them with a pick as well.
http://www.juststrings.com/lab-800m.html
Brad

[Rod Ellard]

[Blake Wilson]

Ouch, you are almost paying double for those TI strings, Rod. I think they
are about $17 at juststrings.com.

I don't see too many folks talking about the La Bella Stainless Flats. I
tried out their heavies (.15s) and loved them; they lasted a long time, too:

http://www.juststrings.com/lab-20ph.html

Blake

On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Rod Ellard <e11...@yahoo.ca> wrote:

>
>
> I've always liked the L5 set on my Epi archtop. Hated Chromes. D'Add half
> rounds were ok. TI's were better yet but maybbe the $29 pricetag raised
> expectations unrealistically. The L5's were "just right". It's interesting
> to find other people feel the same way about them. I've never tried them on
> my Strat. I figure either or both of the Fenderhoids and Gibsonarians will
> burn my house down if I did.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

--
Regards,

Blake Wilson
http://www.odysseysounds.net/

[Tom Williams]

Jeff:

I've never tried Pyramids. I guess the price has deterred me.

Tom WIlliams

To: jazz_...@yahoogroups.com
From: jcsh...@verizon.net
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:25:02 -0600

Subject: Re: [jazz_guitar] Gibson Vintage Flatwounds

>

> If anyone has found a good substitute for the Gibson flats, let me
> know.
>

Ever tried Pyramid flatwounds?

Jeff

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[Tom Williams]

Ron:

Thanks. I'll try out a set of Thomastik BeBops. The only problem I have with Thomastik George Bensons is the rather dull 6th string. I have a friend here in Salt Lake who swears by GB's, but he customizes his light-guage sets with a wound 6th.

Tom

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> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:35:14 -0700

> Subject: Re: [jazz_guitar] Gibson Vintage Flatwounds
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[Tom Williams]

Brad:

Re: LaBella tapewounds.

You're in good company. The Pizzarellis, father and son, use LaBella tapewounds, neither of whom is known principally as a fingerstyle player.

My problem with the LaBella black nylon tapewounds is their circumference. I can't slide them through the guide holes in my tailpiece. I tried to force the 6th string to slot in tight and wound up breaking the wrap. The string unraveled.

I mentioned this episode over a year ago to the group, and Michel Ramo was good enough to respond. Michel, if you're still on the list, no one from LaBella ever contacted me.

Tom Williams

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Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:25:52 +0000
Subject: Re: [jazz_guitar] Re: Gibson Vintage Flatwounds

Not everybody's cup of tea, but for years I used the LaBella black tapewound on my Guild X-170. I think they are really aimed more at fingerstyle players, but I used them with a pick as well.
http://www.juststrings.com/lab-800m.html
Brad

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[Tom Williams]

Will asked:

<Is it just me or do other people tend to
play faster when using flats?>

I agree with you, especially when my archtop is strung with light-gauge flats.

That said, and coming from a classical-guitar background, I can't play

fingerstyle jazz very well with flats, and the 'thud' of most flat-gauge

6th strings is a frustration. That's one of the main reasons I miss the Gibson Vintage

flatwounds - best-sounding all-nickel 6th string of anything I tried.

But for now, I'm playing flats. Go figure.

Seems like most string manufacturers aren't producing warmer, all-nickel

flatwounds anymore. For me, brighter isn't better (the sound of D'Addario chromes and the various stainless strings). They're too harsh on my all-maple, hollow-body archtop.

Tom Williams

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[Tom Williams]

Here's a list of jazz-guitar string manufacturers and a brief summary of their product (I'm only listing brands that offer jazz strings as a category, which eliminates some big names, like Ernie Ball). Are there manufacturers I'm missing?

Benedetto Pure nickel, roundwound only

D'Addario Chrome flats, stainless half-rounds, various wounds including pure nickel

D'Angelico Stainless flatwound, pure nickel roundwound and rollerwound

D'Aquisto Nickel or steel roundwound, steel flatwound

Darco No flatwound, nickel roundwound

DR Polished, nickel-plated steel flatwounds, steel or pure-nickel roundwound

Fender Stainless steel flatwounds, various steel, nickel and nickel-plated roundwounds

GHS Nickel-iron ground roundwounds w/ plain 3rd. Called 'Brite Flats,' but not a flatwound string, stainless steel flatwounds, various nickel and steel roundwound options

Gibson Dropped their flatwounds; various roundwounds, including pure nickel, nickel-plated steel and a special-alloy string

Gretsch Nickel-plated steel roundwounds, stainless flatwounds

LaBella Black nylon tape flatwounds, stainless flatwounds, various alloy roundwounds

Newtone Nickel wound strings for archtops; no flatwounds

Pyramid Gold pure-nickel flatwounds, pure nickel roundwounds

SIT Semi-flat pure nickel, various alloy roundwounds

Thomastik Steel-nickel and all-nickel flatwounds, various alloy roundwounds

Tom Williams

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[Craig Hagerman]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Tom Williams <tomwil...@hotmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> Here's a list of jazz-guitar string manufacturers and a brief summary of
> their product (I'm only listing brands that offer jazz strings as a
> category, which eliminates some big names, like Ernie Ball). Are there
> manufacturers I'm missing?
>
>

Sadowsky Black label, nickel and steal, round and flatwound

[guit...@comcast.net]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Williams" <tomwil...@hotmail.com>
> My problem with the LaBella black nylon tapewounds is their circumference. I can't slide them through the guide holes in my tailpiece. I tried to force the 6th string to slot in tight and wound up breaking the wrap.<
I had the same problem. I found that if I pulled the strings up as tight as possible with the wrap, the tailpiece worked on the windings so that after a day or two they fit snug. It's an annoyance, but since I'm used to classical strings that stretch for about a week, it was nothing too inconvenient. I think I wrote to LaBella once about it as well with no reply. Might be worth another note.
Brad

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[Craig Hagerman]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:44 PM, <guit...@comcast.net> wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Williams" <

> tomwil...@hotmail.com <tomwil110548%40hotmail.com>>

>
> My problem with the LaBella black nylon tapewounds is their circumference.
> I can't slide them through the guide holes in my tailpiece. I tried to force
> the 6th string to slot in tight and wound up breaking the wrap.<
> I had the same problem. I found that if I pulled the strings up as tight as
> possible with the wrap, the tailpiece worked on the windings so that after a
> day or two they fit snug. It's an annoyance, but since I'm used to classical
> strings that stretch for about a week, it was nothing too inconvenient. I
> think I wrote to LaBella once about it as well with no reply. Might be worth
> another note.
> Brad
>

I love La bella tapewound for my 7 string Eastman, but I have similar
problems with the thickness. I too wrote to them (in...@labella.com I think)
but I did have a reply. It was suggested that I have a new nut cut to
accomodate the larger width of the tapewound strings. (No comment on the
other end.) I find it very difficult to actually get the lower strings into
the tailpiece since the attachment points are under the tailpiece on the
Eastman. There is a fabric winding near the ball end, but just before the
ball it is narrower. I have found that the best way to put new strings on is
to remove all strings so that I can lift up the tailpiece and then
individually insert each bass string along that narrower part near the nut.
Alternately it does work (in my case) if I put the string in but the fabric
winding bit binds up and affects the tuning for a week or so afterwards as
it slowly bunches up a little more. Oh well. I like the feel and tone of
them.

I had written to La Bella to ask about string tension but that question was
ignored. I don't understand why some companies act as if that information is
a trade secret. I love the fact that D'Addario publishes tensions on their
web site and a formula that can be used for calculating tension. I also love
how Thomastik has the tension written on the individual string packages.

Craig

[Will]

Is it just me or do other people tend to
play faster when using flats?

Will

[Brian Kelly]

I haven't dealt with them in recent years (probably six years ago) but I never had any trouble getting assistance from La Bella. However I always called them. In my experience they were unusually helpful. It's a small company so maybe they just don't get around to answering the email. I think they were in financial trouble for awhile but lately they seem to be making attempts improve their products so I would think they would be interested in hearing from their customers. I think I am correct in saying that at one time LaBella was the premier jazz guitar string manufacturer. They were always hard to get but everybody I know used them or to a lesser extent they used the Gibson Sonomatics. One guy I knew used D'Aquisto but I think those were just rebranded LaBella's.

Brian Kelly

----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Hagerman
To: jazz_...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: [jazz_guitar] Re: Gibson Vintage Flatwounds

[Ron Becker]

I know what you mean Tom, l I call it a ropey sound. Sometimes I hear
Jimmy Bruno play on one of his lesson vids. and his sixth string is
like that on one of his guitars. Those bebops are brighter than flats
but mellow sounding compared to most round wounds strings. There is a
coating on the plain strings E and B. That said the guitar and p. u.
have something to do with how things sound. I'm using them on a
carved top with a floater. I'm going to try a set of those sonomatics
mentioned in this thread. But I just put on the bebop 14s and want to
see how I like those a while.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.

http://www.myspace.com/ron45becker

[Alan Levin]

If your bass strings don't fit in the tailpiece--that means that the hole or
slot in the tailpiece is too small. The string may be tight at the nut
also, or even as it goes over the bridge, but one problem at a time.

On a guitar like an Eastman, with slots not holes, the fix is real easy:
Get all of the strings off so you can flip the tailpiece back and see
its underside, where the strings attach. Use a small file to open up the
slot. Use the large string that you just removed to check the size as you
go. Remember that any file marks on the bottom of the tailpiece can't be
seen when you put flip it upright and put strings back on!
i would recommend covering the entire fininshed surface of the guitar
with a large
piece of paper (a big sheet of standard newspaper double?) to keep metal
filings away from the finish. Also, use some rubbing compound or steel wool
when you are done to smooth out rough edges.
This is a 10 min fix once you get the stuff.

On a guitar with a metal tailpiece with holes for the strings you need to
drill the hole out a bit. This may be a bit harder but if you can find a
set of Jewler's drill bits, should be do-able.

You can fix the nut with the same file. (Xacto files cost about $20 or less
for a set at Home Depot.)

Al

[Ron Becker]

Hey Craig got any wolf or other wise, poor sounding notes on your
seven string? I have one of their 910s and have some issues with my
Bb notes and some other sound and or sustain issues. I keep thinking
I want to send it back but don't know if they will replace it for
that kind of issue. If lot's of people find that sort of quality
acceptable I probably won't get anywhere.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.

http://www.myspace.com/ron45becker

[Craig Hagerman]

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Ron Becker <ro...@tularosa.net> wrote:
>
> Hey Craig got any wolf or other wise, poor sounding notes on your
> seven string? I have one of their 910s and have some issues with my
> Bb notes and some other sound and or sustain issues. I keep thinking
> I want to send it back but don't know if they will replace it for
> that kind of issue. If lot's of people find that sort of quality
> acceptable I probably won't get anywhere.
>
> Ron
> Living and playing outside the box.

I am quite happy with my Eastman. I recently read that Julian Bream
once commented that every guitar has a (some?) bad notes, but the
guitarist must find a way to work around them. Or something like that.

Which Bb are you talking about (which string?) I have no compaints
about wolf notes on my guitar, or any other issues. The one issue I do
have is that the low A string (7th string) is difficult to intonate
properly and has a poor sound. But I know that has to do with tuning
to low A on a 25" scale. For that reason I have designed and am
building (almost done!) a 28 5/8" (baritone scale) 7 string guitar. I
have large hands and the spacing of the first couple frets doesn't
bother me but the extra length should greatly help with intonating the
lower 3 (bass) strings.

Craig

[Brian Kelly]

Will,

Yeah, I think so as well once you get used to them. I think it is because
there is so much less drag on the pick. I know if I pick up my acoustic and
try to play it with the heavy roundwounds that are on it the strings just
seem dig in a drag on my pick.

I also like how taut flatwound are. Especially after they've been on for a
year or more like mine often are.

Brian Kelly

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Williams" <tomwil...@hotmail.com>

[Ron Becker]

Thanks Craig. Good luck with the new guitar project. I guess I'll
throw this question to the forum to get a larger sampling as they
say. I don't much care for Mr. Bream's position. Maybe he can afford
to spend this kind of money and get a guitar where some of the notes
sound like they belong on a different and cheaper guitar. But I feel
when someone claims their guitar is worth more than 3k all the notes
should sound like they are on the same guitar and have very similar
sustain qualities. Jumping around the instrument during a performance
to find a note that sounds like it's predecessors doesn't seem like
an idea many people would or should endorse. The Bb notes are on the
D, A and E strings. Two of them won't sustain for a full measure at
ballad tempo.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.

http://www.myspace.com/ron45becker

On Jan 4, 2010, at 7:46 PM, Craig Hagerman wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Ron Becker <ro...@tularosa.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Craig got any wolf or other wise, poor sounding notes on your
> > seven string? I have one of their 910s and have some issues with my
> > Bb notes and some other sound and or sustain issues. I keep thinking
> > I want to send it back but don't know if they will replace it for
> > that kind of issue. If lot's of people find that sort of quality
> > acceptable I probably won't get anywhere.
> >
> > Ron
> > Living and playing outside the box.
>
> I am quite happy with my Eastman. I recently read that Julian Bream
> once commented that every guitar has a (some?) bad notes, but the
> guitarist must find a way to work around them. Or something like that.
>
> Which Bb are you talking about (which string?) I have no compaints
> about wolf notes on my guitar, or any other issues. The one issue I do
> have is that the low A string (7th string) is difficult to intonate
> properly and has a poor sound. But I know that has to do with tuning
> to low A on a 25" scale. For that reason I have designed and am
> building (almost done!) a 28 5/8" (baritone scale) 7 string guitar. I
> have large hands and the spacing of the first couple frets doesn't
> bother me but the extra length should greatly help with intonating the
> lower 3 (bass) strings.
>
> Craig
>

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