Guitar w/ similar scale as fiddle??

Brian Huether

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Dec 6, 2004, 7:14:05 PM12/6/04

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I saw a guy playing what looked like a guitar. But the more I listened, the
more I was blown away by his phrasing and how much he sounded like a
technically brilliant fiddler. Then I noticed that the neck of the guitar
was quite small. Can someone tell me what this instrument is? I have always
wanted to play those types of technical fiddle lines on my guitar but never
thought it was doable. Now I see the light.

Also, can anyone name some guitar players of this sort? I would like to have
something on cd.

thanks,

brian

Eddie McCreary

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Dec 6, 2004, 7:29:32 PM12/6/04

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Could it have been an octave mandolin or mandola?
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Brian Huether

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Dec 6, 2004, 8:03:30 PM12/6/04

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Well, it had the body of an acoustic guitar. And it sounded like nothing I
have heard.

-brian
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FairWind

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Dec 6, 2004, 9:19:15 PM12/6/04

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In article <3f-dnTbA7KS...@comcast.com>, Brian Huether
<bhuet...@guitarSP-dreams.AMcom> wrote:

> Well, it had the body of an acoustic guitar. And it sounded like nothing I
> have heard.
>
> -brian
> "Eddie McCreary" <use...@heorot.org> wrote in message
> news:87acsr2...@morpheus.home...
> > Could it have been an octave mandolin or mandola?

An octave mandolin scale length is close to that of a guitar, so I
think that's un likely. A mandola is possible, though I have never
seen a guitar-shaped one.

I wonder about something like the Tacoma Papoose? There are pictures
here:

http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/PAPOOSE.htm

Windy

Jon Freeman

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Dec 7, 2004, 4:20:40 AM12/7/04

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"Brian Huether" <bhuet...@guitarSP-dreams.AMcom> wrote

> I saw a guy playing what looked like a guitar. But the more I listened,
the
> more I was blown away by his phrasing and how much he sounded like a
> technically brilliant fiddler. Then I noticed that the neck of the guitar
> was quite small. Can someone tell me what this instrument is? I have
always
> wanted to play those types of technical fiddle lines on my guitar but
never
> thought it was doable. Now I see the light.

How many strings did it have?

It could be a tenor guitar. That has 4 strings and is often tuned in 5ths
including the GDAE below the fiddle.

It could also be a mandola, or other mandolin related instrument which are
sometimes made with guitar bodies.

Jon

Nigel Sellars

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Dec 7, 2004, 7:59:13 AM12/7/04

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In article <3f-dnTbA7KS...@comcast.com>,
"Brian Huether" <bhuet...@guitarSP-dreams.AMcom> wrote:

I suspect it might be a "bouzar" (bouzouki or cittern with a guitar
body], rather like the one Andy Irvine plays. His was made by Stefan
Sobell, IIRC.

Nigel Sellars

M&L Reid

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Dec 8, 2004, 8:15:53 PM12/8/04

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At the Goderich (Ontario) Celtic Festival in August there was an instrument
maker selling this type of instrument. It was a "small" guitar with fiddle
tuning, meant to be played by note or chorded. Sounded very good.
M Reid
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Roger & Nancy

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Dec 14, 2004, 10:37:29 PM12/14/04

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Could it be a mandotar?
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Pat Simmonds

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Dec 15, 2004, 6:24:43 PM12/15/04

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The fiddler was John Carty, the instrument is a tenor guitar and he
plays a few tunes on it on his last album.
Pat.