Neat stuff.

 

Ed, in that clip, my ears can't hear a difference either.  I think it comes
down to what Segovia complained about; with six strings, a few notes are
duller than others.  Yepes and the luthiers noticed that, too and realized
that it was due to the harmonics and sympathetic vibrations.  For most
people and purposes, it doesn't matter.  As for me, my six-string
instruments are capable of far more than I can ask them for, so it is
utterly irrelevant; just a matter of curiosity at the intersection of
physics/harmonics and performance.

 

J

 

Joseph Sullivan

 

 

 

From: Ed Minch [mailto:ruby1638@a...] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 9:52 AM
To: joe@j...
Cc: OldTools List 
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Guitars, music boxes, Osage Orange

 





On Oct 16, 2017, at 10:56 PM, Joseph Sullivan mailto:joe@j...> > wrote:

 

There is your next challenge, Ed:  A nylon ten-string with a tuned body.

 

 

Joe

 

This is the one I want to take a crack at:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR-64Sdn_CM

 

Linda Manzer built for Pat Metheny the experimental guitarist

 

Seriously - some great skill shown and my ears certainly cannot tell that
the guitar with 10 strings in better than the one with 6 strings

 

Thanks

 

Ed Minch