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by scripsit
Wed Jul 22, 2015 1:42 pm
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Radius top superstrat
Replies: 6
Views: 8607

Re: Radius top superstrat

Look again Kym, 16 is actually 17, the second "I" is hidden by the B string :wink:
Apologies, I blame aging eyesight!

Kym
by scripsit
Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:49 am
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Radius top superstrat
Replies: 6
Views: 8607

Re: Radius top superstrat

What's with the numbering system?

It goes 15, 16, 19, 21 at two fret intervals.

Kym
by scripsit
Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:56 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Hand-wound strings with a round core
Replies: 12
Views: 11231

Re: Hand-wound strings with a round core

It used to be a common recommendation in the round core days, to always bend the string at 90 degrees before cutting to length to avoid unravelling. I found that round core strings like Newtones don't like cutting at all, whether you bend the end or not. This makes it a nightmare for my stringing m...
by scripsit
Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:09 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Goings on in the shop
Replies: 20
Views: 17466

Re: Goings on in the shop

Martin

It's more likely an Ethiopean Krar Harp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tO7lD-BWTU

Kym
by scripsit
Sat May 02, 2015 1:22 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Quiet in here
Replies: 41
Views: 29443

Re: Quiet in here

Yep, but all of that sciencey stuff aside I think that it's because rosewood is supposed to have magical powers. This is what the original explanation on the McPherson site seemed to be hinting at (it might even have been Brazilian Rosewood that they were using). Although, to be fair, didn't the Lar...
by scripsit
Sat May 02, 2015 12:18 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Quiet in here
Replies: 41
Views: 29443

Re: Quiet in here

I don't think it's carbon in the bracing, but some darker wood like rosewood laminated in the centre. The website has altered in the last year or so (although they still have audio not synced to video in their movie clips, which makes you wonder what's been done to the sound outside the recording), ...
by scripsit
Sat Apr 18, 2015 6:25 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Build thread - Blackwood & Bunya Dreadnought
Replies: 232
Views: 172039

Re: Build thread - Blackwood & Bunya Dreadnought

It's definitely his standard practice. On the 'Workshop' page of his website there are pictures of a 12 string under construction, and towards the bottom of the page there is a clear picture of the bridge with bolt holes in place. As a viewer of numerous luthier websites and forums I've never seen a...
by scripsit
Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:47 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Strings
Replies: 18
Views: 18282

Re: Strings

Peter Try http://www.stringsbymail.com I don't like the feel of coated strings, and prefer the standard D'Addario Phosphor Bronze. I buy these online in packs of 10 for $US45 or so (0.13 to 0.56). With postage and the recent collapse in exchange rate it's still only about $AU60 or so delivered. I no...
by scripsit
Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:13 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Under saddle piezo pickup into Laptop mic input
Replies: 7
Views: 6875

Re: Under saddle piezo pickup into Laptop mic input

I stand corrected.

In that case, I'd recommend a quick trip to Jaycar and look at their range of converter plugs: I've had to do that when swapping different generations of headphones between hifi amplifiers and PC boxes.

Kym
by scripsit
Wed Oct 29, 2014 5:20 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Under saddle piezo pickup into Laptop mic input
Replies: 7
Views: 6875

Re: Under saddle piezo pickup into Laptop mic input

Martin

I think you'll get crap recording with the combination of impedance mismatch directly from a piezo pickup and the soundcard in a cheap computer.

Much better to get a cheap preamp with a USB interface that bypasses the computer soundcard altogether.

Kym
by scripsit
Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:35 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: David Gilmour...over 2 hours of bliss
Replies: 11
Views: 9564

Re: David Gilmour...over 2 hours of bliss

Love his playing. If you've never heard him playing straight blues it's well worth searching out the nineties recording 'Muddy Waters Blues - A Trbute To Muddy Waters' by Paul Rodgers (ex Free, Bad Company etc) for a track he plays on, 'Standing around crying'. Well up to the best by folk like Peter...
by scripsit
Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:51 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Ban
Replies: 30
Views: 30218

Re: Ban

Stephen, amazing looking guitar, and especially the top.

I've never seen bear claw figure like that: did the top feel 'normal' in stiffness when you were setting it up? It looks so different from conventional sitka.

Kym
by scripsit
Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:09 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: What d you make of KIRI CAMPBELL Of Hawera New Zealand?
Replies: 9
Views: 9047

Re: What d you make of KIRI CAMPBELL Of Hawera New Zealand?

I checked out some of those blog links.

The language used is not that you would expect to find in an Oz or NZ court or legal process. I call BS on this.

Kym
by scripsit
Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:47 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Buzz off.....
Replies: 17
Views: 15109

Re: Buzz off.....

+1 for that: I had a weird little distortion which I thought must be some sort of wolf note, which came and went depending on how I held the guitar, but always seemed to involve a couple of fretted notes on the G string. The end pin jack, where the pickup plug goes, was loose. Tightening it without ...
by scripsit
Sun Jul 07, 2013 8:37 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: For the Propeller Heads
Replies: 2
Views: 3089

Re: For the Propeller Heads

I notice he didn't even attempt to describe the effect of the sunburst finish.

Kym
by scripsit
Sat Jul 06, 2013 12:48 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Question about alternate tunings....
Replies: 8
Views: 7962

Re: Question about alternate tunings....

Yep, I've seen that DVD, too. Does anyone know what sorts of distances are involved in the different compensations necessary? Al Petteway often plays in DADGAD at the fifth fret. I know a couple of his tunes with a five fret capo specified, but no amount of retuning gets things to sound quite right....
by scripsit
Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:32 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Question about alternate tunings....
Replies: 8
Views: 7962

Re: Question about alternate tunings....

There are two issues with dropped tunings. First is the actual feel of the strings for the player when the guitar is tuned down a long way from standard. If your friend plays in 'Orkney' or other C variations that involve taking the bass E string down to C then thick strings and a long scale length ...
by scripsit
Wed May 29, 2013 11:13 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Unashamed plug - ANZLF Preferred Vendor??
Replies: 35
Views: 29041

Re: Unashamed plug - ANZLF Preferred Vendor??

Nick While you are here, and sorry to derail the thread but... I've got a Webber Q, and we've got a pizza stone lying around that we've never used (we've got a technique using the oven in the kitchen, with dough my wife mixes from scratch, but it takes about 20 minutes to cook). Is there a quicker w...
by scripsit
Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:15 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: RIP Alvin Lee
Replies: 3
Views: 3517

Re: RIP Alvin Lee

Very sad news.

The Ten Years After second (live) album 'Undead' used to be on heavy rotation in my band's share house, back in the seventies.

Amazing player, much better and more versatile than just the 'Going Home' stuff, although that was pretty good, too.

Kym
by scripsit
Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:37 pm
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Cocobolo Terz
Replies: 21
Views: 21791

Re: Cocobolo Terz

Bob That's a beautiful looking little guitar. I was playing a couple of tunes today in normal tuning, but with a capo on the third fret of my 12 fret 650 mm guitar. There's a nice chime with the right sort of piece: cowboy C and G can sound quite exotic. Is that the Terz scale length (third fret of ...
by scripsit
Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:12 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Shipping a book to Oz
Replies: 23
Views: 19953

Re: Shipping a book to Oz

Dennis I frequently buy books second hand from Abe Booksellers who are all over the world. Shipping from the States used to be dirt cheap (typically $2-3) for paperbacks and small hard backs. An expensive, bigger format hard back might cost $10 for shipping. The UK was always much slower and much mo...
by scripsit
Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:00 am
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Trans Candy Red SS7
Replies: 4
Views: 5554

Re: Trans Candy Red SS7

A very efficient looking device. Just a question from someone who left electric guitar playing before the shredding era really took off: how do you tune a 7 string guitar? Is there a standard 'normal' way, or is it a bit like open tunings in acoustic fingerstyle, with lots of possibilities? It's int...
by scripsit
Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:26 pm
Forum: Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build - Trevor Gore
Topic: West systems or Techniglue
Replies: 15
Views: 14917

Re: West systems or Techniglue

Martin, I used a lot of West Resin a few years ago (I built a 9 metre boat out of cedar strip and glass), and it works well for lamination when you use the standard (white) glue thickener. I think it is the one they call a colloidol powder. It has the advantage that it fills gaps. The straight resin...
by scripsit
Wed May 16, 2012 1:59 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: On board electrics questions...
Replies: 7
Views: 6323

Re: On board electrics questions...

I've got the Fishman system you mention installed in a Jack Spira 0000 (he put it in for me when he built the guitar). Run through a small Roland acoustic amp it has a very natural sound which, importantly, sounds to me very much like the guitar unamplified. I've got the microphone fairly low in the...