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Author: David SchrammDavid Schramm
Date: Dec 31, 2006 22:05
> Thank you for that David. Unfortunately I have almost none of the
> low-density, very pale stuff that you seem to favour right now.
Well, if you will consider selling some or all to me my email is
ddschramm@ comcast.net
> I am, however recovering nicely from the lightning-generated fire which
> gutted my shop. The new machines are all in, set up and running and
> I'll be resawing tops again right after the silly season.
Great to hear you and your shop are up and running. Seems like this was the
year for shops burning down. I know several others who lost their shops and
almost their lives in 2006.
How do you like the new machines? What did you get? :-)
Happy New Year!!!!....Well, at least in a couple hours on the left coast.
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Author: David SchrammDavid Schramm
Date: Dec 31, 2006 21:55
> Thanks David! Kevin good to know about you. However, I just got a
> bunch of billets from a guy up in Canada... I forget his name right
> now, there very nice too.
I just bought 50 tops from Canada, Ed Dicks. I need to order more. I'm not
set up to resaw so I don't buy billets. What density do you like to use? I
like 18 lbs/cu.ft. I found the ultra light 16lbs/cuft too bass oriented for
my liking.
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Author: bobbybmusicbobbybmusic
Date: Dec 31, 2006 21:52
GuitarsWeB wrote:
>... bottom line is the sound and
> playability of the instrument. If the set up is bad even a 640 can be
> difficult. With a good set up and feel a 660 can play just as easy as a
> shorter scale. One scale isn't better than the other. Find what works
> for
> you. No big deal.
>
> --
> David Schramm
> Clovis, CA
> http://schrammguitars.com
> http://onlineapprentice.com
There are so many posts on this that I may have missed this, so let me
ask - All these comparisons are concerning longer scale guitars but
equal tension strings; however they seem to imply that the longer scale
guitar would respond more similarly to the shorter scale if strung with
thinner diameter strings. Yes?/ No?
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Author: Sam CulottaSam Culotta
Date: Dec 31, 2006 21:49
>
> Sam Culotta wrote:
>> Thanks for this.. I've been fooling around with finger picking lately and
>> have found a few rough spots that this could help with.
>> The one that has always given me fits is the change from something like
>> the
>> C chord to the barred F. (1st position).. my son-in-law is a rock
>> guitarist
>> and finds this strange. He wonders why I don't just use my thumb like he
>> does.Maybe on an acoustic neck.. not on my cg.
>>
>> Sam
>>
>
> I have been playing with classical and fingerstyle on both classical
> and acoustic guitars. Lately, mostly my 12 string. I do not use my
> thumb on any of them. What sort of fingerstyle repertoire are you
> working on. I do some Carter style solos thumb index and some simple ...
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Author: David SchrammDavid Schramm
Date: Dec 31, 2006 20:39
Hi Al, Great post.
This is my experience, and that of my customers, on how my guitars behave
with short and long scales. With the short scale the string has less tension
but feels tighter because there is less movement between the contact
points(nut/saddle). Also the action can be made lower with less buzzing
because the strings are stiffer on short scales.The opposite is true with a
longer scale. With a longer scale there is more tension but it feels softer
because there is more movement between contact points. This is why regular
tension strings feel like hard tension on shorter scales and hard tension
strings feel like regular tension on long scale guitar. What works for me
might not work for other builders.
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Author: Robert CrimRobert Crim
Date: Dec 31, 2006 20:32
On 31 Dec 2006 20:27:16 -0800, "Tashi" starband.net>
wrote:
>
>Robert Crim wrote:
>> On 31 Dec 2006 20:17:46 -0800, "Tashi" starband.net>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>> I said ONE of the reasons!!!! and if you doubt that, I could cares
>>>less amigo!
>>> MT
>>
>> Have a safe and Happy New Year.....without a lot of snakes and such.
>>
>> Robert
>
> With 2 feet of snow here in Santa Fe in the last 2 days, safe to
>say, there are no snakes around.
>MT
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Author: TashiTashi
Date: Dec 31, 2006 20:17
Robert Crim wrote:
> On 31 Dec 2006 19:58:11 -0800, "Tashi" starband.net>
> wrote:
>>>
>>Robert Crim wrote:
>>> On 31 Dec 2006 15:47:21 -0800, "Tashi" starband.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>Robert Crim wrote:
>>>>> On 31 Dec 2006 14:46:42 -0800, "Tashi" starband.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I agree with you Kevin 100%%, longer scale guitars feel much stiff.
>>>>>>Although, David Schramm claims the opposite.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>MT
>>>>> ...
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Author: TashiTashi
Date: Dec 31, 2006 20:12
alcarruth wrote:
> This is one of those 'can of worms' subjects where people have strong
> opinions, and tend to use the same words with different meanings.
> Sometimes it's hard to see through the fog.
You just made alot more fog.
>
> Physically, for a given string material, pitch, and diameter a longer
> string will have to have higher tension. It will be a little closer to
> its theoretical breaking point, and it will have a higher impedance.
> All of these effect both the tone and the playing characterisics.
Theortically speaking unless you know the diameter and the tension
you don't know what the breaking point is. Of course Enstein, if you
tune a string higher, you are " Closer" to the breaking point.
>
The overall mass of the string is closer to
> that of the bridge,
What???
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Author: GuitarsWeBGuitarsWeB
Date: Dec 31, 2006 20:07
It take more tension to bring the 664 up to the same pitch, but don't
forget, the string length is longer so it feels looser. Think of the
the bow & arrow, a longer bow vs. a smaller bow.
Paul McGuffin
John E. Golden wrote:
> Robert Crim earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> On 31 Dec 2006, "Tashi" starband.net wrote:
>>>>>Robert Crim wrote:
>>>> On 31 Dec 2006 14:46:42 -0800, "Tashi" starband.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with you Kevin 100%%, longer scale guitars feel much
> stiff.
>>>>>Although, David Schramm claims the opposite.
>>>>>
>>>>>MT
>>>> ...
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Author: TashiTashi
Date: Dec 31, 2006 20:01
Kevin Hall wrote:
> Thank you for that David. Unfortunately I have almost none of the
> low-density, very pale stuff that you seem to favour right now.
>
> I am, however recovering nicely from the lightning-generated fire which
> gutted my shop. The new machines are all in, set up and running and I'll
> be resawing tops again right after the silly season.
>
> A truckload of western red billets is on it's way from the Queen Charlottes
> right now, all from the same massive tree which was blown down about 15
> years ago. Like all my cedar and spruce it's a storm-damaged 'salvage' log
> taken from one of the remaining old-growth areas which are now off-limits to
> large commercial logging operators.
>
> All the best for 2007.
> KH
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