| Re: high "A" string for 8 string guitar a la Galbraith |
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Group: rec.music.classical.guitar · Group Profile
Author: TashiTashi Date: Jun 1, 2008 21:24
On Jun 1, 9:59В am, Jack wrote:
> Maybe someone can help me out. I've just bought a Hippner 8 string
> from Rich Sayage, and want to experiment with Paul Galbraith's tuning
> (highest and lowest strings tuned to "A"). Darren tells me the
> instrument can take the load of a string tuned up a fourth from E. My
> question--what would be a suitable string? The idea came to me that I
> could use a requinto 1st string, which is designed for "A". Any ideas?
> Does anyone know what Galbraith uses?
OK I waited all day for David Schramm to respond. I hate to see
someone suffer the pain of not knowing. David claims to have found a
string that can be tuned up to A on the first string. I'm assuming
your guitar is a 650mm? While I have no doubt one can find such a
string, I doubt it will satisfy your desire as far as power and
sustain, beyond a passing fancy. The 8 strings ( so called Brahms
guitars) have a shoeter scale around 615mm or so. This allows one to
use a thicker first string more in line with what one is accustomed to
with a normal first string.
You can contact Chris Hendricksen at Baston catlines for more info.
and to order a thinner 1st string.
MT
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