"I almost died from mono when I was 21. I bought a guitar for my 21st birthday and ended up building up my strength by playing it. A Yamaha ?55 I think it was.
It kept me sane while I wsa in the USAF." Sounds like you are a real musician at heart Spraig. Interesting stuff about the 10 string guitar. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Not in a long time. I still have my guitar and now that I'm settling > > into my new > > place, I may > > just start playing again. > > > > http://www.cathedralguitar.com/Ramirez1984.html (mine is an '83) > > > > > > What an amazing guitar! You are playing a 10 string? I have never > > played one but I can't imagine my short troll fingers could manage the > > wide neck. > > The top 3 strings are sympathetic only. They're always open at least for all the music I've > seen, which is mostly lute transcriptions. It's really a 7-string guitar for fretting purposes. > > > Big Joe Williams used to put 3 more strings on his guitar > > by drilling holes in the headstock. He doubled up some of the lead > > strings to get more volume. I use a high gage high E for the same > > reason. He also used to shoot off a pistol during his show if things > > got too rowdy! A long way from a lute performance. > > > > I hope you get you fingers back on those strings. Playing guitar is > > one of life's deep pleasures isn't it? Vaj would agree. > > I almost died from mono when I was 21. I bought a guitar for my 21st birthday and ended > up building up my strength by playing it. A Yamaha ?55 I think it was. > > It kept me sane while I wsa in the USAF. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
