--- On Sat, 9/27/08, Jim Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> the sound board question didnt seem to be very popular. so
> lets try this.
Guess I missed that one.
>
> regarding sympathetic strings any special rules such as
> length spacing height from the sound board...
Never seen any rules.
> do they have
> to cover the sound board all the way ... ( i would imagine
> they would ) how do these issues affect tone and volume.
>
> who has them and how do you like them they seem to add
> just a wee bit of echo i have only heard a sample on the
> web but not in a tune format just in a single C note
> format....
> any help?
With the exception of one jazz guitar. Every other visible case of sympathetics
that I've had the occaision to observe stretched from the head end to the butt
end. You want long, fairly slack strings. On gurdies they tend to pass over a
nut at the top and have a bridge near the wheel. That bridge is about .055 inch
(less than 1.5 mm). You could use a pencil, but I would recommend a triangle of
harder stuff. The nut is lower, but I don't think that height would matter
much. Let me know.
All they do is just ring with the music. Some say they add a richness to the
sound, but I can't tell on a HG if they have them or not
