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P.S, I neglected to mention:
Roy
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Roy Trotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- 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, except that per D&H recommends Guitar B
(metal) in every case.
> 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 either end and have a bridge
near the wheel. The end pins and tuners are off of the soundboard.
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 the 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. I should mention two exceptions: Gilles Chabenat does some
pizzacato and I have seen Patrick Bouffard expend a lot of time
adjusting that bridge before class. He does nudge it a bit sometimes
in performance.
Hope that helps,
Roy
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