Eugene, a.. The 6-course guitar arose first in Spain in the 1750's, with double strings (same as today's 12-string guitar) a.. Merits of single vs. double stringing was debated on 5 and 6 course guitars since at least the 1770's a.. String improvements allowed cheap and readily accessible wire-wound basses in the 1780's a.. 6-string guitars were around since the mid 1770's, but were not popular until the late 1790's a.. The 6-single string "modern" guitar was not invented on a particular date, but rather was a product of centuries of evolution. a.. Most experts agree the single-course, 6-string guitar began to appear commonly around 1785 as several extant instruments prove. However, it was invented earlier but was not popular, and many single-course variants like the arch-guitar, lyre-guitar with 7-10 or more strings apparently preceded it in the 18th century. a.. More info. http://home.houston.rr.com/verrett/erg/erg/evolution.htm Michael Thames www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute net" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 8:40 AM Subject: Re: wound basses
> At 03:38 PM 2/26/2005, Michael Thames wrote: > >...1765, the same time when first classical guitar, with single strings > >(Wound metal on silk) started to appear. > > > Actually, such guitars didn't come until a couple decades later...but the > first Neapolitan mandolins did appear around this time and did use a g of > silver-wound silk as stated in the early methods published in 1760s Paris. > > Eugene > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
