On a recent recording project of 11-course music, my first efforts failed with terrible string squeaking, so gut makes string noise as well.
The remedy: hand lotion. It feels weird, but it sure cleans up the ugly finger noise. ed At 12:20 PM 2/2/2009 -0500, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: >Of course, excessive and ugly finger noise is ugly to modern guitarists too. > >Eugene > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Taco Walstra [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:58 AM > > To: lutelist > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Old Satoh Vinyl Recording > > > > On Monday 02 February 2009, Anthony Hind rattled on the keyboard: > > > The LP's (it is a 2-record set) were done years ago, before people > > > were recording in gut. > > > > > > ed > > ... > > > Yes, I forgot that gut stringing, came in around the 80s, > > while thumb- > > > in (which Terry used) was reintroduced (under the influence > > of Michael > > > Schaeffer) a little earlier, I think. > > > > Still we encounter so many ensembles where all violins, > > violas, celli, .. use gut strings but the theorbo/lute player > > has an instrument stringed with an ugly set of nylgut,, pvf, > > nylon and some gut diapasons. The "reintroduction" > > is surely not finished. > > Can't resist to mention the CD by serdoura where you wrote a > > translation of the foreword, anthony. Serdoura is an example > > of somebody who has his feet still in the starting of the > > 70s. No warm sound at all on this CD, still no use of gut > > strings. Ugly fingersounds rubbing over positions on the > > fingerboards like guitarplayers. The 70s are still present in > > our time. > > Well, the 70 had their charm too. Nice recordings by led > > zeppelin, pink floyd.. > > Taco > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.16/1930 - Release Date: 01/30/09 >17:31:00 Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [email protected] voice: (218) 728-1202
