On 23 November 2010 22:51, David Tayler <[email protected]> wrote:
> NB: This is a slip knot, which is what you want. You want it to slip. > The harder you pull, the less the knot slides--it is adjustable. Yep, that's the idea. I had a broken fourth fret on my theorbo during a concert with a singer two (three?) weeks ago. I took the fret out (buzzing!) and continued the song till the end. I was quite proud of having pulled that off, but nobody had noticed. Not even the singer or the people on the front row. For the rets of the programme till the break I picked up my baroque guitar. During the break I asked for a lighter and gave a fret tying demonstration (without burning my diapassons). Still nobody was impressed, they all thought it was part of the show, like tuning ... ;-) David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
