we play https://youtu.be/onE8cgdiatU video the image quality is horrendous as is my state of mind, it's just a bit of long covid which i've been studying pretty much to no effect; lots of good advice. for me, those sudden bouts of exhaustion and some other minor inconveniences - the bouts however are miserable, suddenly needing to sleep. in any case well then, at the same time, the camera was acting up, as only an older camera can, recording at 60 fps and somewhat irreducible to less with similar clarity; what you see is what you get but the soundtrack is there and strong. the more i read on long covid, the less information is available, perhaps it's not even what i'm dealing with, and speaking to specialists hasn't helped at all. however, listen to the sound of the instruments, plough through the already ploughed through image if you like, you get the idea, another chapter (which i won't write) for my covid book, o! gasp! :-) i've been inspired to discuss some of the instruments i work with, and in this video, which seems simple, almost nonsense, i attempt to do that. the instruments were both 'rescues' - in other words headed one way or another for destruction, and we bought them, the 1917 Martin terz for $40, and the equally old, most likely Larson Brothers parlor, for $25. the former was literally teetering on a shelf in a junkroom of an antique variety store, with a 'make me an offer' over the door; the latter was being sold as a children's guitar in Wilkes-Barre, for $25. both had bad bridges and were 'set up' with added tailpieces and steel strings that were far too heavy. i was able to have a new bridge made for the Larson Brothers, and the original old one made serviceable on the Martin. both are tuned low, with Nylgut strings. the Larsen Bros. is amazing for recording; the Martin, for playing with a sense of intimacy. (i think Marty Robbins was the only American popular musician who used a terz publicly by the way.) __ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
