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Topic: Nylon Strings |
Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 3 Mar 2007 9:03 am |
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How many of you have played non-electric (obviously !) steel with nylon strings ?
A few years ago I put a riser nut on an old classical guitar, raised the bridge, tuned it to C6 tuning, and I often use it on my recordings when I want a soft sound. |
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Roman Sonnleitner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 3 Mar 2007 10:46 am
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| Interesting! I play nylon string acoustic guitar quite a bit with my band, I'd have thought that the nylon strings don't sustain enough for playing with a slide or steel - gotta try that myself. |
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Gary Lynch
From:
Creston, California, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2007 11:24 am
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| If Willie Nelson can do it, why not a steel player? |
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Mike Ihde
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 4 Mar 2007 10:48 pm
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In one of my classes at Berklee, a girl had a small harp with her. I asked her to show it to the class. It was a half size electric harp she needed for and ensemble. I had just had my Lap Steel Lab before this so I had my picks and bar with me.
I laid the harp down on the table, plugged it into and amp and played slide on it! A very cool sound I must say because of the gut strings. A new sound someone should look into if they want something unusual. |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 6 Mar 2007 4:31 am
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| Roman Sonnleitner wrote: |
| ...I'd have thought that the nylon strings don't sustain enough for playing with a slide or steel... |
Surprisingly not. Nylon strings have plenty of volume and quite a lot of sustain. |
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Dave Zielinski
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2007 6:28 am
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| One of the most wicked tones I ever heard was a weissenborn with nylon strings. |
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