Members Mike_E_McGee Posted March 2, 2012 Members Share Posted March 2, 2012 AGHHHHHHHH MY ROTATOR CUFF!!!! I think my muscle memory not lining up with the frets on the 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kiowa1 Posted March 2, 2012 Members Share Posted March 2, 2012 AGHHHHHHHH MY ROTATOR CUFF!!!! I think my muscle memory not lining up with the frets on the 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted March 2, 2012 Members Share Posted March 2, 2012 Wow, I want to see and hear this thing. My Stella clone is not a true bari - it has a 26.2 scale and I'm currently tuned four semi tones down to C, then further down to the equivalent of open G (BEBEsomethingB). I know exactly what you are saying about frets and reach - i get really screwed up unless I'm looking at the markers all the time and yours would be much worse. I tried stringing it like Ledbellys and tuning to A, it really didn't work so I'm using a Kottke set from Elixer (remember mine is a twelve string). One of the problems you may face is that due to the extra length and tail piece standard strings may not be long enough - on mine a couple of them just barely reach the tuners. You probably know the trick in open D of playing G songs moved up (away from the floor) one string - it works for some things better than others. I've been keeping the biscuit in open G, the Stella clone in G but down four, the tricone and the Wessie both in open D, the spider in high bass G and the old Yamie in open C. Each time I pick up a guitar I gotta figure out where to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike_E_McGee Posted March 3, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 3, 2012 Wow, I want to see and hear this thing. I don't know how hard it'll be to record, but I'm about to find out! Thanks for the tip on the tailpiece. I never think of things like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kiowa1 Posted March 3, 2012 Members Share Posted March 3, 2012 It sure is pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pitar Posted March 3, 2012 Members Share Posted March 3, 2012 You do realize that thing has a big ol' colander-looking pickguard stuck on the top just under the strings? It's the round silver thing. Pickguards usually aren't my thing but that looks pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted March 3, 2012 Members Share Posted March 3, 2012 Following this thread by Sfarsfky . . . . . . http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?2875573-6-string-guitar-bass-hybrid# . . . . . . about the guy who fitted a couple of bass guitar strings to an Eko Ranger VI instead of the 6th and 5th strings, I've converted my old Eko to a baritone using the 2nd to 6th strings (15 22 30 42 52) of a set of 11 gauge strings as the 1st to 5th strings and a single 62 thou string for the 6th. I have it tuned down to B (the tension with the strings I've used is pretty much the same as a guitar tuned to E with standard gauge strings). It works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neal Posted March 3, 2012 Members Share Posted March 3, 2012 You do realize that thing has a big ol' colander-looking pickguard stuck on the top just under the strings? It's the round silver thing. Pickguards usually aren't my thing but that looks pretty cool. and it's probably a laminate.... I like those Mike, that one is a beaut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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