garthman

On 11/27/2021 at 3:16 AM, Tom Kenny said:

I found a Norman St68 CW at a thrift store for $140.00,., I didn't know anything about it other than it looked like it was never used and the action was light (given the ancient strings). I brought it home, changed the strings and was totally blown away. Rich deep blended sound that resonates through my chest. Can anyone tell me more about this guitar? It was built in 99 according to the serial number (if I'm reading that correctly. 

I haven't owned great guitars so this is hands down the best ever for me. Any information on that year would be great great. 

Tha

Lucky man!!!! One of the top end Norman guitars from Godin:

https://www.chorder.com/acoustic-guitars/norman-guitars/st68-cw-16230

I keep one acoustic guitar (a regular dreadnought) permanently fitted with a set of high tension nylon strings. It is easy to do: you either need to use a set of ball-end nylon strings or tie knots in the ends of loop-end strings and slide on craft beads so they fit with the bridge pins. You may need to slightly widen some of the nut slots to accommodate the wider nylon strings but fit them first and see how they sit at the nut. If you do need to widen them use a small piece of folded fine gauge enery paper, take it slow and steady and regularly try the strings for correct fit (you can leave the strings on to do this - just slacken them off a little and lift them out of the slots and push them to one side - the bass strings should fit OK but you may need to do it for the treble strings, G, B, E). The sound of the guitar with the nylon strings will be a little quieter, more mellow and, to my ears, much nicer than steel strings. I use mine to play in folk clubs and the sound of the guita always attracts good comments.

2 hours ago, daddymack said:

ho hum a few bars and we can fake it...😉

humpty, diddley, pom.

and ho hum again . . . .

7 hours ago, Bizze said:

 I was looking at different pickup systems. I could go with a piezo but I'm also partial to for instance a K&K mini, which isn't a piezo, but is fitted under the bridge. Seems less invasive and I can keep a solid bone nut.

The K&K mini is a piezo pickup: each of the three small discs is a piezo transducer.

3 hours ago, longhorntuba said:

Hello All,

Despite playing music for over 20 years, I have never memorized string width or length.

I was trying to string an acoustic guitar by the name Bristol BD-16 Dreadnaught when said string snapped.
I used old strings from a short scale Musima I usually play with and I could feel that these strings were not designed for it due to the tension.

I like to play in D with metal strings and my question is which string tension or length must I buy to play a Bristol BD-16 Dreadnaught in D?

Thank you very much !
 

Use standard 11 or 12 gauge bronze strings (either 80/20 bronze of phosphor bronze).When you say you like to play in D do you mean the key of D on a guitar in standard E tuning or do you mean open D or D standard ( tuned 2 semitones down)?. If you are using a lower tuning I'd recomend going up to 13 gauge; open D would be OK with 12 gauge.

7 hours ago, Thomas nosons said:

I guess it does say best offer but still caught my attention. 

 

 

A lot of people believe that something expensive is always much better than something that's cheap - even little pieces of plastic.

Sorry, I know no more than you. Perhaps someone else here might know something.

A very nice looking guitar. Congratulations.

Happy New Capo, Deep

On 8/9/2021 at 3:27 PM, gardo said:

Thanks,  I once felt the same way but then had an Aria 12 string develop a crack on the  top. I got it repaired under warranty but it was neve  quite the same, to me  at least. 

Perhaps it was just a cheap guitar to start with but I don’t chance it anymore.

I think it very much depends on where you live. If I lived in the Arizona desert I'd probably use a hygrometer but here in the UK the relative humidity is usually 70%+ which seems to suit guitars well.

I don't know.

I don't humidify any of my guitars - never have done - and a couple are 50+ years old. They sit on stands or hang on walls in my non-airconditioned house and endure whatever conditions the UK weather provides.

YAY! Took a while but all's well that ends well.

I've remembered that several weeks ago I promised Deepend that I'd post a Leonard Cohen song. Better late then never, eh?

The Partisan by Leonard Cohen

Long time HCAG members will remember Samilyn well. Sadly she passed away last week after a short illness. She has been a special, faraway friend of mine over the years and I shall miss her always.

Congratulations.

Spring is here. And some hope too.

April Come She Will by Paul Simon

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16 hours ago, recordingtrack1 said:

Hello pickers.  I wasn't sure this place still existed.  I decided I would look around and was amazed to find that I could even sign in.  Not sure how long it's been but I'm kind of happy.  Used to have a lot of stupid arguments about bridge pins and Laminate versus solid wood B/S.  What for, I can't remember.  Had too much time on my hands I suppose.  I first came here in March of 2006.  That's been about 30 guitars ago, LOL.

Anyway, Just thought I'd stop by and say hi and see if anybody wanted to argue about the best way to mic an acoustic guitar for recording.

 

Garthman. You still sound like Roger Waters to me.  Loved your Dylan tune.

Deepend. Glad to see you are here.

Freeman, Joe, Misha, Carman, Queequeg Kwak (I'll have to dig back in my memory, there were so many good players on here.)

Well, well. Very long time, no see. Welcome back. And thanks for your kind comments.

Short but very sweet. Nice one, Deep.

I sort of promised a Leonard Cohen song but I'll slip this one in first:

"Homeward Bound" by Paul Simon

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8 hours ago, DeepEnd said:

Okay then, how about "Dylan is as good a choice as any"? 😉

Leonard Cohen next time, eh?

18 hours ago, DeepEnd said:

garthman - Well done. As I've said before, it's hard to go wrong with Dylan.

Thanks, Deep. But contrary to what you say I've heard some very, very wrong Dylan covers LOL

"Tomorrow Is A Long Time" by Bob Dylan

Happy New Year everyone. Let us hope that it is a better one.

A letter to the Archaeologia Cambrensis in 1849 described an old New Year Day custom in Pembrokeshire, South Wales where the children of the village collected water from the well and sprinkled droplets of water (called "levy-dew") onto passers-by whilst singing a rhyme. The words were used by Walter de la Mare under the title "A New Year Carol" in his 1931 book "Tom Tiddler's Ground" where it was seen in 1934 by British composer Benjamin Britten who composed a melody for it.

"A New Year Carol" (Trad. / Benjamin Britten)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levy-Dew

1 hour ago, kwakatak said:

Will there be a new thread tomorrow?

Indeed there will be a new thread. I will start it in the morning. And perhaps Daddymack will pin it?