Re: Sparce 'n Spacey, part 2: fretless guitar

[Mech <mech@m3ch.net>]

At 5:55 PM +0200 8/14/07, Per Boysen wrote:
>On 14 aug 2007, at 16.59, Mech wrote:
>
>>  I've got mine tuned to an Arabian Oud tuning -- DGADGC -- so it is 
>>overall about two whole tones lover than a conventional guitar.
>
>Nice idea. With fretless I think I'll tune the strings at the pitch 
>as they sound best.

I like doing the same, but occasionally I outsmart myself.  One of my 
basses sounds very good dropped down to D and tuned to open fifths. 
But that made the action really hard to play and it confused the hell 
out of the guitar player for the band I was in at the time, so I went 
back to standard tuning.  Just goes to show its always something.

>>(In fact, I should be getting mine back from the shop later this 
>>week.  It's having the action lowered/neck shimmed and the original 
>>pickups replaced;
>
>Will you post about it later? Would be nice to hear from your 
>experience with that instrument.

Sure.  I've also got the VG-99 group hanging over my head waiting for 
sound clips, since I just picked up one of those in Japan (they're 
not yet available over in the States).  I'll see if I can slip in 
some looping stuff and post the relevant clips here too.

>>Are you coming to L2k7 this year?
>
>I'm afraid thats not financially possible this year ;-(

Ah drat!  Sorry to hear that.  We'll certainly make it a point to 
raise a few in your honor, though.

        --m.
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