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Some people are electric players -- that's what appeals to them. So, yes, IMHO. Fun with volume, extreme volume, and effects pedals...

And don't forget the choice of amp -- that is half of the...

What do you mean by "I remove the braces"?

My Les Paul PeeWee (19" scale) is tuned like that [C G D A E B] using a .008 on the high B. The problem with going with too thin a string on an electric is there isn't enough metal to create a strong...

I would like to add my 2 cents worth. I have had several 23 inch scale tenor guitars tuned up to pitch with.009 A string and the only time they break is if there is a sharp edge on the tuner hole or...

FWIW I recently picked up a Squier Mini Jazzmaster to convert into a tenor. I had originally thought I'd have to change it from a 6 to a 5-string to get FCGDA tuning. Then I thought something like...

I kept breaking the string on my Gibson TG-1, 22.81 scale, in CGDA. Solved the problem by tuning down a whole step from C to B, etc. Really full and deep sound is the result. I don't play the...

16 year thread with repeated post subject.

A regular steel .007 will break around G#4 relatively quickly at 25.5".

An Octave4Plus will get there, but needs a clean string path, and will NOT tolerate repeated detunings. I say that in view...

|When I used to work in The (now sadly defunct) Music Room here in UK, I used to restring the tenor guitars and tenor banjos on a regular basis.
Every Chinese made TG and TB seems to come with...

You have certainly got guitarist hands.

I agree with Bob Clark. I would take my electric mandobird when I stayed with my Mom who was in her 90s in an assisted living home. After she would go to bed I could practice unplugged and she...

I do use and like three different 5-string fretted electric violins, playing them as violins and also as mandolins. I have a NS Designs NST active, their WAV-5 passive, and a headless passive acrylic...

Anyone used and like an electric violin? And is the tension different than a regular violin?

Maybe cuz you know where the notes are on mandolin? That's why I play mando instead of guitar. There are some advantages, the doubled strings offer sounds the guitar doesn't.

i first saw ricky scaggs play the stratolin (named after the stratocaster) AND HE DID IT TO GET A DIFFERENT SOUND. THILE DOES NOT PLAY ONE BUT RONNIE MCOURRY DOES...... because the band is...

Guitar and mandolin share substantial range, so it is not simply the pitch. The short strings do have different attack and decay, but there is also a major effect of the pickup locations. Every...

Dunno if I have a heightened sense of aural perception, but I can hear the difference between an electric mandolin and an electric guitar in about two notes. I listened to Tiny Moore for years and...

FWIW -- I'm just starting out, but upgraded my Mandolin from a Troublesome Creek Honeybee to a Northfield A5 Special. (Yeah, I took a leap of faith). I just did a cleaning and string change to...

For accuracy, I haven't found any clip-on headstock tuner that beats the Peterson StroboClip HD. I recommend it highly for guitar or mandolin.

I would try going down instead of up. Haven’t researched it but if the G, D, and A was moved
down one and a heavier string used as a forth for C. Would seem to me if C string was right , pull on...

If you're in EU or close (eg UK), at any rate anywhere east of the Pond, I think the cheapest workable way to get a tenor guitar is find a 2nd user Harley Benton tenor acoustic (thomann.de music...

Bill Frisell guitar used on "Good Dog, Happy Man".

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Two approaches I've taken:
1. Tuned my old beater 6 string Applause guitar to all 5th's F-C-G-D-A-E. The low F just didn't work. I don't remember the gage I used for it. I restrung it in...

Google "fatigue failure." That's what you're causing with frequent tuning changes.

According to s1141827 neither do John Pearse strings!