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Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar) |
John Cadd
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 9:02 am Subject: Dead notes |
Jascha Heifetz had a similar problem as you when he complained that Piano players had a much wider repertoire to choose from . Nowadays the music we hear has already been chosen by the music industr ... |
Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar) |
John Cadd
Replies: 12
Views: 322
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 5:49 am Subject: Dead notes |
An interesting comment but almost the opposite of what I noticed with adding the guitar bridge weights . Close to the time I cured the guitar problem I also added short tornavozes to a few guitars . ... |
Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar) |
John Cadd
Replies: 12
Views: 322
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 8:56 am Subject: Dead notes |
The guitar is a far less powerful instrument than a violin because it has no bow to drive the sounds . But I have added weight to a guitar bridge and produced a much nicer sound quality while I had on ... |
Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar) |
John Cadd
Replies: 12
Views: 322
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 12:47 pm Subject: Dead Notes |
The tap tone notes being the same for top and back have given me a simple .effective cure for annoying dead notes . The only reaction on a guitar forum was a sort of disapproval without offering any o ... |
Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar) |
John Cadd
Replies: 12
Views: 322
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:42 am Subject: Dead notes |
A useful coincidence was the tuning of the top and back plates of the twp Roca guitars . Both guitars had their plates tuned to the same frequency . That was the tap tone in the middle of the plates . ... |
Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar) |
John Cadd
Replies: 12
Views: 322
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:57 am Subject: Dead notes |
If I wanted to attach a stainless steel rod inside a violin I would not try to glue it directly to the wood. I would glue the steel to a strip of spruce first with Bostik or Evostik . Then glue the sp ... |
Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar) |
John Cadd
Replies: 12
Views: 322
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:43 am Subject: Dead Notes |
There is a useful comparison between Violins and Guitars . The "rotation" in a violin bridge is basically across the body, where in a guitar the "rotation" is along the body . Or t ... |
Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar) |
John Cadd
Replies: 12
Views: 322
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:11 am Subject: Dead notes |
The resident expert on Delcamp guitar forum advised me not to use bluetack on the bridge as it would mess up the volume. But I had already done it and was happy with the result . I can`t remember why ... |
Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar) |
John Cadd
Replies: 12
Views: 322
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:03 am Subject: Dead notes |
If you tune a violin in fifths the two strings create beats as they get closer together. A more permanent situation happens if the plates on a guitar or violin are tuned to the same frequency . A viol ... |
Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar) |
John Cadd
Replies: 12
Views: 322
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:10 am Subject: Dead notes |
I always think of magnets as a temporary solution .Where would you fit the weight permanently ? I would guess glued to the bass bar just under the bridge foot . I did not look at these as wolf no ... |
Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar) |
John Cadd
Replies: 12
Views: 322
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:35 am Subject: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar) |
I was wary of talking about my happy discovery until I saw a question on Maestronet which did not solve the riddle .
I worked out the way to cure dead notes on classical guitars . It worked perfect ... |
Topic: Time for Guitar Style Tuning Pegs ? |
John Cadd
Replies: 3
Views: 155
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 9:00 am Subject: guitar pegs |
To focus on the people advocating the string jamming methods I might as well state who they are : Kennedy Violins . I doubt if Nigel would recommend the peg slipping solution .I don`t know if Nigel Ke ... |
Topic: Time for Guitar Style Tuning Pegs ? |
John Cadd
Replies: 3
Views: 155
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 2:29 pm Subject: guitar tuners |
I found the smallest single string tuners needed very tiny bits of filing to allow the ends of the metal pegs to come through the box . I imagine there might be lighter ones to do the job . The cosmet ... |
Topic: Time for Guitar Style Tuning Pegs ? |
John Cadd
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Views: 155
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2024 4:31 pm Subject: Time for Guitar Style Tuning Pegs ? |
One youtube site thinkihg to help players struggling to keep their violins in tune has advocated slackening the strings and re - winding the string tight up against the peg box to keep the peg from s ... |
Topic: My violin build |
John Cadd
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 8:41 am Subject: My violin build |
Can you see what asymmetry in the sides would do ? Guarneri made violins without any exact symmetry. Modern makers " who know better than him" write that off as carelesness. But he might hav ... |
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