Thread: Harp Guitars
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Old 11-18-2016, 01:20 PM
Alan Carruth Alan Carruth is offline
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Well, 'English Bass' is a well known phenomenon. When you're building a pipe organ and want a 32' C note, but the ceiling is only 24' high, it's the way you get that. You use a 16' pipe, and a 10-2/3 foot pipe, and an 8' one, and so on, to produce all the overtones of the 32' pipe. The ear and brain provide the fundamental, although it may not sound as 'full'.

I'll second the advice about going to a harp guitar gathering. I've only made it to two, but they were well worth it. Maybe by the next one I'll have another harp guitar to show. Then I'll have the same problem I did with 'the Beast': spending too much time playing and not enough building. Greg really did me a favor buying that one, although I do miss it. Anyway, there's plenty going on at the gatherings. I always end up once more proving that I'm no longer the party animal that I never used to be.....
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