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Old 04-21-2017, 10:26 AM
SunnyDee SunnyDee is offline
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Originally Posted by tbeltrans View Post
The part of your post that I highlighted in bold was an interesting point about the guitar sounding like a ukulele way up high. I took a lesson once with David Qualey, and he commented on that same thing, saying that when arranging for guitar, it sounds best overall to try to stick to the middle areas of the fretboard. He also tries to incorporate open strings where possible because they help the overall sound to be more resonant and sustaining.

Tony
This is what my ear told me, too. About 3-8 is where all the good stuff happens. I simply don't like the sounds up there around 12. Reminds me how they used to tell us when we were teens, "nothing good happens after midnight".

That being said, I don't yet have an electric with a cutaway. I look forward to the exploration down the road.
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