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Old 11-18-2016, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by jomaynor View Post
Really fine playing.

The overall tone of the D-18 style guitar was not overbearing nor overreverberating, but the string squeak of the bronze strings is quite unavoidably present with the rapid chordal shifts of a jazz tune.

Bronze on a flattop can make some divine sounding ringing chords, as we all know, but this bronze/flattop combination is far less well suited for typical jazz or classical chordal movement. Have you tried monel strings on that flattop yet?
Thx! Yeah, that SQUEAK is present for sure. Maybe I should have used some FastFret or something like that. Have not tried Monel strings yet - might give them a shot.
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