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Yes I do use DADGAD tuning almost exclusively and if I was ever in the victorious position of ordering a guitar from Greenfield HQ for myself I wouldn't hesitate to ask Michael to make sure the neck was "loaded for bear" in the DADGAD department... I love the guitar I play (a Kostal MD in The Tree), it's the perfect instrument for me and in terms of tone and response it gives me exactly what I was looking for and so much more. My MD is very much optimised for DADGAD in terms of set-up, voicing and neck carve. I hope that helps. PS. Joel, it was a pleasure and a privilege to be part of this build process and I look forward to hearing the voice of this wonderful guitar as it develops in the years to come.
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Mr Watts! It was a lot of fun, thanks for your amazing guidance (and patience!!!) - you've helped me find my perfect guitar.
Now, here's another pic just because I can't stop drooling over it. And, well, because it's Thursday... Joel |
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Oh my days...
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Had a little spare time this afternoon so here's an example of the G2 tuned in open Gminor...
https://youtu.be/rtYZzUxCKYo Joel |
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Too beautiful..... your playing is phenomenal too! Congrats on such a stellar instrument
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Thanks Marcus! Now that it's freshly restrung I just can't stop playing it
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Joel: Congrats on the great guitar! And nice playing, too.
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Black is the Colour is a favorite of mine. That was super!
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Doug - thanks! Agreed a fan isn't completely necessary as DADGAD isn't the most extreme of tunings, and as guitars like Michael Watts' Kostal demonstrate, you can have incredible sounding guitars 'built for DADGAD' without a fan.
That being said, the geometry Mikey G uses for his fan is incredibly comfortable; I found it particularly telling when I handed it to my father-in-law who had never played a fan-fret guitar & he took to it immediately. Plus the whole '3D sound' thing is rather lovely! bajawatt - thank you! It's a lovely arrangement by a fantastic UK guitarist named Stuart Ryan. Joel |
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Just restrung the G2 & been learning this Michael Hedges arrangement the last few days. Gives the perfect excuse to use my new Neumanns too :-D
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I had a long chat with Michael last year and he mentioned that fan frets allow the player to use lighter strings when tuning down so that the tone is more consistent from string to string -- which is probably the only reasonable explanation I've heard on this topic. That being said, a little offset of about an inch would have very little impact on tone and tension while a large offset would be difficult to play. If crooked frets made such a large difference, there would be way more of them out there. Quote:
And no disrespect intended for Mike (whose guitars are incredible) but any guitar with slightly crooked frets will play just as easily as a standard guitar. And you'd have pretty much the same sound with straight frets, 3D effect included. The only way you could truly assess the impact of the fan frets is to play a straight G2 along with your guitar back to back. Nice recording, Joel. |
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Cheers, Steve |
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Thanks Steve! Am enjoying experimenting with the Neumanns, stereo recording is fun :-)
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Congrats Joel! All I can say is what an 'Immense' instrument. The power, richness, and emotion that you are pulling out of that guitar is amazing! Thanks for the wonderful videos.
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Mau, my guess (guess being the key word) is that it's a guitar with a top built with less string tension in mind. A 25.4" scale guitar in standard tuning with 12-53 gauge strings has 160.6 lbs of string tension. The same guitar in DADGAD has 144.6. My guess is that 16 lbs. (10%) makes a difference in how the energy drives the top. In this conversation, though, I think, "made for DADGAD" is about the scale length, not the construction.
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