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Well, the trick is to buy your wife the instrument and hope she'll let you play it once in a while.
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I tried that in buying a cordless vacuum for my garage one time. My wife said "Thanks!" and I had to buy a second one.
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Well, the trick is to buy your wife the instrument and hope she'll let you play it once in a while.
My wife has bought a couple guitars. She does not play. For full disclosure, I said something about another motorcycle a couple weeks ago, and she said, "No problem - sell a couple guitars."

That ain't right.
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... "No problem - sell a couple guitars."
That ain't right.
True, but those of us paying attention know that you recently got a new scooter. So our sympathies are limited.
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Did you see that 6 string Amicus in the last shipping video? I'd love to hear that.
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Did you see that 6 string Amicus in the last shipping video? I'd love to hear that.
If you can get to Facebook, it's here - unboxing and a few notes played:

https://www.facebook.com/harmonicajo...59136092124248

Love the headstock on this one, and the diamond weave is sharp.
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If you can get to Facebook, it's here - unboxing and a few notes played:

https://www.facebook.com/harmonicajo...59136092124248

Love the headstock on this one, and the diamond weave is sharp.
Thanks, there's a link down in the comments to another short video of it. The sound kinda reminds me of John Sebastion & his autoharp.
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Well, the trick is to buy your wife the instrument and hope she'll let you play it once in a while.
I'm lucky. My valentine is directly responsible for three of the eight CF guitars in our house -- they are officially "hers". She does let me play with them.

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Did you see that 6 string Amicus in the last shipping video? I'd love to hear that.
That would be very cool. I have a buddy up in Anchorage that fell for an Amicus when visiting the factory three years ago. He also owns - and loves - an X30 custom cocobolo. I too might want to just have the single strings for clarity, but I suppose you could simply string one up that way. It probably requires a replacement nut. (I have strung up twelvers as six-string guitars a couple of times to experiment with wider fret boards).
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If you can get to Facebook, it's here - unboxing and a few notes played:

https://www.facebook.com/harmonicajo...59136092124248

Love the headstock on this one, and the diamond weave is sharp.

Very cool looking for sure but missing the unison sound of 12 strings that I love about the amicus.
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If you can get to Facebook, it's here - unboxing and a few notes played:

https://www.facebook.com/harmonicajo...59136092124248

Love the headstock on this one, and the diamond weave is sharp.
That headstock is sweet.

Tuned A-to-A like a Tacoma Papoose?
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That headstock is sweet.

Tuned A-to-A like a Tacoma Papoose?
Standard tuning for an Amicus is D-D - like the 10th fret of a regular guitar.
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Standard tuning for an Amicus is D-D - like the 10th fret of a regular guitar.
Whoo-wee that's up there.
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Whoo-wee that's up there.
It is a wee instrument.
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It is a wee instrument.
But larger than a guitalele which is only tuned up to A. Those are nylon strings though.
Still I wonder, would it be possible to have an Amicus tuned A to A with different strings?
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But larger than a guitalele which is only tuned up to A. Those are nylon strings though.
Still I wonder, would it be possible to have an Amicus tuned A to A with different strings?
Well, my X20 measures 18” (approx) from the 6th fret to the saddle, so that would correspond to using ‘standard’ strings tuned to Bb on the Amicus.

That would suggest that A to A ought to be possible, but whether the tension would be enough to drive the top properly would be an exercise for the user
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