On Monday 20 December 2004 03:07 am, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > John Anderson wrote: > >On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 07:05, Michal Seta wrote: > >>As it's been pointed out, the 12TET tuning system is incompatible with > >>overtone series of a vibrating string so even the Feiten tuning must > >>be out of tune. Probably differently and perhaps the differences are > >>actually appealing to some players but still out of tune. > > > >I read an article a while back where listening tests showed that most > >people prefer a slightly stretched octave. My guess though is that > >they'll prefer a stretched octave where the beating will correspond to > >their current brainwave frequency. Which when awake is normally 10 - 16 > >Hz, IIRC. But that's just a theory right now. > > > >>I hope that some day the digital technology will bring us a just > >>intonation guitar that will retune itself depending on which key > >>you're playing in :) But by then, I will probably go back to acoustic > >>instruments (providing I'm still alive). For now, I have modified one > >>of my instruments to do just intonation and it's alot of fun. And I > >>don't play tonal music so modulations to different keys are of no > >>consequence to me :) > > > >Heh. No matter which way one looks at the whole conundrum, there's a > >tradeoff to be made. I have an old nylon-string acoustic that I > >unfretted. Playing it isn't too hard, except for some chords. The big > >problem is sustain, which is well, what sustain? This fixes the sustain > >problem, according to the reviews I've read: > > > >http://www.vigierguitars.com/GCatalog/Gve6f.htm > > > >bye > >John > > I'm still going with the "Shutup and play yer guitar" theory. If I talk > about my guitars they make nil noise, good, bad or otherwise. If I pick > one up and spank the plank...even if slightly out of tune but liveable > to the average yogi bar, then I'm making noise... > "Spank the plank". You crack me up Russell. How could you not put on a good show? If yer ever in NY, the first round is on me. You'll know if I get out that way, because I heckle ;) > as I recall, *that* IS what it's all about. :) > F*cking-A right. > PS: I regret even commenting in the beginning. For musicians...we sure > spend LOTS of bloody time hovering around computers eh? :) > > Cheers > R~
