| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Tunings ?? | | Date: | Friday, January 4, 2008 21:36:56 (-0600) | | From: | Wayne Langdon <wlangdon @......com>
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| In reply to: | Message 8377 (written by Richard DeNeve) |
Sure enough! I did a google search on 10 String dobro and the first thing
that came up was list member Pete Grant and a 10 string Zephyr dobro that he
Don Young and MacGregor Gaines designed in 1987. My, but what a big honkin
neck that thing has! http://www.b0b.com/infoedu/zephyr.htm
Wayne
Copperas Cove, Texas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard DeNeve" <richard_d13132@yahoo.com>
To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Tunings ??
> OMI made such an animal back in the 80s, and
> 8-stringers too.
>
> Friar Tut (Taylor) made himself a 12-stringer, but it
> had paired and octave strings like a "regular" 12
> string folk guitar.
>
> The main problem was getting enough room under the
> hand rest to spread the strings far enough apart so
> you could hit the one you wanted.
>
> Dick DeNeve
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