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| Subject: | RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Opinions on the Hipshot tailpiece | | Date: | Wednesday, January 30, 2008 07:51:12 (-0800) | | From: | Ryan Orr <orr_84065 @.....com>
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| In reply to: | Message 8652 (written by Pete Grant) |
So do you think this would damage the top of my Beard
or would it be OK?
Ryan
--- Pete Grant <pete@petegrant.com> wrote:
> > Was wondering what the verdict was on the Hipshot.
> > Anybody tried it out?
>
> They're great. I have one on one of my 6-string
> Nationals and one on my 8-string
> National Model D.
>
> A couple of years ago, Jerry Douglas was using one
> so he didn't have to tour
> with two resos, and would switch from G to D tuning.
> To me, that would be an
> awful floppy bottom string in D, but it seemed to
> work well for him.
>
> I use mine for D tuning and alter mostly tuning by
> lowering the strings, partly
> so that when I take it out of the case it is in D
> tuning. I sometimes use it for
> D minor tuning, along with F#6th (lower a root or
> two or three), or lower the
> low A string to G in order to have an open IV chord
> bass note or for playing in
> Gmi.
>
> I spoke to Dave Borisoff recently, and he is
> redesigning the Hipshot
> specifically for the increased string tension that a
> resonator guitar has
> compared to most electric guitars. As I understand
> it, there will then be two
> versions, one for electric instruments and one for
> reso.
>
> Hipshot can be found at www.hipshotproducts.com
>
> Pete, in Auburn
>
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