From: owner-wanderer-digest@smoe.org (wanderer-digest) To: wanderer-digest@smoe.org Subject: wanderer-digest V2 #3 Reply-To: wanderer@smoe.org Sender: owner-wanderer-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-wanderer-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk wanderer-digest Wednesday, January 9 2002 Volume 02 : Number 003 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Highly strung ["Paul Castle" ] Re: Highly strung [Susan McNamara ] Re: Highly strung [Mark Domyancich ] Re: Highly strung ["Michael Paz" ] RE: Highly strung ["Kate Bennett" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:05:37 -0000 From: "Paul Castle" Subject: Highly strung Following a lead from a post on another list, I found this - about 'high strung guitars' - which I thought might be of interest to fellow Wanderers - anyone tried this? I have a Baby Taylor that hardly ever gets played - thought I might try re-stringing it - any advice on guages? "Apparently it's an essential part of the 'Nashville' sound, and is used to provide both rhythmic and chordal parts that avoid muddiness in the mid-range, keeping the mix uncluttered for vocals and lead sounds. The secret is a different tuning - where a normal guitar is tuned E3, A3, D4, G4, B4, E5, the Nashville tuning is E4, A4, D5, G5, B4, and E5, using a wound sixth string but plain steel for the other five. The sound is often turned into stereo by recording two guitars, one capoed up a few frets, and mixing them hard left and right." - see http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/apr01/articles/nashville_sample.htm all the best Paul ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 07:54:58 -0500 From: Susan McNamara Subject: Re: Highly strung Hi Paul: this is pretty interesting. News to me! Isn't that a baby taylor that Joni is playing on the cover of the August 1996 Acoustic Guitar? I've always coveted that little boy! :-) take care, sue At 10:05 AM +0000 1/8/02, Paul Castle wrote: >The secret is a different tuning - >where a normal guitar is tuned E3, A3, D4, G4, B4, E5, the >Nashville tuning is E4, A4, D5, G5, B4, and E5, using a wound >sixth string but plain steel for the other five. The sound is often >turned into stereo by recording two guitars, one capoed up a >few frets, and mixing them hard left and right." - see >http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/apr01/articles/nashville_sample.htm > >all the best > >Paul - -- "Heart and humor and humility will lighten up your heavy load ... " - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 10:42:45 -0600 From: Mark Domyancich Subject: Re: Highly strung I think you can make your own set of Nashville strings by getting a 12-string pack and only using the 2nd set of lighter strings. I think on a 12-string the only wound one is the 6th. Sounds interesting! > Isn't that a baby taylor that Joni is playing on the cover of the August 1996 > Acoustic Guitar? I think that's her small Collings guitar who's model name escapes me at the moment... Mark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:35:46 -0600 From: "Michael Paz" Subject: Re: Highly strung Most music stores (especially the mom and pop ones) sell loose strings so you can make your own set. I know a few stores that do if you have a problem finding one I would be glad to help get what you want if you give me the gauges of what exactly you need. Paz - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Domyancich" To: "The Wanderer" Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:42 AM Subject: Re: Highly strung > I think you can make your own set of Nashville strings by getting a > 12-string pack and only using the 2nd set of lighter strings. I think on a > 12-string the only wound one is the 6th. Sounds interesting! > > > > Isn't that a baby taylor that Joni is playing on the cover of the August 1996 > > Acoustic Guitar? > > I think that's her small Collings guitar who's model name escapes me at the > moment... > > Mark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:23:20 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: Highly strung yes, my engineer/producer/player of many instruments used a high strung guitar on one of my songs...i think he said that he just used the 3 higher, lighter gauge strings on the 3 lower strings, tuning them up an octave like you described...i can check to be sure...he worked in nashville for years.... ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ******************************************** - -----Original Message----- From: owner-wanderer@smoe.org [mailto:owner-wanderer@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Paul Castle Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 2:06 AM To: The Wanderer Subject: Highly strung Following a lead from a post on another list, I found this - about 'high strung guitars' - which I thought might be of interest to fellow Wanderers - anyone tried this? I have a Baby Taylor that hardly ever gets played - thought I might try re-stringing it - any advice on guages? "Apparently it's an essential part of the 'Nashville' sound, and is used to provide both rhythmic and chordal parts that avoid muddiness in the mid-range, keeping the mix uncluttered for vocals and lead sounds. The secret is a different tuning - where a normal guitar is tuned E3, A3, D4, G4, B4, E5, the Nashville tuning is E4, A4, D5, G5, B4, and E5, using a wound sixth string but plain steel for the other five. The sound is often turned into stereo by recording two guitars, one capoed up a few frets, and mixing them hard left and right." - see http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/apr01/articles/nashville_sample.htm all the best Paul ------------------------------ End of wanderer-digest V2 #3 ****************************