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That album has Christian Muenzner on guitar, who would go on to join Obscura. I think he has some kind of hand condition now which makes it difficult for him to play, which is a real shame. He was a truly monstrous guitarist - my favourite solo of his comes in at 2:38 in this track.
It is possible that the current owner needs the high range for the music being played. It is also possible that BEADG tuning was tried and found unsatisfactory. i.e. The low B string felt floppy - relegating it to becoming a flexible thumb rest. It is also possible that, without recourse to active EQ, the low end lacked definition.
But strung with standard BEADG strings .
To its great credit, 'repairing' it consisted simply of tuning it back down and setting it up - there was actually nothing wrong with the neck, even though it had looked like a bow and arrow when it came in.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
OK, so I have it on approval. Whaddaya reckon?
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Excuse the hurried potatocam flash pics.
You need to cut off the thread windings from the strings to behind the nut, or it will deaden the sound of the open strings. (Although you might not notice much on a fretless.)
Nice to see flatwounds on it too - or maybe groundwounds, I can't quite tell. Roundwounds will wreck that nice fingerboard in a matter of minutes...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
@ICBM Yeah, the de-fret has been very well executed, that was the first thing I looked at.
I'd not noticed the thread deadening the open strings at all, but I'm starting at zero in playing a fretless instrument (almost, I have played cellos we've had hanging around the house a bit).
These are flats, I think.
Well, it sounded great through this:
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So I'm gonna buy it, I think.