“Other” guitars ...

[Dandolin]

do eet

[JereFuzz]

The ultimate guitar, Guitarrón Chileno:

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

My lyre arrived!



It's actually handsomer and more durable than expected. Sounds resonate nicely from the sound hole. Very fun to just plunk away at (possibly while declaiming epic poetry, who's to say?)

Tuned D E G A B D E, at some point I might explore to figure out if there are any viable alternate tunings. I imagine some preparations on the strings will be in order as well.

Only downside so far is that it's tough to tune very precisely... it comes with a little wrench to turn the pegs, but even the tiniest adjustment of the strings seems to move things about a half-step.

Going to have some fun with it! Other than the aforementioned plucking, I did some pedal experimentation with my new pitch variable looper into the Zoom multistomp:

[Dandolin]

ooh - very nice. I totally forgot that I'd wanted a cheep lyre (I make do with my "Chime Harp"). I can't tell from the pic -what are the strings like? I kinda wanna try nylgut strings on one.... I wonder if different string types could fine tune the tuning sensitivity?

Off to listen to the vidya

Edit: back -luvvit! That's mostly processed lyre? Are you bowing that bad boy?

Please forgive my ignorant questioning....

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

ooh - very nice. I totally forgot that I'd wanted a cheep lyre (I make do with my "Chime Harp"). I can't tell from the pic -what are the strings like? I kinda wanna try nylgut strings on one.... I wonder if different string types could fine tune the tuning sensitivity?

Off to listen to the vidya

Edit: back -luvvit! That's mostly processed lyre? Are you bowing that bad boy?

Please forgive my ignorant questioning....

Thanks!

Metal strings on mine. The instructions don't say the gauges (but they did throw in a spare set!).

Sound-source is 100% lyre, quietly fingerplucked and then slowed-pitched down before hitting the multistomp.

Bowing! I hadn't even thought of that yet, but that's get some cool sounds. the bridge/board are flat though, unlike, say a guzheng, so it'd be tough to bow the middle strings individually.

I'm kinda hoping to just keep recording stuff over the next week and get enough stuff that I can edit down into some album tracks.

[MrNovember]

That thing looks awesome and definitely sounds great in that video!

[Dandolin]

ooh - very nice. I totally forgot that I'd wanted a cheep lyre (I make do with my "Chime Harp"). I can't tell from the pic -what are the strings like? I kinda wanna try nylgut strings on one.... I wonder if different string types could fine tune the tuning sensitivity?

Off to listen to the vidya

Edit: back -luvvit! That's mostly processed lyre? Are you bowing that bad boy?

Please forgive my ignorant questioning....

Thanks!

Metal strings on mine. The instructions don't say the gauges (but they did throw in a spare set!).

Sound-source is 100% lyre, quietly fingerplucked and then slowed-pitched down before hitting the multistomp.

Bowing! I hadn't even thought of that yet, but that's get some cool sounds. the bridge/board are flat though, unlike, say a guzheng, so it'd be tough to bow the middle strings individually.

I'm kinda hoping to just keep recording stuff over the next week and get enough stuff that I can edit down into some album tracks.

yah - outer strings are the only ones that work with conventional bows. I usually end up using a psaltery bow. For interior strings, I end up using bits of bass strings or dental floss picks with a fast bowing motion, or anything you can rub along the string laterally/crosswise - compression and lots of gain are friends for this....

group lyre buy, anyone?

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DCh ... IXQ&adurl=

[JereFuzz]

My lyre arrived!



It's actually handsomer and more durable than expected. Sounds resonate nicely from the sound hole. Very fun to just plunk away at (possibly while declaiming epic poetry, who's to say?)

Tuned D E G A B D E, at some point I might explore to figure out if there are any viable alternate tunings. I imagine some preparations on the strings will be in order as well.

Only downside so far is that it's tough to tune very precisely... it comes with a little wrench to turn the pegs, but even the tiniest adjustment of the strings seems to move things about a half-step.

Going to have some fun with it! Other than the aforementioned plucking, I did some pedal experimentation with my new pitch variable looper into the Zoom multistomp:

Interestingly, if you look closely, the guitarron chileno has a harp thing going on. I think a parlor size guitar with added real estate at the bottom for a small harp would be a nice instrument.

[JereFuzz]

Picked me up a cigar box guitar from OfferUp:



I liked it a lot better than I thought I would and it sounds great through an amp

[JereFuzz]

And got me a nice Irish Bouzouki:



Sounds amazing!

[JereFuzz]

And my Ronroco:



It has an EQ and I’m terrified of restringing it ...

[dubkitty]

wowser x3! i want to come over for a weekend!

[MrNovember]

So I got my hands on a Warren Ellis Mandocello and am absolutely loving it!

Been researching the rest of the Warren Ellis line, saw the MandoTenor, and have never wanted something more in my life:

[coldbrightsunlight]

That looks... Very odd

[MechaGodzilla]

So I got my hands on a Warren Ellis Mandocello and am absolutely loving it!

Been researching the rest of the Warren Ellis line, saw the MandoTenor, and have never wanted something more in my life:

stuff like this just makes me think of

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