Chris micro guitar

Chris, super cool what you're doing...I actually have 2 Squire refrets, a 36 tone and a 22 tone JI axe. Squires usually have great necks, and stay in tune well, good choice...cheap too, I always buy a good Squire when I see it. As far as what system...jeez, so many to choose from. I started with 19, but that was because John Starrett built it and gave it to me. I like chords that sound pretty well in tune, so that's a big factor for me as a composer...and 19 is similar to 12, but also very different in many ways. It's a good transitional tuning to get started with. I think you'll just have to trust your intuitions on the first one, especially if you've never had one before. I like having a lot of choices in a tuning, so one with poor 5ths, for instance, might not work for me..but, would need to actually hear/play it first. And little frets are not an issue for me, cause I've always practiced to have precise technique, so the 30's tunings (I have 31, 34, 36) are not a problem. Anyway, keep us posted...I also have a great luthier here in Denver, he's done my 36, 22, and fretless axes, he's got it together...best...Hstick www.microstick.net

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Thank you Neil, I'm glad I made a choice you agree with. My other choice was
to purchase a new Indiana guitar.
http://www.indianaguitar.com/index.php

They are inexpensive but seem quality built. The price differential was $40
(Indiana strats are $100 at a local store).

I don't think small frets - ala mandolin would bother me as well - since I
do have a mandolin I occasionally play. However, the way I play is by
mentally mapping the current set of notes I want to use visually as I play
(I actually "see" the notes I want to hit). I'm thinking too many frets will
cause that to break down.

Chris

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Neil Haverstick <microstick@...> wrote:

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> Chris, super cool what you're doing...I actually have 2 Squire refrets, a
> 36 tone and a 22 tone JI axe. Squires usually have great necks, and stay in
> tune well, good choice...cheap too, I always buy a good Squire when I see
> it. As far as what system...jeez, so many to choose from. I started with 19,
> but that was because John Starrett built it and gave it to me. I like chords
> that sound pretty well in tune, so that's a big factor for me as a
> composer...and 19 is similar to 12, but also very different in many ways.
> It's a good transitional tuning to get started with. I think you'll just
> have to trust your intuitions on the first one, especially if you've never
> had one before. I like having a lot of choices in a tuning, so one with poor
> 5ths, for instance, might not work for me..but, would need to actually
> hear/play it first. And little frets are not an issue for me, cause I've
> always practiced to have precise technique, so the 30's tunings (I have 31,
> 34, 36) are not a problem. Anyway, keep us posted...I also have a great
> luthier here in Denver, he's done my 36, 22, and fretless axes, he's got it
> together...best...Hstick www.microstick.net
>
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