Voicing for sustain: was Downbearing and Tone

[Richard Brekne]

Hi Mike

I see I was quite a bit behind on this one.

Just out of curiousity,,, what was the basic profile you shaped the capo too ?
And I would also be curioius as to the duplex tuning configuration you choosed.

If you have already related this, just say so and I will search the archives.

Cheers and thanks

RicB

Mike Spalding wrote:

> Ric,
>
> Yes, it's been a while since this one started.  Situation is: just finishing
> a rebuild, which included new bridge pins set in epoxy, and re-ground capo
> bar, new Abel Encores.  Downbearing possibly in the heavy side, about 1
> degree.  Being cautious, maybe too much so, about avoiding excessive
> needling.
>
> Also, this being a M&H A with individually tunable aliquots, I have made an
> attempt at tuning the rear duplex.  Well, not exactly "Individually
> tunable", as the aliquot can be positioned correctly for 2 strings of a
> tri-chord, but the 3rd string must be accepted where it is.  Tuning seems
> very sensitive to little inaccuracies in bridge termination, very hard to
> get rid the last couple of beats.  I'm not sure what difference, if any,
> that tuning the duplex has made.  Perhaps the tuning must be very precise in
> order to triple the sustain, or whatever it is supposed to do.
>
> Mike
>

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