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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jan 20, 2022 19:24:47 GMT -5
Anyone know who made it?  Mike |
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Post by drlj on Jan 20, 2022 19:45:47 GMT -5
That is a Kremona. It isn’t expensive-around $1200. He has been using it a lot lately even though he has a hand made classical. He got this one to take on the road & on the cruise that was cancelled.
It, like his others, has a 14 fret neck.
It is the Fiesta CW-7 model with built in pickup.
He said he didn’t want to risk his expensive hand built & got this one. He seems to be taken with it.
It’s Bulgarian or Russian.
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Post by Russell Letson on Jan 20, 2022 19:49:19 GMT -5
It's a Moll--same a his archtop(s).
On edit: LJ posted while I was confirming. The guitars he plays on the weekly webcasts from the cabin are Moll seven-strings.
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Post by howard lee on Jan 20, 2022 19:52:05 GMT -5
It's a Moll--same a his archtop(s). On edit: LJ posted while I was confirming. The guitars he plays on the weekly webcasts from the cabin are Molls.
I recently had a Mole removed.
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Post by drlj on Jan 20, 2022 19:53:23 GMT -5
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Post by Russell Letson on Jan 20, 2022 19:56:43 GMT -5
Ah--I haven't been keeping up with the cabin sessions, just Radio Deluxe.
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Post by drlj on Jan 20, 2022 20:01:47 GMT -5
Them guitars all look the same on the radio.
You can actually buy this guitar on Amazon. He said he had his luthier set it up, he was quite happy with it, and it would be a lot cheaper to replace than his Moll
If I thought I could figure out what to do with the 7th string, I might get one.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jan 20, 2022 20:19:03 GMT -5
Well, I thought it sounded great. Kremona apparently makes a six string, ceder top, Indian rosewood back and sides, for 600 list. If it sounds anything similar, I’d go for it.
Mike
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Post by drlj on Jan 20, 2022 20:25:16 GMT -5
Well, I thought it sounded great. Kremona apparently makes a six string, ceder top, Indian rosewood back and sides, for 600 list. If it sounds anything similar, I’d go for it. Mike He seems really taken with it & has been playing it a lot lately. |
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Post by PaulKay on Jan 21, 2022 8:41:03 GMT -5
I'm surprised to see acoustic 7-strings are still being made and played. I guess I just wasn't paying attention.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 21, 2022 8:53:47 GMT -5
If I thought I could figure out what to do with the 7th string, I might get one. Do what Todd would do. Play a G7 chord a lot. As for the rest of this thread I bow in envy to your guitar geekdom. |
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Post by theevan on Jan 21, 2022 9:34:03 GMT -5
I'm surprised to see acoustic 7-strings are still being made and played. I guess I just wasn't paying attention. They're all over Brazil. |
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Post by Marty on Jan 21, 2022 9:41:39 GMT -5
Them guitars all look the same on the radio. You can actually buy this guitar on Amazon. He said he had his luthier set it up, he was quite happy with it, and it would be a lot cheaper to replace than his Moll If I thought I could figure out what to do with the 7th string, I might get one. The 7th string can be tuned from low A up to D depending on your needs. What some fun. Buy a Pyramid 7 string classical set and throw away the 1st string. Install them tuned B to B on a classical guitar of at least 650mm, Baritone classical. The nut will have to be adjusted for the larger strings and the longer the scale the better for intonation. Concert long 660mm scale is better and Segovia 670mm scale better yet. I've done this several times and it's lots of fun. |
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Post by drlj on Jan 21, 2022 10:07:33 GMT -5
Pizzarelli uses a black nylon wrapped set called La Bella Jazz Tapes on his Moll electrics. They run .079-.014. They are available in 6 string sets that run .067-.014.
They are supposed to be low tension and easy on the fingers. They are listed as for archtop guitars only so you may not want to slap a set on the old Tele, although I don’t know why this would be.
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Post by Marty on Jan 21, 2022 10:29:19 GMT -5
Pizzarelli uses a black nylon wrapped set called La Bella Jazz Tapes on his Moll electrics. They run .079-.014. They are available in 6 string sets that run .067-.014. They are supposed to be low tension and easy on the fingers. They are listed as for archtop guitars only so you may not want to slap a set on the old Tele, although I don’t know why this would be. Nylon tape wound over a round wound string which is why the low E is a .067 instead of a .058 for a 6 string set. No reason you couldn't put them on a solid body but the nut would need to be adjusted. There is another set of black strings that are heat shrink tubing over a flat wound string but I can't remember what they are called. |
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Post by PaulKay on Jan 21, 2022 10:35:58 GMT -5
Them guitars all look the same on the radio. You can actually buy this guitar on Amazon. He said he had his luthier set it up, he was quite happy with it, and it would be a lot cheaper to replace than his Moll If I thought I could figure out what to do with the 7th string, I might get one. That was my exact thought years ago when I got a Robertson 7-string from Mando Bros in New York. I decided that the way I would use it was to find fingerstyle arrangements that are begging for another open string to make the arrangement easier or better to play. My most frequent use of it was to tune the 7th string down to a low C. In the case of Chattenooga Choo Choo, the guitar was tuned C-DGDGBD. This is the only tune I ever recorded with it. I also did a couple songs over the years that used a similar open 7-string tuning for the accompaniment. But one thing I did learn is that if you ever do get one, plan to learn totally new tunes with it. That creates a huge limitation for it's use all by itself. And the tunes that I do play on it, I can't play them at all on a six string. |
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Post by drlj on Jan 21, 2022 11:17:32 GMT -5
Them guitars all look the same on the radio. You can actually buy this guitar on Amazon. He said he had his luthier set it up, he was quite happy with it, and it would be a lot cheaper to replace than his Moll If I thought I could figure out what to do with the 7th string, I might get one. That was my exact thought years ago when I got a Robertson 7-string from Mando Bros in New York. I decided that the way I would use it was to find fingerstyle arrangements that are begging for another open string to make the arrangement easier or better to play. My most frequent use of it was to tune the 7th string down to a low C. In the case of Chattenooga Choo Choo, the guitar was tuned C-DGDGBD. This is the only tune I ever recorded with it. I also did a couple songs over the years that used a similar open 7-string tuning for the accompaniment. But one thing I did learn is that if you ever do get one, plan to learn totally new tunes with it. That creates a huge limitation for it's use all by itself. And the tunes that I do play on it, I can't play them at all on a six string. I love that, Paul. |
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Post by PaulKay on Jan 21, 2022 12:26:13 GMT -5
That was my exact thought years ago when I got a Robertson 7-string from Mando Bros in New York. I decided that the way I would use it was to find fingerstyle arrangements that are begging for another open string to make the arrangement easier or better to play. My most frequent use of it was to tune the 7th string down to a low C. In the case of Chattenooga Choo Choo, the guitar was tuned C-DGDGBD. This is the only tune I ever recorded with it. I also did a couple songs over the years that used a similar open 7-string tuning for the accompaniment. But one thing I did learn is that if you ever do get one, plan to learn totally new tunes with it. That creates a huge limitation for it's use all by itself. And the tunes that I do play on it, I can't play them at all on a six string. I love that, Paul. Thanks LJ |
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Post by Russell Letson on Jan 21, 2022 12:57:08 GMT -5
I believe the Pizzarellis and Howard Alden followed George Van Eps in tuning the seventh string to A, though Lenny Breau put an A above the high E. You can often hear that bottom note in Bucky's small-group comping--he didn't need a bass player.
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Post by t-bob on Jan 21, 2022 19:45:52 GMT -5
I bought a old beat up 1955? Gibson hog LG0 or LG(?) in Yellow Springs OH pawnshop - $5. Somebody had painted it flat black. I made into a seven guitar. I put a little tiny high G string near the normal G. I drilled the tuning - back headstock.
If you play it.... it would sound a little bit like a 12....
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