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Electric guitars 1 votes

Hola

I know that some of you play both electric and flamenco. I would like to buy an electric with a fingerboard wide enough for comfortable fingerpicking. Fenders are abut 43mm and flamencos often 54mm so there is a big difference.

PRS say they have an option of a "wide, fat neck" but I don´t know what that means.

Any suggestions?

Sean

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 9 2007 13:17:55

DavidT

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From: Seattle, Washington, USA

RE: Electric guitars (in reply to Guest)

Sean,

If you like the feel of flamenco guitar, can you buy a built-in pickup flamenco guitar like Cordoba 55fce?

Dave

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 9 2007 16:17:11

Georg

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RE: Electric guitars (in reply to Guest)

An electric guitar with a broad neck... that's easy:

Buy an electric six string bass guitar and put on guitar strings

To be serious, this one seems to have a broader neck:

http://brianmayguitars.co.uk/the-guitars/1

Or you could go for a semi-acoustic.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 9 2007 17:27:00

Guest

RE: Electric guitars (in reply to DavidT) 1 votes

"If you like the feel of flamenco guitar, can you buy a built-in pickup flamenco guitar like Cordoba 55fce? "

This is not an option: nylon strings and steel strings are completely different.

Sean

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 9 2007 17:27:50

Adam

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RE: Electric guitars (in reply to Guest)

Sean, you want to fingerpick a steel-string guitar? (ouch!) would it be for playing flamenco or otherwise, out of curiosity?

Also, while we're on the topic, is anyone familiar with electric guitars with nylon strings? Do they exist?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 9 2007 20:31:27

Georg

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RE: Electric guitars (in reply to Guest)

quote:

Sean, you want to fingerpick a steel-string guitar? (ouch!)

That's actually more common than fingerpicking on a nylon string guitar.

examples:

Chet Atkins
Tommy Emmanuel

quote:

Also, while we're on the topic, is anyone familiar with electric guitars with nylon strings? Do they exist?

"Godin" has got "electric guitars" with nylon strings... If you can call these electric guitar.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 9 2007 21:04:57

Adam

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RE: Electric guitars (in reply to Guest)

Hmm, it just sounds pretty painful (and bad for the nails if you play flamenco!), if you ask me. I remember a PdL interview where he said he got really drunk at some club he was playing, came up on stage and rocked out with his fingers on an electric guitar and bloodied his fingers up

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 9 2007 21:10:15

Escribano

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RE: Electric guitars (in reply to Guest)

A tough one - they aren't made for picking that easy. A slide or a resonator (with a pick-up)? I would go for a Les Paul but humbuckers are a bit dirty for picking. Strat, maybe?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 9 2007 22:19:19

HemeolaMan

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RE: Electric guitars (in reply to Guest)

well you could have a luthier build you one. or buy a 7 string neck and 7 string body, cut your own 6 string nut and make a modified bridge.......... that'd be the easiest.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 10 2007 1:00:06