Ron.M -> RE: New vs Old (Jan. 29 2011 19:51:02)
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Ah well... If there's one thing I've learned from this thread is that Guitar builders do as much bitchin' as guitarists.[:D] I wonder who made the very first string instruments ever? I mean everywhere in the world seems to have an example of a box with strings stretched over it... I wonder if it was a frustrated musician who thought.."Hey, I need to build something so I can express this idea in my head that's driving me crazy.."...or some ordinary guy who tied a piece of gut to a coconut or something and thought, "Hey if I pull this thing real tight, it makes a really cool sound if you pull the gut and let go!"... and became an immediate success at stone-age cave parties and raves. Thus the "professional" musician was born. (Available for chants, weddings, solstices and sacrifices....good repertoire, reasonable rates...) And if someone had a particulary great sounding coconut, then the other coconuteros would take note and try to copy the size and shape of the cool coconut to get that sound, while another maker accidentally found that a coconut with a hole in the bottom sounded ultra cool and his became the ipod of the age, except for those who preferred the Traditional coconut sound and dismissed it as pure rubbish.... All interesting stuff IMO.[:-] cheers, Ron
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