Tom Blackshear -> RE: weak first string??? (Feb. 5 2011 15:43:58)
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ORIGINAL: britguy Recently bought a BZRW flamenco negra from a well-known Paracho builder. Has a gorgeous rich sound and excellent handling, but the high E string seems a bit weak, especially at the twelfth fret. The builder's US agent advises this is 'normal' with these guitars and the trebles should "pop out" (his words) in "a short time"? I've been playing it pretty hard the past six weeks or so, and have not noticed any significant improvement in the high treble response. I switched the original D'Addario composites for Hannabach Flamenco mediums, but did not improve the situation; high E is still rather weak, with little sustain. Any of you builders out there have any ideas about this. How long does it take a new negra to 'pop out' in the trebles ? Or should I be trying a different string combination? Any recommendations ? I've shortened the outside treble fan brace on its bottom a little (about 4mm) and that seems to help pull up the tension a little. Or sometimes just taper the brace a little thinner toward its bottom end and leave the top end the same original height. This has worked for me but I don't guarantee it for other builders, and if the 12 fret is weak then there might be other things to consider; like a tuning point of one key being more open than another, which favors an open note but faster decay of it. And this is not necessarily going to hurt performance as Pepe Romero had this problem with some of his Rodriguez guitars, which he loved, and he just played pass this problem.
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