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HeavyWood
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From: San Antonio, TX
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RE: Closing up #7 (in reply to Andy Culpepper)
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Rogeliocan, Soft refers to the playability, or as Anders calls it, 'pulsation', of a guitar. My Reyes copy by Johnny Walker is a very nice guitar, sounds great, but even with medium tension Pro Arte or La Bella strings, it is very stiff to both hands. I just picked up some Pro Arte light gauge to try today. Playing my guitar is more like a fight than fun,and it has taken a while to build the strength and endurance of my left(fretting) hand, especially.
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Date Dec. 5 2010 4:33:45
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HeavyWood
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RE: Closing up #7 in reply to rogeliocan (in reply to Andy Culpepper)
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rogeliocan, I'll leave your question about construction under the bridge and bracing type to the luthiers deteresa1 and Anders, but I imagine, besides the scale length and action height, the bracing type is the culprit in dealing with a hard-playing guitar. My action came very high when the guitar (660mm scale for my large hands) was new, and it took quite a bit of lowering just to get it to apprx, 3.1mm at the 12th fret. It still played very stiff with my preferred medium gauge strings; The LaBella 2001 Flamenco medium trebles with ProArte medium basses. As of this morning, I just strung it up with some ProArte lights, and I am much happier with the feel, even though I seem to have lost a little volume and brilliance from the trebles. I will have to order some 2001 lights to try also, but the ProArte were available in town. The feel is much more supple and responsive to my touch though, now. My chording hand feels much more relaxed.
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Date Dec. 5 2010 8:54:51
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