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I've considered (when I win the lottery) picking up a Godin Multiac.
Nylon strings full classical scale & neck width, but built to be
plugged in with minimal accoustic projection. Dreamy. Maybe I'll
sell off some of my old gear.
Todd
On 8/1/06, Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com> wrote:
Awesome, Krispen! I'm really excited to hear what you do with it.
What I like about messing with the nylon-string, besides the contrast of
the rich tone, is the fingerstyle possibilities. It's possible to play
fingerstyle on electrics or steel-strings, of course, but to really dig in
without destroying your nails you need one of these. And I haven't heard
many people really going in an experimental direction with one. Though
there's Dominic Frasca (who I found out about here), who I hear uses a
laptop for his effects, and does amazing things on nylon-string.
Someday I hope we can play together, I'll bring my four-track, you bring
your laptop and we'll have a super-lo/super-hi-fi nylon-string duet...!
Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
I just bought a new Taylor Nylon string today, oh my....why I didn't I buy a
nylon strong years ago baffles me, even when I had a traditional classical
guitar sitting in my corner for years and years. This may very well be my
main guitar now for looping. These Taylor's are really interesting guitars,
because even though they are often shunned by traditional classical
guitarists and even some acoustic jazz players (based on some reviews I
read) as sounding very flat and sterile unamplified (which I agree is partly
true), they sound tremendous through the electronic pickup system. I
believe these guitars were designed to be played amplified, not "unplugged".
In fact, my inexpensive Yamaha classical guitar sounds better
unplugged...but that is not the point here.
I bought the NS32-CE, which is the entry level model for Taylor nylon
strings....after weighing the options I got with higher models, and the fact
that the neck and fretboard (playability) is basically the same on all the
models, I went this route because I prefer a simple guitar, rather than one
with exotic woods and all the other bells and whistles. This guitar is
basically the sibling of my Taylor steel string electric, the 310 CE. They
look very similar.
http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/model.aspx?model=NS32-CE
What I like most about the nylon string and what I like to do looping-wise
is that the tone of the nylon string sounds very traditional and authentic
(maybe because I was trained on the classical guitar and it is often
considered the instrument for academic study), yet I am placing this in
juxtaposition with some serious tone mangling and experimental effects. I
just love the contrast of these two extremes. It would be analogous to
placing a microphone on a grand piano and running it through a bunch of
insane soft synths. You have this beautiful and warm bell-like tone of a
nylon string guitar, but driving the most wild and bizarre VST effects. It
really is a wonderful thing. The tone of the guitar can be so soft and warm,
yet the effects it triggers can take a whole new course of action and life
of their own.
I hope to bring this to Y2K6, unless I think I might not be able to get it
on the plane safely. I had no problems last year.
Kris