Re: GEAR LUST and CREATIVITY

["David Beardsley" <db@biink.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: lance glover <baumhaus@earthlink.net>

> David Beardsley wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Luigi Meloni <Luigimeloni74@libero.it>
> >
> > > Has Dimebag Darrell ever used a 7 strings? Don't remember. Well, a
certain
> > > Adrian Belew did something like that on the last K.C. concert in 
>Rome.
And
> > I
> > > think some Satriani or some Vai could do as well, but I'm not that
certain
> > > of that, you know, with a floating tremolo it is a harder task to 
>keep
the
> > > remaining strings in tune....
> >
> > Hmmm...wouldn't a violin have the same problem? One
> > string broken would change the tension on the other three string.
> >
> > Yes? No?
> >
> > * David Beardsley
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>
> in theory correct, but in practice, i recall that tuning individual
strings on
> an instrument of the viol family is not as hectic as doing so on a
> floating-trem equipped guitar, since tho the bridge is suspended, it
doesn't
> ride on springs (insert image of golden gate rising slowly up and down
through
> fog on giant slinkys...); nevertheless i suspect it would throw the other
> strings a bit (but not a lot) off...

Exactly as I thought.