Interested in the history of guitar strings?
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26 Jun 2011, 13:50by JimN
http://www.snakeoilstrings.com/articles_dean.htmURL reproduced from the message board of
http://www.offsetguitars.comLoads of stuff about guitar strings in the 1960s and earlier...
JN
Re: Interested in the history of guitar strings?
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26 Jun 2011, 15:14by roger bayliss
Good one Jim nice to read about the scale length effect and differences between Les Pauls and Strats and of course the String types and even plectrums and the gear as used by some. Wow Dick Dale 14's .. eek blimey and all that... what a man..
Re: Interested in the history of guitar strings?
Posted:
26 Jun 2011, 15:59by abstamaria
Jim, thank you for that link. Very interesting.
Regards,
Andy
Re: Interested in the history of guitar strings?
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26 Jun 2011, 16:03by JimN
roger bayliss wrote:Good one Jim nice to read about the scale length effect and differences between Les Pauls and Strats and of course the String types and even plectrums and the gear as used by some. Wow Dick Dale 14's .. eek blimey and all that... what a man..
You know... I actually MET Dick Dale last year (courtesy of the great Abel Khineche). It was on his boat at Balboa (Orange County).
JN
Re: Interested in the history of guitar strings?
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26 Jun 2011, 17:27by roger bayliss
You know... I actually MET Dick Dale last year (courtesy of the great Abel Khineche). It was on his boat at Balboa (Orange County).
JN[/quote]
Brilliant !