Since PRSh makes so many references to Stradivari, I thought this video was interestingly on topic. This is the only playable Stradivari guitar in existence. From 1679, even the strings are authentic. The artist ain't half bad either...
Stradivari guitar played
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There’s another recording of the guitar out there; but this one seems to be recorded better. What a wonderful sounding guitar!
“I dunno, Les, I’d need to put an adjustable bridge and a compensated nut on it.”
“Are you kidding, honestly?”
“No, man, what if I wanted to use heavier strings?”
“I dunno, Les, I’d need to put an adjustable bridge and a compensated nut on it.”
“Are you kidding, honestly?”
“No, man, what if I wanted to use heavier strings?”
bodia
Authorities said.....best leave it.....unsolved
I'd have to put a MannMade bridge on it, fer sure.
Didn’t you originally take delivery of this one?
Of course you would. Would you also demand a sweet switch washer?
bodia
Authorities said.....best leave it.....unsolved
Of course you would. Would you also demand a sweet switch washer?
Nah. I'd go for some locking tuners though.
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What, no birds!?
Thanks for posting OP - beautiful sound.
Thanks for posting OP - beautiful sound.
WEDGE
Zombie five, DFZ
That guys right hand is ridiculous. His whole right side of his body is motionless above his wrist.
No, at the time I was convinced that the guitar was a fad, and that I should put all my savings into a crumhorn shop, Sadly, the crumhorn never made the comeback I anticipated, and I wound up having to escape from Italy to avoid debtor’s prison. So I joined a crumhorn band under a false identity. We toured Saxony, where I met Bach, and learned the keyboard. But Bach dismissed me as a pupil when I played Green Onions in the Thomaskirche.
I still have the hat from the crumhorn band in an old trunk.
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Dave's not here
Needs a Bigsby.
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11top
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Pic, or didn’t happen.
Here ya go:
“Les, that’s not a 17th Century crumhorn band hat.”
“Yes it is. We were called The Count Monte Cristo Swingin’ Crumhorn Orchestra. We were very popular. They named a sandwich after us.”
“What happened to the band?”
“Eventually the crumhorn fell out of favor with the public. However, we managed to get a second use out of the crumhorns, and turned them into umbrella handles and other useful items. You know the expression, ‘Get the hook’?”
“Yes.”
“Baritone crumhorn.”
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One day in 1791...
“Dearest, today I was cleaning out the attic and threw out a bunch of junk, but I didn’t know what to do with some of your stuff.”
“Like what?”
“Well, there’s an old violin, the case is covered with dust. Do you want me to save it or toss it out?”
“Oh, that’s just my great-grandfather’s old violin. I mean, no one ever plays it. It’s probably just junk. You can throw it out.”
“Dearest, today I was cleaning out the attic and threw out a bunch of junk, but I didn’t know what to do with some of your stuff.”
“Like what?”
“Well, there’s an old violin, the case is covered with dust. Do you want me to save it or toss it out?”
“Oh, that’s just my great-grandfather’s old violin. I mean, no one ever plays it. It’s probably just junk. You can throw it out.”
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Cousin Eddie's cousin
That’s what my wife plans on doing with my guitars. Dumpster! :-(
11top
Cousin Eddie's cousin
Here ya go:
“Les, that’s not a 17th Century crumhorn band hat.”
You were Indiana Jones?!!
Who knew?
You were Indiana Jones?!!
Who knew?
The Count Monte Cristo Swingin’ Crumhorn Orchestra was also a Raiders of the Lost Ark tribute band, The Count Monte Cristo Rollickin’ Raiders.
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Cousin Eddie's cousin
Ok....ok.....
Now where’s the video (or didn’t happen).
And don’t give me that, “they didn’t have videos back then” either. Lame excuse.
