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Originally Posted by Bob_McBob /img/forum/go_quote.gif Left to right: 1845 Boisselot, 1836 Erard, 1936 Steinway I recently started playing the violin again after a several year hiatus (what was I thinking?). I have a very nice violin from a local maker that I've always been quite pleased with. Next up will be a baroque violin at some point. |
Originally Posted by mypasswordis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah, it's post-1900, but not by much. Eugen Gartner. There's a choice between steel and gold. I use steel because there's no real point in using gold unless for competitions or something; I find the gold wears off easily (maybe just because of my overly sweaty fingers?) although it does sound a bit less sharp. I find steel to be very responsive and easy to handle, especially compared to my last strings. I tried Eudoxa for a taste of gut strings but didn't like them much in terms of sound and they broke more often. I've tried (no, not really looking to buy |
Originally Posted by mypasswordis /img/forum/go_quote.gif You've got 4 bows? Woah, that's pretty insane. |
Originally Posted by SoundGoon /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just out of curiosity, has anyone posted an Esteban Guitar yet? (pics of my stuff soon to come) |
Originally Posted by Towert7 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yea, this is a esteban classical guitar. http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showpo...&postcount=110 |
Originally Posted by Davesrose /img/forum/go_quote.gif humm.....I just noticed that that Esteban guitar looks like doesn't have the wide neck. So it would be suitable for accoustic but not classical guitar. Just bringing this up in case you do want to study classical guitar. Some good begining classical guitars are from Yamaha, Alvarez, and Takamine. A wide neck is important for good finger techniques. |
Originally Posted by Towert7 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ah, that's interesting that you say that. I know my esteban guitar has a wider neck than my Ibanez (a thin neck). About how wide is the neck at the nut of a typical classical guitar? The Esteban is 6cm, and my Ibanez is 5cm. Thanks for the heads up Davesrose! |
Originally Posted by milkpowder /img/forum/go_quote.gif My violin teacher's Vuillaume costs over $190k! Even that is pocket change compared to the Strads and Guarneris, which easily cost over $1million. When I'm rich, I'll buy all the violins and headphones in the world...j/k |