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I'll call you next time I'm in town Haans. I'd love to see it and play it.

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It's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you do know that's wrong.

That really raises the bar for custom, unique, interesting, etc. Bravo! T

Trust the wife!

Very nice job. I just started reading this thread, found the topic interesting, settled in wondering how this would turn out...Then BAM! There is the finsihed guitar! Usually these things go on and one. Man, you're fast.

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Expectation is the source of all misery; comparison the thief of joy.
http://redrivercanoe.ca/

That's my kind of woman!

Cool git, Haans. But you really have a lot to learn about procrastination.

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Howard Klepper
http://www.klepperguitars.com

When all else fails, clean the shop.

Haans, I forgot it's a short scale!

Yo, dudes,

thanks for all the posting to this here thread by Haans regardin the scale lengths of travellers and small guitars.

After reading it me thing me gonna go take 5/8 out of the neck and add it to the body length in that travel guitar me about to be build. Ya gonna shorten it up to 23.5 Also gonna lenghten the tail piece to shorten the length between it and the bridge so as to stiffen up the compliance of the strings after hearing what you be saying about "soft strings"

And Hanns your build came out beautiful as usual. But then you aleady know that. So thanks for posting the pics for out eyeballs.


blessins yall

Padma

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Thanks, Pads. Took it down to Charlie Hoffman's today and Charlie said it was the perfect "old man's guitar". That made me smile.
Howard, never have been good at that procrastination stuff, but I'll keep trying.
But you...
"Keep yer hands off her,
Keep yer hands off her,
Keep yer hands off her,
Keep yer hands off her,
Keep yer hands off her, hear what I say,
Boys, she don't belong to you."

Haans,

I suggest communicating with Larry Pattis. http://www.larrypattis.com/ He has some hand problems and has worked at obtaining very short scale guitars that sound long scale. He can tell you what he learned and which luthiers made the various guitars for him.

Larry is an excellent steel string concert guitarist making his living with such.

Ed

What a beauty! Congrats, Hans!

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Ummm, Haans, out of curiosity,

just how many "hers" you got in your life?

Common Haans, you cant be ummm.... stummin on them all at the same time now...or can you?

Boy me glad you has a sense of humour.

blessings

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Only one that counts Pads, but as far as guitars, we both have a bunch. Mandolins too.
Only problem is that I can only play one at this point.
Gots to make some more!
Howard's comment just reminded me of an old Dave Ray version of a Bill Broonzy tune.
"She's a big wide momma,
She got big fine legs,
Keep your hands off her,
Boys, she don't belong to you."

If you don't have some sense of humor, you really don't have much...

I recently finished a very short scale nylon string guitar as a prototype for people with small hands or people with left hand problems. The design was built up from the scale of 21.88". This scale is based on the hand measurement system described in "The Healthy Guitar" by Alicia Kopfstein-Penk. The lower bout is 13 1/2" and body length is 17". The person testing it has small hands and pointy fingers so I could also make the fretboard narrow at 43mm at the nut and 53.5mm at the 12th fret. I have played it in standard tuning and in open G using Savarez Alliance high tension strings. There is plenty of volume, projection, bass and a nice sweet sound. I used BRW and 4A Engelmann. The hard part is finding a case as made the body a little deep at 4 1/2" and the tail end and 4" at the heel. The guitar also has a Florentine cutaway, armrest bevel and chest bevel.

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GEO
perpetual beginner

George, Cedar Creek will make a custom case for you at under $200. They are going to build one for me. Check their website.

OK, here's a couple of quick clips of the Mini...

http://www.brentrup.com/page7/files/page7_11.mp3

http://www.brentrup.com/page7/files/page7_12.mp3

She's a beauty, Haans. Loves them Rubenesque curves!

Pat

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Lovely workmanship Haans - she's a beaut! Glad you can get to play a bit again too!! I feel there may be a short scale instrument in my future also.....

Cheers,
Dave F.

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Cambrian Guitars

"There goes Mister Tic-Tac out the back with some bric-brac from the knick-knack rack"

Really glad that worked out so well for you Hans. Always love it when things go right for people.

Great work as always Haans, sounds like you managed to capture a big box full of that bluesy mojo.

Well done

Cheers

Kim

Haans:
Thanks for the Cedar Creek info. I will check it out.

And....pretty nice looking guitars.

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GEO
perpetual beginner

Thanks guys!
Fillipo, I think I had the mics too close and the gain too high on these clips. I don't think it has a reso quality to it. It's also really tight yet.
Afraid I have to back off on the playing again. My tennis elbow started in again yesterday. Better today, but it's going to take a very long time, and maybe more shots.
I'm really tempted to go for the surgery, both on the elbow and fusing the joint in the thumb.

I had a different tune in mind, Haans.

http://www.last.fm/music/Little+Richard ... +Fat+Fanny

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Howard Klepper
http://www.klepperguitars.com

When all else fails, clean the shop.

Howard, guess I'm just a Dave Ray/Bill Broonzy kinda guy.
Fillipo, left arm...even worse. Fifteen years of carving mandolin tops and backs didn't help and 20 + years of lifting 4X8 sheets of MDF, well...

Hans,
Another beauty. Your work is always first class!
L.

P.S. I am definitely a Big Bill kind of guy.

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Cut to size.....Beat to fit.....Paint to match.

Well Haans, Howard

me hearin you dudes....

but now that me pushing retirement and well no matter, us monks are celibate anyways ... however this does come to mind.

George Jones - The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)

http://www.lyrics007.com/George%20Jones%20Lyrics/The%20One%20I%20Loved%20Back%20Then%20%28The%20Corvette%20Song%29%20Lyrics.html

she was hotter than a two dollar pistol
she was the fastest thing in town
long and lean, every young man's dream
she turned every head in town
she was built, and fun to handle son
I'm glad that you walked in
she reminds me of the one I loved back then

Ya back then...oh well.


blessings
Padma

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