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Fran Guidry
Ha`aha`a
USA
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 Posted - 01/27/2003 : 11:12:44 PM
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Originally posted by Pauline Leland
Let me suggest one more criterion: scale length. I am just now discovering the joy of truly short scales, ukuleles, and wondering about getting a shorter scale guitar for myself. Trouble is I have a bunch I'll have to peddle to afford to go that direction. For comparison, I have large hands for a woman, maybe approaching a man's medium glove size. They are also sr. citizen, not so flexible anymore, hands looking for comfort more than volume.
I followed your thread on AG Forums, and can confirm that a Larrivee Parlor is short scale and works for slack key. I wrote "Waialua Slack Key" on mine, starting in the Oakland Airport and finishing in Waialua (where else <g>). If the darned thing had wide spacing at the bridge I wouldn't need all these other guitars (yeah, right).
I actually really like the old-fashioned, kind of boxy sound of this little guitar, and after a few days I remember how to stroke the bottom strings to get the bass to come out.
Fran
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