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Thread #99504 Message #1986537
Posted By: Songster Bob
05-Mar-07 - 12:26 AM
Thread Name: Ever seen a guitar like this?
Subject: RE: Ever seen a guitar like this?
How it cannot be a slide guitar I cannot see. That is to say, I think it's a Hawaiian guitar, meant for use with a metal "nut raiser" but playable as a regular guitar, too.
Why do I think so?
(1) it has the notes for open tunings on the paper guides on the fingerboard -- a "regular" guitar would have the standard EADGBE tuning noted; (2) slack-key guitar was never popular enough on the mainland to cause anyone to build a guitar for the market (and there are several tunings for slack-key, too -- which one would you put on your fingerboard?); (3) it has a paper guide on the fingerboard -- a fretted guitar with paper on the fingerboard soon loses the paper on the fingerboard, from finger wear -- the paper is not meant to be touched very often, so the guitar is meant to be played with a steel; and (4) I tend to be pedantic, so if I say it's a Hawaiian guitar, that's what it is!
(Only the last point is important -- the others are simply logic)