Tech: Tiny Japanese Guitar?

Subject: RE: Tech: Tiny Japanese Guitar?
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 25 Jul 07 - 04:01 AM

My bruv has a small guitar that plays as if it is at the 5th fret as used by the Dixie Chics. It's called a papoose and can fit in the overhead cabinets in aircraft.

Subject: RE: Tech: Tiny Japanese Guitar?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 08:52 PM

I have a small guitar made by a friend. It has a scale length equivalent to a regular guitar neck capoed at the fifth fret. It fits in a cheap, minimally padded violin case just fine. I assume the same would be true of any small guitar with the same scale length.

Subject: RE: Tech: Tiny Japanese Guitar?
From: Terry Free
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 08:27 PM

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Subject: RE: Tech: Tiny Japanese Guitar?
From: Scorpio
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 08:19 PM

Perhaps the Yamaha GL1 'Guitarlele' ?

Subject: RE: Tech: Tiny Japanese Guitar?
From: john f weldon
Date: 23 Jul 07 - 10:12 PM

I don't know what she had, but my Mahalo 6-string guitar uke ($50) has brought me much happiness and others much... ...uh... ...well, they tolerate it.

Subject: Tech: Tiny Japanese Guitar?
From:
Date: 23 Jul 07 - 09:20 PM

Spotted a young lady with a small case that looked like an oversized fiddle/violin case. Asked if she played fiddle or violin in order to see what style of music she played. (ie classical or traditional). She was oriental, by the way.

What she said surprised me totally. She said it was a guitar, a Japanese guitar. Obviously a small guitar. This case was the size of a oversized fiddle case. Not as thick as a small parlour guitar. Anyone hear of such a guitar? I didn't get to see the guitar as we were on the bus, pretty crowded as it was rush hour.