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...none of which are particularly nice discoveries:
--Fifty years ago, classical guitars had a different tuning machine installation than modern ones do. It took me three hours of research to find the one existing and purchaseable tuning machine which fits Little Bear, who my dad and I have been repairing.
--Fifty years ago, classical guitar strings were made with a smaller diameter than modern classical guitar strings. Little Bear's fourth string keeps breaking after only a few days of play as a result. Only one set of strings, D'Addario Classics Rectified, Moderate Tension, have the .028 diameter Little Bear needs (because we sure aren't replacing the bridge after all this work). But naturally, Amazon doesn't want to say if those'll get here before I head back up to college Labor Day weekend. (The not desperately needed three dollar violin rosin I ordered at the same time, however, will be here Friday. Because naturally.)
--Little Bear's probably going to need to be tuned down to second fret for a few months at least, and more likely forever. I might be able to push it if the new strings work, but even that's a risk.
--Apparently, Little Bear has a d-neck in a very 60s style ... and is the only classical guitar in the family as such. Thus, there are no other guitars that don't give me tendon problems that I can play while waiting for the new strings.
On the upside, I have now learned the use of a thumb pick and the new tuning machine actually works, when the strings are good. And there's a week and a half for Amazon to figure out what they're doing.
--Fifty years ago, classical guitars had a different tuning machine installation than modern ones do. It took me three hours of research to find the one existing and purchaseable tuning machine which fits Little Bear, who my dad and I have been repairing.
--Fifty years ago, classical guitar strings were made with a smaller diameter than modern classical guitar strings. Little Bear's fourth string keeps breaking after only a few days of play as a result. Only one set of strings, D'Addario Classics Rectified, Moderate Tension, have the .028 diameter Little Bear needs (because we sure aren't replacing the bridge after all this work). But naturally, Amazon doesn't want to say if those'll get here before I head back up to college Labor Day weekend. (The not desperately needed three dollar violin rosin I ordered at the same time, however, will be here Friday. Because naturally.)
--Little Bear's probably going to need to be tuned down to second fret for a few months at least, and more likely forever. I might be able to push it if the new strings work, but even that's a risk.
--Apparently, Little Bear has a d-neck in a very 60s style ... and is the only classical guitar in the family as such. Thus, there are no other guitars that don't give me tendon problems that I can play while waiting for the new strings.
On the upside, I have now learned the use of a thumb pick and the new tuning machine actually works, when the strings are good. And there's a week and a half for Amazon to figure out what they're doing.
