Recstar24
Well-known member
Bill makes very valid points which I agree with mostly. I'd love to say there's a threshold where you are guaranteed there will be no weird notes if you spend a certain amount of money but even on high expensive customs you'll hear it and Bills point that it's ok is excellent. My ML has this thing with the pitch F, the sustain is just a little shorter, but it's such a subtle nick picky thing it's not even worth sweating.
String changed can help, one of the reasons I've loved oasis is that for whatever reason, that one idiosyncrasy I do have on my ML tenor the oasis string seems to have diminished to a point of non-existence.
I believe there's an interview with Jake where he hears and knows where all the weird spots are on his custom kamakas and has just learned to go with it and adapt to it as needed.
So outside of experimenting with strings, it's good perspective to know how the physics of such a small fretted instrument really are quite limiting and one should enjoy and maximize the fun factor within that threshold.
String changed can help, one of the reasons I've loved oasis is that for whatever reason, that one idiosyncrasy I do have on my ML tenor the oasis string seems to have diminished to a point of non-existence.
I believe there's an interview with Jake where he hears and knows where all the weird spots are on his custom kamakas and has just learned to go with it and adapt to it as needed.
So outside of experimenting with strings, it's good perspective to know how the physics of such a small fretted instrument really are quite limiting and one should enjoy and maximize the fun factor within that threshold.