Thanks Horace! Regards, Jim Busby BYU -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Horace Greeley Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 1:57 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] hammer line Jim, Allan, At 12:46 PM 2/11/2008, you wrote: >Alan, > >This looks like what Dale Erwin does to all Bs. Did you attend that >class? I've always been a bit afraid of making this kind of >funkyfied hammer-line. You're only the second person I've known >crazy enough to actually do it! I guess I'll try it now. This is something that really is kind of standard procedure..well, depending on how one defines "standard", I suppose. FWIW, I've done it for years, as have a number of other folks. Don't be afraid of the procedure, just approach the work carefully...you'll be amazed at the results. Best. Horace >Regards, Jim > >-----Original Message----- >From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Alan McCoy >Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 1:17 PM >To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> >Subject: [CAUT] FW: hammer line > >Hello folks, > >Thought I'd share this photo. I ruined a perfectly straight hammer line on a >1898 S&S A. It was the most dramatic hammer line problem I have encountered. >I moved the top hammer of the first capo region about 3/16" toward the capo, >and the lowest hammer of the top capo region about 1/8" toward the capo. For >both areas I thought I'd taper the hammer line all the way to the other end. >But as it turned out I only needed to start the taper (according to my ear) >at the half-way point (G5 up to the break, and D7 down to the break). > >This area had always sounded funky and I was trying to find out why. I >couldn't believe how much improvement this made. > >I know that these hammers and shanks were put on about 10 or 12 years ago, >but I don't know if the originals were hung straight or not. I wonder when >S&S figured out they needed to grind the capo out toward the bridge. There >was plenty of room on the capo to just grind it, rather than have to recast >the whole capo bar. > >Alan > > >-- Alan McCoy, RPT >Eastern Washington University >amccoy at mail.ewu.edu >509-359-4627
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