down to the wire

[paulrevenkojones at aol.com]

 So we're talking about mechanical effect? Whether the wire is capable of, in condition to, properly formed in order to carry the energy from the hammer strike (which is always what I have thought of as what "creates the quality of the note"?

Paul


 


 

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Sent: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 7:47 pm
Subject: Re: down to the wire









I wrote:




While bridge notching and pinning and Capo bar condition are each a large factor in this, the wire itself creates the quality of the note. ---Ed Foote






Paul asks: 

Heretical it sounds. Can you tell me what you mean by this?<<



?  Maybe.?  The musical quality of the note will be no better than the wire.?  A bad V-bar shape, or a loose bridge pin MAY cause the note to have unwanted or missing partials, but not always.?  However, A bad piece of wire will not sound good, regardless of the rest of the system.?  

???  Or to say it otherways,?  I would rather have a good piece of wire on a poor notch than a poor piece of wire on a good one.?  

Hope that helps, some, 

Regards,. 





















Ed Foote RPT




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