SFIV1967
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That is the most interesting modification of a JF-30-12 I have ever seen! Modified to 10 strings but in a way rarely every seen!
The details are shown in this video which shows luthier Michel Pellerin from Thetford Mines, QC, Canada, who did the conversion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNSRDSAxkuM
The guitar has the first five strings of a standard guitar (starting from the high E string : EBGDA. Next is a pair of thin strings: DA, then comes another pair of strings but now outside the fretboard! : D and D octave; and finally there is also a bass string with D. This method of tuning would be well suited to D major or minor tonalities but however, with 2 pairs of high strings and bass string, he can use other interesting harmonic combinations as well.
And: The TRC is upside down, but for the first time that has a real technical reason as you see in the closeup shots of the modified headstock.
Ralf
The details are shown in this video which shows luthier Michel Pellerin from Thetford Mines, QC, Canada, who did the conversion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNSRDSAxkuM
The guitar has the first five strings of a standard guitar (starting from the high E string : EBGDA. Next is a pair of thin strings: DA, then comes another pair of strings but now outside the fretboard! : D and D octave; and finally there is also a bass string with D. This method of tuning would be well suited to D major or minor tonalities but however, with 2 pairs of high strings and bass string, he can use other interesting harmonic combinations as well.
And: The TRC is upside down, but for the first time that has a real technical reason as you see in the closeup shots of the modified headstock.
Ralf
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