Post by bayydoggLark in the Morning (http://www.larkinthemorning.com) has an Esteve
12-string which is pictured here (bottom photo)
http://www.fernandezmusic.com/Bandurrias%20and%20Laudes.html and can
also be purchased directly from Fernandez music. The music I plan to
play is Filipino, and all the bandurrias in a Rondalla are 14-string.
That's apparently how to get that unique traditional Filipino sound.
Even if it might be hard to play or the wood eventually does strange
things, I still need the 14-stringer.
Post by JimLowtherWhere are ou finding the "readily available" 12 stringers? I may want to
pick
Post by JimLowtherone up. >><BR><BR>
I have a 14 string bandurria, Filipino-made "Supersound" brand with gig bag.
It's a round hole, 12.5" scale. 26" long overall, 10.5" at the widest part of
the lower bout and a just under 3.25" deep. Single "bound" (looks like paint)
top and back, shaded top, looks like prolly a decal rosette, slot head. (7&7
"on a plate" 14:1 tuners look like they were made as seven string tuners). It
looks like Philippine mahogany on the inside, top is laminated as I expect the
rest of the instrument is, no top, back or side cracks beyond one 1/2" long
crack in the outer veneer on the bass side, about dead center of the side, the
halfway between the top and back, crack does not penetrate through to the
inside.
I note the join of the neck to the stacked heel has visible hairlines on both
sides of the neck, I doubt they are going anywhere.
Black dyed fingerboard, brass colored frets, plastic zero fret. I think I may
have the receipt from the Anglo whom I bought from, he purchased it in the
Philippines, evidently never played it and wanted to tell me his life story,
while I just wanted to buy his bandurria, but I digress. I can post pictures if
somebody wants to buy it. I don't play this instrument, but neck and action all
look kosher, construction leans toward the rustic and rugged inside, but it's
still quite shiny and attractive on the outside. I wouldn't know a good
sounding one from a great sounding one, but this one seems to playable with no
serious issues. Can't see or hear any loose braces. Zippered black vinyl gig
bag has handy pocket suitable for carrying your ipod or a couple of balut for
between set snacking.
I'm thinking it's a $150 instrument shipped overnight anywhere in the lower 48.
If yer interested, ***@aol.com, I'm in San Francisco. If yer not interested,
it goes back into the lot of "stuff I'm gonna get around to learning how to
play, someday"
Best
Joe