yong leong

kuala lumpur

Malaysia

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About me:
Well, not a lot to say about myself. Is there a fever called "baroque guitar fever" if there is then I probably got that fever.
I work in the tours industry and I live in malaysia where I couldn't find any baroque guitar at all. So it is quite a job trying to get hold of a baroque guitar, I hope to buy one in the future. In the meantime I just use a classcal guitar, but the tone is just not quite right I must say.
I hope to get information on buying wood for making a baroque guitar.

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  • Edward C. Yong

    hi yong leong! greetings from Singapore - i seem to be the only lute player around, and am considering taking up Baroque Guitar as well, and was delighted to find you. let's talk!

    Jun 6, 2011

  • Akira Sakamoto

    Hi, Yong,  thank you for adding me to your friend.  Hope you will enjoy viditing here ongoingly.  By theway, have you got the strings you wanted?

    Dec 1, 2011

  • Akira Sakamoto

    Hi, Yong, unfortunately I don't play or own any lute: my only early instrument is  the renaissance guitar which is strung only with gut.  I purchase my gut strings from German Kuerschner:

    http://www.kuerschner-saiten.de/

    Their strings are of very good quality but priced very reasonably.  You can download thier price list here:

    http://www.kuerschner-saiten.de/pdfs/KuerschnerPreislLaute.pdf

     

    I haven't used nylgut strings on my RG, but have tried them on a modern classical guitar and a couple of different soprano ukuleles.  I felt that the thinner strings sounded OK, but the thicker ones (G string of a guitar and C string of a uke) didn't work for me.  I do have a set of nylgut for my RG, but have kept it unused for this reason.

     

    FWIW, I bought the nylgut strings from Matthias Wagner:

    http://www.music-strings.de/

    They have nylgut strings in all guages in stock most of the time, and the transaction have been smooth.

    Dec 3, 2011