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Thomann Baroque Guitar (uk cyberstore)
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Anyone knows or bought Thomann Baroque Guitar on the website? I am tempted to buy one, it looks really good but I am worried the peg may be a problem, you need to keep tunning all the time. The tone…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Kim Heinlein Jan 20, 2021.

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Hello there, I have been looking for Vivaldi "Concerto in E minor Rv 277 Op11 No.2 il Favorito Andante. Anyone knows the music publisher who has this piece. I need the tablature as…Continue

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Kim Heinlein replied to yong leong's discussion Thomann Baroque Guitar (uk cyberstore)

"I do not know about the Thomann BG but I had purchased a Heartland BG from Muzikkon and is was awful. Cost was around USD$ 750.00. It sounded like a ukelele and the pegs were not a good fit and the strings were awful. It did come in a nice padded…"

Jan 20, 2021

George Fischer replied to yong leong's discussion Thomann Baroque Guitar (uk cyberstore)

"Apologies in advance for the necro post but I recently had the good fortune of the bridge slingshotting off a Roosebeck Baroque Guitar. I’m thinking that they probably should have left the bolts in place that they used to originally clamp the…"

Oct 9, 2019

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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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At 3:50 on December 3, 2011, Akira Sakamoto said…: 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.

At 2:00 on December 1, 2011, Akira Sakamoto said…: 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?

At 16:15 on June 6, 2011, Edward C. Yong said…: 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!

At 10:31 on May 13, 2011, Alexandros Zervas said…: Thank you.

You are very kind.

Greetings.

Alexandros.

At 17:35 on February 22, 2011, Tonyyyy said…: hi yong - I sent you a pm about aquila strings. Let me know which type you would like (Alabastro maybe?), and I can send you a pack

At 10:13 on January 6, 2011, Harry Jess said…: Hi Yong! Nice to hear from you! I paid appr. $30 for the gut baroque string set. I had to be careful not to exceed $32, then I would have to pay VAT. So I had to include one nylon string in order to avoid that! I ordered the strings from Gamut. I also bought fret gut from the same firm, and refretting my Baroque guitar improved the playability greatly.

Good luck!

Best regards

Harry

At 7:48 on January 1, 2011, Dr. Henner Kahlert said…: I built several plucked instruments. The bridge ist traditionally only glued on the soundboard, normally with hide glue

At 11:22 on December 31, 2010, Jelma van Amersfoort said…: Hello Yong Leong, welcome to the site. I'm sure you can find some information here about where to find a baroque guitar, or where to find the woods to make one yourself. J.