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PostPosted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:17 pm
by franc
to all my friends
i need to know if the ''cuatro puertorriqueño'' can be transformed to a ''cuban tres guitar''?? all help and advice welcome!!!!! my best and áche to all!! franc ???

PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:17 am
by tamboricua
franc wrote:to all my friends
i need to know if the ''cuatro puertorriqueño'' can be transformed to a ''cuban tres guitar''?? all help and advice welcome!!!!! my best and áche to all!! franc ???

Franc,

Saludos hermano! I'm sorry to get in your business, but why do you want to do such thing?

Un cuatro boricua montuneando es el sonido mas lindo del mundo!!!!!

Saludos,

Jorge Ginorio

PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:26 am
by Thomas Altmann
Franc:

I agree with Jorge. One thing I did is to buy a small Yamaha guitar that they sell for adolescent beginners. It has a very fair quality and is relatively inexpensive (around 150 - 200 Euros/Dollars). Then you go to any guitar constructor you trust (I knew one personally), and all he has to do is install another bridge and nut for three double strings.

You have to make up your mind before which type of tuning you want, and a good guitar player can give you advice as to what strings you should use. If you want, you can also mount a pick-up.

Greetings,

Thomas




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PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:49 am
by franc
guys,
thanks for the advice. you guys are right, i just was curious. i know some guitar playing. i have the Nelson Gonsalez cuban tres book. Jorge,you are right ''love also the beautiful ''montuneo''!!!! just like the cuatro i love the cuban tres sound. Thomas, i was thinking of doing just that. buy an inexpensive guitar and turn it to a tres. Nelson Gonsalez in his book show how to do it. thanks again!!! mucha salud and blessing to you both. my best and áche!! franc :D