"Ed Edelenbos" <eded@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "Larry Pattis" <NeverHere@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> In article <6drvv2F42sd4U1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Ed Edelenbos
>> <eded@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> "Kevin Hall" <timberline@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:w6ydnTmTIfoOKuXVnZ2dnUVZ_rjinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> > Ed;
>>> >
>>> > The 0-16 NY model was very lightly built by 'modern' standards,
and
>>> > really not intended for steel strings. Odd little things actually.
>>> > If
>>> > I remember rightly, and it's been about 30 years since I repaired
or
>>> > played one, they had only one tone bar down between the lower legs
>>> > of
>>> > the 'X', like the very early small bodied Martins built before they
>>> > switched to steel strings in the early 1920s.
>>> >
>>> > The model was originally intended as a sort of 'dual-s****t' rig on
>>> > which
>>> > you could use either nylon or silk-'n-steel strings. Steel strings
>>> > any
>>> > heavier than extra-lights will damage them in short order.
>>> >
>>> > They're definitely not meant as a flat-picking thrasher, and
frankly
>>> > they're just not that good as an all-rounder either.
>>> >
>>> > I did a few gigs back about 1968 or '69 with a woman who had one,
and
>>> > it
>>> > was drowned by my 00-18. The woman was a member of the Canadian
>>> > Olympic
>>> > gymnastic team at the time. Wonder what happened to her and the
>>> > little
>>> > guitar?
>>> >
>>> > Anyway, if you want a good all 'round 12-fret slothead Martin, try
>>> > finding a 00-21 instead, or an early 0 or 00-18.
>>> >
>>> > KH
>>>
>>> Thanks, Kevin. I guess I'm not immune to the Martin allure...
>>> especially a
>>> '60s folkie special like the 0-16ny. (grin) As I'm second guessing
it
>>> (by
>>> asking questions) I guess I'm not completely taken by that allure,
>>> though.
>>> I've been totally spoiled by the feel of my Larrivee parlor. I had a
00
>>> size (made by Ayers) that was a terrific guitar but after the parlor,
it
>>> just felt too big. I recently found a '70 0-18 that was well within
my
>>> budget but some previous (so-so looking) repairs and the fact that it
>>> looks
>>> like a neck reset will be needed soon combined with not being able to
>>> try it
>>> (i.e. mail order) makes it a non-starter. If I keep looking (and
asking
>>> questions like this post), the right thing will probably pop up.
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>
>> I used standard light gauge strings on the one I owned for many years,
>> and the neck and top did just fine.
>>
>> It was not a "strummer," of course.
>>
>> --
>> Larry Pattis
>> email: LP "at" LarryPattis "dot" com
>> http://www.LarryPattis.com
>
> The problem with the equation, is that *I* am a strummer. (grin, or
frown
> maybe)
>
> Ed
>
If you want to strum on a "very light sting" guitar" why not get a nylon
string? Very light steel strings and strumming don't sound like a good
combination to me. I had a 1925 0-21 for a while that I used with
Thomastik
silk and bronze. It didn't do anything much for me in the end, to much
jingle jangle, even for fingerpicking
Tony D
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