A: A member of the Tappistry.Org was curious about this same question some time back.
He had in his possession a TrueTapper Eclipse, and his Stick, and so me made identical recordings — minimal effects, same settings — and as a further comparison he also recorded the same song on a cheap Strat-knockoff.
It’s a truism that [...]
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Q: I thought that the Buzz Feiten Intonation System has to do with the nut, and tappers don’t play open strings at all! What gives?
A: Lots of folks believe this, because Buzz Feiten’s *first* discovery had to do with moving the nut to make the open strings play more in tune with the fretted strings.
However, after that he went further, and along with super-luthier Greg Back of Southern California, they developed a whole set of adjustments you make to [...]
Q: Can Mobius provide the European ‘uncrossed hands’ tuning?
A: Yes, on most instruments, we can. On standard tuning, the bass strings group is nearest your face, and in ‘uncrossed hands’ the instrument is restrung so that the harmony strings group is closest to your face and bass strings group furthest. The benefit is that your left hand on the left side of the [...]
