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On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Jim Goodin <jimgoodinmusic@gmail.com> wrote: > one standard thought is that yes it has longer scale of the neck so one > suggested tuning is lo B E A D F# B which parallels std E A D G B E by > 4th > down. When I used this Telecaster as a fretless guitar (with normal guitar scale) I used "baritone strings" of .012 - .068 and tuned like you said, B E A D F# B. I will try that with the fretted baritone neck as well, but I doubt it will sound better than the present .010 - .046 tuned at normal guitar tuning. This sound is just sick... it sings with perfect intonation all over the neck and the chords come out so crisp and smooth with a perfect balance of frequencies. There's a favorable pickup combination too on the baritone neck Telecaster, a Seymor Duncan Little '59 P-90 in bridge position and a Lundgren Vintage (reversed for less noise) in neck position. > > how are you tuning your fretless harp strings? I tune it according to "the standard" recommended by inventor/developer/maestro Tim Donahue but seven half steps lower. Harp strings are (from low to high) D E F# G A B C# (.026 and .024) while guitar strings are A D G C E A (.013 - .056). First I tried the flat wounds I have been using on my other main fretless for years but yesterday I changed to semi-flat (half rounds) to get a brighter sound. With the EMG pickup the guitar didn't sound brighter at all with those strings but in fact with a little less sustain and not the same cool brrrrwwwwwrrrw fretless attack as it had with the flat wounds (strings against that awesome ebony fingerboard). So I will probably go back to flat wounds next time I change. Anyway, no matter what register you tune the whole shebang to, the most important aspect is the relation between the guitar and the harp - and I like Tim's recommended standard. Today I also mounted a "fret" to the harp that makes it possible to rais any string a half-step by pressing the harp string against the fret with a finger on the left hand while plucking as usual with the right hand. This means you can't tap on the fretless with the left hand, but you can compose in a way that allows moving over the left hand for fretting a harp string now and then. For recording this harp fret is extremely useful since it gives the harp a full chromatic scale. Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.perboysen.com http://www.youtube.com/perboysen