Guitarra Baiana Heavy Tension Custom Set:
1st E: D'Addario PL010 Plain Steel
2nd A: D'Addario PL015 Plain Steel
3rd D: D'Addario NW024 Nickel Wound
4th G: D'Addario NW036 Nickel Wound
5th C: D'Addario NW054 Nickel Wound
Guitar they are they played on:
Guitarra Baiana - Heavy Tension
(called Electric Mandolin by English country language)
- mahogany, cedar or "louro-canela" for body
- mahogany, cedar, hard maple and/or "marfim" for neck
- rosewood, maple and purpleheart for fingerboard
Creator: Yuri Barreto
Creator Description (English translation):
I have a theoretical study of string tension, tested by great musicians. All of them very much like the strings with these tensions and scale length of 340mm - 360mm. These strings, in the mandolin intonation, make the sound great! It is a hybrid between guitar and mandolin, given totally to Brazilian musicality.
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