"An Torman Mòr" - Baritone Acoustic Lap Slide Guitar

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"An Torman Mòr" - Baritone Acoustic Lap Slide Guitar

Post by Dave White » Thu Oct 03, 2013 9:45 pm

Made as a 60th Birthday present for myself here's "An Torman Mòr" (Gaelic for "The Great Rumbling" :mrgreen: ). English walnut top back, sides and binding with Bog Oak ( or Sinker Red Oak as the Americans would call it 8) ) fretboard, headstock veneers, end graft and bridge, ebony bridge-pins, Gotoh tuners with ebony buttons, black/pear/black purfling and rope purfling fret markers. Scale length is 724mm:

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And for a scale comparison here's "An Torman Mòr" next to my more 'normal' sized "Red Kite":

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I made this recording on "An Torman Mòr" this morning in Bb F Bb Bb F Bb tuning (same intervals as DADDAD) straight into my Zoom H4n with no added effects. I'm big into my science programmes and when I watched Dr Iain Stewart's BBC series about the Continents and their formation I was fascinated by the concept of land masses slowly moving around the Earth like Gypsies and colliding to form new shapes endlessly. He described how mountains are formed when land masses collide and I knew this had to be the title of a Baritone Lap Slide piece. This is just an initial series of "sketches" - hopefully it will evolve and become a multi-instrumental piece:

"Where Worlds Collide there are Mountains"
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Re: "An Torman Mòr" - Baritone Acoustic Lap Slide Guitar

Post by steve roberts » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:09 am

Hi Dave
Nice work looks good and sounds great.
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Post by Bob Connor » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:32 am

Sounds and looks fantastic Dave.

What depth is the body? It looks a little deeper than a standard Weissenborn type instrument.

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Post by Dave White » Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:15 am

Steve and Bob - thanks.

Bob - the body depth is around 110mm as I wanted it to have lots of "air" 8)

Here's a picture of the top and back bracing:

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Post by martintaylor » Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:15 am

Looks great Dave! Sounds great too. Lovely long sustain and real warm tone.

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Post by H3ytm@n » Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:15 am

Great looking wiess!! Nice playing as well - sounds great as well
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Post by kiwigeo » Fri Oct 25, 2013 4:33 pm

Tectonic!!
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