Behold, my ERG from long ago

[7deadlysins666]

... Or maybe more like the precursor to the ERG?

Figured you all might possibly get a kick out of this thing. I was in a medieval-ish band for a good bit. A quiet, delicate, instrument with 15 nylon strings and friction pegs is a logistical nightmare in a live setting but man, does it have a cool sound unlike anything else. The body has like a natural reverb.

Essentially tuned like a guitar capo'd at the 3rd fret but with a low F and D. Lower strings are in unison after the second fret (which are tied on, moveable guitar strings). Those are mostly meant to use as an open bass note or drone. 8 courses, so 8 sets of string but the highest string isn't doubled.

I'm out of practice but maybe I'll brush up and learn some Periphery riffs for the sake of stupidity. Just gotta spend a week getting it in tune first!

Anyways, pics!

 

[The Mirror]

I'm always down for some nice lute action.

Just if someone wants to hear a modern master of the instrument:



You don't need to be fancy with this thing to get amazing stuff out of it.

 

[Dayn]

Sigh. Yet another thing I've been forced to lust over.

 

[wheresthefbomb]

Dope. I think I'm almost ready to enter my hurdy-gurdy phase. Someone typo'd "medieval hardcore" in a thread recently, so if someone was looking for a sign.....

 

[7deadlysins666]

Dope. I think I'm almost ready to enter my hurdy-gurdy phase. Someone typo'd "medieval hardcore" in a thread recently, so if someone was looking for a sign.....

That was me I got autocorrected.

Do a ton of research on gurdys before you pull the trigger. There are lots of small details that are important or else you'll never be able to play it in tune. Nerdy Gurdy seems to be a good option(and the route I should've taken) but it's hard to properly setup an instrument like that without having hands on experience.

I was actually in the process of getting one built by Knys Instruments but the builder was in a bad wreck and it's no telling if or when he will build again. That was the best deal (and guarantee to get a quality instrument) outside of the Nerdy or the Symphonia by Robert Mandel.

 

[cindarkness]

Dope. I think I'm almost ready to enter my hurdy-gurdy phase. Someone typo'd "medieval hardcore" in a thread recently, so if someone was looking for a sign.....

Hurdy Gurdy is exactly what I'm missing for my "medieval pirate themed hardcore solo project" that will never see the sunlight

As @7deadlysins666 said, I lost the interest after I did a bunch of reading/YT watching. I barely feel like changing my guitar strings.. Can't imagine dealing with the aftermath of me severely abusing my Hurdy Gurdy.

 

[gunshow86de]

Nice, I've been considering becoming based and Lute-pilled myself. My Youtube history/recommended has basically been this the last couple of weeks.

 

[LordCashew]

... Or maybe more like the precursor to the ERG?

Figured you all might possibly get a kick out of this thing. I was in a medieval-ish band for a good bit. A quiet, delicate, instrument with 15 nylon strings and friction pegs is a logistical nightmare in a live setting but man, does it have a cool sound unlike anything else. The body has like a natural reverb.

Essentially tuned like a guitar capo'd at the 3rd fret but with a low F and D. Lower strings are in unison after the second fret (which are tied on, moveable guitar strings). Those are mostly meant to use as an open bass note or drone. 8 courses, so 8 sets of string but the highest string isn't doubled.

I'm out of practice but maybe I'll brush up and learn some Periphery riffs for the sake of stupidity. Just gotta spend a week getting it in tune first!

Anyways, pics!
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Very cool! Could be the camera angle but the body looks to be on the long/thin side. Who is the maker?

 

[Crungy]

... Or maybe more like the precursor to the ERG?

Figured you all might possibly get a kick out of this thing. I was in a medieval-ish band for a good bit. A quiet, delicate, instrument with 15 nylon strings and friction pegs is a logistical nightmare in a live setting but man, does it have a cool sound unlike anything else. The body has like a natural reverb.

Essentially tuned like a guitar capo'd at the 3rd fret but with a low F and D. Lower strings are in unison after the second fret (which are tied on, moveable guitar strings). Those are mostly meant to use as an open bass note or drone. 8 courses, so 8 sets of string but the highest string isn't doubled.

I'm out of practice but maybe I'll brush up and learn some Periphery riffs for the sake of stupidity. Just gotta spend a week getting it in tune first!

Anyways, pics!
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Nice!

So what are you thinking for pickups, Black Winters? Titans? Maybe some EMG's?

 

[7deadlysins666]

Very cool! Could be the camera angle but the body looks to be on the long/thin side. Who is the maker?

Roosebeck. It's their 8 course travel lute. The body is a little slimmed down compared to their others and the peg box isn't at such an extreme angle as a typical lute. Though, if I were to buy again I would go with a normal one because I'll never find a hardshell case because of the peg box angle. It did come with a gigbag, thankfully.

 

[jephjacques]

Nice!

So what are you thinking for pickups, Black Winters? Titans? Maybe some EMG's?

dunno about lutes but I put a set of BKP Warpigs in my hurdy-gurdy and it sounds heavy as hell