G.,
I actually believe this is quite cool. I've thought
for a while that it would be great to have a
solid-body electric theorbo or baroque lute with
detachable sides like the SoloEtte travel classical
guitar (http://www.soloette.com/nylonspecs.htm). With
headphones, this would be great for practicing while
away from home. The huge (no pun intended) advantage
would be that, with a solid body, much shorter strings
could be used and there would be no need for a neck
extension at all - making for a very compact package.
(The feel of these unfortunately heavy gauge strings
would be different, of course, but this thing would be
an acceptable compromise for the advantage of
portability and only occasional practice usuage.) I
have a practice guitar like this and it is SO easy to
carry it with a shoulder strap even when your hands
are full. The irony is that my concert guitar is the
easiest instrument for travel that I own nowadays and
I rarely need to use the travel guitar.
I usually find that whatever instrument I need for
the upcoming gig - lute, theorbo, or guitar - there
always seems to be another job immediately following
that requires an instrument other than the one I
needed for the first gig. (In other words, I never
get something like two lute jobs back to back; the
gigs always go something like this:
lute-guitar-lute-theorbo-guitar-theorbo-guitar and
lute on the same concert, theorbo, etc.) I end up
doing a lot of my practicing between teaching guitar
lessons, but find it impossible to bring my big
theorbo or swan-neck with me all the time. Its _very_
frustrating when a student cancels at the last minute
and I find myself with a free hour ... but the
instrument I need to practice is sitting comfortably
at home (Arghh!!!) because it was too much hastle to
bring it with me.
Plus, just think how cool a theorbo would sound in a
rock band ;-).
Chris
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