Hello everyone,
After selling my Guitalele several weeks ago, I discovered the Timple on YouTube. Having been a fan of the baroque guitar for a long time, I am very fond of 5 string instruments.
Seeing that Timples cost a lot when you add in shipping to the US, I wondered what to do. A 4 string attempt at a solution wasn’t satisfactory for me.
Then I thought about the Guitalele. I found this one on goodwill finds for $70 shipped.
I was going to convert the bridge to 5 holes and then re slot the nut, but hesitated. Then I made up a chord sheet to see what a six string Timple chord sheet would look like. It’s essentially a high pitched lute with two reentrant strings. Ok!
So I put the Timple strings on 1-5, and added a regular C string from a Uke set and tuned it to d for the 6th string.
I’m so happy with the sound and feel!
Since the tension was very hard, I tuned it a step down. C f a# D g c
If I tune the D up to Eb, I have standard guitar intervals, with reentrant tuning! A mini soprano baroque guitar.
A Timple, Lute, and baroque guitar all in one!
Hopefully I can avoid discovering any more obscure but cool musical instruments…. For a little while!
The ding on the back is the only blemish, although the fret ends were pretty sharp. I smoothed them out when I changed the strings.
Lots of possibilities for this one! It sounds very bright and chimey when strummed.
After selling my Guitalele several weeks ago, I discovered the Timple on YouTube. Having been a fan of the baroque guitar for a long time, I am very fond of 5 string instruments.
Seeing that Timples cost a lot when you add in shipping to the US, I wondered what to do. A 4 string attempt at a solution wasn’t satisfactory for me.
Then I thought about the Guitalele. I found this one on goodwill finds for $70 shipped.
I was going to convert the bridge to 5 holes and then re slot the nut, but hesitated. Then I made up a chord sheet to see what a six string Timple chord sheet would look like. It’s essentially a high pitched lute with two reentrant strings. Ok!
So I put the Timple strings on 1-5, and added a regular C string from a Uke set and tuned it to d for the 6th string.
I’m so happy with the sound and feel!
Since the tension was very hard, I tuned it a step down. C f a# D g c
If I tune the D up to Eb, I have standard guitar intervals, with reentrant tuning! A mini soprano baroque guitar.
A Timple, Lute, and baroque guitar all in one!
Hopefully I can avoid discovering any more obscure but cool musical instruments…. For a little while!
The ding on the back is the only blemish, although the fret ends were pretty sharp. I smoothed them out when I changed the strings.
Lots of possibilities for this one! It sounds very bright and chimey when strummed.
