Author Topic: Anyone Ever Seen One of These Before? (Read 138 times)

lbpesq · « **on:** May 24, 2008, 11:49:04 AM »

Hey everyone. On my way back from San Luis Obispo this week, I stopped by a little guitar shop in a little town on the central California coast that has some old and interesting instruments and found this one. It's called a "Faaren Scroll" and is likely from 1979. Flame maple and purpleheart. Definitely from the Alembic/Hyak DNA pool. I can't find anything about it on the net. Anybody ever heard of Faaren guitars? Bill, tgo

David Houck · « **Reply #1 on:** May 24, 2008, 02:49:48 PM »

I'm not finding anything either. Are you sure on the spelling?

jalevinemd · « **Reply #2 on:** May 24, 2008, 04:37:11 PM »

Nice score Bill! Quite Hyak-ish.

lbpesq · « **Reply #3 on:** May 24, 2008, 05:48:19 PM »

Definitely a Faaren. It's semi-hollow, so it's much lighter than it looks. The flame is the sickest I've ever seen! One question which I've seen come up around here from time to time, but I don't remember a definitive answer: if I were to swap out the badass bridge for an Alembic bridge and bird tailpiece set - making the actual length of the strings longer - what effect, if any, would it have on the string tension?

Bill, tgo

David Houck · « **Reply #4 on:** May 24, 2008, 06:20:22 PM »

If I recall correctly, I believe the answer was that there would be no difference in string tension; changing the tension of a string between the nut and bridge would cause it to be sharp or flat. I also seem to recall that extending the distance significantly would cause an increase in vibration of the plucked string; but I'm guessing that effect would not be noticeable in your situation.

barryr1 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 27, 2008, 09:24:22 AM »

Hey Bill

Thats a beauty. I'd have guessed that it was English Sycamore.

Barry