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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Was watching PBS and he was on there playing this peculiar looking thing. 
What was different than the usual 6/12 is that the body wasn't as wide and 
the fret board was short.  Plus, the upside (what would normally be the 12 
string on a 6/12), there was no neck.  The strings ran from the body, up the 
fret board and then there was nothing till you got to the tuning keys.  All 
the strings were really close together, no distinct separation like on the 
6/12.  The tuning keys of the short strings lay directly only the long 
strings.

If you get PBS, it is the show at the Boston Pops with Chris whatshisname 
that plays trumpet.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
\>
> Haven't seen it.  Forward URL to a picture if you can.
>
> Sting is a bassist and plays six string guitar as well, but by far better
> known as a bassist.  There are a number of double neck guitars with a bass
> neck and regular full sized guitar neck.  But then again, these do not 
> have
> but four and six strings per neck respectively.
>
> There are also a number of 6/12 double neck guitars with one neck having
> six strings and the other in double courses of the usual 12 string guitar.
>
> But what you describe sounds like the "Picasso Guitar".  It has 42 strings
> with the courses crossing each other.  The idea is like that of a sitar,
> hurdy-gurdy, and hardanger fiddle where some of the strings sound from
> sympathetic vibration.  I have never seen it associated with Sting, but 
> who knows?
> It's most famous proponent is the jazz guitarist  Pat Metheny.
>
> Here is a picture of the Picasso Guitar
>
> http://i00.rnhh.de/eu/shared-images/rhaps/f/f/3/7/fdfe3572af045676fcc36d89fb
> 3f9d53_580x386.jpg
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