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Chase Brady


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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 26 Apr 2017 2:49 pm    
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I have no affiliation with this Ebay listing. I just find it a little odd. A nylon strung squareneck. My first thought was that someone who didn't know any better just slapped a set of nylon strings on it in an attempt to play it as a standard guitar. The bridge, though, looks like the typical classical guitar bridge. It appears to be a one-off.
Just curious. Did others experiment with this idea way back when? I can't imagine getting much sustain.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Handmade-Custom-Vintage-Square-Neck-Acoustic-Classical-Guitar-/252883529993?hash=item3ae1087109:g:NfUAAOSwuspY-TVb
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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 27 Apr 2017 8:40 am    
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I have an old Oahu squareneck that was apparently played like a standard guitar.
The nut was ground off to place the strings closer to the fretboard.
I understand that some of these guitars had the neck reshaped to facilitate underarm playing.
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