Ernest Tavares Biography

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 22 Jan 2006 1:32 pm

Removed at Loraine's request[This message was edited by basilh on 28 January 2006 at 09:30 AM.]

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 22 Jan 2006 9:39 pm

Thank you Bas for posting these.

I like Ernest's tuning:

1 2 3 4 5 6
D +Eb
Bb +B
G +Ab
E +F
Db +D
Bb +B

altho 123456 is probably misleading since his narrow pedals allowed him to combine these 6 in any way.
This is surprisingly similar to modern pedal C6, except that strings 5 and 6 are already lowered, due to the restriction that the changer can only raise, not lower.

If you just
- transpose up 2 frets,
- make 5 and 6 already raised with a pedal to lower
- combine two pedals
- change the pedal order, and you have

<pre>
knee knee 1 2 3
E +F
C +C#
A +Bb
G -F#
E -Eb
C +C#
</pre>
which is a very standard setup today. Who knew it was developed by Ernie Tavares in 1946?

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 23 Jan 2006 1:38 am

Yes Earnest, It looks like Ernest put together the embryonic stages of the present C6 copedent, but the year was 1943, he designed the guitar then had to wait until '46 to build it. (It's in the Bio last paragraph before (page 4))

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 23 Jan 2006 3:22 am

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[This message was edited by basilh on 28 January 2006 at 10:12 AM.]