Thanks man! Been a LONG time!! So sad about Ron Allen.

Hi Massake! Yes, I am planning another video. I will try hard to make the next one in the next couple of weeks. This coming week I'm too busy. Thanks for asking!!!

That sounds right. But a Tres is a short scale instrument and the strings don't feel as tight as they would on a full scale guitar. In any case, in today's world we can buy whatever gauges we like for our own choices! It's pretty cool.

@@bloomworks Those thinner gauges (8/21, 13/13, 26/9) could be great for if maybe you wanted to convert a Full Scale Guitar into a "Super Extra Large Cuban Tres"

@@RockStarOscarStern634 I've had clients who did that, it wasn't good. You had to tune it down a whole step and put the capo on the 2nd fret. Besides, a Tres is supposed to be a smaller instrument.

@@bloomworks Actually I used the gauges 8/21, 13/13, 26/9 from the EJ41 set on my 4/4 Scale 25.5 inch Scale Super Cuban Tres & it actually worked great in GCE Tuning (also GBE Tuning), w/o any issues.

@@bloomworks Actually I didn't have issues w/ my 25.5 inch Scale Super Cuban Tres in regular GCE Tuning (also GBE) because the .008 Gauge string is designed to tune up to G4 on a 25.5 inch Scale.

Thanks, man!! I appreciate that!

Well...I re-attached the pickup because there was no way to use anything else. And it's a good pickup.

@@bloomworks Yep so it's an Acoustic-Electric Cuban Tres, you can use FX Peals too.

@@bloomworks A really good pickup.

My apologies, but I prefer: E: 11/23, C: 14/14, G: 11/23 For me the 8 gauge is too light.

@@bloomworks1 Actually the 8 gauge would work better for people who have an injury in their fretting hand

@@bloomworks1 I prefer 8/21, 13/13/, 26/9 because I have a 25.5 inch scale Super Cuban Tres & lighter gauge strings work better on a longer scale, remember? The use of those strings allowed me to successfully convert a Full Sized Guitar into a Super Jumbo Cuban Tres.

@@bloomworks1 Lighter gauge strings are less likely to break & I use those because mine is a 25.5 inch scale. Why not try converting a full sized Guitar into a Super Big Cuban Tres & use the gauges from the EJ41 string set that I listed above?

@@bloomworks1 Lighter gauge strings are generally easier to play & they work better on a longer scale length. So if you did use those gauges for the cuban tres setup, I would suggest using a 25.5 inch scale.

Actually, that's the melody of this piece! Check out Ornette Coleman's version, it's from the album "Change of the Century".

The thing for me is that I spent so many years learning G-C-E tuning that now G-B-E feels funny to me! I have a client who brought me a Tres last week tuned to G-B-E, and the E strings are not an octave. That's the modern thing to do!!

@@bloomworks1 Yes Unison E Strings & actually the TC100 Strings have that

@@bloomworks1 GBE Tuning is the same as the 1st 3 strings of a Guitar & it could be great for "Song Covers". GCE would be like the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th strings of a Guitar w/ a Capo on Fret #5, where as GBE is the 1st 3 strings of a Guitar (w/o the Capo) so it saves me the trouble of having to transpose.

@@bloomworks1 Pancho Amat uses the GBE Tuning w/ Unison E Strings

Thank you so much!!!

Thanks! However, it was really difficult to organize this series of videos. I don't think I will be able to make any more for quite a while. Sorry!!!

Thanks Calebe, glad you found this video that I made 7 years ago.

Hi dsdiwekw!!Thanks so much for your message! I'm planning my 2nd video about the book now. Yes, I do 1-1 online teaching! Google Meet, Zoom, Facetime, any format you like! I could teach a whole course right now! No problem. I guess I would have to organize the content to create something like what you're talking about. However, I don't know if there's enough interest for me to to take on that much preparation work.....Hmmmm.........thanks for the ideas!

I never heard of those strings! Thanks! I'll check them out!

​​@@bloomworks give them a go and see what they sound like. They're inexpensive and I think they sound lovely. These strings are silver plated copper and have ball ends (like any standard guitar strings) so that shouldn't be an issue.

Thanks, man! I appreciate that!

De nada!! Obrigado pela sua mensagem!

I hear you! It's a tough one!!

Thanks Dom!! I appreciate that!!

Glad you like it! Thanks!!

Height of the strings at the 12th fret, same as almost all guitars, 2/32". String Gauges: E: .011/.023 (Silk & Steel) or .022 Bronze C: .014 plain for both G: .011/.023 (Silk & Steel) or .022 Bronze Enjoy!!

Thanks man! Much appreciated!

Thanks man!!! I appreciate that.

Hello ErosRoy. So, the first advice I can give you is that you are much better off converting a short-scale guitar, like a 3/4 size. If you convert a full size, you won't be able to tune the high G string without it breaking. Taylor Baby guitars are the best, but you have to add a small piece of ebony to the bridge, by the 6th string hole. For filling the holes, I buy plain ebony or rosewood bridge pins, put one in the bridge, reach under and turn it while holding a pencil, so you know where to cut off the bottom of the pin. On top, I slice off the knob of the pin. I use a small luthier's vise and a jeweler's saw. Then I glue in the 4 middle bridge pins with tite-bond, then sand smooth on top. 80 grit, then 120, 330, 600, something like that. Don't fill in the two E-string holes because you will use them for the Tres. For re-drilling, I drill a small hole first, then get it close to what I need, then use a reamer. The spacing of the pairs should be 3mm between the 2 strings, at the nut and the bridge. Hope that helps!

@@bloomworks Hi and Happy New Year. Thank you, now at least I have a plan and guidance to move forward . Thanks Eros Roy. PS: That explains why Willy Vega uses a capo on his full size guitar conversion. Thanks again for your knowledge sharing!

@@bloomworks Actually having said that there are 4/4 Size 12 string guitars w/ a 25.5 inch scale & the high g is a .008 to keep the tension down.

@@RockStarOscarStern634 I still believe that a small guitar makes a better Tres. I've converted a large number of instruments, and the best are 3/4 size guitars.

@@bloomworks Some musicians have converted full sized guitars into super big cuban treses (they used a 12 string guitar high g string which is an 8 gauge to keep the tension down) because they want a big punchy sound.

Hi MRK, Well...there are different ideas for each of the chords. Measure 1, the chord is two scale tones added below the melody note. Measure 2, that's the chord from the Basic Chord Melody and you move the Root and 5th up a whole step, so that they are now the 9th and the 13th. Measure 3, scale tones below the melody, Measure 4, a basic shape with the 5th up a 1/2-step, etc. Some of the shapes come from the Modal version and I took the shape that had the melody on top. So you see, there are different systems being used at the same time. Hope that helps!!

Got it, thanks

2nd String: E, like the first string of a guitar. 1rst String: E one octave higher. (The octave higher string is the outer string, next to the edge of the fingerboard.) 3rd and 4th strings: C in unison, one half-step higher than the B string of a guitar. 5th String: G, same as the third guitar string 6th String: G, one octave higher. Hope that helps!

@@bloomworks Thanks!!!

@@bloomworks Actually the Octave E String is an octave below the High. E because the E5 String isn't yet available.

@@bloomworks It can also be tuned G, B, E like Pancho Amat if you as a Guitarist want to pick up the Tres and play it. With GBE Tuning I'd suggest the 1'st song is Lean on Me arranged by Roger Emerson (use SATB Score and ShowTrax CD full performance track from JW Pepper:www.jwpepper.com/10083963.item) cause its composer Bill Withers sadly died.

Yes, that's right. A lot of modern Tres players do tune it to G, B, E. I decided a long time ago to use G, C, E, just for myself.

This is from 2016, and I didn't have an HD camera. Sorry!!

No, it's not a re-break, but I use epoxy for headstocks because no-one wants it to be reversible. I've had too many problems gluing headstock breaks with Titebond. Too many came back.

Hide or fish glue do the job and they are reversible, titebond is as strong as the other glues, i have seen more problems with epoxy repairs.... pva based glue works best when the wood is moist and many luthiers apply hide/pva while there is dust or is too dry, the wood will absorb the moist from glue making the repair weak. Thats what fails on my experience. The best is always to make sure you apply water with a brush just to make moist and let the wood open the pores and accept the glue and apply the pva or hide/animal glue, for the epoxy i gues just cleanup well moist let it dry and then use the epoxy, but epoxy are good to fill, they have their purposes but to a wood to wood repair i think animal or pva glue is best as is easier to clean, best to clamp, you dont meed a thick filler line. And usually are stronger than wood itself.

That's interesting. This was a very dry guitar that has been around the block a few times.

Thanks man! Glad you liked it! Much appreciated!

Mucha gracia, Senor!

Thank you so much! Very glad you enjoyed it!

Awesome! Glad you liked it!!! Thanks!!