Black Nag, Thomann Deluxe Guitar Lute

"The Black Nag," an English country dance from Playford's "Dance Master." Played on my brand new Thomann Delulxe Guitar Lute. String buzzes are my fault. It is not easy to hold that bowlback!

[@bearshield7138]

sweet job

[@jimmychops]

Beautiful, sounds amazing.

[@danawinsor1380]

How nice -- thank you for posting this. BTW, your smile at the end is as nice as the music.

[@smithfield06]

Beautiful playing

[@allanhunnicutt8887]

What a beautiful lute!

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Thou art a man of great talent when it cometh to classical music on the lute.

[@luisb3426]

Thou shouldest read the holy Scriptures and seek the Lord, for thy soul dependeth on it.

[@luisb3426]

Matthew 16:26 King James Version For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

[@Crime_pays]

@@luisb3426 thou shall shut it's mouth, thou annoying thing

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

​@luisb3426 why must thou quoteth the Bible?

[@Maestro_Svyatoslavius]

so good, Sir

[@Balderdashh]

Very nice. Now I have to buy it.

[@TheAlfonsovaldes]

I still have to learn to hold it!

[@allanhunnicutt8887]

Very good!

[@allanhunnicutt8887]

You go boy!

[@teentheblue3644]

Most of those antique German lute guitar I ever chanced to has a clean tone, you should lay your hand around one at least, sound lotta different comparing to modern replicate.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

A Strap might help

[@ConsumeristScroffa]

Question cause I'm new to this: is the guitar lute supposed to sound like a lute? Does it sound like a lute?

[@TheAlfonsovaldes]

Hi, thanks for stopping by. You can tune this like a guitar, or you can tune to lute interval (tune the 3rd string from g to f#). In lute interval tuning, you can play Renaissance lute tablature. If you tune 3rd string to f# and use a capo on the third fret, then you have the pitch of a 6 course Renaissance lute. As to "sounds like a lute," you can listen to the recording and judge for yourself. This might be a better indication, from a project I am trying to do with a singer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGTLc6uwfpuXfMk

[@ConsumeristScroffa]

@@TheAlfonsovaldes Appreciate the extra info! Also, the video you shares makes the tone more clear; it does come pretty close to the sound of a lute! Love it... I am thinking of buying the exact same model. I fell in love with it when I saw it today on Thomann and then I even fell deeper in love when I listened to it. Thanks a lot!

[@thomasluth6799]

No! It sounds like a guitar! The particularity of lute is the double string which gives the typical sound of this instrument. The lute guitar is a recent and commercial creation for guitarists who want to continue to play guitar on a So called lute… the lute technic Is very different from guitar and needs many lessons : it is another musical world.

[@hackerguitar]

Is the bracing lute like?

[@TheAlfonsovaldes]

No idea. There is no way to look through the rose to check. My guess is guitar bracing, but I can't tell. I recently got a real lute (cheap Turkish starter lute): kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2eriZSIaK6aY8k

[@hackerguitar]

@@TheAlfonsovaldes Thank you! I’ll ask Thomann DE.

[@jean-francoisbedel8916]

Pas facile hein comme instrument...Et pourtant à part la caisse en forme de poire c'est une guitare déguisée en luth et pas un vrai luth...

[@TheAlfonsovaldes]

Bonjour Hean Francois. C'est une gutare déguisée en luth, mais j'ai acquis un vrail luth. Je ne joue pas encore bien, mais: facebook.com/alfonso.valdes.79/videos/680469289999753

[@jean-francoisbedel8916]

@@TheAlfonsovaldes Cela vaut le coup de s'accrocher ! Pour l'instant, même mon chat fout le camp lorsque je sors mon huit chœurs de son étui ! Bon courage, votre luth a l'air très beau !