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ProfessorGAC

(74,263 posts)
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 05:27 PM Saturday

While My Guitar Gently Weeps On The Chapman

Wonderful version on an amazing instrument.

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Here's another George cover on that instrument.
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps On The Chapman (Original Post) ProfessorGAC Saturday OP
Thanks for posting, Professor. steelyboo Saturday #1
I've Always Wanted To Try One ProfessorGAC Saturday #3
They're Not Cheap ProfessorGAC Saturday #6
amazing eShirl Saturday #2
It's An Incredible Instrument ProfessorGAC Saturday #4
Sounds wonderful...but I just checked the price. Ouch! highplainsdem Saturday #5
What Did You See For Price? ProfessorGAC Saturday #7
It was just their estimate since I didn't put in details to order, but still $4,000: highplainsdem Saturday #8

steelyboo

(615 posts)
1. Thanks for posting, Professor.
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 05:37 PM
Saturday

Really getting tempted to buy one when I win the lottery someday. I could afford it now, but I want to win the lottery so I can pay someone who knows how to play it

ProfessorGAC

(74,263 posts)
3. I've Always Wanted To Try One
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 05:42 PM
Saturday

All I know about it is how it's tuned.
The lowest note is in the middle.
As you go upward to the top of the neck it's tuned in perfect 5ths. Going downward it's 4th, so the scale shapes resemble guitar.
That's the extent of my knowledge.

ProfessorGAC

(74,263 posts)
6. They're Not Cheap
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 05:52 PM
Saturday

They're hard to find used, and when they come up they're always 2 grand or more, used.
I saw one that 10 years old and had a serial number in the 1400s. So, they don't make many.
Their biggest distributor has nothing in stock so everything has to be custom ordered.

ProfessorGAC

(74,263 posts)
4. It's An Incredible Instrument
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 05:46 PM
Saturday

Here's a song by the guy who invented it. Others have taken the technique further than he did.

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