Wolf note or not?

[Calvin Marks]

Originally Posted by Richard Prowse

Just been reading on the web and my little 'thingy' is called a 'wolf note eliminator'. It's supposed to work best at about 6cm from the bridge. I think I tried that with little success. I think that my bridge may be a little out of alignment - I'll try to fix that soon. Also, a luthier told me that my soundpost is a little 'loose'.

Richard, I think the problem is the note itself. I don't think I've ever played anything higher than the E-harmonic (12th fret) CLOSED on the E string.

Since the string is so thick and rubbery nothing is going to sound nice or fairly in-tune up there.

It also depends what kind of string you're using. You'd need an E string fairly stiff and super thin in gauge, something like Corelli. I don't think this would give the instrument proper fundamental though in the low range.

My advice? Play that same note on the A string (11th fret).