One (with lighter gauge strings) was played by Reggy Tielman (the second lead/rhythm guitarist) and the other one was strung with with heavier gauge strings & was played by bassist Robby Latuperisa. The Tielman Brothers were also very probably the first band that ever used 2 Fender VI basses together. The German manufacturer Framus made a prototype of a 9 string, but it didn’t go in production." The Fender company send over one of their reps to Germany to see Andy’s 10 string Jazzmaster but it never came to an agreement. But that didn’t help, and his invention was copied by many other bands. So when Andy had his new sound, everyone was curious how he did this, and for some time he hid his modified Jazzmaster's headstock with a towel. The Tielman Brothers were the leaders of the 'Indo-Rock bands' at the time and all other Indonesian bands followed them in every way. That gave a deeper sound and less tension on the strings. Also they tuned down their instruments 2 half tones down and during their Gibson years even 3 half tones. With a 12 string electric the octaved A and E sound more loose and the single ones are tighter, and super tight playing was the hallmark of the Tielmans. If you listen to their music you know why. Now you may wonder why Andy didn’t use an electric 12 string like a Rickenbacker. His tuning was as follows:ī normal + B one octave up (Banjo A string) As you might remember in those days the thinnest string was 0.012. Tremolo is a modulation of volume an vibrato is a modulation of pitch. Not a tremolo unit, Leo Fender introduced this wrong name. The problem was the holes in the string hold of the vibrato unit. The bridge was no problem, as you know the sadlles had 8 grooves each for string spacing. He installed spare tuners and an extra string retainer. Also it’s most likely that because they stayed in hotels, he had no proper drilling machine. A rather clever idea, because drilling in a lengthwise cut piece of hard maple is risky, as you can see with my own Jazmaster (picture below). For that he made 4 holes at the non-tuner side of the peghead with a red hot big nail. Andy found the sound (of the Jazzmaster) too thin and he decided to convert his Jazzmaster into a 10 string. In 1961 Andy Tielman and the other guitarists in the band (The Tielman Brothers) changed from Gibson Les Pauls to Olympic White Jazzmasters, mainly because he found the Les Paul too heavy. " The 10 string Jazzmaster of Andy Tielman" (by Cees Bakker) The 'Tielman-mod' actually consisted of converting the instrument to a 10-string guitar, and Dutch author Cees Bakker wrote a pretty informative article about Andy Tielman's pretty revolutionary (at least for European standards) idea - here's Mr. They added two strings, the tuners for which were on the treble side of the headstock. They can be seen in several of the videos playing these. Other significant influences included American country & western, and the rock & roll repertoire played on radio stations in Indonesia via American (AFN) stations from the Philippines and 's a Tielman 8 string modification. Many Indorock musicians had a predilection for Hawaiian music, which was popular in the Netherlands at the time. The guitarists play rhythmic and melodic parts instinctively. Krontjong is characterized by guitars which seem to be "talking" to each other. The traditional Portuguese song styles, saudade and fado, played with guitar accompaniment, later became krontjong music. The guitar was imported to the Indian archipelago by Portuguese explorers in the 14th century. One of the effects of this cultural process was that, in the mid- 1950s, an instrumental music genre called Indorock became popular. It is a fusion of Indonesian and Western music, and has roots in Kroncong (Malay music).Īfter to Indonesian independence on August 17, 1945, many Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) musicians repatriated to the Netherlands. Indorock is a musical genre, originating in the 1950s in the Netherlands and Europe.
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