Mark says: "This list refers to mostly me and some people who have worked with me and were at one point using guitars most of which were rebuilt for them."
0: 1990 Marc Jones (‘Null’ temperament consisting of any note, and the two silences, 0Hz and ∞Hz.)
1: 1987 Marc Jones ("The Talking Octave")
8: 12/24/1987 Adam Gilligan ("Merry Christmas Neighbors")
10: 1976 Marc Jones (considered during the metric system invasion)
11: 1987 Adam Gilligan: It’s like first being in hell, then flying over hell and seeing people suffer, and then having to decide which is worse.
12: 1999 Marc Jones (Renewed advocacy as a crucial temperament.)
13: 1987 Adam Gilligan ("Death Eating Itself")
15: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) 1996 (revamped Für Elise)
16: 2000 Marc Jones (exposition of Beethoven String Quartet No. 1, 2nd Mvmt)
17: 1990 Marc Jones (Guitar re-refretted, Kay strat copy, refretted from 34) (synth strings)
19: 1988 Marc Jones (Guitar refretted, generic strat copy; 12-string acoustic) (lots of pop music sketches)
19: 1988 Fred Freeburg (Bass refretted, BC Rich)
19: 1989 Kenneth Cruse (Guitar refretted, Charvel)
19: 1990 Brian Kaufman (Acoustic guitar refretted)
19: 1991 Paul Falco (Acoustic guitar refretted)
19: 1992 Adam Gilligan (Guitar refretted: used mostly as tuned percussion sounds)
22: 1989 John Karaami (Bass, HyperCard stack "The Bass-ics of 22-Tone")
22: 1990 Piggy
22: 1992 Marc Jones (Guitar refretted, generic) (not indulged in as much as should)
22: 1992 Fred Freeburg, passionately (Bass refretted, generic, marking design by John K.)
24: 1986 Marc Jones (restrung and retuned 12 guitar to play quartertone melodies)
25: 1999 Marc Jones (used as background layer for Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 1)
26: 1992 Marc Jones (Guitar refretted, generic)
27: 1988 Mike Karaami (vocals)
27: 1990 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) 1998 ("Guitar quartet" sketches, used in Mostly Electric String Quartet No. 1, 3rd mvmt) (Symphony No. 1)
29: 198? Carol Llewellyn (guitars, vocals, tuned percussion, pop songs)
29: 1988 Marc Jones (Guitar refretted, strat copy) (occasional hard rock sketches)
29: 1989 Fred Freeburg (Guitar refretted, P-bass copy)
29: 1990 Ken "just big enough fingers for these power chords" Cruse
31: 1988 Marc Jones (Guitar refretted, Les Paul copy) (many many hours and days and years of improv, sketching and other ego indulgence)
31: 1990 Kenneth Cruse (Give it back, Ken. You’re annoying.)
31: 1991 Fred Freeburg (Bass refretted, Fender P-Bass)
31: 1991 Brian "I just don’t want to put it down" Kaufman
32: 1989 Pilton Bonbalaj (31+1 scale, black Les Paul with blue fret markings, solid blue stripe down half-octave)
32: 1991 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) 2000 (Mostly Electric String Quartet No. 1)
33: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) (early vocal tendencies)
33: 1992 Ken Cruse (balsa frets on rails)
34: 1988 Marc Jones (Guitar refretted, Kay strat copy)
34: 1990 Piggy
34: 1992 Fred Freeburg (some guitar sketches)
37: 1990 Sheila Baxton (electronic art gallery music, almost surround-soundish)
37: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) (Acoustic String Quartet No. 1)
38: 1998 The Body Formerly Known as Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
39: 1980s Iriban Bawani (guitar leads)
39: 1991 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) (Symphony No. 2)
40: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
41: 1989 Marc Jones (Guitar refretted, blue Cort Flying V copy, LOST, IF FOUND PLEASE CONTACT) (Fretboard carved)
41: 1990 Ken "this IS the blues" Cruse
42: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) 1999 (Piano Sonata No. 1)
43: 1990 Marc Jones (Guitar refretted, 1970s Gibson SG)
43: 1990 Kenneth Cruse (improvs)
44: 1993 Fred Freeburg (Wanted 22 bass refretted. Never happened.)
45: 1990 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved, suggested by Brian Kaufman)
46: 1990 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
46: 1990 Piggy
47: 1997 Marc Jones (Symphony No. 1, 1st piccolo)
49: 1988 John Karaami (vocals)
49: 1991 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) 2002 (Mostly Electric String Quartet No. 2)
50: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
50: 1990 Piggy (won’t admit it)
51: 1993 Fred "just THINK about it" Freeburg (Insisted on 17-tone fifth and 3-tone third)
53: 1990 Marc Jones (Guitar refretted, Harmony strat copy, LOST etc.) 1992 (Fretboard carved)
55: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
56: 1991 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) (Mostly Electric String Quartet No. 4)
56: 1992 Kenneth Cruse "one of the easiest boards to play"
59: 1990s Carol Llewellyn (Guitar, lost somewhere around Detroit)
59: 1998 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) (Acoustic String Quartet No. 2)
61: 1998 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) (Mostly Electric String Quartet No. 3)
63: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) (Master temperament for Band "Nuclear Equinox")
64: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
65: 1991 Piggy
65: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
67: 1989 Piggy (by mistake)
69: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) 2000 (Piano Sonata No. 2)
70: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
71: 1998 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) (Acoustic String Quartet No. 4)
72: 2002 "Marc Jones will not be using 72 until he lives long enough to create a set of 4096 of some musical form, in which event, 72 will be No. 1."
73: 1991 Piggy (Master temperament for Band "INF")
73: 1993 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) (Acoustic String Quartet No. 8)
74: 1990 Lennie Szczephthaszcztowicz (piano with springs in the keys) "...it’s jep-TAAADGE-to-witz"
74: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
75: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
76: 1998 Marc Jones (Acoustic String Quartet No. 3)
77: 1993 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
79: 2002 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 33 sketches)
80: 1993 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
81: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
83: 2000 Marc Jones (Acoustic String Quartet No. 5)
86: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 4)
87: 1992 Marc Jones (Midi sequencing, percussive organ parts)
90: 1992 Donis Ninnocis (Master temperament for Band "The Forever Endeavor")
90: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 16)
91: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 3)
93: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 8)
94: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) (Midi sequencing)
95: 2000 Marc Jones (Acoustic String Quartet No. 7)
97: 1991 Marc Jones (Midi sequencing, background layer 80+17)
98: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved)
99: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved) (Midi sequencing)
100: 2000 Marc Jones (Acoustic String Quartet No. 6)
103: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 5)
104: 1996 MARC JONES WARNS THIS MAY KILL YOU
105: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 9)
107: 1993 Marc Jones (Midi sequencing, background layer 90+17)
109: 1998 Jeaulie di Ceneuve (upside down mock sadness piano meditations)
111: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved to octave)
114: 1993 Marc Jones (Midi sequencing, background layer 97+17)
118: 1992 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved to octave)
120: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 7)
125: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 6)
129: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 15)
131: 1998 Marc Jones (writing filter)
134: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 13)
139: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 12)
144: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 10)
147: 1993 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved to perfect fifth)
151: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 14)
152: 1993 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved to perfect fifth)
159: 1990 Marc Jones (Midi sequencing)
161: 2000 Marc Jones (Piano Sonata No. 11)
171: 1993 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved to perfect fifth) (revamping 53 sketches)
176: 1993 Marc Jones (Midi sequencing, background layer)
200: 1993 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved to perfect fifth)
205: 1993 Marc Jones (Midi sequencing)
212: 1992 Marc Jones (Midi sequencing) 2001 (cited as lowest temperament to accurately represent all of: Pythagorean, 5th limit JI, Werckmeister and Meantone)
217: 1993 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved to octave)
253: 1993 Marc Jones (Midi experiments)
289: 1992 Marc Jones (Midi experiments, random tones found to decrease fatigue when adding numbers mentally)
306: 1993 Marc Jones (Midi experiments)
323: 1993 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved to octave), (Midi sequencing)
323: 1993 Ken "the Zen" Cruse (played fretboard very fast, very accurate, doesn’t remember it at all.)
407: 1993 Marc Jones (Midi experiments, found to retain energy from 289, much like MSG, also used for 8P4=M3 paradox.)
441: 1993 Marc Jones (Midi sequencing)
494: 1993 Marc Jones (Midi experiments)
559: 1993 Marc Jones (Fretboard carved to perfect fourth... with a razor)
612: 1993 Marc Jones (Midi experiments)
665: 1992 Marc Jones (used as most convenient VHT to measure 3rd limit intervals)
1024: 1993 Marc Jones (Pythagorean Midi experiments, 665+359 scale)
1171: 1993 Marc Jones (Midi experiments)
1342: 1993 Marc Jones (Midi experiments)
4296: 1992 Marc Jones (used as most convenient UHT to measure 5th limit intervals)
15601: 1992 Marc Jones (used as most convenient UHT to measure 3rd limit intervals)
103169: 1992 Marc Jones "Halloween 69" (used as most convenient UHT to measure 7th limit intervals)
504504: 1992 Marc Jones "Louisana area code twice" (used as most convenient UHT to measure 11th limit intervals)
∞: 1990 Marc Jones (The ‘ALL’ Temperament, illustrating that playing fretless doesn’t necessarily yield an equal distribution of interval probability.)
...and that’s what you all missed in the last 15 years.
I think there’s a few others. Not sure. I’ll let you know. And I’ll be updating references as my work grows.
Oh and seriously. Please list 12. I don’t want people getting lost here.
Antithesis:
Errata/addenda:
You could list Frank Zappa as an advocate of 6-tone. Think it was mostly 1978 or 1979. He occasionally threw in some extended soloing in whole tone scales. There is also some quartertone notatino in some of his work. I’m not sure if that is just symptomatic of Steve Vai’s transcriptions or if there were actually any quartertones in Zappa’s actual orchestral scores.
There was a couple from France in the 1800s who used 29. They were both music teachers. They tuned their piano and I believe also could sing it well.
I would kill the meantone references in 31. Besides eating up your horizontal space LOL... 31 wraps of a meantone fifth leaves you a whole 6 cents away from the equivalent note in 31. I had a thought, that you could use this as a seed for a NON-equal temperament advocacy page, which you could also maybe link to from the ET one. I have a lot of geometric, algebraic, and otherwise mathematically interesting curiosities.
King Fang 53, yes. But I think he was 0th century (100-1 BC) and he also used 60. "The Chinese" (sorry forget who) also used 360. Grove’s Dictionary had this stuff in one edition and in the next one it was all gone.
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