Post by arthurp on Nov 13, 2014 18:17:52 GMT
I am so pleased. Having spent a long while researching this, then even longer waiting, my expectations were high, whilst at the same time, there were doubts nagging away. I am not someone who has much experience of guitar buying and this was a huge purchase.
Also, being a lefty, you often only get to play the odd factory guitar, which may or may not be a good example. So it is a huge step of faith. So you can imagine how I felt when I opened the case.
It sounds lovely and seems to be developing already, or it may be that I am adapting to it, I don't know. But it genuinely exceeds all my expectations. It is so much better than anything I have played (which isn't much I know). It is effortless. The reason I kicked off on this quest was that I snapped a shoulder muscle last year when I fell off a hill in the Lake District, and the Stonebridge just became unmanageable for more than a few minutes at a time. The shoulder can't easily be repaired, so I set out to find a classical sized guitar that didn't sound like a banjo. I have nothing against banjos, honest, but I didn't want one. So I worked out that the physical dimensions, the short scale and 12 frets to the body seemed the way to go.
I haven't messed much with the basic spec. I like the crows foot purling and the bat wing bridge. I wanted Indian Rosewood on a small guitar. My classical guitar is Cedar topped, as is the Stonebridge, so the Sitka Spruce that Simon suggested was a bit of a gamble for me (I had this thing about it taking years to open up). I wanted Rosewood on the headstock as I do like to see some grain pattern rather than the plain black of ebony. The binding is a bit of Walnut. I had thought about Schaller Grand Tune tuners, but again I listened to Simon who steered me at Waverley 3 on a plate. I was worried they would be a bit ornate, but actually they look fabulous on the guitar.
Hopefully these pictures Simon sent me plus a couple i took on my iPad will download. Here goes:
file:///Users/arthur/Desktop/20141104_6.JPG
Also, being a lefty, you often only get to play the odd factory guitar, which may or may not be a good example. So it is a huge step of faith. So you can imagine how I felt when I opened the case.
It sounds lovely and seems to be developing already, or it may be that I am adapting to it, I don't know. But it genuinely exceeds all my expectations. It is so much better than anything I have played (which isn't much I know). It is effortless. The reason I kicked off on this quest was that I snapped a shoulder muscle last year when I fell off a hill in the Lake District, and the Stonebridge just became unmanageable for more than a few minutes at a time. The shoulder can't easily be repaired, so I set out to find a classical sized guitar that didn't sound like a banjo. I have nothing against banjos, honest, but I didn't want one. So I worked out that the physical dimensions, the short scale and 12 frets to the body seemed the way to go.
I haven't messed much with the basic spec. I like the crows foot purling and the bat wing bridge. I wanted Indian Rosewood on a small guitar. My classical guitar is Cedar topped, as is the Stonebridge, so the Sitka Spruce that Simon suggested was a bit of a gamble for me (I had this thing about it taking years to open up). I wanted Rosewood on the headstock as I do like to see some grain pattern rather than the plain black of ebony. The binding is a bit of Walnut. I had thought about Schaller Grand Tune tuners, but again I listened to Simon who steered me at Waverley 3 on a plate. I was worried they would be a bit ornate, but actually they look fabulous on the guitar.
Hopefully these pictures Simon sent me plus a couple i took on my iPad will download. Here goes:
file:///Users/arthur/Desktop/20141104_6.JPG
file:///Users/arthur/Desktop/IMG_0108.JPG
file:///Users/arthur/Desktop/20141104_9.JPG
file:///Users/arthur/Desktop/IMG_0107.JPGfile:///Users/arthur/Desktop/20141104_15.JPG
file:///Users/arthur/Desktop/IMG_0106.JPG