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Post by ianlp59 on Apr 10, 2013 8:10:00 GMT
Trevor at TAMCO e-mailed me yesterday evening to announce the arrival of a Fischer 12/15. I shall be popping over to Brighton on Saturday with my Fischer Concerto to compare the two guitars. So if anyone is interested in Steve's work, Saturday would be a good day to be in the South... Cheers, Ian
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Post by ocarolan on Apr 10, 2013 9:10:01 GMT
Sounds like an excellent day in prospect Ian. Full report expected, naturally! Keith
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Post by Martin on Apr 10, 2013 9:23:05 GMT
That's a lovely guitar, Ian. The mahogany is beautiful - hope you have a great time playing it and it would be interesting to hear how it compares to your own.
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Post by Phil Taylor on Apr 11, 2013 20:07:30 GMT
That's a lovely guitar, Ian. The mahogany is beautiful - hope you have a great time playing it and it would be interesting to hear how it compares to your own. I agree - the cutaway looks good as well on what essentially is a 00 size guitar Regards Phil
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Post by Trevor TAMCO on Apr 12, 2013 6:40:54 GMT
Its a fantastic guitar, more OOO sized than OO. I've been asking myself why I haven't ordered twelve fret guitars with cutaways before - 12 fret richness of tone and access from the cutaway, its a great combination.
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Post by ianlp59 on Apr 18, 2013 8:27:45 GMT
OK, so I did go over to Brighton last Saturday to check out the new Fischer that Trevor has recently got from Steve.
It's a 12/15 model so, a 12 fret guitar with a 15" lower bout, as Trevor indicates more of a 000-sized instrument. Sides and back are of some great quality mahogany and the top is Lutz spruce. The combination seems to work very well. The guitar is exceptionally well balanced and sweet sounding with that unmistakable woodiness one associates with mahogany. The Florentine cutaway eliminates any of the access problems to the dusty end that can plague a 12 fret design and the trebles up there really shimmer and shine beautifully. All in all another great guitar from Mr Fischer who is a truly great guitar builder.
Whilst there, I got to play a Wren that has recently arrived and was very impressed indeed, a massive amount of guitar for the money, it will not hang about for long. The Ed Claxton guitar that Trevor has there is a monster too, very very classy.
I had only a little over an hour to spare so was limited in terms of how many instruments I could look at. One could easily spend an entire weekend in the shop as there is so much to take in...
Cheers,
Ian
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