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Post by andyhowell on Aug 17, 2021 8:22:19 GMT
"a good responsive sound, fundamental clarity plus ringing harmonics"
You can get that from a 14 fret guitar! Scale length may just be as important here. I always prefer a longer scale as it always has a bit more attack or snap or whatever you want to call it.
A 12 fret might not only sound great but you might find it a more comfortable guitar to hold and play with.
There seems to me to be something in the sweetness of tone thing but all kinds of things add up to a great guitar and a 12 fret on its own might not do it. As always, I'd recommend playing before buying — if that is possible.
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Post by andyhowell on Aug 13, 2021 8:04:45 GMT
No disrespect to Tommy Emmanuel, who is undoubtedly a highly accomplished player, but would you really want to play like that? I feel it becomes unmusical at that speed. I have seen Tommy play live twice and, he doesn't do a lot of it, but I much prefer his slow soulful playing. I have seen him live, and he doesn't do it for me. Obviously he is extremely talented. But he can rip the soul out of an instrument and leave it lying dead on the floor. I did find this recent interview/podcast interesting though: walkingthefloor.com/episode-185-tommy-emmanuel/I feel much the same. There is a Ted Talk we he described how he built and runs his business! It is quite illuminating. I think he was one of the earliest musicians to understand the power of the short YouTube vide — these are what draws people to gigs. I just find it very tiring after ten minutes or so!
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Post by andyhowell on Aug 10, 2021 7:37:28 GMT
I tend to agree with Martin. The guy has stunning technique and can write lovely melodies — but seeing him live is just too much for me. He seems to be playing for a YouTube audience but, ironically, he seems better suited to YT shorts! But as Chet pickers go, you can't get much better — certainly much faster (which is the problem I think).
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Post by andyhowell on Aug 5, 2021 7:26:12 GMT
Looks great.
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Post by andyhowell on Aug 4, 2021 7:19:11 GMT
The Brazenose Pub is running a full fringe festival — the place will be rammed I reckon! They've limited it to 250 tickets so hopefully not There seem to be a lot of people talking of going there. Lots of peole from Brum go down in normal years without going to the festival! Anyhow, hope it is good fun!
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Post by andyhowell on Aug 3, 2021 7:35:12 GMT
The Brazenose Pub is running a full fringe festival — the place will be rammed I reckon!
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Post by andyhowell on Jul 29, 2021 7:40:40 GMT
It probably could do with a Manzer wedge.
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Post by andyhowell on Jul 27, 2021 16:44:44 GMT
I like that. The move to Glasgow seems to have worked for her.
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Post by andyhowell on Jul 27, 2021 16:30:40 GMT
I shall watch it this evening!
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Post by andyhowell on Jul 22, 2021 13:57:36 GMT
While we're on iffy crediting, it's surprising how many people credit the guitar riff that constitutes the only real hook of Layla to Clapton, when it was Duane Allman's creation. On the other hand, Duane is often credited with the work of Dicky Betts. An NME journalist once assumed he wrote and played on Jessica, which was written after his death. Everytime sombody mentions Clapton and Layla in hte same sentence I have a horrible flashback to that lounge lizard version he did unplugged!
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Post by andyhowell on Jul 19, 2021 12:15:01 GMT
Ah the great Vo. He knows more songs than anyone else I know!
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Post by andyhowell on Jul 19, 2021 12:04:10 GMT
Unless they start making a properly spec'd L-0/1 or Roy Smeck or archtop L-3 or L-5, with the original neck widths, I'll stick. Talking about Far Eastern makes, I've run an acoustic music club from 2006 until the first Lockdown and noticed improving instruments arriving, Faith have impressed, but mostly Eastman, so much so that I bought an Eastman E20-P in 2020, and an E40-00 n 2021 Can't put 'em down - presented as well or better than Martin, beautiful woods, bright, full tonality out of the (very nice) cases, and I'm a Collings player! Yep — perhaps we shouldn't be surprised! First they iunderstood construction and now tone. Mind you, Yamaha and yari and always been good and those Eastmans hve always impressed me.
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Post by andyhowell on Jul 19, 2021 7:59:32 GMT
Well, coincidentally a nearly new Inspired by Gibson J45 came up for sale near me at the weekend. Since I’ve been downsizing recently I thought I could justify an experiment so I bought it. First impressions were not bad but it had new strings and wasn’t tuned properly. The owner insisted on tuning it himself si I persevered. Once i got it home, tuned and retuned it, thrashed it and tweaked the truss rod (there was nearly no relief), I left it for a few hours. When I next played it I was really impressed. Beautiful neck, lovely semi satin like gloss finish and very easy playability due to the short scale and 12” fingerboard radius. The sound is also pleasing. A bit of Gibson thump but with a certain shimmer as well. I compared it to a friends J45s on Saturday and it stands up very well and shares a lot of the same qualities. It's certainly not bad for the price!
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Post by andyhowell on Jul 17, 2021 7:11:31 GMT
I’ve always liked Guy Clark’s lyrics - this is from The Dublin Blues:
I have been to Fort Worth, mm And I have been to Spain And I have been too proud To come in out of the rain And I have seen the David, mm I've seen the Mona Lisa, too And I have heard Doc Watson Play Columbus Stockade Blues
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Post by andyhowell on Jul 14, 2021 15:34:13 GMT
Probably a 00 but it wouldn't be a 00 shape.
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