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Post by dreadnought28 on Mar 23, 2023 22:02:56 GMT
I’ve had them in two guitars I bought. Ripped them out and the sound improved massively on both occasions. I hate them.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Mar 16, 2023 6:50:55 GMT
If it’s not sounding great I just pick up another one…….or a banjo
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Post by dreadnought28 on Mar 15, 2023 13:29:28 GMT
I’d try custom lights before going down to 10s
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Post by dreadnought28 on Mar 7, 2023 0:45:01 GMT
I am doing no gigs currently apart from my own club, and on our club sessions I use a single large condenser mic ion a straight up stand into my Bose system. Once I teach people tat they don't need to chew on it like people think you need to with an SM58, the sound is absolutely fine and clean for vocals and guitar about 18-30" away. We had one guy turn up last month, big voice, absolutely no understanding of mic technique. Ha paid no heed to the grimaces of the audience - i pulled the volume slider down to nothing. I used the same mic for Steve James. He went out the next day and bought the same mic. Rode NT1. I have a ton of mics, including Aston and Neumann, but recently used a single condenser mic hand built for me by a very clever friend. Sounds great on vocals and guitar from 2-3ft away.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Mar 7, 2023 0:41:03 GMT
I saw him with Ry Cooder. I have the live recording with Jackson Browne. Fantastic music, I wish I’d seen them.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Feb 22, 2023 21:27:54 GMT
Anyone come across an “Oven Ready” guitar?
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Post by dreadnought28 on Feb 22, 2023 21:22:57 GMT
What's the reason for that Chris? I don't have any need for one (although I do think that at some point in the future I might try playing some open mics or something) but you play out. Do you use a mic or a removeable soundhole pickup or do you have a guitar that you keep for performing? I don’t like factory installed pickups with a hole in the side to house a preamp. You’re stuck with whatever is installed. I was a fan of Taylor guitars until everything they made became ‘CE’ cutaway with, initially, a Fishman Prefix system installed, followed by their own systems. Much better to have a choice over what to fit and the preamp. They can be changed later if necessary.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Feb 22, 2023 2:59:03 GMT
I enquired with Fellowship of Acoustics many months ago about a trade, they are no longer interested in buying or selling to any UK resident. Hi, I was rather disturbed by this so I emailed TFOA this mornig ad asked them. I got a fulsome response very quickly.
They are still happy to sell to UK buyers. They deduct 21% (Dutch VAT) but upon receipt (but before delivery the shipper would contact you to pay UK VAT, maybe some Excise duty plus a handling charge.
This is effectively the same as buying from the USA, which I've done three times.
They prefer not to buy in used instruments as they would need to pay VAT etc., increasing the cost to them which makes the price to you the seller seemingly unreasonable
Most instruments that I've sold on ebay, and a fair few were sold to EU countries with no issues.
Now, to sell used into the EU, all of your instruments have effectively lost about 25-30% in value, leaving only UK buyers or UK trade in as options.
Incidentally, man US dealers now refuse to deal with the UK due to our new VAT laws.
That is what we voted for ... apparently.
I didn’t ….. and surely TFOA can reclaim the VAT in the guitars they import and then recharge when they sell? When importing here it’s purchase price plus shipping to which duty is applied and then VAT on that total. Often there’s a handing fee involved with VAT on that fee as well.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Feb 22, 2023 2:48:50 GMT
Without…..
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Post by dreadnought28 on Feb 14, 2023 2:38:39 GMT
Playing in front of an audience is always challenging, and I’m saying that 53 years after I first did it and 52 years after I started getting paid to perform. COVID hangover has stunted my enthusiasm for performing so I’ve been working recently with a lot with other instruments, banjo (mostly), mandolin, mountain dulcimer etc.
Having just returned from the American Old Time Music Festival in Gainsborough where my banjo playing was surprisingly well received (or they were being kind and sympathetic), I’m nearly ready to take the stage with it on a regular basis.
To me it’s like trying to ride a bike going round in circles getting nowhere until one day you really have to get somewhere and you can do it! Out in front of an audience you have to do it. The nerves are worth the adrenaline rush at the end and as a musician you grow.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Feb 13, 2023 11:05:52 GMT
Three words for the OP: practice, practice, practice…… I’ve been working on banjo a lot recently and it’s paying off. Repertoire is expanding and I can hold my own in a band well. It’s a departure from performing as a solo singer guitarist and although I could use banjo as solo accompaniment I never really imagined I’d reach the standard I have. It’s taken years of toil and sore fingers, not to mention ignoring boring jokes about banjo players. I hope you don't mind me asking Chris but, looking at that list of guitars - how big is your house ? As others here know, it’s a small two bedroom flat. I have a storage unit where I keep most of the cases.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Feb 12, 2023 17:35:44 GMT
Three words for the OP: practice, practice, practice……
I’ve been working on banjo a lot recently and it’s paying off. Repertoire is expanding and I can hold my own in a band well. It’s a departure from performing as a solo singer guitarist and although I could use banjo as solo accompaniment I never really imagined I’d reach the standard I have. It’s taken years of toil and sore fingers, not to mention ignoring boring jokes about banjo players.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Feb 6, 2023 23:18:05 GMT
1989 Taylor 812 1994 Olson SJ 1994 Bown 000-12 2003 McAlister Nick Lucas
Now I have a lot of guitars I should part with!
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Post by dreadnought28 on Feb 5, 2023 0:55:27 GMT
When Jim Olson had a guitar left in James Taylor’s hotel room in 1989 it had a cutaway (Olson SJ EIR/Cedar). James called him to say he loved the guitar but didn’t want one with a cutaway. It was agreed that he would keep the cutaway guitar (same spec other than cutaway Baggs LB6 in both) until Jim could build him the non cutaway version. When the new guitar was ready James said he liked the first one so much he didn’t want to part with it and he would have the new one as well. If you watch JT on stage he still uses both those guitars. So there’s the fact of the matter, as I said earlier, who cares? Incidentally a year later James called again to order a third guitar, a Dreadnought, Jim said fine but reminded James that he hadn’t paid for the first two. James asked where he’d sent the invoice and Jim said to him. Oh no! Send it to my accountant… he did and was paid immediately. Lloyd Baggs had said to Jim that the real rest would be if the guitars were paid for. He got the answer and more later.
The comical part was that when Jim got the initial phone call he refused to believe it was JT and thought it was a friend winding him up. “No, it’s really me”. “ Come on, who is it?”………..
Source: Jim Olson sat beside me in my car in Nashville 2000.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Feb 1, 2023 23:35:02 GMT
Who cares? It’s the sound and feel that counts.
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