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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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Post by dreadnought28 on Jan 21, 2023 7:53:44 GMT
Good to see you too Leo. It was a great night as was last night in Liverpool. Pre COVID I performed regularly with Lauren, Tom and Mark. Mark has produced my album which hopefully will finally get out soon. Both Tom and Lauren feature on many of the tracks.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Jan 19, 2023 2:23:48 GMT
Not that I need any more guitars, dream or otherwise, but if money was no object I would bid to win Don McLean’s 1929 000-28 and Vega long neck banjo, both of which are up for auction in a couple of days. I went to see them on display in Newbridge near Dublin last week. Don played them exclusively on his 1970s tours and I saw him numerous times then. He was a major influence on me not least because he played a relatively small bodied guitar with a great unamplified sound. Update on this post….. I bought the banjo!
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Post by dreadnought28 on Jan 11, 2023 0:19:34 GMT
Depending on your budget, a Schertler David or anything from the Schertler range would be my recommendation, very portable & (superior to AER) twin channel + reverb, I've used it gigging in small venues, coffee houses & the like.... Funnily enough there is one advertised locally. I’ve never heard of these, I’ll have to look into them. Thank you for the tip-off! Which model of AER amp are you referring to? The AER Compact 60 has twin channels with reverb. It is the ideal amp, in my opinion, for small venues. I use one together with an AER Domino 3 (4 channels all with reverb) in medium size rooms .
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Post by dreadnought28 on Dec 12, 2022 8:52:01 GMT
Open D is the usual tuning. That’s what I have in my Fine Resophonics guitar.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Dec 3, 2022 22:56:00 GMT
The concert video used in Classic Albums with the yellow shirt was from the 1973 concert I attended at RAH.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Dec 3, 2022 22:00:09 GMT
I’ve seen DM many times starting with an incredible concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1973. No support just Don and a guitar and banjo. Nobody would leave at the end and he came back with the house lights on playing his banjo for fully 10 minutes. In 1975 I saw him 6 times in 3 weeks including 4 nights in a row, Sheffield, Manchester, Croydon and RAH again. No set lists other than the first song, Bronco Bill’s Lament, and American Pie and Vincent at the end before the numerous encores. As a performer I learned a lot watching those performances. In Manchester he played banjo for over an hour to a lively audience. Next night with a more sedate audience in suburban Croydon there was only one banjo song, Waters of Babylon.
He’s not the same when there is a band with him.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Nov 18, 2022 12:41:20 GMT
Don’t ask a musician what Brexit has cost them…..
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Post by dreadnought28 on Nov 16, 2022 1:47:14 GMT
If you can find an AER amp for £350 snatch their hand off! I fundamentally disagree that it would be unnecessary for home use. You will find it makes playing more interesting and enjoyable. If you can find one with multiple built in reverbs so much the better. I have numerous amps from different makers but find myself invariably turning to AER.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Nov 14, 2022 17:05:15 GMT
Very sad news.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Nov 9, 2022 23:36:46 GMT
Not that I need any more guitars, dream or otherwise, but if money was no object I would bid to win Don McLean’s 1929 000-28 and Vega long neck banjo, both of which are up for auction in a couple of days. I went to see them on display in Newbridge near Dublin last week. Don played them exclusively on his 1970s tours and I saw him numerous times then. He was a major influence on me not least because he played a relatively small bodied guitar with a great unamplified sound.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Nov 9, 2022 23:31:13 GMT
I tried a Franklin once. It was small, really nice, and the sound exploded out of it. I'm into Mandolins now. I'm happy with my Davidson (I have a Pava as well) but I wouldn't mind trying a Vanden or a Gibson Lloyd Loar circa 1924 to see what all the fuss is about - or to see whether they really are worth around half a million. Hmmn, anyone out there got one? il You have a Pava? So have I! It’s an A5 Pro bought at where it was built ( Tom Ellis’s place) in Austin in 2019.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Oct 25, 2022 5:00:13 GMT
Thanks chaps. I've just had a look on the wayback archive and the likes of Lowden, Mcllroy, etc, haven't put their prices up that much over the last 10 years. Big apologies to George Lowden and his mates. However, a Martin D-28 (standard), has gone from £1799 in 2012, to £3450 in 2022. Almost a 100% increase. I will teach them a lesson by not buying from them Yes, I remember looking at a D-18 in my local music shop back when it was around £1800. A lovely guitar but way out of my price range then. Was looking at something similar recently and was staggered to find they've doubled in price. I guess everything has gone up a lot, so I shouldn't have been staggered, but I was. Simple answer … inflation plus the collapse in value of the British pound. US inflation 2012-22 = 29%. Exchange rate 2012 pound/dollar $1.60, now $1.13. So a D18 at £1800 would be £2325 if the £ hadn’t slumped. The drop in exchange rate adds 41.5% bringing the cost up to £3290. So a D18 from GuitarGuitar at £2,999 is (sadly) a bit of a bargain. Note also that in 2011 UK VAT rates increased from 17.5% to 20%. in 2007/8 the exchange rate was over $2.00. www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/12060613575839--martin-d18
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