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Post by nkforster on Mar 9, 2018 9:24:47 GMT
That's the thing, I don't know which issues it was. The review was around 2008. Or 2009. It was so bloody stupid I spat me dummy out, so they sent a reporter to do an interview. Which they managed to cock up too. Not my finest hour....Either way, I could do with knowing which issues/pages for a reference thing I'm in the process of doing.
Ta again chaps.
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Post by nkforster on Mar 8, 2018 23:52:18 GMT
Anyone got an issue of Acoustic from about 10 years ago? The one with an interview with me or the crap review they did of me Model S? I lost mine and I need the reference details. I emailed the mag, but no reply. They offered to sell me an advert though...
Ta in advance to the hoarders out there.
Nigel
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Post by nkforster on Feb 20, 2018 20:42:49 GMT
If you want to understand how to use a bending iron, I've made a few videos over the years: Nigel www.nkforsterguitars.com
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Post by nkforster on Feb 8, 2018 22:17:39 GMT
I was wearing shorts so Mark E Smith and Brix signed me legs with a felt tip. I love the way you say "so", as if the latter was an inescapable consequence of the former... Seemed like a perfectly reasonable thing to do at the time...
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Post by nkforster on Feb 6, 2018 6:25:39 GMT
Ah...I went to see them at Newcastle uni in '87. Got there three hours early and didn't have enough money for a pint, not that getting served was easy when you looked about 12. The Fall were brilliant. I do recall I was wearing shorts so Mark E Smith and Brix signed me legs with a felt tip.
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Post by nkforster on Dec 21, 2017 7:46:40 GMT
Ian Stephenson - great player and a great teacher. And Johnny Dickinson, Johnny can teach folk more about getting "feel" into their music than anyone I know.
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Post by nkforster on Dec 17, 2017 18:26:16 GMT
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Post by nkforster on Dec 17, 2017 18:22:25 GMT
I've just ordered the single coil SD Woody on a bit of a whim. I'm thinking it might give me an alternative 'voice' and a quick solution for the feedback problems I get on my dreadnought in some rooms using my preferred contact mic/57 combo. I just wondered what everyone's experiences of soundhole pickups are? (is it sound hole, soundhole, or sound-hole btw?) Love them? Hate them? How much do you find they express the sound of the guitar they're attached to? For what it's worth I'm not necessarily after a natural acoustic sound - more something like this: Look for a Dearmond soundhole pickup. That's what Lightnin' used. There come up all the time. The 1970's version is actually the best sounding, the easiest to fit and the cheapest. But doesn't look as cool as the 50's/60's ones. I've never come across a single pickup that sounds like the guitar it's on. They all sound like a pickup. The question is, is it a sound you like? I much prefer the sound of a magnetic pickup than a quacky piezo undersadlle pickup. Nigel www.nkforsterguitars.com
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Post by nkforster on Dec 10, 2017 9:33:55 GMT
Eldon Shamblin:
Oscar Moore:
Slam Stewart/John Collins/Beryl Booker:
Merle Haggard with Roy Nichols/Norm Hamlett:
Black and dead, white and dead, just as long as they're dead!
Actually thought of someone who is alive - Ernest Ranglin. Have a listen to this - the solo at the end is nuts!
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Post by nkforster on Dec 6, 2017 15:40:18 GMT
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Post by nkforster on Dec 5, 2017 18:04:51 GMT
My guitar bouzoukis have been pretty popular since I started making them - I used the same body shape to come up with my Session King tenor guitar. Recently I used the same shape again to come up with a 16 frets to the body acoustic guitar that lets you capo up the "dusty end." Pretty smart eh? I'm calling this the Model G, as it's the guitar bouzouki body shape. Now my guitar bouzouki's usually have a "HO" or cylinder top soundboard design. This beauty has a SS style soundboard - my "standard soundboard" which is based on the old Stefan Sobell arching, but updated with my own current way of bracing. Nigel www.nkforsterguitars.com
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Post by nkforster on Nov 20, 2017 6:23:24 GMT
The Custom subforum is friendlier. I had a thread removed once from the General section where they were quite abusive - strange place. Jonny I actually paid to market there this year. In the custom shop bit. A bit of a marketing experiment. I don't intend to renew the subscription. I'm not sure many folk there are interested in how guitars actually sound, or at least the ones who post there don't seem very interested. Odd place. This forum is a nice lot, a very pleasant, well-intentioned bunch. Nigel www.nkforsterguitars.com
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Post by nkforster on Nov 20, 2017 6:17:49 GMT
you're talking about Geordie. I guess that was his name? Are yee taakin' aboot me lyke?
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Post by nkforster on Nov 3, 2017 17:21:56 GMT
It's funny how you associate certain sounds with certain performers. A great example is Django and the Selmer guitar. Yes, on recordings where he's amplified Django sounded great, but it just isn't the same. I feel the same about MS and Sobell guitars. To me, that sound and his playing were the perfect combination. It's a shame, 'cos his music just gets better and better, as the years go by, but whenever I hear him play the PRS, I just wish it was a Sobell. Nigel www.nkforsterguitars.com
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Post by nkforster on Oct 15, 2017 6:20:11 GMT
Johnny is booking the odd gig with promoters who he's known for years - they book him knowing he may well have to cancel at short notice. His health is precarious, so going back on the road just isn't an option. If you get the chance to see him, go. He's world class. Next best thing - book a skype lesson with him. We did a video years ago - Johnny isn't a technical teacher or player - it's all about feel. The Premiervox is a Rickenbacker without the name. When they first came to the UK they put a PremierVox nameplate on for some reason. It was me Grandads. I never play it so I gave it to Johnny. The "horseshoe" pickup sounds great eh? Nigel www.nkforsterguitars.com
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