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Post by Martin on Jul 21, 2020 13:25:30 GMT
Must bookmark this to produce in my defence when the girlfriend questions the arrival of yet another acoustic in the herd...... I've acted as whipping boy many times. I have broad shoulders and am not frightened by any girlfriend other than my own. It's all worth it to get a new NGD thread on the forum. glad you said that. gives me scope to start several new threads
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Post by walkingdecay on Jul 21, 2020 13:31:58 GMT
I do want to get a jazz box though: for guitar no.5 I'm fiending for a nice hollowbody archtop. I'd look at Ibanez and Washburn for good budget jazz grumblers. Don't bother with Hofner: they're a waste of good atoms.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2020 13:55:20 GMT
I've acted as whipping boy many times. I have broad shoulders and am not frightened by any girlfriend other than my own. It's all worth it to get a new NGD thread on the forum. glad you said that. gives me scope to start several new threads Nothing to do with me. I had kidney stones.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2020 14:07:53 GMT
Speaking of OMs and NGDs, if anyone likes Larrivees I saw an OM-03 Silver Oak Special on ebay for £1100. The thing about those guitars is that they have the 10 series tops on them, so they're v good value. They've got slightly different binding from the standard OM-10 and silver oak back and sides instead of rosewood, but a standard OM-10 would normally cost about £4k and I don't think I've ever seen one for sale second hand.
No cutaway or electrics.
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Post by tangledfool on Jul 22, 2020 10:59:44 GMT
Must bookmark this to produce in my defence when the girlfriend questions the arrival of yet another acoustic in the herd...... I've acted as whipping boy many times. I have broad shoulders and am not frightened by any girlfriend other than my own. It's all worth it to get a new NGD thread on the forum. You are a baaaaaaaaaaad influence! So I acquired rescued a 2002-ish Norman B20 HG yesterday. A few dings but nothing to cause me concern. Initial impression were a well seasoned and smokey acoustic - not in terms of tone but in odour. Original strings were still fitted, except for the high E, and pretty dead once tuned, but all now stripped off for thorough cleaning/decontamination. This is quite possibly the filthiest guitar I've had to clean with masses of dirt (nicotine?) coming off the body, and whilst there was very little wear on the frets and fretboard the impregnated dirt that came off when I cleaned it with lemon oil was quite astonishing. Maybe a bit more cleaning over the next few days to any residual smokey aroma. And I failed to notice at the time of purchase that the high E tuner's button had broken off. I've identified a matching replacement which should go straight in without any fettling. Also the nut popped off when I removed the strings which surprised me a bit - looks like the sparse glue applied in the factory had dried out. I may invest in a bone nut and saddle, and I've just discovered that what I presumed was a saddle shim is actually an undersaddle pickup which feeds straight to the strap button jack. I thought the strap button looked a bit suspicious but there are no electro acoustic controls on the body so I presumed the guitar was a Friday production line special.
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Post by fresh1985 on Jul 22, 2020 20:35:22 GMT
We live in a time where there are so many great makers and endless options to chose from, how could you ever stop wanting
Some might say this is the true golden age of guitars.
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Post by bellyshere on Jul 22, 2020 21:11:54 GMT
I thought i did. I sold quite a few last year. Now i know i was just making room for a custom build classical hybrid. Just need someone to make me one now.
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Post by PistolPete on Jul 23, 2020 7:16:17 GMT
I have multiple guitars I rarely play, I definitely have more than I need and I'm trying to slim down the arsenal. Yet a couple of days ago I was watching a video of Django whizzing up the fretboard and, in spite of having had zero interest in playing gypsy jazz until that moment, found myself checking the prices of Maccaferri style instruments.
It really is like a disease sometimes...
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Post by walkingdecay on Jul 23, 2020 8:02:34 GMT
I have multiple guitars I rarely play, I definitely have more than I need and I'm trying to slim down the arsenal. Yet a couple of days ago I was watching a video of Django whizzing up the fretboard and, in spite of having had zero interest in playing gypsy jazz until that moment, found myself checking the prices of Maccaferri style instruments. It really is like a disease sometimes... Honestly Pete, you don't really need a Selmac if you've got another guitar that plays crisp and clear. The role they play is only really apparent if you're playing in a full-on manouche band or with a piano, where the rhythm and leads need to cut through all the boom and other layered tones. Even then, the beasts were really designed to work with sound gear from the middle decades of the last century, when sacrificing some subtlety to compete with horns and fiddles was downright necessary. Django even experimented with playing a plastic job in that context, but I think he'd be more subtle tonally now. That said, I do have a Selmac hybrid myself, which I played occasionally in a duo with my mate on piano, as much for the "look, it's a weird Selmac hybrid!" buzz as anything else. It never got played much in private.
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Post by PistolPete on Jul 23, 2020 8:15:28 GMT
I have multiple guitars I rarely play, I definitely have more than I need and I'm trying to slim down the arsenal. Yet a couple of days ago I was watching a video of Django whizzing up the fretboard and, in spite of having had zero interest in playing gypsy jazz until that moment, found myself checking the prices of Maccaferri style instruments. It really is like a disease sometimes... Honestly Pete, you don't really need a Selmac if you've got another guitar that plays crisp and clear. The role they play is only really apparent if you're playing in a full-on manouche band or with a piano, where the rhythm and leads need to cut through all the boom and other layered tones. Even then, the beasts were really designed to work with sound gear from the middle decades of the last century, when sacrificing some subtlety to compete with horns and fiddles was downright necessary. Django even experimented with playing a plastic job in that context, but I think he'd be more subtle tonally now. That said, I do have a Selmac hybrid myself, which I played occasionally in a duo with my mate on piano, as much for the "look, it's a weird Selmac hybrid!" buzz as anything else. It never got played much in private. Yes, logic would dictate that if I want to play like that I should start by practicing some licks on the two hollow body electrics, or the acoustic archtop I already own, and if, once I have mastered the style i find I'm missing a Selmer that's the moment to buy one. But, well, buying a new guitar sounds a lot more fun than all that practice and hard work
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2020 8:27:49 GMT
I have a twin. I never knew.
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Post by PistolPete on Jul 23, 2020 9:36:05 GMT
I have a twin. I never knew. No way! I always wondered why mummy and daddy made me stay in the attic all the time...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2020 10:04:20 GMT
I have a twin. I never knew. No way! I always wondered why mummy and daddy made me stay in the attic all the time... And I can stop singing Happy Birthday to the mole on my left bum cheek! It was nice to have someone to talk to though.
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Post by vikingblues on Jul 24, 2020 9:26:38 GMT
It's like there's some stupid part of my brain that thinks I can buy my way to becoming a better guitar player and even though I KNOW this not to be true I still want more. That rings a bell or two!
An effective, at least temporary cure involves two factors.
A big drop in income allied to a total failure to be able to get any joy from the best quality and by far the most expensive acoustic guitar you've ever bought. The second of those factors is something i don't recommend experiencing though - humbling, embarrassing, and a big nasty blow to the ego and confidence.
It also helps if you find by a quirk of fate that the type of guitar that suits you best and sounds best to you has design features that appear on hardly any guitars being made.
At the moment i am content with the 4 acoustics I have, but I'd never ever never say or think I'll not get a return of the dreaded GAS one day.
Mark
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2020 11:10:56 GMT
I think starting the thread has been good for me. I've realised I'm pretty happy with what I have. If I see something interesting at a good price I might indulge but the only guitar I'm really interested in is a Yamaha LS56 and I've promised myself I can have one when I've earned it (which means become a much better guitarist). It gives me an incentive to .
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