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Post by forestdweller on Mar 10, 2024 14:26:59 GMT
You've gone and done it now forestdweller - do you realise what you've done. I think you may have been living up country for too long. You've only gone and let people into one of the best kept secrets out there. it's bit like telling every Tom, Dick, or Harry about Plym Bridge or Whitsands  That baritone sounds nice. I went through a stage of almost getting one once. I think it was after listening to Martin Simpson's Just a Closer Walk with Thee. Question: Can you tell from those videos how much the sound is down to the guitar and how much is down to the recording process. I don't really get much into the GAS discussions on here. I sometimes wonder if it's because I've got a guitar I am happy with. Ah, I had forgotten you were a Plymouth lad Yes, Plym Bridge was my playground as a kid. Yes, I get your point (and Malcom's) that noone is going to put up a video of a guitar they don't like (doesn't stop me! Seriously though I am surprised by the number of videos that do appear that sound like they were recorded on a mobile phone). You can tell though that that Bari has a modest recording setup, but the sound still shines through. A proper Bari is something I've always wanted (my two long scale Tavys were 660mm, and were really for CGCGCD tuning) but a 'proper' bari so that I could do dadgad but in A or Bb would be awesome. I just hear one and they send a shiver up my spine. Robbie |
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Post by mandovark on Mar 10, 2024 14:44:33 GMT
It's been a few years since I played a Lakewood so I can't comment on the most recent ones, but at one time they used to turn up in a couple of shops in Manchester and at Promenade Music in Morecambe. The shops mostly had the cutaway M shape, which I played in a few wood combinations. I remember really liking an M-32CP with a cedar top (I think they were usually spruce, so I'm not sure if this was a custom). All of them struck me as excellent all-rounders, which I think was the idea of the M shape. They fingerpicked nicely, but they also had a lot of headroom and strong bass for strumming and flatpicking.
I never really thought of Lakewood as having a signature sound in the way that some other makers do. Every Brook I've ever played has sounded like a Brook, but I'd struggle to put my finger on what the Lakewood sound is. Maybe that just goes with the territory of being designed as all-rounders, and it might be different with some of the other body shapes, and possibly with the more recent guitars - like I said, my information might be a bit out of date.
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Post by Vinny on Mar 10, 2024 20:52:52 GMT
I had a D14 custom, the custom being cedar instead of spruce over mahogany. It was nice and mellow, a good all rounder but not spectacular at any one thing. I sold it cheap to a young guy, he had it up for sale for over double what he paid me for it within a few days.
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Post by malcolm on Mar 11, 2024 11:47:25 GMT
I had a D14 custom, the custom being cedar instead of spruce over mahogany. It was nice and mellow, a good all rounder but not spectacular at any one thing. I sold it cheap to a young guy, he had it up for sale for over double what he paid me for it within a few days. Aah, but did he sell it at that price? Second hand Lakewoods seem to remain on sale in Ireland for a very long time, as I'm sure you will agree. |
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Post by motsetiaw on Mar 11, 2024 12:44:34 GMT
I'm looking at a listing on UK ebay for this model D14-(cedar top)-is it overpriced @£875 sterling?...never played one or heard one in the flesh though & sadly the seller is not local to me....
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Post by Vinny on Mar 11, 2024 14:13:49 GMT
I had a D14 custom, the custom being cedar instead of spruce over mahogany. It was nice and mellow, a good all rounder but not spectacular at any one thing. I sold it cheap to a young guy, he had it up for sale for over double what he paid me for it within a few days. Aah, but did he sell it at that price? Second hand Lakewoods seem to remain on sale in Ireland for a very long time, as I'm sure you will agree. Very much doubt it. Gave a great description of it though. I almost wanted to buy it back... |
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Post by leoroberts on Mar 11, 2024 15:56:04 GMT
I sold it cheap to a young guy, he had it up for sale for over double what he paid me for it within a few days. Matthew 20. 1-16 As long as I'm content with what I was offered, what happens afterwards is no concern of mine. I've got a whole sermon, well, two, on this if anyone's got 15 minutes |
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Post by Vinny on Mar 11, 2024 21:14:17 GMT
I sold it cheap to a young guy, he had it up for sale for over double what he paid me for it within a few days. Matthew 20. 1-16 As long as I'm content with what I was offered, what happens afterwards is no concern of mine. I've got a whole sermon, well, two, on this if anyone's got 15 minutes My attention span can often be less than 15 seconds! You have piqued my curiosity. I’ll look up the Matthew verses. |
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Post by Vinny on Mar 11, 2024 21:19:49 GMT
I actually knew the passage, just not by Chapter and Verse.
How much is a denari in euro?
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Post by leoroberts on Mar 11, 2024 22:42:18 GMT
I actually knew the passage, just not by Chapter and Verse. How much is a denari in euro? A silver Denarius would be worth about 2.5 Euro at the time the story was told... the Roman Empire did, of course, devalue it over time - to such an extent that, by the end of the roman empire, it was worth about 10 cents |
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Post by Martin on Mar 12, 2024 6:49:07 GMT
I sold it cheap to a young guy, he had it up for sale for over double what he paid me for it within a few days. Matthew 20. 1-16 As long as I'm content with what I was offered, what happens afterwards is no concern of mine. I've got a whole sermon, well, two, on this if anyone's got 15 minutes I could do with reading that a few more times - I'm constantly befuddled by those who seem to be able to treat my prices like I'm a wholesaler  |
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Post by scorpiodog on Mar 12, 2024 10:13:46 GMT
I sold it cheap to a young guy, he had it up for sale for over double what he paid me for it within a few days. Matthew 20. 1-16 As long as I'm content with what I was offered, what happens afterwards is no concern of mine. I've got a whole sermon, well, two, on this if anyone's got 15 minutes Evidently the moral here is that if you procrastinate, it will give you an advantage. The early bird gets the same worm as the late bird. |
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Post by leoroberts on Mar 12, 2024 10:22:10 GMT
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Post by colins on Mar 12, 2024 11:47:34 GMT
One of my Tornavoz Torres guitars that I sold new for €5k in Seville sold at auction in Barcelona 3 months later for €12k + commission.
Colin
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Post by Vinny on Mar 12, 2024 16:57:16 GMT
Matthew 20. 1-16 As long as I'm content with what I was offered, what happens afterwards is no concern of mine. I've got a whole sermon, well, two, on this if anyone's got 15 minutes Evidently the moral here is that if you procrastinate, it will give you an advantage. The early bird gets the same worm as the late bird. Ah, but the early worm gets eaten… |
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