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Post by Mike Floorstand on Sept 30, 2013 20:16:57 GMT
Thanks Kev and a warm welcome to the forum, there's lot of good work gone into that blog of yours! Martin Carthy is a law unto himself isn't he - who else who have the machine heads changed on a PRS guitar of that quality? Does he use some obscure gear ratio or something? I don't suppose you know if the PRS features another Carthy trademark - brass bridge pins on the treble strings? cheers
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Post by Martin on Sept 30, 2013 20:36:16 GMT
As you're a fan of Martin Carthy, Kev, you may have already seen this, but I managed to record some of a show I was at a couple of years ago in Glasgow. It's rough, but may be of interest
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Post by kevboyd on Oct 1, 2013 20:48:47 GMT
I don't know about the bridge pins but the photo on my site appears to show the original (ebony?) ones. The few YouTube clips of him playing this guitar are inconclusive but if pushed I'd guess they haven't been changed. I'm seeing him in a couple of weeks so I'll try to check (may even ask him if I get the chance).
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Post by earwighoney on Oct 1, 2013 21:38:52 GMT
Been a interesting thread so far and apologies for this particular post which is going off topic slightly...
I've read Martin Carthy's name here and there for a long time, but never really got around to checking out any of his stuff til last night and listened to his first album which is wonderful! His back catalogue is massive, are there are another albums which a MC newb should start with?
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Post by ocarolan on Oct 1, 2013 22:10:47 GMT
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Post by kevboyd on Oct 2, 2013 18:49:13 GMT
Impossible to choose one from his vast back catalogue so for serious explorers I'll recommend the following by decade:
60s: Prince Heathen (with Dave Swarbrick) 70s: Crown Of Horn 80s: Right Of Passage 90s: Signs Of Life 00s: Straws In The Wind (with Dave Swarbrick)
No solo albums in the 2010s so far (except a couple of archive 70s live releases) but he has a duo album with his daughter Eliza in the works at the moment. And exploring his various current and former bands is another story all together...
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Post by Mike Floorstand on Oct 2, 2013 23:36:52 GMT
Try Waiting For Angels.
But actually it probably doesn't matter what you start with, if you liked the first one you will end up buying all the others!
I'm looking forward to the duo album with Eliza, I saw them playing Siege of Delhi recently, frankly if they played that for the whole album I'd buy two copies, in case I wore the first one out!
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Post by earwighoney on Oct 3, 2013 20:28:58 GMT
Thanks for the recommendations Keith, Kev and MF. Keith, I imagine watching those guys play in the 60's must have been quite something. I can't remember who parted with the particular story of seeing Davy Graham play on a regular basis in the 60's, which I can only ever imagine what it must have been like.
I'll definitely pick up Prince Heathen to begin with.
I've been watching Dave Swarbrick on YT quite a bit, a few things with Richard Thompson. What an amazing musician.
Thanks again for the recommendations.
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Post by scripsit on Oct 4, 2013 3:13:11 GMT
I've been doing a bit of a hunt around the Internet for information on the Martin Simpson model PRS.
I found the original review which raised questions for me from the online version of Acoustic Guitar magazine, by Teja Gerken (and by the way, I agree with another poster that one shouldn't take any notice of the brand preferences expressed somewhat vehemently by the folk who get upset if something isn't a Martin, Gibson or Taylor on the AGF). He mentions a buzzing problem with a couple of strings and that this can't be corrected because there isn't a truss rod. Does anyone know if this model of the PRS now has a truss rod?
The other surprising thing is the price of the signature models. Originally they were very expensive indeed: I found one on the Dream Guitars site which sold for about $US15,000 when they first came out, the list price is now still over $US10,000, but I found two shops in the US which were offering this model for $US7,800. Are they available in the UK?
They look gorgeous, and sound spectacular in every sample I've heard.
I still think that for about $8,000 I'd go directly to a small shop luthier. Although it looks like Steve Fischer is already priced out of this category.
So many guitars to lust after, so little money ...
Kym
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Post by ianlp59 on Oct 4, 2013 10:51:29 GMT
I've been doing a bit of a hunt around the Internet for information on the Martin Simpson model PRS. I found the original review which raised questions for me from the online version of Acoustic Guitar magazine, by Teja Gerken (and by the way, I agree with another poster that one shouldn't take any notice of the brand preferences expressed somewhat vehemently by the folk who get upset if something isn't a Martin, Gibson or Taylor on the AGF). He mentions a buzzing problem with a couple of strings and that this can't be corrected because there isn't a truss rod. Does anyone know if this model of the PRS now has a truss rod? The other surprising thing is the price of the signature models. Originally they were very expensive indeed: I found one on the Dream Guitars site which sold for about $US15,000 when they first came out, the list price is now still over $US10,000, but I found two shops in the US which were offering this model for $US7,800. Are they available in the UK? They look gorgeous, and sound spectacular in every sample I've heard. I still think that for about $8,000 I'd go directly to a small shop luthier. Although it looks like Steve Fischer is already priced out of this category. So many guitars to lust after, so little money ... Kym I believe that PRS private stock acoustics now have a truss rod. World Guitars, a PRS dealer, have a Tony McManus private stock Angelus up for sale at 6995.00 pounds. I would expect a Martin Simpson Angelus to be priced the same. Not sure where you're coming from with Steve Fischer. His base price is currently 5,500.00 dollars which obviously can go north with optional extras. Last year I got Steve to build me a Concerto with African Blackwood, European spruce, snakewood bindings and a custom saddle and nut width. The guitar also has a set of tuners by Keith Robson. I was lucky, Keith wanted me to have a set of his tuners on the guitar. The landed price of the instrument was a little over 6 grand, which is somewhat less than a PRS. It's a great guitar and I'm very happy with it. Cheers, Ian
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Post by scripsit on Oct 4, 2013 13:51:38 GMT
Thanks for that Ian. I'd read that the standard Angelus models now included truss rods, but wasn't sure about the private stock. The Fischer prices I saw were from guitars for sale on various US sites, at what must be a considerable markup. He seems to be very good value at the sort of money you quote. I assume the low(er) prices for the Martin Simpson models are because the traders concerned are trying to get rid of particular individual guitars they have in stock. For instance: eddiesguitars.com/Paul-Reed-Smith-Martin-Simpson-Private-Stock-Acoustic.htmlKym
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Post by kevboyd on Oct 27, 2013 16:33:58 GMT
"I don't suppose you know if the PRS features another Carthy trademark - brass bridge pins on the treble strings?"
Mike, I saw Martin with Dave Swarbrick last night and asked him afterwards if I cold take a few shots of the new guitar. Here's a close up of the bridge pins that may answer your question: I have a couple more close-ups here and a few shots from the gig here
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