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Post by Me&MyGuitar on Dec 8, 2014 17:51:27 GMT
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Post by Me&MyGuitar on Dec 8, 2014 18:01:03 GMT
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Post by Me&MyGuitar on Dec 8, 2014 18:04:53 GMT
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Post by alig on Dec 8, 2014 18:06:50 GMT
Quite, quite lovely.
What does it sound like?
Especially like the little cut-outs.
Alasdair.
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Post by brianr2 on Dec 8, 2014 19:09:52 GMT
A true thing of beauty with so many lovely touches. Can't wait to hear it.
Brian
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Post by Me&MyGuitar on Dec 8, 2014 19:16:00 GMT
I played it today, strings on since yesterday, guitar is still to be varnished.
Well, I never had a baritone before, so I can only tell my very first impressions:
- veeery playable, no problems with neck, freatboard, strings tension; I played it just as if it were an OM, no problems at all;
- it sounds, oh it sounds! High notes are still perfectly intonated at fretboard upper end as usual on Milani's guitars, are not obscured by bassess at all; they are so clear and very well defined, a typical "Milani sound" which mainly contributes to get a warm sound very well balanced all over the frequency range; basses are warm and round, almost "harp-ish". Strings on: John Pearse .017-.070 bronze 80/20 .
The guitar will be shellac french polished, ready in two weeks.
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Post by Martin on Dec 8, 2014 19:18:56 GMT
Beautiful photos, Massimo  I love the woods and all the little details, like the rosette, bridge and soundport  |
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Post by vikingblues on Dec 8, 2014 19:36:44 GMT
It already looks amazing, but add the shellac french polishing and it'll look stunning I think. As always with these build photographs I'm amazed at the transformation from the pieces of raw wood to the work of art at the end of the process. Great that the sound is so much to your liking too. Enjoy! Mark |
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Post by Me&MyGuitar on Dec 8, 2014 19:41:56 GMT
I choose an original design for the rosette, which Lukas liked and immediately elaborated and simplified making it more elegant. The soundport design looks like a very nice little devil's face, but it comes right from the rosette design. Finally, I choose the asymmetrical bridge which is not a typical feature of Milani's guitars, but found him enthusiast for it offered the possibility to give a better break angle to the saddle of the thicker strings, and to make an alternative saddle compensated for the so called "half-Nashville" stringing (that one used by Pat Metheny, which means 3rd and 4th string substituded by lighter strings .022 and .016, tuned to an octave upper).
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Post by earwighoney on Dec 8, 2014 23:11:52 GMT
Beautiful guitar.
That's some of the finest Palo Escrito I've seen in a non Mexican guitar.
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Post by ocarolan on Dec 8, 2014 23:29:50 GMT
Looking good, Massimo - some lovely photos there - hope the next two weeks pass quickly for you!
Keith
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Post by colan on Dec 9, 2014 22:08:19 GMT
The rosette is very attractive and the sloped nut is a beautiful feature that I've never seen before.
What's the origin of that beautiful concept ?
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Post by Me&MyGuitar on Dec 10, 2014 14:47:17 GMT
The rosette is very attractive and the sloped nut is a beautiful feature that I've never seen before. What's the origin of that beautiful concept ? The rosette design is the result of a collaboration between me and Lukas. The "sloped" nut is a photographic artifact, I cannot imagine how it happened but believe me, it is a regular nut. |
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Post by colan on Dec 10, 2014 16:13:07 GMT
The rosette is very attractive and the sloped nut is a beautiful feature that I've never seen before. What's the origin of that beautiful concept ? The rosette design is the result of a collaboration between me and Lukas. The "sloped" nut is a photographic artifact, I cannot imagine how it happened but believe me, it is a regular nut. Ah, in that case it's an accidental invention which I'm going to snaffle for a future build. Necessity may be the mother of invention but accident is the father of originality.  |
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Post by Me&MyGuitar on Dec 21, 2014 14:48:17 GMT
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Jo whoever he is.
