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Post by bobcarter on Oct 16, 2014 17:35:36 GMT
Great song from Wild Violet. I love the banjo-like accompaniment, works really well with the song.
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Post by bobcarter on Oct 16, 2014 15:12:22 GMT
Very nice entry from David Hutton - that's a good sound you're getting from your new Zoom, David!
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Post by bobcarter on Oct 14, 2014 15:25:58 GMT
Looks amazing - it's all so far above the level of my own woodworking (or general handyman) abilities that I feel like a caveman trying to follow a lecture on quantum physics, but it's fascinating to watch, anyway!
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Post by bobcarter on Oct 13, 2014 20:39:18 GMT
We find customers more or less evenly divided between the two. I don't think it's the 100 quid extra that stops some peole buying the hi gloss model, more the fact that they like the warmer more tactile the satin wood finish. I alwaystruel the natural ones sound more 'open'.....best way of describing it, but that may just be my imagination making me think less finish makes a better sound. Plenty of gloss acoustics, Faith included, sound perfectly good as well. Probably one of the best selling guitars in our store at that price............but have a look at the Yamaha L series before taking the plunge, similar money (or they start at similar money) and extremely good. That matches with what I remember reading on the Faith site somewhere, that gloss finish will tend to give a tighter more even sound, while a natural finish maybe has a more open, breathy quality but maybe less even. Both my guitars are satin finish and that seems to descibe them quite well. Actually the Stonebridge I eventually chose over the Faith is a "naked" finish that I liked for just that reason. Will be interesting to hear which you choose and why!
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Post by bobcarter on Oct 9, 2014 20:25:27 GMT
That were champion, Bob. Loved the fact that you didn't feel the need (as I usually do) to fill up empty spaces but let thre silence engender expectation for the next phrase... marvellous stuff. Thank you, Leo, that's very kind. Interesting you should say that. I ran it past my wife during development, whose advice was (this is the technical term, I believe), "Take away some of the plinky plonky bits." So I did!
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Post by bobcarter on Oct 9, 2014 11:41:26 GMT
Thank you, Martin! As others have said, I deliberately avoided listening to the other entries before getting mine finished, but it's really nice to be able to sit back now and enjoy what everyone else is up to!
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Post by bobcarter on Oct 8, 2014 12:42:47 GMT
Looks amazing! Very exciting to see it coming along...
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Post by bobcarter on Oct 8, 2014 7:03:15 GMT
Thank you, Keith and vikingblues for your kind comments -glad you liked the tune. I've been experimenting a bit with recording set up at home recently and that was one channel mic and one from a little mic modelling amp.
Looking forward to hearing more entries - already been some great stuff so far! Terrific to get to listen to everyone's creations especially when they're fresh off the press just for the competition.
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Post by bobcarter on Oct 8, 2014 6:53:40 GMT
................. Regarding the quality of the vocals, let's say that my family, who have to put up with them a lot, would disagree! That's what families are for Pete! I have only to reach for a guitar and Mrs O'C leaves the room before a note is played or sung. Keith My cat does the same, Keith, with an added withering look of disgust on the way out.
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Post by bobcarter on Oct 7, 2014 21:28:30 GMT
So, here’s my entry – thought I’d better get it in as the build seems to be proceeding rapidly and I'm off on holiday next week! Writing tunes is not something that comes easily – I manage one about every three years if I’m lucky, and there’s so much wonderful stuff out there by other people to play - but I’ve really enjoyed having a reason to sit down, get on with it and come up with something, so a big thank you to Colin and Dave. I’ve called it “D-iscovery”, and there are a couple of motivations behind the tune (apart from the obvious one of wanting a crack at what looks like being a beautiful guitar): D-iscoveryThe choice of tuning: It’s in open D (DADF#AD). When I first started getting into instrumental fingerstyle, the first tune I learned (“The Irish Girl” by Adrian Legg) was in D, but despite learning lots of pieces in various tunings since, The Irish Girl was still the only tune I knew in D. So now I’ve got another one! Plus as I wasn’t very familiar with the tuning and chord shapes, I thought I might come up with something rather different from what I normally play, which is pretty much what happened, actually. The title: I had in mind the kind of things you want to discover when you're trying out a new guitar and seeing if it’s for you. What’s the sustain like? What about dynamic range? How sweet are the harmonics? How does the neck feel in your hands? What range of sounds and voices does the guitar have hidden away? Does it suit your playing style? So I wanted something which explored quite a few of these, maybe the sort of tune you could run through in a guitar shop to get a feel for a new instrument. I also think one of the magical things about a good guitar is that it should push you to become a better player and expand your horizons, while at the same time actually helping you to improve, so I wanted something that I personally found quite challenging to play and also incorporated some things I’ve been trying to get better at recently, like harmonics. Anyway, here it is. Phew, I'm going to need that holiday now…
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Post by bobcarter on Oct 4, 2014 21:27:58 GMT
What's the difference between a guitarist and a foot spa?
A foot spa bucks up your feet.
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Post by bobcarter on Oct 4, 2014 21:16:35 GMT
Hi
Just to say that the Natural Faiths are different from Naked series mentioned here (you mention that you're comparing High Gloss and Natural in the post title). The Natural and the Naked series have quite different price points.
Although I haven't got one myself, I've always taken the opportunity to try Faiths when I find one in the shop, and have always been impressed, especially with the High Gloss - the High Gloss Neptune is my favourite and I almost bought one a while back when shopping for a guitar around the £700 mark but went for something else in the end. The Naked ones I've tried have seemed less special, but have the advantage of course of being a fair bit cheaper! Don't have much experience of playing the Naturals.
If you look at faithguitars.com under the "guitars" menu you can easily compare the woods on the different models - as other comments say, the High Gloss have Rosewood sides, the Natural and Naked mahogany.
Happy shopping!
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Post by bobcarter on Oct 4, 2014 17:58:59 GMT
Looks lovely, that's for sure Colin. But progress is seeming to be pretty quick - any chance you could slow down a bit as I only have the seed of an idea for a competition tune so far!! Keith Quick indeed! I agree, Keith, I think I may need to take next week off work....! ;-)
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Post by bobcarter on May 19, 2014 17:13:30 GMT
Thank you, Keith and Mark - glad you enjoyed the review. Mark, shame you're not using yours so much, but from reading Keith's post, perhaps you should sell it to him!
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Post by bobcarter on May 18, 2014 20:11:02 GMT
I have a Larrivee L03RE (spruce/rosewood and with LR Baggs pickup) and I like it very much. I would agree with the comments above that the L02 series are pretty similar and cheaper, though I don't think they do a rosewood version. The neck on the 03 is one piece compared to the the 02, though not sure that makes much difference.
The Larrivee has a wide fingerboard (46mm at the nut) which I love but maybe not to everyone's taste. They're all known for being very balanced and I'd say that's true of mine too. Can maybe be a little muddy in the bass but generally I like sound very much.
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