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05-29-2011, 12:15 PM
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05-29-2011, 12:32 PM
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Wow, that looks amazing. Any sound clips yet? As you can see from my youtube clips I'm rather smitten by my cherry Tamar. They do make extremely good guitars, and I love that figured mahogany.
I am currently waiting on a custom Brook. It is a baritone Tavy, that is going to be used for C to C tunings. I wanted a kind of 'theme' for it, and I had been thinking for a while whether it would be possible to make a guitar totally out of British/ European materials. Its been a little tricky in some areas but basically they have succeeded. The specs are: European spruce top Yew back and sides Sycamore/ walnut/ cherry laminate neck 3000 year old bog oak fingerboard, bridge and headplate Shertler tuners Copper side dots All internal bracing to use only native woods (such as tulip wood and poplar) Can't wait till its finished! Enjoy your lovely new guitar, Robbie www.youtube.com/ukrobbiej1 www.soundclick.com/robbiej
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05-29-2011, 08:15 PM
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Jerry
My all mahogany parlour is a Larrivee 00-50 MT and you can see it in action with my son playing it here. Its all I could want really but I still find myself wondering about selling it to put down the deposit on a Brook parlour. I've recently emigrated to the west coast of Canada (Larrivee land in fact!) and I've got a sentimental notion about having a very english guitar out here with me very much as Robbie suggests in his post. The plan would be for a 12 fret slot-head Lyn out of either yew or if possible the walnut from Kew gardens (that's yew or kew I guess) with an english bog oak pyramid bridge, fingerboard and headstock overlay. I don't think there are any home grown options for the top so cedar might do it with the walnut or european spruce with the yew. I'm really intrigued by all the internal bracing options and need suggestions about the binding. How did you settle on your body size Jerry? Brook make such a range of small sizes that it's pretty difficult to decide - was it sound or playability and did you think about going as big as the Lynn? I keep thinking about talking to Simon about this as a project and then think I should be concentrating more on playing what I've already got!! My son made a film about Brook which is on the front page of their website and my slot-head Taw gets a walk on part. Nice to see a group of Brook fans here on the forum. I was impressed with Wade's comments in the London guitar shops thread about experiencing the Brooks at Ivor Mairants - that's where I caught the bug too. Last edited by shuffle; 05-30-2011 at 01:24 PM.
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05-30-2011, 02:29 PM
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I like the idea of your new Brook being all British , it should be a corker!! Love the YOUTUBE clips btw.Your Tamar sounds ace & great playing. Gary
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05-30-2011, 02:58 PM
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I don't think I'm ever going to get tired of mine.Every time i open the case it's put a huge grin on my face. To be honest I was torn between the Clyst & the Lyn. I'm only 5'6" & larger guitars just don't feel comfortable to me. PS. My wife is going to expect a large present in return one day.I think she's biding her time!! 
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05-30-2011, 03:33 PM
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That film your son made is excellent, by the way. jerrycornelius, your new Brook is possibly the most beautiful Brook I've seen, and that's saying quite a lot. You must be chuffed to bits! Fliss
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05-31-2011, 12:42 AM
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chuffed to bits is an understatement  She sure is a mighty fine looking geetar. And I'm so impressed by the lovely rich ringing tone when strummed or fingerpicked.
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