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A Pair of Baranik JX's
Mike Baranik's guitars are amazing. With the recent acquisition of a 2001 Baranik JX, Brazilian / Italian (thanks, Jay), that joins a 2008 JX that I 'designed' with Mike, not a day goes by that I don't consider my good fortune. The 2001 is near mint, has a modified V neck carve, and soundhole with traditional reinforcement. With D'Addario EJ24's, it is my DADGAD guitar. My 2008 with a C neck (slim profile), and 360 degree reinforcement around the soundhole, is strung with medium gauge strings for C tunings. These are amazingly crafted, and sonically exquisite. Such a pair of great guitars. Here's some pictures, first the 2001 Braz, and then the 2008 MadRose.
Here's the 2008 JX in MadRose / German
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AZ Slacker Bourgeois JOMC, MadRose/Adi Baranik, JX MadRose/German Baranik, JX Brazilian/Italian SCGC OM, Brazilian / German SCGC OMG, Brazilian / Moon Spruce Dan Roberts Troubadour, Mahogany/Adi Collings CJ35 Mahogany/German Jimmy Edmonds OM Braz/Adi Greven '1937' D18 Greven '1937' OM Braz/Adi |
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Look at you go! Lovely guitars there, including the other 2 in your sig! Understated elegance on that one
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Those are absolutely beautiful.
Stunning. Love them.
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Brucebubs 1972 - Takamine D-70 2014 - Alvarez ABT60 Baritone 2015 - Kittis RBJ-195 Jumbo 2012 - Dan Dubowski#61 2018 - Rickenbacker 4003 Fireglo 2020 - Gibson Custom Shop Historic 1957 SJ-200 2021 - Epiphone 'IBG' Hummingbird |
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Two JXs in the house ? That's a lot of rumbling for one man's cottage, right there ! Put in some stained glass windows, and you'd swear there was a pipe organ somewhere in the wings. Enjoy !
Can you describe any marked differences in tone/responsiveness between the two ? Which perceptions led you to assign DADGAD to the 2001 and C tunings to the one you had Mike build for you in 2008? Baranik established his credentials as a top-tier builder a long time ago, and his work keeps getting better as time goes by. His aesthetic choices are always refreshing, outside the box yet well-considered, flowing and harmonious, lighthearted and sometimes comical (like the VW bus guitar he showed a few years back or that beehive guitar he built for a client in Asia). If I had the dough, I'd readily commission a build with him, most likely a larger model to complement my compact 00m and mini Retreux Parlor.
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Very nice.
Looks like you got your maddie JX the same year I got my CX. Mike builds wonderful guitars. |
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The 2008 is not to my ears as bright. It excels in C tunings, with a low end 'growl' of its own. The upper end is defined and clear, but without the 'snap' on the high treble notes. I don't know if I can explain that very well. I'm fortunate to have both.
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AZ Slacker Bourgeois JOMC, MadRose/Adi Baranik, JX MadRose/German Baranik, JX Brazilian/Italian SCGC OM, Brazilian / German SCGC OMG, Brazilian / Moon Spruce Dan Roberts Troubadour, Mahogany/Adi Collings CJ35 Mahogany/German Jimmy Edmonds OM Braz/Adi Greven '1937' D18 Greven '1937' OM Braz/Adi |
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Hey AZ Slacker!
What's this I see in your signature? A third Baranik JX in the house? Tell us more!
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¡Hola, don Slacker!
Just checking in on a lazy summer evening, these many months later. Care to tell us about the EIR JX? Me ?? These past few weeks, I've been on a second honeymoon with Tuxedo Bolo, discovering which pieces of the repertoire let it shine. In my stable, it's the sexy muscle car.
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____________________________________________ 1922 Martin 0-28 1933 Martin 0-17 1974 Alvarez/Yairi CY120 2010 Baranik Parlor 2013 Circa OM-18 2014 Claxton OM Traditional 2014 Blackbird Rider |