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Saville OM
OK, it's about time I wrote this. A couple of years ago I became aware of Steve Saville and his guitars and decided to order one. He finished it just before the holidays last year and I believe I got it the weekend before Thanksgiving. Since then, I have been playing it relentlessly. It is walnut b/s with a cedar top, an oval sound port, a beveled arm-rest and a cutaway. I have tried several different strings (right now I'm using GHS Laurence Juber strings with excellent results) and a variety of tunings, though lately, due to the music I've been working on, I've pretty much kept it in DADGAD. It plays marvelously smooth. The neck profile (I think Steve calls it a modified C) is extremely comfortable and easy to move around on. The tone is very nice, very good projection and has a rounder (mellower?) tone (if that makes any sense) than my two spruce topped dreads. It sits nicely on my lap and fits me perfectly. I have to say, one the nicest things about the sound-port is the ability to look inside the guitar and get a better look at the innards of the thing. I am extremely satisfied with my custom-build guitar and really enjoyed the ability to be involved from wood selection to finished product. I highly recommend the experience and highly recommend Steve Saville as luthier.
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Bring it next Sat. I really want to see and hear how she sounds!
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Congrats, she's a beauty. Cedar & Walnut is a great combo and you've got some nice nice features with the bevel & soundport. I love looking inside a soundport too
That Walnut has beautiful figure, any chance you could post a bigger pic so we could get a better look?
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That's very kind of you Mike. Thank you.
pg60 - You want larger pic's?
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That's a real beauty, I love the walnut, and that kind of bodyshape with the blunt cutaway is exactly what I'd want if I was looking for a new guitar right now
I can't quite make out the 12th fret inlay, have you got a closer-up pic of that please? Fliss Last edited by Fliss; 03-14-2010 at 01:24 AM. Reason: typo |
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Fliss - How's this?
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Cool, thanks Steve. I like that, it's unusual and interesting
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Fliss,
It is a nice shape. I'll let Mike explain what the symbol is all about, if he wants.
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looks kind of like the play button on my old vcr
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OK, for Fliss. . . the inlay at the 12th fret is the symbol for an organization that has a certain affinity for a guy named Bill Wilson. In fact, the members of that organization, most of whom never met him, often refer to themselves as friends of Bill. I myself think of him as a friend. . .
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The guitar is a real beauty -- congrats! Bill
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Quote:
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