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Post Your Favorite Circa(s)
I have admired John's work for quite some time. I know there are a number of Circa owners here, but I don't think I've ever seen a consolidated thread about his guitars. If you own one (or have a lot of experience with one), please post your thoughts here. As always, photos are welcome and encouraged.
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Circa OM-30/34 (Adi/Mad) | 000-12 (Ger/Maple) | OM-28 (Adi/Brz) | OM-18/21 (Adi/Hog) | OM-42 (Adi/Braz) Fairbanks SJ (Adi/Hog) | Schoenberg/Klepper 000-12c (Adi/Hog) | LeGeyt CLM (Swiss/Amzn) | LeGeyt CLM (Carp/Koa) Brondel A-2 (Carp/Mad) |
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This Maple 000 came in and sold very quickly. Funnily enough I met its original owner over the weekend!
Lovely guitar...
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Trevor. Last edited by Trevor M; 11-18-2014 at 06:20 AM. |
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After having experience with what many would consider some of the world's finest builders, John is one of the very elite builders, and in there with the top 5... where those 5 are none better than each other... just differences.
My dear and distinguished friend also has a Circa of stunning Brazilian/Adi.. I'll see if he would also post, as his guitar would highlight this thread nicely. Here's my Double 00 Cut in very rare straight grained Honduran Rosewood and Adirondack Red Spruce... (I'm not sure why the burst looks red in pictures, as it's not representative at all The burst in person is a very deep rich cremona burst... oh well) |
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And here's my magnificent OM, red spruce over Madagascar rosewood with a mahogany neck. More pix and my review here.
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Jim Magill Director, The Swannanoa Gathering Guitars:'07 Circa OM, '09 Bashkin 00-12fret, '10 Circa 00 12-fret, '17 Buendia Jumbo, '17 Robbins R.1, '19 Doerr Legacy Select, '12 Collings 000-28H Koa. Pre-War guitars: '20 0-28, '22 00-28, '22 000-28. Mandolins: '09 Heiden Heritage F5, '08 Poe F5 , 1919 Gibson F-4, '80 Monteleone Grand Artist mandolin, '83 Monteleone GA (oval),'85 Sobell cittern. Last edited by jmagill; 11-19-2014 at 02:49 PM. |
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Oh man, so many awesome Circas. adlerburg, I LOVE the look of that 00. Absolutely gorgeous.
Trevor and Micheal, that is a stunning maple 000! Jim, your Circas and reviews have always been an inspiration. I have always loved the look of your guitars. I especially love this one! Drooooool. Jim, how do would you compare the 2008 aid/Braz OM with the Adi/Madagascar OM in the photos above? And this one!
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Circa OM-30/34 (Adi/Mad) | 000-12 (Ger/Maple) | OM-28 (Adi/Brz) | OM-18/21 (Adi/Hog) | OM-42 (Adi/Braz) Fairbanks SJ (Adi/Hog) | Schoenberg/Klepper 000-12c (Adi/Hog) | LeGeyt CLM (Swiss/Amzn) | LeGeyt CLM (Carp/Koa) Brondel A-2 (Carp/Mad) |
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I have been fortunate to play perhaps a few dozen Circas, but most of them fairly briefly. The two I own, of course, I know well and have reviewed extensively at my website. The Braz OM is owned by Ed Dodson. I remember when it was new thinking it had some of the richest, sweetest tone I'd ever heard. The sound didn't have quite the depth or volume of my OM (which already had a year's playing time on it), but it was still one of the most memorable guitars I've played. I remember the Taz blackwood 000 as feather-light, with a beautifully balanced voice and dry-toned similar to mahogany or koa.
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Jim Magill Director, The Swannanoa Gathering Guitars:'07 Circa OM, '09 Bashkin 00-12fret, '10 Circa 00 12-fret, '17 Buendia Jumbo, '17 Robbins R.1, '19 Doerr Legacy Select, '12 Collings 000-28H Koa. Pre-War guitars: '20 0-28, '22 00-28, '22 000-28. Mandolins: '09 Heiden Heritage F5, '08 Poe F5 , 1919 Gibson F-4, '80 Monteleone Grand Artist mandolin, '83 Monteleone GA (oval),'85 Sobell cittern. |
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I have posted mine several times, but there's always another opportunity to share. The first time I met John at Swannanoa he handed me a Mahogany 00 to try. It was one of those special guitar moments when you hear a sound you have been looking for. I didn't have the money to buy that guitar but I soon placed my order.
I went with a Mahogany 00, because that was the sound I was after. John told me that the 00 body size it is very easy to get very consistent results. I asked if the cutaway would change the sound. John said in his experience the cutaway had no effect. That was good enough for me [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] I had John add a pick guard later. Of course since we are supposed to play guitars here's the Circa in action The trio I play in recently recorded a cd. The 00 was used on a couple of songs, on one in particular I noticed that the treble strings sounded really nice. John told me that the hide glue that he uses makes those strings sound bright but not brittle. Who knows? Whatever he is doing he knows how to build a great guitar.
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Circa Dread Adi/Braz
This Adi/ Braz Dread is from 2008. Per John, this is a lighter build than he is doing with Dreads these days.
The tone is glorious and you can't appreciate the true beauty of the Adirondack and Brazilian with out seeing the guitar in person. |
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Circa
This one's my favorite so far. I just love this wood.
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Ed Dodson used to post on here from time to time, I think he owns three of John's guitars.
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The actual wood's a bit darker; I boosted the contrast and saturation a little in Photoshop to show the colors since it was devilishly hard to capture in the camera. This Brazilian was reclaimed from the roof beam of a house, which makes me think it must have been a pretty fabulous house...
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Jim Magill Director, The Swannanoa Gathering Guitars:'07 Circa OM, '09 Bashkin 00-12fret, '10 Circa 00 12-fret, '17 Buendia Jumbo, '17 Robbins R.1, '19 Doerr Legacy Select, '12 Collings 000-28H Koa. Pre-War guitars: '20 0-28, '22 00-28, '22 000-28. Mandolins: '09 Heiden Heritage F5, '08 Poe F5 , 1919 Gibson F-4, '80 Monteleone Grand Artist mandolin, '83 Monteleone GA (oval),'85 Sobell cittern. |
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Here's a side-by-side for comparison. I brought the original into Photoshop and went to work snipping, stretching and compressing to come up with my version, which also uses just simple slotted diamonds for position markers.
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Jim Magill Director, The Swannanoa Gathering Guitars:'07 Circa OM, '09 Bashkin 00-12fret, '10 Circa 00 12-fret, '17 Buendia Jumbo, '17 Robbins R.1, '19 Doerr Legacy Select, '12 Collings 000-28H Koa. Pre-War guitars: '20 0-28, '22 00-28, '22 000-28. Mandolins: '09 Heiden Heritage F5, '08 Poe F5 , 1919 Gibson F-4, '80 Monteleone Grand Artist mandolin, '83 Monteleone GA (oval),'85 Sobell cittern. |
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This one! I've loved the way this looks since I first saw it shared on my own Baranik build thread.
I've not actually played it though. Of the four I've tried, I was taken with an Adi/mahogany OM. David Quote:
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