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03-26-2010, 08:42 PM
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Glad to hear you are liking that guitar. I'm still lusting after the one I played a few months ago. What a great guitar. Regards, Glenn 
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03-26-2010, 08:51 PM
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I saw Richard Gilewitz in concert awhile back when he was playing on a mic-ed high-end Martin. It looked like a 000-18 Authentic. Best live sound I've ever heard. Bill Mize on "Rhoad Scholar" is probably the best I've heard on an album.
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03-26-2010, 08:59 PM
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A Manzer, played by Pat Metheny. No doubt that guitar wouldn't have sounded as good in my hands... but it sure caused me to dream. The NFS Somogyi on Dream is pretty darn mindblowing to me. I could listen to that forever, and the Wingert currently there comes pretty close, but a totally different sound.
As for real guitars that I could seriously consider in this lifetime, I sound I keep getting drawn to is an F35c Cocobolo/Redwood Lowden. Someday, I hope to have enough money when one comes available although that may be a bad idea up here in dry Colorado. Ah, we can always dream! :-) Till then I'm really blessed to have a wonderful sounding "well seasoned" Lowden O25 that almost every day makes me really thankful for what I've got! -jay
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03-27-2010, 09:20 AM
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I guess for me it was 2 different guitars. And they were on recordings. I didn't hear them live. One was a Collings D-2 series guitar that had that new process where it changes the molecular arrangement of the wood. The name of the process escapes me at the moment but the guitar sounded so good, darn near gave me an organism (
 ). The other is Bryan Sutton's Bourgeois D-150. I've heard several on recordings though that I didn't know what they were and they sounded superb...you know, just the right amount of fundementals to overtones, etc. The Collings guitars that Kenny Smith and Andy Falco play both sound like a dream. Yeah, I know...the players have a lot to do with that, but their guitars have fabulous acoustic tone. I think Kenny plays a D-2 series and Andy a D-1A. I've also heard great sounding Martins, other Bourgeois models, and many of which I didn't know what they were. But the 2 mentioned above kind of set the standard for me for great sounding dreads. And, oh yeah...you oughta' hear my Collings DS-3MhA...un-freakin' believable. Tom Last edited by drbluegrass; 03-27-2010 at 11:56 AM.
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03-27-2010, 09:55 AM
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Martin Simpson makes his Sobell sound stunning, I spent an hour with him in a small room and only about six others. Alas, I can't make Sobells sound like that!
For me, the best sounding guitars I've ever played are a Baranik jumbo and a Hamblin grand concert. I bought both. If I ever play anything better, I'll be surprised. Different, sure, and I may be able to be tempted to shell out for something else, but I'm in no hurry.
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03-27-2010, 10:17 AM
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I'd say Russ Barenberg's 1945 Gibson banner J-45 with laminated maple back and sides. The other is pretty much any guitar I've heard David Grier play which tells you something about what makes a guitar sound good.
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03-27-2010, 11:11 AM
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03-27-2010, 11:16 AM
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Here are some of my other favorites from the dreamguitars website (GAS warning!!)
000 - http://www.dreamguitars.com/preowned...000-40_702.php Old 2-17 - http://www.dreamguitars.com/preowned...2-17_17032.php New Veillette - http://www.dreamguitars.com/new/veil...ryphon_640.php Another Blanchard - http://www.dreamguitars.com/new/blan...m_series_1.php Nice OM - http://www.dreamguitars.com/preowned...seim060168.php Some nice ones they just put up for sale: http://www.dreamguitars.com/preowned...m-1ac_7306.php http://www.dreamguitars.com/preowned...ion_003940.php
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03-27-2010, 11:53 AM
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A visit to the Froggy Bottom shop and hearing Eric's BRW Jumbo. Magic!
My Ted Thompson T2X is also a gem. 6th row floor seats for the upcoming James Taylor show may have me praising his Olson. Sure sounds nice on the "One Man Band" DVD.
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03-27-2010, 12:34 PM
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Two That I've Heard Were Above All The Rest
Aloha Friends,
Been playing guitars since 1959. Been gigging since '64. Have made 213 acoustic steel string guitars to date - mostly as a hobbyist. I have heard many great guitars belonging to many great guitarist over the years. Two stand out above all the rest. The first provided much inspiration when I was a full-time luthier in the early 80's. A guitar dealer friend got a new guitar in around 1980 from a guy I'd never heard of. It was a Rob Ehlers http://www.ehlersguitars.com/ small jumbo guitar in Brazil RW & German spruce with an ivory bridge, 25.5" scale, 4-5/8" depth, 15.5" width at the lower bout, very deep waist, venetian cutaway, and actually tasteful abalone rosette and trim. It felt great, was amazingly quick responsive throughout the scales and sounded amazing. That was a monster. Not powerful. But so musical. The perfect fingerstyle guitar. Ehlers was a pioneer in those designs at a time when Dreadnaught was King. Here's what it looked like: http://www.ehlersguitars.com/photo_gallery/005.html The most alive and loud guitar I've ever played is the custom Lowden that George made for Alex DeGrassi in the early 90's. Alex came here through Honolulu about six years ago. We reconnected and I had a chance to hear him in concert and then follow him back to his hotel just to catch up and talk story. He played a Lowden based on their F35 series but with a flatter fingerboard, German spruce top and quilted German Maple b&s, 25.5" scale, and a wider profile neck 1-7/8" width at the nut - just how I like 'em. Listen to it here: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...dRxXqJt8pAk&h= What was astonishing was how loud that Lowden was. Could fill a stadium with sound! Because it's Alex's primary guitar, once again you could hear the very real value of playing in your tone into a guitar for many years to get the full benefit of its potential. After hours of playing, ALex's wife kicked me out of the hotel room. But THAT guitar is a real MF! Volume and the full spectrum of sound. Alex DeServes it! His Traugott Braz RW/German Spruce guitar was excellent also. But that Lowden..... A Hui Hou! alohachris Last edited by alohachris; 03-27-2010 at 02:00 PM.
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03-27-2010, 01:00 PM
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Just remembered another one!
Aloha,
I just remembered another guitar that blew me away. Many have heard this one: Norman Blake's 1934 12-fret D-18. Here it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKLgXgVRqjk I'd heard it on his records, including his renowned instrumental album, "Whiskey Before Breakfast" (check that one out again). But I actually got to play it for a few minutes at a small mom 'n pop old-timey festival at Smithfield, Virginia in 1977. It was 3-4 in the morning after most had gone to their tents for sleep. Norman and Nancy had to leave for the Philly Folk Festival to play that evening and so they lingered around the main camp fire where the festival people hung out chatting with friends before they had to leave. I wandered over there because I couldn't sleep, especially with one of my guitar heroes in such close proximity. Norman broke out his D-18 and was playing very gently. Only a handfull of folks were still up. On a break, I asked Norman if could gently play his guitar for a minute. He graciously consented. I played it for around 15 minutes, trying very hard to resist the urge to flatpick a version of Church Street Blues and wake everyone up. Meeting that very un-pretentious, humble and polite Southern man and his Act-of-God D-18 are two things I'll never forget in my life. It's the guitar that got me thinking about 12-frets - which I've played ever since at my gigs (some 33 years since!). That was the ultimate Martin that I've ever played - touch and power! Thanks for indulging my memories, guys. alohachris Last edited by alohachris; 03-27-2010 at 01:36 PM.
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