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In one sense you're definitely right Vic - the guitar WAS made for me!
Guys - Thanks for the kind words; I appreciate them. I'm glad you enjoyed the video - as I said, I really like build threads that end in videos or sound files at the very least; it's the natural conclusion of a thread that ends with a finished guitar in someone's hands. Gives it closure. Quote:
Sure - I'm settling on D'Addario "bluegrass" EJ19s these days, since they take dropped tuning well: 056, 045, 035, 025, 016, 012 Perhaps the only thing I'd change is to beef up the 012 to a 013 since that top is is almost always down to D. I'm on leave at the moment so I will record a couple of more pieces with the guitar if I can get the house "quiet" (kids on school holidays). It's certainly cooler now! Cheers, Steve |
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Really impressive stuff, Steve. The guitar sounds great; i can only imagine how it will sound a year from now. Nice playing too
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Awesome, thank you!
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almost a year old! how has your Kostal opened up?
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What do you think? - These were uploaded yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx2bS...wGfYgiVSjAeCfw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_gVy...wGfYgiVSjAeCfw Thanks for giving me the opportunity to resurrect this Lazarus thread; fair bit of Kostal mania happening around these parts on the run up to Healsdsburg... Cheers, Steve Last edited by steveh; 07-15-2013 at 04:56 PM. |
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Love the HUGE sound... really nice
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Nice picking, Steve. Guitar sounds great.
I went back and forth between your recording and Michael's, and could clearly identify Jason's signature tone despite that you both have different attacks. Looking forward to reading your reactions when you receive the OM. |
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Yes: he does and I don't!
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Having said that, I've never played an OM from Jason, but I don't think I'm taking much of a risk. The OM is much smaller than the MD and I know how smaller guitars behave vs bigger ones, on average at least...and I know he builds a great guitar. Cheers, Steve |
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Thanks for sharing your new vids, Steve! I really like how your MD has a big sound and yet is nicely balanced so that the mids and highs are not overshadowed by the lows. I gotta say, I think an MD on a desert isle would be just fine!
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I'd expect the OM to be even more balanced, because it will never have that thunderous bass and will have the fatter trebles that come from a smaller box. Let's see... Cheers, Steve |
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I've really enjoyed reading this thread. Good to see my old pal markt posting too!
I'd kinda been out of the guitar forum thing for a while after moving back to my native Scotland and being busy with work and family and gigging. Besides, I was happy with my keeper (the Heiner Dreizehnter model A) and my SCGC. With those two I had all my bases covered. Then came my Kim Walker and I popped in here to post about its arrival, and lo, I find myself reading through build threads for guitars made by luthiers I've never even heard of! That Kostal of yours is an absolute peach Steve. The MD is not a body size I'd come across before and, being a fingerstyle player with a strong preference for a heavy bass, it sounds like it might just be right up my street! I've really enjoyed looking at your videos - your fingerstyle playing is wonderful and we have similar tastes in a lot of ways. I wish you many years of happiness with your guitar and I thank you for documenting it all so diligently in this thread.
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The MD is something you'll encounter a lot around these parts, thanks to Ervin Somogyi and his acolytes. It was probably at the front of this thread that I said the first time i played one, I knew I'd have to shoot for one, even though it wouldn't necessarily be the most balanced guitar to play everyday. The bottom end was HUGE, coupled with a real elegant mid- and top-end sustain, and built in reverb (i.e. lots of overtones). However, it's now a few years later and I have had both an MD and an OM by Jason, and I have to admit I'm playing the MD more than I ever thought I would. It's far less of a "freak-show" guitar than I'd thought it would be after first playing one. When I'm playing steel string, both get around 50% of my time whereas I thought initially that the MD would only come out for weekends. The MD is actually a far more balanced sound than first impressions would have you believe. Yes - Kim Walker....yikes! He's on my bucket list for sure. Cheers, Steve |
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