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Your dream all Mahogany guitar
So for fun, lets say you wanted to have a all Mahogany guitar built for you. You want something different than your standard spruce top guitar. Not necessarily a "blues box" but more of a fingerstyle guitar.
What size of body? O, OO, OM, ect. What scale length? short, long, multi scale 12, 13, 14 fret... I know a lot of this is personal preference, but other than the normal Martin 15 series guitar that are common I very rarely see anything else around my neck of the woods. What would you have built and why? TEK |
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The 000-15 I rescued/restored/refurbished and stupidly sold. Warts, imperfections and scars included, this was the best sounding mahogany guitar I've ever played.
Barring that, a 000-15, peghead, open gear, no pickguard, satin finish, 14 fret, short scale, no cutaway, simple snowflake fretmarkers, ebony or rosewood fingerboard, bridge and JP armrest, no purfling, simple dark wood binding. If custom made and not martin, I would go with tapered headstock and straight pull strings.
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Double 00, 12 fret, short scale, lightly braced, no adj trussrod, hideglue, no frills.
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Martin '37 D-18A w/ 1 11/16" nut.
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Olson SJ with a redwood top. If only they weren't $15,000.
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I had Taylor make me a custom all-mahogany 12-fret, short scale, slot head GCc. It is rich, woody, and sustaining. It is not at all a "blues box." It looks like this:
Before you ask, the dog was extra... |
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Santa Cruz 1929 00. If I could customize it I'd go for a slotted headstock and no pick guard.
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Nice looking guitar, Your dog looks almost jealous of the way you are looking at that guitar Mine does the same. TEK |
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Thanks all for the input so far. It seems to me that when I read about someone raving about an all Mahogany guitar it is usually a "00" guitar. I am anxious to hear how the guitar Mark Hatcher is building right now.
Does anyone have any experience with larger bodied all Mahogany guitars? TEK |
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My Santa Cruz 1929 00 is the best sounding guitar I've ever had. And the easiest to play. I can't imagine what could be done to make it better.
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I have the 12-string 12-fret cousin (562ce) and am amazed by its tone, clarity, balance and volume.
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It is being made as I write this: Mark Hatcher "Josie" (SJ) fan fret model made from some very special dense but lightweight mahogany that rings like a bell. There is a build thread in the Custom section:
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I have owned one of Ted at L.A Guitar sales 00 15 Martin custom model for two years. And before that the 0 15. Both are 12 fret short scale guitars. The 00 is tortoise bond, otherwise they are the same except for the size. Either one are my fantasy mahogany guitars.
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