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Originally Posted by Sleestack
Nice work Jared- it's beautiful. I like the neck volute. How does she sound?
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I wished I had proper recording equipment on hand I'd put a video up. Using my laptop to record it wouldn't do it justice.
It's so hard to describe tone. But to me: growly. woody. punchy. nice string separation across the whole board. strong trebles. mids settle in just under the bass and treble.
I'm a huge fan of Martin tone and go after a bit of that, but sometimes to me their high B and E strings can sound a bit floppy and weak. So I tend to brace my guitars where the B and E are just as strong as the rest of the notes. I like a punchy treble but not shrill or in your face.
I've built this one on the light side so it's quite punchy and loud if need be. I took the top down to 2.2mm so the top could have plenty of movement being such a small guitar. However going this thin can be dangerous and needs to be properly braced underneath and humidity control minded or there could be disaster later.
I've strung this one with Elixir HD's and it loves it.
I've heard good things about Martin Retro strings... I'll try them out after the HD's die on me.