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Old 08-18-2017, 07:16 PM
Carey Carey is offline
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I had a 00-28G on long-term loan from a friend which I played for several years. There were a number of things I liked about the sound, so I did
a bit of measuring here and there. The soundboard, which appeared to
be Sitka, was quite a ways off-quarter and had noticeable runout. It measured
a surprisingly thin 2.2-2.3mm at the soundhole next to the lower transverse
brace. To me, it was not a particularly light instrument. It felt sturdy and
had a nice-sounding bass range, which kind of dominated the sound.
The thing that was of most interest to me was that the trebles, which
were pretty lifeless and lacking color in the lower positions, had a solid and
vocal round sound from fret 7 or so on up. Getting that sound required a firm
attack, though.

A question about the 00-18G and 00-28G that I've wondered about for a while
if if they were built with some kind of neck reinforcement? My sense is that
there was something in the neck besides mahogany, but I don't know.
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