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Old 05-19-2015, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by NEGuy View Post
Hey Jim,

Not sure what you mean by “’super Martin’ type voice,” but Larry’s guitars have always struck me as having more of a Collings-type voice.

That is, the sound is more balanced and direct with greater clarity and articulation (but still a “vintage” sound as opposed to a “modern” one).

Possibly this is what you mean – not sure.

In fact, I think that playing my Tahoe for the past 1-2 years has actually affected my taste in this area.

I used to enjoy playing and listening to an HD28V, for example (even though I never liked Sitka that much), but I played one recently, and it sounded way too “boomy” and unbalanced to me.

I much preferred the sound of the straight-braced (and non-FS) D28.
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By "super Martin" I mean Martin-based designs which are "hot rodded" per their respective luthiers. I put Collings, Bourgeois, Santa Cruz, H&D, Froggy Bottom in the "super Martin" category (I know they also have Gibson-based and other designs). To my ear Tahoe guitars have some of the aggressive punchiness of Collings combined with the more lush tonal character of Santa Cruz.
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