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Well, this is actually perfect!! I've been searching for a solution like this. I'm usually more of a big bodied sound guy but do appreciate the tight focussed projection and clarity of a smaller guitar but find absolutely no comfort in smaller bodied guitars. I'm most comfortable hugging a big un. I have mentioned to Joel before that I really want one of his smaller bodied sounds in a larger body, and I think that this might just be the answer!
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OO sized guitars give me back aches. Even OM sized ones are a bit small for my liking. 15.5" lower bouts seem to be just right for me so yes, I suppose it would only be logical in my kind of odd cases. Not so sure what the actual reason is for this particular piece and I'm curious too!
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The problem with a too-big top is the proportion of its mass to the momentum input by the strings, which remains constant. I have done some double wall building. It gets the sides very stiff. Damann seems (like Smallman) to be concerned with getting projection and perceived loudness in a concert instrument, to the exclusion of some other desirable aspects of sound. I am told that he succeeds. My worry about double wall construction is that if you need to cleat a crack, there is no way to get a cleat inside the wall. But a crack can't get very far with all the wood glued across the sides.
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Small guitars tend to sound small,although they may have power they tend to lack a bit of lower frequency depth.
I have never played a Dammann but have some superb recordings by a number of artists that record with them. Lack of depth in the bass is not something I would associate with them,in fact quite the opposite. Andrew York's recording of a Bach suite does a mighty fine job,along with his beautiful phrasing of imitating a cello. I think there is something more to this design than just the size of the top. |
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I'd be more worried about damaging that thin cedar skin, how do you fix that. Thinking about it a double side crack repair seems easier than a re-top. I would have to slap a pick guard on it but I'm a rough old steel string player.
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