Stephen Kinnaird 2020 (Videos added page 10)

[iim7V7IM7]

Beautiful instrument guys...

[vanceen]

Oh, my gosh, that sounds unbelievable.

For context, I generally hate 12-string acoustics. I've got a Rickenbacker 12 electric, and I use that for what everybody uses those for. But acoustic 12 string playing (with the exception of most Leo Kottke stuff) usually sounds to me like six cats fighting over a tuna can in a dumpster. Nobody seems to be able to tune one.

That guitar sounds so rich, and the "jangly" part seems to sort of sit behind the sound instead of leaping out and applying high voltage current to the ears, like most 12 strings.

Very nice playing, too!

[Steve Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7

Beautiful instrument guys...

Ah, thanks Bob. Nice, as usual, to hear from you.

Steve

[Steve Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by vanceen

Oh, my gosh, that sounds unbelievable.

For context, I generally hate 12-string acoustics. I've got a Rickenbacker 12 electric, and I use that for what everybody uses those for. But acoustic 12 string playing (with the exception of most Leo Kottke stuff) usually sounds to me like six cats fighting over a tuna can in a dumpster. Nobody seems to be able to tune one.

That guitar sounds so rich, and the "jangly" part seems to sort of sit behind the sound instead of leaping out and applying high voltage current to the ears, like most 12 strings.

Very nice playing, too!

"Six cats fighting over a tuna can in a dumpster." That needs to go in the Sonic Lexicon. One of the more entertaining descriptions of sound I've read. And then, "High voltage current to the ears". I sense a book coming on.

Vance I appreciate your remarks no end, even the kind word about my playing.
Thanks for dropping by. And next time you come up to Nacogdoches, please take this baby for a spin.

Steve

[Guitars44me]

That 12 string is absolutely stunning! Beautiful as it is to gaze upon it sounds even better!!!

The proverbial choir of Angels, seems an apt description of the tone. When Steve lays into it with the flat pick it DELIVERS!

And sounds just lovely when played more gently too.

Way to go!!! And Ryan's custom mask is a fine sartorial statement indeed.

Cheers

Paul

[TomB'sox]

There are lots of beautiful things with this guitar, but my eye is taken by the Mahogany of course, but there is something about that neck, wow, the woods just work so very well together, so on this one, the neck wins out for me!

Sounds great Steve and Ryan.

[Steve Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by Guitars44me

That 12 string is absolutely stunning! Beautiful as it is to gaze upon it sounds even better!!!

The proverbial choir of Angels, seems an apt description of the tone. When Steve lays into it with the flat pick it DELIVERS!

And sounds just lovely when played more gently too.

Way to go!!! And Ryan's custom mask is a fine sartorial statement indeed.

Cheers

Paul

Paul--"Egads"? "Sartorial"? Someone has been spending his quarantine time with a thesaurus. Good to hear from you, and thanks for the kind word!

Steve

[Steve Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

There are lots of beautiful things with this guitar, but my eye is taken by the Mahogany of course, but there is something about that neck, wow, the woods just work so very well together, so on this one, the neck wins out for me!

Sounds great Steve and Ryan.

And thank you too, Tom. Yes, the neck posed a bit of a dilemma in that I looked for something to match the quilted Sapele. We had none of course. But the curly Koa seemed appropriate, and as likely a match as I could find at the time.
I'm fond of the figuring in the Honduran mahogany outer lams, that's what really catches my eye.
Thanks again,

Steve

[SJ VanSandt]

Hey Steve, that's not the one you had at BIG last year, but kept hidden away in a case most of the time? I got to play that one briefly and really loved it. I thought it was already sold!

[Steve Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by SJ VanSandt

Hey Steve, that's not the one you had at BIG last year, but kept hidden away in a case most of the time? I got to play that one briefly and really loved it. I thought it was already sold!

Yep, that's the same one Stan. I really don't play it enough to consider it a personal instrument. So we thought, "Hey, let's see if it will move".
However, getting it out and playing it, I'm thinking how hard it will be to sell it.
Thanks for the kind word,

Steve

[Kenneth Casper]

Beautiful 12 string gents! Isn't high curl koa the best accent for a guitar? Well done!

Ken

[Steve Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by Kenneth Casper

Beautiful 12 string gents! Isn't high curl koa the best accent for a guitar? Well done!

Ken

Thank you Ken! And yes, curly Koa (like quilted Sapele) is the cherry on your hot fudge sundae.

Steve

[SJ VanSandt]

Originally Posted by Steve Kinnaird

However, getting it out and playing it, I'm thinking how hard it will be to sell it.
Thanks for the kind word,

I don't know why that should be a hard sell: it looks and sounds gorgeous! If I had some moolah I'd snap it up in a minute - it would make a perfect companion to my sunburst 12-fret jumbo. Don't keep it hidden away - that's someone's dream guitar.

[TomB'sox]

Originally Posted by SJ VanSandt

I don't know why that should be a hard sell: it looks and sounds gorgeous! If I had some moolah I'd snap it up in a minute - it would make a perfect companion to my sunburst 12-fret jumbo. Don't keep it hidden away - that's someone's dream guitar.

I think he meant it will be hard to see it go because he likes to play it, not that it will be hard to sell.

[vanceen]

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

I think he meant it will be hard to see it go because he likes to play it, not that it will be hard to sell.

Yes, I can see that a guitar like that would be hard to sell.