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Emerald Amicus
If this has been discussed, someone please link me there..
What’s your take on the Amicus model from Emerald? It’s intriguing. It’s the concept that Joe veillette has been doing for many years with his Gryphon models of a tiny body 12 string (6 unison pairs) tuned high to D which creates an amazing voice that gives you a wonderful sound spectrum somewhere in the world of mandola/mandolin but still played with traditional guitar fingerings and a pretty easy transposition point for most people. I had a Gryphon for a couple years and did love what it gave me for a different voice for jams and also a creative tool to bring out totally different tunes. Fun to see another maker with this same instrument. Not sure if CF will bring more or less with it in such a small instrument, but probably will be a great one. Price tag isn’t crazy for what it is. Veillette has their import models with a street price of $1200usd and their USA one-offs like $5k. There’s one in stock at Emerald now with a price of $1895. That’s a good price for what it is relative to the only competition I know of. Anyone thinking about getting one? Have one already? Played one? |
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I just happen to have one around here somewhere...anyway.. I think it is a fun cool instrument. Great lil strummer and sounds cool plugged in. I don't play it a lot as I think I have too many other guitars that get jealous plus I play piano a lot for some reason.
Prolly great in a BlueGrass band
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YUP.... Emerald: X-20, Center hole X-10 (Maple) and X-7 (redwood), Spalted Chen Chen X 10 level 3, CA: Early OX and Cargo McPherson: Early Kevin Michael Proto Some wood things by Epi, Harmony, Takamine, Good Time, PRS, Slick, Gypsy Music, keyboards, wind controllers.. etc |
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I had the opportunity to play Kramster's Amicus earlier this year - what a fun instrument! Can't help but smile when playing it.
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Gr:
There has been a great deal of discussion regarding this instruments. I think you'd get to most of that through a search of this site. It's an amazing instrument and I've heard no negative reports. |
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I also have an Amicus. It is fun to play and I enjoy it but it doesn't get as much playing time as my other instruments.
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Brilliant instrument. I have played multiple Farmer’s Markets this summer with a Chapman Stick and the Amicus. It is a unique voice and plays like a dream. It gets a great reaction - a guitar player came up at my last gig and we did a duet - she loved it! I tune it in drop C.
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After years of wanting one of these, I finally sent my order in.
What are you all doing for string replacements? Two sets of normal guitar strings? Also, has anyone tried a Tonewood Amp with one? I've been playing around with a capo on my X7 to see if the note range is something usable for me and it's been a lot of fun coming up with all sorts of ideas. The Emerald addiction is real. :-) |
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I play nylon string guitars only..........
.........except for my Amicus |
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There is this, not an Amicus but I still think the TWA would fit on the back of that instrument no problem
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Hi ACWild,
This is the information I got when I got my Amicus: D'Addario EXP13 Coated 80/20 Bronze, Custom Light, 11-52: Referred to as Custom Light, - String Gauges: Plain Steel .011, .015, Bronze Wound .022, .032, .042, .052 NOTE: Order two sets of these strings, or similar gauges, and discard the two low E strings. Then for the two highest strings we recommend to use .008 or .009 strings. In the factory we use .0085 NY Steel, but these may be hard to source. Happy stringing, Barb |
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I’m not worried about it sitting outside, it’s the magnetic x-bar going inside that I’m wondering about. The sound hole looks big enough in pictures but being that it’s a smaller guitar, I’m not sure.
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https://newtonestrings.com/shop/emer...son-12-string/
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Martin 0-16NY Emerald Amicus Emerald X20 Cordoba Stage Some of my tunes: https://youtube.com/user/eatswodo |
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YUP.... Emerald: X-20, Center hole X-10 (Maple) and X-7 (redwood), Spalted Chen Chen X 10 level 3, CA: Early OX and Cargo McPherson: Early Kevin Michael Proto Some wood things by Epi, Harmony, Takamine, Good Time, PRS, Slick, Gypsy Music, keyboards, wind controllers.. etc |
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“ String set for the Emerald Amicus guitars tuned in unison: D -.008 .008 A -.010 .010 F -.015 .015 C -.022 .022w G -.032 .032 D -.042 .042 Phosphor Bronze on a Round core” |