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I'd love to see it, John. It is entirely possible you will have another of my pieces by then, as it happens. Still have to see which way the wind blown . . . and whether or not the wood bends.
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I am ready brother! I have confidence in your bending mojo.
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I have had two interesting Sexauer guitars come home this past week. I have added them to my "Inventory" page.
One is the Pernambuco "Mod-D" I made in 2017 as a salute to Ervin Somogyi. The fellow who bought it could not get over the BRW traditional D I have had hanging around here for a while, and we traded. The other is a 2004 ES-14-C (Schoenberg) which is one of the sweetest sounding guitars I've ever played. It is trimmed with abalone in the Martin style 40, has a pyramid bridge, and a nicely rendered cutaway. It has a fantastically competent feel to hold and play, but again, it is truly beautiful sounding. Even within my body of work is is exceptional for this. It is a poster-child for why the 00 is thought by many to be the perfect guitar size. At the same time I have had several depart as well. The Dread already mentioned, of course. Also the Pernambuco L00 is sold. And the recently delivered Pernambuco stained Maple Schoenberg Standard (000) is no longer available. Finally, today I delivered the "serious" classical guitar to Greg, who was close to literally speechless with joy. Although he has previously owned perhaps 6 of my existent guitars, this is his first commission, and that really can be a transcendent experience. He says it was, and that seems true to me. |
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I wish I could pull the trigger on this 2004 ES-14-C (Schoenberg) with the testimonial you just gave it. Perhaps this needs to visit Texas in a couple of months if it is still around? That is some beautiful BRW to say the least.
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It is possible I will no longer have one or more of the guitars I do plan to bring to your place, Tom, in which case this one would be a great addition to my traveling herd. Or, if someone was all but promising to buy, I might go to the trouble of having more guitars than I can actually carry.
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That ES-14-C is amazing. That’s pretty much double-0-M we talked about, yes?
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Exactly, Matt. It specs out just like a Schoenberg Soloist (pre-war OM with a cutaway) except based on a 14 fret 00. I have made about 10 of them for Eric, and another half dozen under my own banner which have a slightly different body template.
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What’s different between your template and Eric’s? Is it adherence to Martin shapes for the Schoenberg instruments?
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Fandango time soon...
This Texas BBQ and bourbon tasting sure is going to have some fine guitars in attendance!!! Hahahahaha
Gadzooks these are the cat's PJs... Looking forward to seeing and hearing a few of yours up close and personal, and hearing you play too!!! Carry on and have FUN Paul
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4 John Kinnaird SS 12c CUSTOMS: Big Maple/WRC Dread(ish) Jumbo Spanish Cedar/WRC Jumbo OLD Brazilian RW/WRC Big Tunnel 14 RW/Bubinga Dread(ish) R.T 2 12c sinker RW/Claro 96 422ce bought new! 96 LKSM 12 552ce 12x12 J. Stepick Bari Weissy WRC/Walnut More |
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My Schoenberg guitars are built to Eric’s specs, as though he were the client . . . which he is. His templates are strictly traditional, Martin/Gibson/Stahl/etc. as well as his bracing patterns, trim packages, headstock designs, and more. Thus he does not take advantage of any of my more progressive thinking such as my tone bar variation or wedging, let alone multiscale or body asymmetry. Philosophically, Eric seeks to recreate the Golden Era guitars, whereas in my own work I seek to expand on the theme.
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Your P dred is looking real good. Looking forward to visiting with you at B.I.G.
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To the best of my ability, Schoenberg guitars are made to traditional templates. A Schoenberg Soloist, for instance, VERY closely resembles a pre-war golden era Martin OM. In my nomenclature, I differentiate Schoenberg’s from Sexauer’s by by calling a Soloist (OM clone) an ES-15 and a Sexauer equivalent FT-15. I am married to no specific template for any size guitar. Because I work without molds or similar fixtures, it is as easy for me to make one shape or size guitar as another. That said, as the years pass I have settled onto to favorite shapes and proportions. My own FT-15 means a 15” wide 14 fretted, and would include Martin’s OM, but is not limited to it. I have recreated my favored version of this template many times over the years as I use heavy paper for the template, and it has a limited lifespan. My current aesthetic take on this standard of our industry uses Martin’s overall dimensions in length/width/depths/string length/etc. but there is some subtle variation in the where the widest and narrowest points of the bouts are placed. It is amazing how little change it takes to get an entirely different aesthetic. |
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I’d like to bring a dread to B.I.G but then I’d like to bring so many other things as well. So many guitars!
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Thanks for the explanations, Bruce. I find that I like both the trad and the more evolved expressions - they each have their place. And there’s a 00M in my future at some point....
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