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06-03-2022, 03:01 PM
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It's just too big!
18" might have been just fine for a guy as tall as Scott Chinery was, but I'm 5'4", so no way.
I'm told it sounded good out front, though. Photo courtesy of Michael Watts.  Best, Howard Emerson
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06-03-2022, 03:43 PM
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06-03-2022, 04:55 PM
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Hey, if this guy could handle a J-200 none of us should have any complaints about "size"
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06-03-2022, 05:19 PM
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True enough, though one player is sitting down with the guitar on his knee, while the other is standing up and using a strap.
I have a Peerless Robert Conti Equity archtop that is 17". Granted it is thin like a 335, but still too big for me to play as Howard is doing. I use a strap and can then position it so I can handle it. I don't play it as much as I did the Ibanez and now the Howard Roberts though. I much prefer smaller guitars because years ago, I broke one bone in my right wrist and since then, I lost half the rotation of that hand. I had to make adjustments with regard to how I hold a guitar in order to continue playing. So though small body guitars have become more popular in recent years, they have always been my choice. The Ibanez archtop that I just sold, and the Gibson Howard Roberts that I just replaced it with, both have 14 or 14 1/2" lower bout and short scale. That is ideal for me. It is amazing how a few inches in body size and scale length, and a few millimeters in string spacing can make such a difference in playability. Tony
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06-03-2022, 06:09 PM
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That’s a Massive Blue Whale Howard. Cool looking though. The 16” prewar L-5 is optimum for size. Too bad Gibson and Epiphone got in the Bigger is better war. It’s understood with the quest for volume before Pick-ups came along. 17” is sill larger than I prefer, but there’s probably 10 17” Vintage arch-tops to 1 16” or smaller. Imagine if Gibson made a 14 1/2” Loar L-5 back in the Day. I often see old Emperors that look real tempting, but the size always keeps me from crossing that Bridge.
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06-03-2022, 06:17 PM
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Great photo from Michael Watts! - Glenn
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06-03-2022, 07:13 PM
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This one has fit me perfectly since 1976.
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06-03-2022, 07:51 PM
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06-04-2022, 05:02 PM
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06-07-2022, 09:23 AM
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01-07-2023, 07:33 PM
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What the thing that appears to be poking out of the bass side upper bout that looks like an adjusting knob?
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01-07-2023, 08:42 PM
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01-08-2023, 05:27 AM
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If you look carefully the stainless steel door panel is just protruding from the fingerboard side of the sound hole. Here's a recent video of John where he's just been reunited with The Rocket Convertible, which I played a few tunes on that day. HE
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