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We've got XXXX beer in Australia but that looks like about 40 X
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Sides are bent and blocks are in. It's not much to look at, but it makes me happy anyway!
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Circa OM-30/34 (Adi/Mad) | 000-12 (Ger/Maple) | OM-28 (Adi/Brz) | OM-18/21 (Adi/Hog) | OM-42 (Adi/Braz) Fairbanks SJ (Adi/Hog) | Schoenberg/Klepper 000-12c (Adi/Hog) | LeGeyt CLM (Swiss/Amzn) | LeGeyt CLM (Carp/Koa) Brondel A-2 (Carp/Mad) |
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Juston, good on ya for getting a maple Circa. It's refreshing to hear the warmth of feeling being expressed for this fine tone wood. Smart money says you will love this guitar!
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In this case, I have the good fortune to have played a maple 000-12 by John that was essentially exactly what I wanted. So it was as simple as telling John to build me a facsimile. Here's the rosette, by the way.
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Circa OM-30/34 (Adi/Mad) | 000-12 (Ger/Maple) | OM-28 (Adi/Brz) | OM-18/21 (Adi/Hog) | OM-42 (Adi/Braz) Fairbanks SJ (Adi/Hog) | Schoenberg/Klepper 000-12c (Adi/Hog) | LeGeyt CLM (Swiss/Amzn) | LeGeyt CLM (Carp/Koa) Brondel A-2 (Carp/Mad) |
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Love it, beautiful rosette. Maple doesn’t suck either.
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How are you liking that OM? I bet that thing doesn’t suck either!
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Circa OM-30/34 (Adi/Mad) | 000-12 (Ger/Maple) | OM-28 (Adi/Brz) | OM-18/21 (Adi/Hog) | OM-42 (Adi/Braz) Fairbanks SJ (Adi/Hog) | Schoenberg/Klepper 000-12c (Adi/Hog) | LeGeyt CLM (Swiss/Amzn) | LeGeyt CLM (Carp/Koa) Brondel A-2 (Carp/Mad) |
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Great to see the progression! The grain on the top looks superb~
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I can’t put the guitar down. It open up more after about a month and is really become very responsive. I still can’t get over how flawlessly built the guitar is too. I posted a you tube video in my thread last week to check out.
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Good luck on your build, Juston. Hope I get the chance to check it out someday
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Yes maple is one of the great guitar tonewoods. Like other tonewoods, it is also a diverse with varying density, stiffness and tap based on the species and individual set. In luthier built instruments, that take advantage of its attributes; I enjoy its fast attack and more fundamental timbre due to how it tends to interact with the top. I have played two or three of John's maple guitars over the years. I know that you'll be delighted by this instrument...
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A bunch of nice archtops, flattops, a gypsy & nylon strings… Last edited by iim7V7IM7; 09-18-2018 at 02:07 PM. |
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Circa OM-30/34 (Adi/Mad) | 000-12 (Ger/Maple) | OM-28 (Adi/Brz) | OM-18/21 (Adi/Hog) | OM-42 (Adi/Braz) Fairbanks SJ (Adi/Hog) | Schoenberg/Klepper 000-12c (Adi/Hog) | LeGeyt CLM (Swiss/Amzn) | LeGeyt CLM (Carp/Koa) Brondel A-2 (Carp/Mad) |
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Go figure. The internet is no substitute for personal experience. Cheers, Steve |
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There was a thread recently about how wood color might influence people’s perception of tone. I wonder if there isn’t some truth to that. Afterall, the internet has us experience guitars more visually than sonically. This wood is quite bright in experience.
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Circa OM-30/34 (Adi/Mad) | 000-12 (Ger/Maple) | OM-28 (Adi/Brz) | OM-18/21 (Adi/Hog) | OM-42 (Adi/Braz) Fairbanks SJ (Adi/Hog) | Schoenberg/Klepper 000-12c (Adi/Hog) | LeGeyt CLM (Swiss/Amzn) | LeGeyt CLM (Carp/Koa) Brondel A-2 (Carp/Mad) |
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I love the flame on those sides! It's absolutely breathtaking. Great maple in the hands of a world class luthier like John is heaven on earth.
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