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The Nuages are gypsy jazz strings, won't sound good on the Loar.
Try the monel or 80/20's. Congrats. Fun guitars. Owned one for a year, unfortunately the neck shape would hurt my hand after playing for a while. But it was a great guitar. |
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Found this piece of advice you might appreciate, over on the Archtop forum: My thoughts: try to score an exact duplicate bridge (either from the company or a reputable outside source - I wouldn't go with the generic StewMac bridges in this case), and take your guitar to either a tech with archtop experience (you'd be surprised how many first-rate flattop/electric people don't know squat about what makes an archtop tick) or an orchestral-string luthier for a proper fitting (routine work for the latter, BTW - many violin-family players have "summer" and "winter" bridges); if you still have issues I'd say you're looking at a warranty claim, so make sure that your tech (I'd also get a second opinion, if possible) is willing to state in writing - things can get somewhat testy when it comes to such matters - that you're dealing with an incorrectly-set neck and not just the usual escape clause of "action preference"...
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Now I have to get a gypsy jazz guitar to put these nuage strings on
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- and the problem is...?
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I don't know where to start, of course
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Check out Rob McKillop's site.
mr. beaumont turned me onto the Mel Bay book "Masters of the Plectrum Guitar" which has a gazillion tunes that are perfect for acoustic archtops.
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Beautiful guitar. There are a lot of people who really like the sound of these.
Agree with others: Get a good set up. It's worth it. If you're mechanically inclined you can learn to do your own though getting a nut right takes some patience and tools. I've gone as far as leveling my own frets. Gratifying if you like that sort of thing. Strings: 80/20's are brighter to my ears. Phosphor bronze warmer. Usually use phosphor bronze because maple archtops are quite bright enough already. Using monel's on one archtop now but jury is still out. I like .013's on some, .012's on others. The guitar will usually tell you which it likes. All things being equal I favor .013's. Chinese archtops may have been the dark side some years back. Not so much any more. Too many good guitars have come out of China at affordable prices for anybody to argue with.
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There are several correlations to guitars: files, geometry, a bench, and patience. Some things you can't undo and it takes time to build the confidence to do those tasks. Still, it's incremental and gratifying.
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Did I mention I never fire someone else's handloads or stand near them at the range? Not a fan of frankenguns either. Scopes and grips mostly though I did do some 1911 stuff that required fitting. Gotta admit I like working on guitars quite a lot more than cars, guns, house, or anything else involving hand tools. Something about how it plays when you get everything sorted.
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