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chucks = Converse Chuck Taylors! I had the American flag chucks when I was younger, I would still rock em but the soles fell off despite several rubber cement repairs.
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Although the books could still use another pass by an editor, both are very informative and entertaining reads for anyone that enjoys watching/reading about guitar builds. Perhaps one of these days if time and garage space permit, I would love to undertake building a guitar.
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What I dig most about it is the way it ties in with the split in the backstrip. Unfortunately, the pro shots didn't get one like this from earlier in the thread, but I'm real glad Jason did: That really does it for me. Cheers, Steve |
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Thanks for sharing that video, very interesting! As a builder who looked at and copied a lot of luthiers' bracing patterns for the first few years of my build without building a guitar that measured up, i will say that the placement of the braces is only the tip of the iceberg. But, we have to start somewhere and if we're really devoted and willing to make a few (dozen) bad sounding guitars, we figure it out...hopefully. I have to say that I'm impressed with your thirst for knowledge as well as an obvious deep appreciation for the guitar and if you ever do take a crack at building, make sure you show us your progress! Have fun with that new guitar of yours and thanks for taking us along on the journey! Brad |
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Steve- Kostal bracing
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Any pics of the Kostal bracing. Would be interesting to see the 'unusual'ness beau |
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In his books, Ervin Somogyi makes great play of the differences in stiffness that are achievable by changing the footprint and/or height of the braces, and their position. I am not a luthier, but I have some understanding of what a traditionally braced top looks like (think Martin OM etc). The top on my guitar has braces in positions I would not have expected and are of dimensions I would not have expected either. That's why I described it as "unusual". Cheers, Steve |
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Waking this thread up - I've had the guitar for 3 weeks or so and have been playing daily; it came on vacation with me for a couple of those and I managed to get plenty of playing done even with the distractions of the Olympics!
Anyway, several of you have been emailing asking what it's like so here is a YouTube vid of the guitar doing several different things - standard, dropped, capo and slide. This is pretty off-the-cuff; unpolished performances of pieces I have been playing a while or am in the process of learning. I'm not up-to-speed with video editing and it took me FAR longer to work out how to export the clips in HD etc than it did to record the tunes. Not helped by the fact it is HOT over here at the moment. Phew! Anyway, I like it best when build threads end with the guitar getting played. Hearing them is what it's all about. As ever, it's YouTube, so the usual caveats about compressed sound apply but at least you can get some idea of how it sounds and how it is balanced etc. There's no reverb or effects on this - it's dry as a bone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIhT3...ature=youtu.be Jason said the guitar would take at least 2 months to settle-in so I'll post a review end of September or so, but I am very much enjoying playing this MD. It's a new sound for me. Two aspects are immediately obvious - it has thunderous bass and sustains for ever - the first piece (York's "Waiting for Dawn") has most "space" to show this. It's a very pure, clear, "hi-fi", crystalline type tone - listen to the harmonics at the end of that first piece. I asked Jason to voce it to sound best to the player - I play at home for my own enjoyment only. I think he got it right? Cheers, Steve |
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Perfect! You were made for each other.
Cheers Vic |
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Good stuff Steve! More when you have the time please!!
Keith |
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Steve, sounds like he definitely got it right! congrats again and thanks for the video!
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You're also quite courageous to record on such a warm day. When it's 30 degrees out here (that's 86 degrees Fahrenheit for our American friends), I can't even play... Congrats again on this build. Looking forward to a full review next month (and more clips as well). |
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What a gorgeous sound! I can't imagine what this will sound like when it is settled in!!
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The playing sounds great to me. Beautiful guitar. What do you use to record the video and audio? And how do you sync them?
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Great vid Steve, lovely selection of tunes played very well, and the guitar sounds excellent!
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Hello Steve, can you tell us the string gauges?
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