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05-07-2018, 02:58 AM
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Nigel Forster Session King: UK
Like my Sobell advertised elsewhere on the AGF, my Nigel K Forster Session King is up for sale. I’m having a real clear out due to my current focus on nylon strings.
I’m the first owner – I commissioned this from Nigel back in April 2015 after hearing the demo videos on YouTube. There’s a full AGF build thread for this guitar here, unfortunately sans pictures due to the subsequent Photobucket debacle: https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...hlight=forster Skip to the end of the thread and you’ll find a few videos of me attempting to play it. You can read my very positive contemporaneous comments about the guitar there but, in summary, this has a thin lattice braced top with very stiff and heavy sides, aka Greg Smallman applied to steel-strings. The result is a very loud and responsive guitar with a lot of characteristics akin to a lattice braced classical. Mine is an upgraded model with an ebony fretboard and spruce top; Nigels original spec was a mahogany top with rosewood fretboard. It also comes with a Hiscox Pro II case. Everything else is as per Nigel’s spec – Cuban mahogany back and sides and the super cool distressed finish. Nigel is no longer making the Session King except as a tenor guitar. Originally intended as a more affordable way into his instruments, he told me that the hassle of making them etc. ultimately didn’t justify the asking price. Pity for us, but a man’s got to eat… I’m looking for 1500 GBP, which is a small amount to access a guitar from a luthier as well known and as capable as Nigel. I am in the UK very near London and can show the guitar in London. PM me if interested. At the present time I am looking for a UK sale and am not looking to ship this abroad. I know that will limit my prospective buyers but that's how I'd like to play it for now at least.     Cheers, Steve Last edited by steveh; 06-05-2018 at 12:44 PM. |
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05-07-2018, 12:21 PM
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Thats awesome....!
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06-04-2018, 11:36 AM
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Hi Steve,
Great price on what seems like a very cool guitar. I've never tried one (or any Sobell-inspired instrument, for that matter), but I remember following Nigel's work with this series and found the whole thing fascinating ! Good luck with your sale.
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06-05-2018, 12:46 PM
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Lots of interest in this from outside the UK. However, at the present time I am holding out for a UK sale and am not looking to ship this abroad. I know that will limit my prospective buyers but that's how I'd like to play it for now at least. Make the trip to London!
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