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I like your style - always keep the spouse happy! Glad it arrived in good order and looking forward to hearing your review. Really enjoy the opportunity to watch the build and hear the luthier's input followed by the owner's input.
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A few hours in....
Since I had previously arranged to work from home today to await the Fedex delivery of Bruce’s guitar which I received yesterday, I was able to take a few hours today and play it a bit more than I was able to last night (call it an extended lunch).
As expected, it is an absolutely fabulous guitar! Light as a feather at 3 lb. 6 oz., perfectly set up and plays like “butter”. It is my only long-scale guitar (25.4”) but honestly, it plays as easy as any of my other short-scale and multi-scale instruments. It has a very comfortable neck profile that has some vintage girth to it which I like. Tone is both difficult to capture in home made recordings shared on the internet and also is even more difficult to describe in words. For now, I can only attempt the latter:
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That's lovely, guys. Kudos all around!
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THANK YOU Steve... It actually sounds nicer than it looks...👍
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Love it
Congrats looks great, I am in NJ also maybe one of these days can try it out :-)
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Visenut Case
Up until this guitar from Bruce, my other guitars have cases from Ameritage, Hiscox or Hoffee. For this guitar, I tried a Visenut, Premier Series Classical Guitar Case with a Classical Soft Cover (http://www.visesnutcase.com/). I thought I would share my impressions of it in this post, for those who may be interested in case options.
First off, it is incredibly light weight. It weighs 8.3 lb. and 8.8 lb. with the soft cover. It is much lighter than a Hoffee (my 00 sized case is 12.0 lb.) and a Hiscox Artist (00 size is 12.2 lb.). Whether it is as protective is still TBD. It also has a very comfortable leather handle. Keep in mind, I do not travel regularly on planes with an instrument like many working musicians do. My instrument cases see the occasional trip in the back of my car. If you were checking it on a plane, because it does not have TSA approved locks, you could leave the 3 or 4 case locks closed but unlocked but can lock the zippers of the soft cover with a TSA approved lock. The case shell is laminate of painted plastic/foam/plastic which acts as both shock, vibration and thermal insulation. The interior is a soft velour material with a memory foam padding under it. In terms of case balance, it stands both vertically and horizontally. This size case can fit either a classical, 0 or 00 sized steel stringed guitar given its size and the range of adjustability of the support belt. The belt adjusts to the perimeter of the guitar body and affixes with two large velcro fasteners in the accessory compartment. You can see the belt in the image without the guitar in it. This is a very clever feature. They also make larger 000/OM and Dreadnought sized cases as well. The latches (you can get it with 3 or 4 latches) are riveted to the case shell and are twist to lock cam types with a center key lock. I also took a few extra shots of the guitar in the somewhat less warm east coast March sun. The BRW set is simply amazing! Here is a close up shot of the cocobolo sapwood bridge pins in the ebony pyramid bridge that Burton LeGeyt was kind enough to make for us. Here are the cocobolo sapwood buttons that Burton made for the Waverly tuners as well. They tie beautifully in with the binding. You can also tell that it is a true birds beak bridle joint because the mahogany on the headstock is exhibiting figure indicating it is quartersawn.
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One Week In...
I have now had Bruce's single 0 a bit over a week now and have 8-10 hours of playing on it, so I am beginning to get to know it a bit in its still young state.
To no surprise, this is a profoundly good guitar. One of the best that I have ever played. It has string-to-string balance, it responsive to touch, and a character to its timbre that I would neither describe as neither "dry" nor "wet". There is forward "focus" to the melody notes that may be due to speed of attack of a smaller body. When playing it, I frankly forget that it is a small guitar. Perhaps its its balanced voice that is not lacking in bass, the added power of a long scale or the added body depth of a single 0, but you feel like you're playing an extremely comfortable guitar just like my 00, L00 and 000/OM sized guitars. Bruce really knocked it out of the park with this commission (kudos maestro).
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A truly splendid guitar in every way ... you are a lucky guy for sure!
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That's kind of like telling the father the kid is not the mothers' . . . .
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I'm sure that it must be hard to let loose some of these - especially a beauty like this one!
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I am the current custodian, but there will be others after me..
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Just a follow-up...
Just a follow up post. This 0-12 that Bruce made for me is simply one of the greatest acoustic flat tops of any size that I have ever had the pleasure of playing bar none. All of Bruce's guitars in my experience are top tier instruments in their sound (I own three and have auditioned >15 over the years), but this one is really represents the zenith of his acoustic mastery.
I wont attempt to further describe its tone beyond my earlier posting, nor do I think my recording skills along with internet compression will adequately reproduce its timbre as perceived by the player. I will however bring it with me to the Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase (http://www.woodstockinvitational.com/) in October for Bruce to exhibit and for others to audition. Bruce turned 70 in March and won't be building guitars forever. So if you are one of the many that have quietly watch Bruce chronicle his lutherie here on AGF over the last 7-years but not had the opportunity to sample his guitars or said "some day I will have him build me a guitar", I suggest you give him a call and get in his build queue ASAP.
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