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Two Circas at TAMCO UK.
Its an exciting day when you get two Circa guitars at the same time. I'm so excited I just had to show the off.
OOO-12 Adirondack/rosewood.
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They look amazing. I bet they sound fantastic!
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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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Trevor, can you compare the 000 to any Circa 00s you've played?
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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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Ugh! Seeing that pyramid bridge on that beautiful OM body shape makes me want to change my mind about the 00. Again.
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Hi Juston,
I haven't played any circa OOs. There are sound descriptions of these two on my website.
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I've no idea what a 00 would sound like but I'll be first in the queue to try one. Cheers, Steve |
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Did you have the chance to play any other guitars during your TAMCO visit? If so, perhaps rather than us hijacking this thread you could give us a new thread about any other exciting things you had a chance to sample if you have time and it isn't too inconvenient - there are SO many amazing guitars on the website.
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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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Both beautiful guitars but just a minor comment - can't help thinking that the bridges should have been swapped around i.e the 000 should have the pyramid bridge.
Lovely guitars.
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Beautiful guitars. Classic!
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The OM I played was owned by a guy in NH who has more than one of John's guitars. He had asked to have the original ebony bridge replaced with an ivory bridge - and this is apparently his gigging guitar! It was very, very different from Al Petteway's Euro/Maple 00. Don't know how much of that was the ivory bridge but John felt that it was responsible for a lot about the OM's sound. It was significantly brighter sounding than the 00 but not at all in a bad way. Also much more prominent overtone content - less vintage in character but incredibly beautiful in a somewhat more modern vein. Both guitars played like butter - just beautifully set up - at least for my fingerstyle playing. The 00 was a more versatile instrument I believe although I don't tend to play in many different genres but that was the sense I got when playing it. The OM cutaway was a beautiful fingerstyle instrument but not really suited to blues type playing I wouldn't think personally. However, others might be able to pull it off on that guitar. The 00 also seemed louder in all registers and surprisingly even in the bass. Both guitars were visually beautiful in an understated way- all about the woods and classic design. As for the ivory bridge, I think they look kinda cool although I do know that some do not care for the visual. Anyway, probably typed too much already. Sorry to go on so.
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Oh no, Thomas! I live for this stuff! I've only played a few of John's OMs so I dont really feel I have an adequate/accurate enough profile for them. My experiences with them have actually been a bit different yours. Compared to the 12 fretters, I was getting a lot more fundamental out of the OMs I played.
All of the 12ers were more "colored" to me but the OMs took a pick a little better. The latest OM I played was an Baz/Adi at Schoenbergs. Probably the most satisfying strummed sound I've ever heard. John has such a broad range of voicing abilities. I wish I could afford fifty of his guitars... |