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I'm interested in a purely acoustic archtop. That one sounds good electric, through an amp. I need to hear the unamplified sound. I want something LOUD with classic archtop tone for acoustic jams
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- and here's an unplugged sample of their travel guitar, probably a 15" or 16" (again with thin strings, but the tonal potential is definitely there - and if this is what the small-body sounds like, that NC17 must be a real monster when you lay into it):
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I like the look of the unidirectional carbonon those Fibertone guitars. Reverb seems to have pricing: https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=fibertone
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I wouldn't mind to be proven wrong though.
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OUT FOR DELIVERY. I'd been eying this very special V-JM1100N2 Rainsong that Ted has had listed for a while, and bought it for myself for my 71st birthday....
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Oh man, RP, I think you are gonna love this one - my Nashville jumbo is a sibling to this one. Please post a full report when you get a chance! Many congrats.
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Thanks Bone. It just arrived, and I really, really like it. UPS came earlier in the day than usual, and I've only had a few minutes to play it. My best comparison would be to my former Emerald X30, but that really isn't a good comparison. In my mind (and ears), the X30 was more of a niche guitar, and I had a hard time working it's "boominess" into the kind of music I like to play. At heart I'm a Taylor fan which is to say that I prefer a little brightness in my guitars. The Rainsong Jumbo is fuller, somewhat louder and has incrementally more bass than my Rainsong V-DR1100N2 which it turns out is probably a better comparison. I love my V-DR, but the V-JM has a couple of ounces more of the tone I like with its extra dollop of volume, bass and resonance. And as boneuphtoner said, it plays and sounds great whether strummed or played finger style. On a purely aesthetic level, I like Rainsong's Vintage top over the Nashville burst, and I've yet to see another Vintage top on a Rainsong Jumbo - it's as if Ted ordered it just for me for my 71st birthday....
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Congratulations! How many more birthdays are you having this year?
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That's so awesome, many congrats RP - yeah, I haven't seen any of the vintage tops on jumbos before and I don't know why Rainsong emphasizes the burst on certain sizes and the vintage top on others - I agree with you that it appears this was meant to be!
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Congrats RP- those RainSong Jumbos sound really nice (although I played the early N1 version).
RainSong is doing some nice work iMO. I love the new Nashville Shawty- pickguard comes off if it were coming to me but nevertheless... |
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Thanks for my chuckle of the day. It's next Tuesday, and it should be the last one for '21....
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Congrats!! I had considered the dread, but wanted a cutaway. This should be a blast!
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The old 20's and 30's Gibsons and Epiphones were designed to play in jazz bands, mostly (or perhaps only) as rhythm guitars. They didn't have pick-ups then and they had to be loud and cutting. I have a Loar LH-700, a Chinese copy of a late 20's Gibson L-5. I like it a lot, but I don't take it out of the house much. I've been wanting a carbon archtop with similar sound plus all the advantages of carbon for acoustic outdoor jams at festivals, etc. Right now I use my Rainsong which is pretty loud and bright.
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