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Yes Sir, Freddie Green.... I am not very bright!
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Haha! We all have our moments...
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I just might have more than my share of moments... Lol. Do you get to Tulsa often? It would have been nice, had they kept the series purely acoustic, but I imagine the choice was a mrketing one, perhaps. I only have one archtop but I love the sound of acoustic archtops. My current one is not purely acoustic (Es 125). It belonged to my father. Oddly, he rarely played it amplified unless he was playing with a group
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All the shops in the UK show them for sale but they are not as yet in stock which is a tad frustrating seeing as I have GAS and a bit of cash knocking around.
That said, I must admit that given their low price I am a bit concerned that when I finally get to try one I will be unimpressed. When you factor in everyone's slice of the profit (including shipments and import duties) they must be being made cheaply. Or is that just the way things are nowadays. And moreover, why is it that there are no really good demos of each of these guitars. There is a new demo of one of the guitars by acoustic guitar magazine but there is no really good overview of the range. Surely, it would be better to pay a pro player to give a good demo of each model so we can gain more insight into what they are capable of. To me, the bits I have heard are not particularly archtop sounding: that is to say that they sound more like acoustic guitars than archtops. Maybe the Zenith or Olympic models will have the sound I am looking for. In the meantime I am keeping an eye on ebay for anything interesting. Last edited by Guest 829; 08-05-2016 at 07:03 AM. |
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Regarding Rawlings' Olympic vs. other Olympics, I think even you and I could hear the differences if he were to play them for us side by side. I have a '39 Gibson L-37 small bodied archtop (Dave Rawlings said "I used to have an L-37!"). I've played several other L-37s, and none of them sound like mine. I think anyone would be able to hear the difference. Quote:
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"I think they're made in China...Hot Vibrato"
I read Indonesia....which is becoming a "hot bed" of acoustic production. Just ask "Pono" ...... |
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"We need different guitars for different musical circumstances. The more focused any guitarist is on one specific genre, the fewer guitars he/she needs. Those of us who dabble in several musical styles tend to have more guitars." Hot Vibrato
I'm leaning this way the older I get |
#38
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Anywhere that maximizes profit just short of putting leg chains on a 8 year old is considered fair game.
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Don't tempt me into not buying one.
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Unfortunately it seems to build guitars stateside increases retail cost exponentially. More demos are showing up for these but they are all very market driven, and traditional jazz/big band/Western swing rhythm chunking is not the focus. After hearing some short blips of stage performances, the piezo sounds qua my like most other piezoelectric systems. I saw some single note stuff done acoustically (I think), and it was nice.....sounded like an acoustic archtop. That was the deluxe. The Reverb review has a short mic'd piece played on the Zenith but it is capoed up the neck.... Sounds good. The last seconds have some of the Olympic recorded via DI
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Considering that the new Epiphone Olympic and the Godin 5th avenue have the same price, it would be interesting to get a comparison between the two guitars. I wonder if there is any member of this forum who has the possibility to do it ?
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Self-taught guitar players, like me, tend to focus on gear because, though we don't admit it, we secretly think the next instrument, pick, pedal, etc. will take us to the next level without 1000's of hours of focused practice. I understand multiple guitars if you have an arch top, a dobro, flattop and classical. I even understand multiple flat tops if you play in a few different tunings . Otherwise IMHO GAS is just the search for a shortcut. |
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I have an acoustic 5th Avenue and plenty of music stores in the NYC tri-state area - first Olympic I see I'll give it a shot...
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Here's the measurements...
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Although it's not specifically period I kinda wish they would have added the split "frequensator" tailpiece like the one that was on my Triumph. Since they are amalgamating styles, nothing says Epiphone arch top (for me...) like the split tailpiece.
It would have been another way to highlight the product line. Since they went to all that trouble for tuners and head stock it would have been nice to see the counterpoint to that at the lower bout. Just throwing out my thoughts on that... |