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But what I didn’t see any of the times I’ve been around Cole Clark guitars have been any with high gloss finishes. Now, I wasn’t actively looking for any, either, and it didn’t occur to me to ask. The one guy manning the Cole Clark booth at the Musikmesse was startled when he spoke to me in German and I answered him in English: “You’re an AMERICAN!! I thought you were German!” “It’s the blond hair,” I told him. “Even the Germans have been taking me for a German ever since I got here.” ANYWAY, that was the one 30 second interval he had to speak to me, because right then a pushy Portuguese guitarist got into his face, and started asking a zillion technical questions in heavily accented English. I waved and said: “I have some questions for you, but I’ll swing by later.” He nodded in a distracted way, but when I walked by two hours later the pushy guy was seated with one of the guitars plugged into some pedals and an amp, while the Cole Clark rep was scrambling around trying to get things tweaked the way the guitarist wanted them. I waved again, but I don’t think the company rep even saw me. Needless to say, I didn’t get any questions answered by him... So that’s one of the questions I have for you, Tony - are there any high gloss Cole Clark guitars at your local guitar store, or are all of them satin finish? Next question: what’s the price range on them? whm |
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Having a quick look at Big Music's web site https://www.bigmusicshop.com.au/acou...c-guitars.html - where I bought my Maton - and you see at least 1 of these says Nitro Gloss. All the ones I've seen around Australia have been satin to accentuate the timber. So it must be more for those who really want gloss. |
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Okay, so a high gloss finish is an option, but evidently not requested all that much, or else there’d be a lot of them in the stores. Interesting.
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I seem to recall when Cole Clark guitars appeared on the scene that their higher spec Fat Lady 2 and 3 models were gloss finish and the lower FL1 was satin but hey, that was ages ago. BTW neither Brad Clark or Adam Cole ( one of them was a wizard with electronics but a little eccentric and hard to work with I heard once ) are still with Cole Clark and yes, they both worked at Maton before leaving and setting up CC.
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After I imagined Bruce getting treated by Australian music stores like a high roller gambler in Vegas, with a comped hotel suite and flunkies fetching him from the airport in a limousine, he replied:
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So there’s a long and honorable history of smart guitar company employees learning what to do and what NOT to do, then going out and starting their own companies. As for those music stores hating you, Bruce, that’s overstating it. It’s not you they hate, it’s the cigars stubbed out on the tops of guitars that displease you that they object to. And the trail of empty Foster’s Lager cans that they have to pick up after your visits. And your saltwater crocodile “Cuddles” that you claim is an “emotional support animal” - if Cuddles hadn’t bitten off the hand of the assistant manager at that store in Melbourne, maybe they’d still tolerate him in the store. But you need to leave Cuddles in the car from now on, Bruce - it’s that simple. Wade Hampton Miller |
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Hey that's the best laugh I've had in a long time! Too funny.
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Spent a couple weeks driving around Oz and NZ last March for a bucket list vacation trip. I came with money to buy a natively produced guitar, figuring a Cole Clark or Maton but try as I might, I just couldn't find one to suit me. The closest I came was a Maton Messiah EM100 in sitka and rosewood and it was only just as good as some of my acoustics. I had hoped to get one with native woods. I did come across a builder in Wellington,
https://www.goldbeard.co.nz/ He is presently making me one with all native NZ timbers. I don't know if it will sound good for sure but I reckon so. He has built for some fairly famous folks and has some unique designs. Cost for what I wanted is right at $3k including shipping and a case to the US. Super nice guy. If you will stop in Wellington it's not a long Uber to his shop. I can't think of a better souvenir! Ike |
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That’s very cool, Ike. It sounds like a road trip I should make sometime.
What woods will be used for your guitar? Will you be getting a guitar with an offset soundhole like some of those shown on his website, or will the soundhole be in the usual spot? whm |
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Sounds like a great trip Wade ... would love to do that some day. I was wondering if you had any experience playing any guitars there in Tasmania, which were built with the Tasmanian Blackwood back and sides. And if so, what was your impression of it? I read somewhere that Taylor Guitar's Andy Powers really loves to build with that wood. I just bought a (2018 Winter Namm) 358e 12 string with Lutz spruce and Tasmanian Blackwood back and sides. It sure has some bass horsepower and very open and clear tone (satin finish?) in the Grand Orchestra size.
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Beautiful guitar. She posted some great pictures in this thread https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=533690
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Please to look up Paddy Burgin while you are in NZ...
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Tasmanian/Australian blackwood is a member of the acaia family, as is koa. The two woods also look a lot alike, but the examples of Taz blackwood instruments that I’ve played haven’t been exact sound-alikes with koa. They seem to sound closer to rosewood than koa, in my fairly limited experience. But it’s a visually dazzling tonewood, no question about that. The blackwood dulcimer I had made (which is now owned and played by my daughter) has the most extravagant figure in the grain of any instrument I’ve ever owned. Anyway, I like Tasmanian blackwood as a tonewood, but caution against the assumption that it’ll sound just koa, because in my experience it doesn’t, not quite. Wade Hampton Miller |