S Brothers, New British c.f guitar maker.

[Long Jon]

Happened across this while fishing in the bay : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sbrothers...YAAOSwf05a7KoR

Never heard of them before, so I had a look for their website : http://www.sbrotherscomposite.co.uk/

So, new kid on the block, interesting eh ? Look a bit like Rainsongs, comparatively cheap, wonder if they are any good ?

Test pilot required.... KRAMSTER !!

[kramster]

Originally Posted by Long Jon

Test pilot required.... KRAMSTER !!

Me?? Whud I do?

[David Eastwood]

I don't think I've ever seen dimensions specified to 5 places of decimals. I foresee a new level of imagined nitpickery.

"I can't possibly play a nut width of 1.75200 - it has to be at least 1.75250."

Seriously, I'd wait until their website is a little more coherent.

I thought the Smothers Brothers retired? I went to the site--it was under construction. I'd buy one if it was made by Dick.

[kramster]

Originally Posted by EvanB

I thought the Smothers Brothers retired? I went to the site--it was under construction. I'd buy one if it was made by Dick.

He played an upright right?

[kramster]

The thin body sho is thin..a lil like the Ovation kinda look.

[Captain Jim]

Originally Posted by kramster

The thin body sho is thin..a lil like the Ovation kinda look.

Yeah, the "shallow dish" version.

Since Long Jon is the "local" guy on this one, I'd say it's up to him to buy one and report back to us.

Oh, and Tommy played the upright bass. (insert your own "you don't know the other Smothers brother" joke here)

[Long Jon]

Upon further study of the eBay guy’s listing, he appears to have sold several of these guitars already and has 100% positive feedback.

He is selling them for about half of the advertised prices,
which smells a little fishy,,,,
but could be a completely “normal” business model , like Martin’s silly MSRP prices that nobody actually ever pays.

Boys, if these were Emeralds , I’d be snappin ‘em up ...... but I’m not really a gambling man.


OK OK ... I’ll check out the returns policy, but I’ve got a lot on my plate just now , so don’t hold yer breath.

[kramster]

You go Long Jon...get photos too!

These really look good and the price seems unbelievable. Jon, can you visit the maker, take pictures and play the various guitars?

[J.R. Rogers]

Wow - these look really interesting. Would love to give one a test drive. I like how thin the roundback model looks. I have one of the CA X models from a long time ago that is thin but not that thin.

JR

[kramster]

I had an ole Xi for awhile...should ouda kept it...sigh... low tension string would have been good on it I think

[Long Jon]

Originally Posted by EvanB

These really look good and the price seems unbelievable. Jon, can you visit the maker, take pictures and play the various guitars?

Why sure Evan, being as this is little olde England, there’s a good chance I already know them, or at least know someone who does.

It’s only a couple hundred miles away , via the notorious M6 motorway ( the only toll road in Britain, know why they put the toll on it ?
To try and reduce the horrendous amount of almost stationary traffic that continues to clog it up daily.)

Still, that’ll be no trouble for a willin’ old trucker like me, (that’s TRUCKER)
After all, I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari, Tehachipi to Tonapah , driven every kinda rig that’s ever been made etc. ....
I just need three things ....

OR, I could take a train for only a couple hundred return.... but what if I meet a gambler on the train, who commences to tell me his sad life story, using poker as an analogy ? That would be a terrible burden.

I think the only way to try one is to buy one and get it sent. The eBay fellah will take a return within 14 days, buyer pays return postage.

I forsee a possible teeny problem with that one,,,,, what if it’s really good ?!

What if it sounds loads better than the X20 ?!

What if it even sounds nearly as good as the X20 ?!

What if I miss the return deadline ?!

My bank acc. Will be empty and my place will start looking like Castle Kramster !

[Long Jon]

Here’s a young feller that’s got one and seems to like it.

[kramster]

Originally Posted by Long Jon

my place will start looking like Castle Kramster !

Whud I do??...any way... I reread your post with a British accent (Queens Proper) and then a a Liverpoolian, and then Cockney... all works swell enough... Irish didn't seem to apply in this case.