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Collabo Guitar (East meets West) Take Poll!
My brother John and I are building a joint guitar. Read about it here:
We thought it would be fun to get input from the AGF about models. You get to help choose which model we build. OM? West Coast? 000-12? Or the model formerly known as Greybeard? Every once in a while, my brother John and I have joined forces and collaborated on a joint project. We have built a few guitars like this, dividing responsibilities and shipping parts back and forth. It isn’t as efficient as the Larson brothers’ example, which though they reportedly didn’t get along too well, at least they worked in the same building. However, it has been a lot of fun. We knew one of these “collabo” guitars made it all the way down under, but then lost track of the rest of its story. Until we got this email from its new owner: “All work and materials are impeccable and it sounds incredible and is very comfortable to play, I live in Sydney and had not heard of you guys so I bought it used and unheard, unplayed made by unknown luthiers......... I am blown away by your guitar and it’s got stiff competition as I have pre war Martins, Larson Brothers (Maurer) and other high quality acoustics so I consider myself a reasonable judge of quality guitars and you guys are up there with the best..........” This note came while we were at Tom Bowersox’s B.I.G., so John and I had even more to visit about. The encouragement was palpable. We found ourselves getting a wee bit giddy. So much so, that we have decided to do another “collabo” guitar. Asheville meets Nacogdoches, North Carolina meets Texas. To add to the fun, it seemed (as we discussed this) like a great idea to get the AGF involved. We were giddy indeed. So, expect some polling, as you kind folks will have the opportunity to vote for different choices along the way. My brother and I have made one choice already, whatever model this guitar ends up being, we have chosen Cocobolo as the body wood. Now the next choice to make is the model. This will be your first opportunity to voice your opinion. Don’t take this lightly, as you might end up the new owner. So vote often! I’ll post that in a secondary post, as this is getting lengthy. If you’ve read this far, thank you! Stay tuned, West (Steve) Last edited by TomB'sox; 09-16-2021 at 08:30 AM. Reason: Combining threads |
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This will be fun to follow!
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This will be fun and interesting!
I am happy for you to get this kind of acknowledgement of your excellent work. Jamie |
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Thanks Randy, we’ll try not to let you down.
So, model choices. You have four options here, none of them bad choices. 1) OM 2) West Coast (OM-ish, my bro’s model) 3) 000-12 fret 4) Graybeard (larger than an OM, another “East” model) Last edited by Steve Kinnaird; 09-15-2021 at 12:05 PM. Reason: Grammar |
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Thank you Jamie!
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What an awesome thing to do! I'll enjoy following the ride and hope you have lots of fun
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I cast my vote for a 000 - 12.
Yall consistently knock these out of the park
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So exciting this one. Definitely will be following along.
My vote goes to the Greybeard!!!!
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I cast my vote for an OM guitar. East and West, you guys do a great job with that size category. I'm sure it will be a brilliant guitar. I'm curious how you're going to divide the labor. Who's doing what?
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I'm with Steve--I vote for the OM.
Both of your OM's at BIG were amazing! Although a certain Greybeard also won me over as well!
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000 12-fretter is better, please
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That's true!!
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Personal preference is a larger guitar. I cast my vote for a Graybeard.
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I second that.
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