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kramster -- the X30 is waaaaaaaaaaaay louder than the X20 right? like definitely enough to justify the purchase for imminent unplugged street performance?
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Hi Jim -- I'm afraid I moved to Bloomington IN. If I get the blue one though I'd be happy to meet up when I swing through town Nov 17th weekend.
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Alex,
That'd be a welcome situation! The X30 has a lot of appeal.
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You don't see many nylon string jumbo guitars around and there is a reason for that. Nylon string tension is lower than steel string tension, which is a disadvantage if you want to make a large guitar body vibrate. So preserving that big jumbo sound with nylon strings may be a challenge. But perhaps I am underestimating Alistair's magical abilities.
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Well it came down to the wire last night. I work nights so around 3am I dinged Kevin to ask if if was too late to pack and ship the guitar. He said no problem. But I’m cash-poor still after the wedding and move and didn’t know if they’d take credit card so I was going to pitch them a deal to reappropriate money from the padauk guitars to cover this one. Kevin said hang on two minutes.
“No problem” said Alistair. I felt sheepish about that and asked if they take credit card. “We don’t have a machine here. But you can do it through paypal.” So, girded by the belief that this may replace my Sable as my primary Work Guitar, I gave him the thumbs up. My wife, amazing girl she is, just smiled today and said “Yeah i’m not surprised.” T minus one week barring customs hangup, which Kevin said is about one in ten.
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Congrats on pulling the trigger! Now the clock starts...... tick, tick, tick.....
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Regarding the advisability of nylon strings on an X30. First, high tension strings are making a big difference in projection. Second, carbon fiber is particularly sensitive to strings and Alistair is particularly sensitive to CF. I have had four nylons from Alistair and they all projected at surprising levels. It could be that a 30 nylon would be a marvel.
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BOOM. Now on some plane somewhere I guess. Hopefully!
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Well, that didn't take much "convincing." Congrats on the incoming X30!
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Looking forward to it's arrival, for both of our sakes!
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Well yay by golly.... yud think he could make the address labels a little bigger.. can only read them fro 117 ft away
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Mr. K;
Your eyesight must be going--I can read those labels from here and I'm a bazillion miles from Ireland. |
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DHL ahead of schedule!
woke up to this text update today. now sitting staring out window for the yellow truck.
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