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My interest in Rainsongs is as an acceptable-sounding guitar that can survive airline travel and differing environments, so I can leave my Guilds at home.
While they're not cheap, for what I've paid in the past for repairing airline mishandlings and such, as well as mental anguish, they're a decent bargain. Still getting used to their appearence, though. |
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I'm a younger guy just starting out and the look is half the reason I want one. The other half is durability. 2 young children I don't trust around a 2000 dollar wood guitar. Now if I could just try all the models. I want one that is slightly smaller than my dread but still versatile. I mainly focus on country music.
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If you are looking for smaller than a dread and versatile you may want to try a Rainsong WS1000. You can find these in stores. You really need to play some. You can join MacNickle' road trip and for $35 you can try the Emerald X20-OS for a week. It is their newest model and looks very interesting. I will have it for a week this month. Good luck
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To quote Sgt Hulka in "Stripes," "Lighten up, Francis!"
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Wilcox does have a lot f equipment, isn't there a rule your pickup systems should not cost more than your guitar? LOL
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It seems like your opinion of CF guitars is somewhat negative, so I'm curious what made you decide to purchase one.
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At least he has less equipment than he did back in the day with his custom Rainsong with the individual midi pickup in the bridge for each string.
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Wilcox in the video touting his signature Rainsong model even jokes that "it's a 12-step program" to get away from combining multiple pick-up types in the never-ending quest to get the perfect amplified sound. James Taylor has the same addiction -- and I've seen him switch Olsons mid-concert because he didn'tl like the way the PA system was amplifying his guitar.
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I bought it with high hopes. The 24" scale and 1 3/4' nut seem to be my comfort match. It does indeed feel great; the scale, nut width, and neck profile are very comfortable. But feel isn't enough... it's got to sound good too. It will likely be in the classifieds soon. Ed |
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That's why he has an Olson.
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This is an interesting thread and is certainly reminiscent of the standard perceptions out there.
Firstly when we build Carbon guitars we are not trying to convert the world and replace wooden guitars. I love wooden guitars way too much to even try that. I am just creating an alternative. I build guitars from Carbon because I am a guitar enthusiast and a composites expert and those 2 worlds married together to create Emerald guitars. Composite construction is the medium that came naturally to me and the more I delved into it I realized I could build a pretty decent guitar from the stuff. Physics does not dictate that a wood guitar sounds like a Wood guitar and a Carbon guitar sounds like a Carbon guitar, Im sure we all know how much variation of tone that can be achieved with wood and the same is true with composite construction.( I use the word composite here because all the builders use more than carbon in their guitars although carbon is generally the majority constituent.) What dictates a guitars tone is how it converts the strings energy into vibrations and in turn into sound. Its the vibrational properties of the entire guitar that create its tone and in my opinion that opens the possibility of using lots of different materials to create very fine musical instruments some of which may sound very much traditional and some with a whole new voice. I think we all have a tonal bench mark in our heads which has been created by our past listening and playing experiences but that doesnt mean its the perfect tone rather just the perfect tone for you. I definitely have yet to make the perfect guitar from a tonal stand point as I dont believe such a thing exists but I feel very privileged that I regularly get emails from customers saying I built their perfect guitar although I know in other hands it may be far from perfect. Its this unattainable goal that makes guitar building so addictive and also so frustrating but it certainly gives us lots to talk about. A couple of points I would like to correct... Our Moulding system does not involve moulding with foam that I dissolve rather its a resin infusion process that I have developed over the last 14 years and thats all I really say about the technology for obvious reasons. Our moulds are not built from Aluminum but are made from highly specialised composite materials that have been carefully chosen to give the highest degree of thermal and dimensional stability. We also build our moulds in house allowing us to have full control over specifications and also give us the ability to make modifications where required without huge costs. We have a very different approach to moulding and we are not fixed to exact mould specifications, We often put inserts into our moulds to change neck profiles and can even adapt the mouldings quite alot after the moulding process to create some very interesting custom guitars. Another point I would like to comment on is the picture of the Blackbird mould. I am only speaking from what I see in the picture and this is not a mould, rather what I see is a CNC router creating a model which possibly could be used for 3 dimensional R&D evaluation or as a form from which a composite or even metal mould could be created. Actually the moulds are not really relevant here, its how they are used is the important part. Alistair Hay |
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A little but of trivia, in the 90's when it was actually still run by a Kaman, Ovation tried to launch a CF line of guitars known as the Q line. They managed to build a few, but decided it was simply too cost-prohibitive at the time. I think Bill Kaman still owns one or two, and there may be others scattered about the planet. Do NOT confuse them with an Adamas model called the Q597. By all accounts, the prototype Q's are absolutely KILLER guitars. MAN wouldn't I love to get hold of one!!!!!!!!!! From the 1998 Ovation Catalog...
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Patch thanks or the post, knew of Q but never saw the brochure. Sad they didn't get it to market, it would have been killer.
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