The Acoustic Guitar Thread

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olegmcnoleg wrote:Figured I'd better post a couple of pics also, since this is my Favourite Thread Ever!

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Oh maaan that is nice. I've always wanted the 0-15 (thanks, Frusciante). My Cort L450 is as close as I've "past participle of get" :grump:

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And here is a guitar I call Salvador

The guitar maker is a chap called Burrell, from West Virginia. I think he built about 150 of these guitars before he retired. Mine is #112. he made some jazz guitars like this also.

Nothing on the guitar is straight or flat or even symmetrical. The soundbox is designed to fit around a human in a continuos curve--the top and bottom of the guitar curve in entirely different directions. The only straight lines on this guitar are the strings. Even the neck is subtly twisted to make it easier to finger as you move up the scale. You have to see it to believe it really. It plays very well, and it intonates perfectly, though it is not loud of course. You can play this guitar for several hours without your wrists or forearms getting tired, it really is quite amazing.

It is a lot of fun to take this guitar round to a luthier and ask them to set it up :sarc: A few have baulked at it. When I showed it to Warren (Audio Zephyr--luthier) he looked at it for a long while then said he would do it, just to show me he could. He did it for free. Top Bloke!

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kwhelan wrote: not quite sure i agree there, amazing what some added reverb, or chorus or delay can do and even compression to boost the single note bits
Oh, for sure. I've used various things over time, Acoustic Xciter, reverb, digital delay, a bit of chorus maybe. I even have a pitchfork that I use sometimes. Oh, and I do enjoy playing through my TS9.

But that sort of improves the tone without turning it into a completely different thing, as happens when you step on an overdrive.

And most of the stuff you mention is groundfloor stuff compared to electric guitar where the average pedal board has so many pedals. I don't even think most acoustic players have a pedalboard or want one ;)
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olegmcnoleg wrote:And here is a guitar I call Salvador

The guitar maker is a chap called Burrell, from West Virginia. I think he built about 150 of these guitars before he retired. Mine is #112. he made some jazz guitars like this also.
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That curvy guitar is amazing and hurts my brain

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That reminds me of that famous painting where everything’s melting
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Single coil wrote:That reminds me of that famous painting where everything’s melting
This one?

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Pretty close. :lol:
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Single coil wrote:That reminds me of that famous painting where everything’s melting
Right, the one by the artist whose first name is Salvador ;-)

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jvpp wrote:Not familiar with Stella guitars but looks very cool.
I think Stellas. being cheap, were played by a lot of the legendary, black, acoustic blues men. Gives them added cachet.
Leadbelly played Oscar Schmidt Stellas in the beginning and Harmony ones later, ladder braced with floating bridge and tailpiece. I am about 3/4 the way through his biography at the moment.

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olegmcnoleg wrote:
Single coil wrote:That reminds me of that famous painting where everything’s melting
Right, the one by the artist whose first name is Salvador ;-)
:rofl:

Don't stop there; you know what I'm waiting for. :D
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Slowy wrote:
olegmcnoleg wrote:
Single coil wrote:That reminds me of that famous painting where everything’s melting
Right, the one by the artist whose first name is Salvador ;-)
:rofl:

Don't stop there; you know what I'm waiting for. :D
Oh the melting clocks?

I prefer this one...

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Bg wrote:
Single coil wrote:That reminds me of that famous painting where everything’s melting
This one?

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Olderama wrote:
Bg wrote:
Single coil wrote:That reminds me of that famous painting where everything’s melting
This one?

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Hello Sailor xx
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olegmcnoleg wrote: Image
man that looks like it would be really interesting to play
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