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NGD: Nylon crossover

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I got this for thumbing - Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Buster B Jones, etc. It's a Cordoba Fusion 14 with a 48mm nut and 16" radius fretboard.

All thumbs up for Rockshop. The first one I picked up was a lemon with a faulty mic, but they let me exchange it the next day.

Overall, I don't think it's worth the high price tag for being built in China with some quality control issues, but as a niche guitar for a very specific genre, I'm quite satisfied with this one. It strikes a nice balance between acoustic and electric tones, while the cheaper Yamaha and Takamine electric nylons sounded bad unplugged.

It's going to take a while to find the best way to record it. Right now I'm just going out of studio monitors, and the piezo sounds quite nice blended with the little internal mic. That's the main reason I didn't get the cheaper Fusion 5 model.

Looking forward to running it through a mate's princeton reverb :P
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Re: NGD: Nylon crossover

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quyet wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:35 pm I got this for thumbing - Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Buster B Jones, etc. It's a Cordoba Fusion 14 with a 48mm nut and 16" radius fretboard.

All thumbs up for Rockshop. The first one I picked up was a lemon with a faulty mic, but they let me exchange it the next day.

Overall, I don't think it's worth the high price tag for being built in China with some quality control issues, but as a niche guitar for a very specific genre, I'm quite satisfied with this one. It strikes a nice balance between acoustic and electric tones, while the cheaper Yamaha and Takamine electric nylons sounded bad unplugged.

It's going to take a while to find the best way to record it. Right now I'm just going out of studio monitors, and the piezo sounds quite nice blended with the little internal mic. That's the main reason I didn't get the cheaper Fusion 5 model.

Looking forward to running it through a mate's princeton reverb :P
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quyet wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:35 pm I got this for thumbing - Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Buster B Jones, etc. It's a Cordoba Fusion 14 with a 48mm nut and 16" radius fretboard.

All thumbs up for Rockshop. The first one I picked up was a lemon with a faulty mic, but they let me exchange it the next day.

Overall, I don't think it's worth the high price tag for being built in China with some quality control issues, but as a niche guitar for a very specific genre, I'm quite satisfied with this one. It strikes a nice balance between acoustic and electric tones, while the cheaper Yamaha and Takamine electric nylons sounded bad unplugged.

It's going to take a while to find the best way to record it. Right now I'm just going out of studio monitors, and the piezo sounds quite nice blended with the little internal mic. That's the main reason I didn't get the cheaper Fusion 5 model.

Looking forward to running it through a mate's princeton reverb :P
Great choice, and looks awesome too.

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That looks fantastic... I didn't know they exist!

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I really wanted a Chet Atkins solid body nylon.

Rockshop has this strange reissue. https://www.rockshop.co.nz/epiphone-cec ... cal-guitar
An Epiphone CEC. But it's super small, like a Les Paul.

The cool feature is that the preamp can send the bass and treble strings to L/R and give a stereo effect for boom chick thumbing like this stereo gretsch



But yeah, this Epiphone is weird and not a single video or decent review online. Pass.

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quyet wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:46 pm I really wanted a Chet Atkins solid body nylon.

Rockshop has this strange reissue. https://www.rockshop.co.nz/epiphone-cec ... cal-guitar
An Epiphone CEC. But it's super small, like a Les Paul.

The cool feature is that the preamp can send the bass and treble strings to L/R and give a stereo effect for boom chick thumbing like this stereo gretsch

But yeah, this Epiphone is weird and not a single video or decent review online. Pass.
Bandmate has one........ :yawn:
YMMV.

The Oleg effect again but I was completely sold on the Godin Multiac. That's probably the guitar I most need in my life right now. It was amazing. Think a nylon string Telecaster.
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quyet wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:46 pm

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Oh Yes!
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While we're posting unachievable (for me) videos, here's one of the guitar in the NGD.



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Slowy wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:48 pm
quyet wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:46 pm I really wanted a Chet Atkins solid body nylon.

Rockshop has this strange reissue. https://www.rockshop.co.nz/epiphone-cec ... cal-guitar
An Epiphone CEC. But it's super small, like a Les Paul.

The cool feature is that the preamp can send the bass and treble strings to L/R and give a stereo effect for boom chick thumbing like this stereo gretsch

But yeah, this Epiphone is weird and not a single video or decent review online. Pass.
Bandmate has one........ :yawn:
YMMV.

The Oleg effect again but I was completely sold on the Godin Multiac. That's probably the guitar I most need in my life right now. It was amazing. Think a nylon string Telecaster.
Multiac is of course top tier. I missed one on FB for 2k... what are they like 3.5 new?

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the inspiration, the goal:


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What is the price point? That is one fancy back? Congrats!
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GrantB wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:29 pm What is the price point? That is one fancy back? Congrats!
RS stocks them at 1.5k

I think its pretty much the same as the regular style classical C7 cutaway for 1.3k, but priced up for the different fretboard and radius.

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quyet wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:05 pm the inspiration, the goal:

Just when I start feeling good about myself..... :(

Gorgeous technique. Looks like he's using the Melodic Banjo style; one note per string. Makes for fast and fluid playing.
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quyet wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:46 pm

JESUS H CHRIST. Fucking outstanding playing there!

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quyet wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:46 pm I really wanted a Chet Atkins solid body nylon.

Rockshop has this strange reissue. https://www.rockshop.co.nz/epiphone-cec ... cal-guitar
An Epiphone CEC. But it's super small, like a Les Paul.

The cool feature is that the preamp can send the bass and treble strings to L/R and give a stereo effect for boom chick thumbing like this stereo gretsch



But yeah, this Epiphone is weird and not a single video or decent review online. Pass.
Somehow missed that - awesome with headphones on. This is how Gretsch (and Gibson) envisaged these stereo guitars being used. Until us Rock N Roll numpties ruined it for them!
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