No problem. Fretboard has a radius to it.
I really like the feel of the neck - sits nicely in the hand. No pencil thin or tree-trunk. Reminded me of my Paris Swing which has a modern neck carve to...
No problem. Fretboard has a radius to it.
I really like the feel of the neck - sits nicely in the hand. No pencil thin or tree-trunk. Reminded me of my Paris Swing which has a modern neck carve to...
2 considerations - volume and tone. The K&K is going to get you a bit of a better acoustic tone but will cause feedback problems at gigging volumes. For a working musician I would take the El Rey...
I got to try an El Rey in a store today and I'm sold.
Beautiful build. Looks great, feels great and - plugged in - sounds great. Even the HSC is done with lots of class. The whole package just...
No. Both the Harmony and Kala were tuned in 5ths and both worked because of their respective string gauges. The Kala just felt like a toy in comparison.
I guess if I'm suggesting anything it is...
songs: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 00:00 Father Abraham 00:36 Are You Washed in the Blood 01:14 Amazing Grace 01:49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gvunpZFOEw
Between COVID and a career change, I have had little time or opportunity to play recently. But today I had a rare free couple of hours. I spent them standing too close to a 30w amplifier and...
My mandolin is an Alvarez Arkansas Traveler and the Tenor is and Ashbury AT-40
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Greetings,
This is my first post here. I have not played guitar or mandolin much in the last ten years because of arthritis in my left wrist. I took up the ukulele when I was 9 and go reinterested...
Rob,
That guitar is gorgeous! The condition looks excellent. I wonder how the aftermarket pickup sounds? Not a huge fan of planetary tuners, but look at how clean they are. And that neck - Wow! I...
The gorgeous guitar arrived yesterday and my fingers are red raw from all the playing! It is SOO much better than I expected, it plays warmly, and the intonation is absolutely perfect. The frets are...
Hello all!
I've been a little naughty and bought myself a new guitar, which I'm extremely excited about! A few links below:
Original advert
Video of instrument
Now, a few things I'm...
That piece is beautiful, Rob...but what about limiting the finger aspect as well to just our distinctive opposable ally? To wit:
https://youtu.be/FfVXJhg4TxA
Full disclosure: My first "frets"...
I'm sure others have heard him say this too, but Tim O'brien says the advantage is in the airport.
The case looks like a guitar case, and he says when someone in an airport asks "hey, what's in the...
I chuckled at the anti-six string comment, and really enjoyed your playing. Now is not the right time for me to give a tenor a try, but you have convinced me that when the right time arrives, I...
That’s really a pretty piece, Rob. Guitar is lovely, too!
Here's a peek at my three jumbos. Jumbo Mandolin 17" scale, jumbo Tenor Guitar 23" to 24" scale GDAE & jumbo (Tenor) Fiddle 400mm stop length. 190776
Mine are Herb Taylor archtop tenors. I love his archtops, they have a unique, beautiful, powerful tone, and play great. His neck attachment is smart. I took the neck off just to see how to do it,...
Ah, the grande bouche! I have an Earnest Selma tenor made for me by Joel Eckhaus from some excellent koa I gave him. Petit bouche!
As for a pickup, I would guess an internal microphone or some...
Thank you all for your input! I have gone to youir sites and listened with awe and grown in my apprediation of this wonderful site. Thank you Rob, I am proud of the new instrument. I don't know...
Hi - not from the UK and FWIW, I have an Eastwood mandocaster and I had good success with two upgrades. 1. I bought new pickups from Almuse in your own UK (pete@peteandsue.force9.co.uk). Pete is a...
I had been playing in lower tunings this week with the wrong strings (too floppy!) so I decided to try restringing. I didn't have the right strings around for FCGD, but I had the right ones to pull...
Not posted any Session King photos of late - here is one due out the shop today - mahogany back and sides, torrefied sitka top, 22" scale, tuned GDAE.
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I see it now Rob, missed it the first time I looked.
You know, I've read so many different things about it I'm not really sure, but what I do know is that the recent changes they brought in as regards loosening CITES restrictions still didn't cover...
Yep Jill, that is my understanding and experience as well.
Sorry for the tangent - but a limited run of '38-'43 instruments (mostly 15 series) had this headstock veneer. (I like pearloid headstock...