Members Guitar_stringer Posted February 28, 2009 Members Share Posted February 28, 2009 Taken to extremes, such as these examples, yes they do tend to muffle some sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Melodeous Posted February 28, 2009 Members Share Posted February 28, 2009 These guitars are for Rhinestone Cowboy's stage guitars where an ounce of impression is worth more than a pound of performance. They are Grand Ol' Opry props to complement the glittered pageantry of that genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Backlund Posted February 28, 2009 Members Share Posted February 28, 2009 These guitars are for Rhinestone Cowboy's stage guitars where an ounce of impression is worth more than a pound of performance. They are Grand Ol' Opry props to complement the glittered pageantry of that genre. Of which Elvis's entirely leather-clad acoustic stage guitar must have been the pinnacle of, I would assume. That thing must have sounded like it was made of lead...not that it mattered, being a prop and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted March 1, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 1, 2009 I always think "That Girl" when i see one of those guitars. I'm an old fart. I remember "That Girl". That girl had a nose job. John B: "Of which Elvis's entirely leather-clad acoustic stage guitar must have been the pinnacle of, I would assume. " We had a thread about that guitar recently. Some of us speculated it was the guitar used on "Marie's the Name of His Latest Flame". Others speculated reasonably, that it was just Black Diamond flat-wound strings that created that strum sound. I don't know. I know I can't get that tight, compressed sound out of any acoustic guitar I've ever played. It's all attack -- almost no release. NupAWDO6axE . Elvis had a leather-covered J-200 too. I never thought his leather-covered guitars were ugly. That's just my opinion. Gaudy maybe. But that's what Elvis was all about. I think it looks cool. I just think $9,000 is a bit steep. The Martin Wagonmaster for $5000 OTOH? That pick guard is 100 proof distilled ugly IMO. I watched an old Hammer film, "Scars of Dracula" on DVD last night. That pick guard reminds me of the bat in that flick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Backlund Posted March 1, 2009 Members Share Posted March 1, 2009 I don't think the Elvis leather-clad guitar is bad looking either, even though it's impractical as it can get, and defeats the musical purpose of an acoustic instrument entirely, but what the heck...it's Elvis, man! :cool: As far as the double pickguard guitars go, I am personally guilty of (for thirty years at least) wanting a Harmony Sovereign H1266. I Pretty much started out on guitars with a Harmony Sovereign H1260 Jumbo in the late 1960's, and have thus always lusted for the fancier variant ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Backlund Posted March 1, 2009 Members Share Posted March 1, 2009 I always think "That Girl" when i see one of those guitars. I'm an old fart. I can see that too, but it's not just the 'hair', it's also the very realistic flat front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted March 1, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 1, 2009 I don't think the Harmony double pickguard is ugly. At least, it's not nearly as ugly as this. That one reminds me of That Girl's Mother. It's not as ugly as this Yammie: The Yamaha in silhouette, reminds me of That Hot Girl. It's not as ugly IMO as the Blueridge. The Blueridge reminds me of That Girl's Toilet Seat.* (*I don't want to imply that I've ever been sniffing around That Girl's toilet seat. I don't want to imply that I wouldn't either, back in her prime. As long as it was her fragrance - and not her husband Phil Donahue's, I wouldn't have ruled it out.) The Harmony is not as ugly IMO as this Mickey Mouse Ears custom job either: In fact, it's my opinion that Harmony was not competitive in the ugly pick guard sweepstakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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