Members Stackabones Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 83-8729 Bill Moll (new) Custom 7-string archtop guitar, Nylon Instrument Prototype, #000001-1, with hard shell case. This guitar is a complete departure from the norm. Mr. Moll has created a fanciful non-cutaway 7-string carved top, carved back instrument which has features that nearly defy description. The arched top, heavily bear-clawed and toned with a light amber stain, does not have traditional soundholes. Instead it has an eastern motif of open carvings into the top, similar to lute style but more simple, elegant and mystical. The neck is three ply, mahogany and ebony, with a diamond carving behind the nut and a wide, ebony capped neck heel. The headstock is like nothing we Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 I saw the thread title on the HC frontpage and rushed here! It is even more painfully beautiful than expected. WANT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drnihili Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Yeah, but it doesn't have bridge pins. What's the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 No wait... the saddle is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 It reminded me of... well, not a 7string nylon, but... I also like these (check out the acoustic archtop page. And the cello page. And the archtops pages. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Somebody jump on it!...It's on SALE!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted November 30, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Sabolovic' Gypsy Heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members totamus Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Hrmphhh The guitar already has an advantage (it has 6 strings, I have 5 fingers). I wouldn't want to tilt the playing field even further in the guitars direction.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Henneken also has a nylon string archtop model: the Concerto It is stringed with Thomastik-Infeld's Classic S-series strings for concert guitar(flat nylon tape wound steel)... I'd love to meet one in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 *feverishly counts money* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted November 30, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 It is stringed with Thomastik-Infeld's Classic S-series strings for concert guitar(flat nylon tape wound steel)... Any experience with those strings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members denvertrakker Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 "If you would like to own a truly unique fretted instrument, made by a luthier whose reputation for excellence and elegance is widely known, and if you are adventurous enough to want to expand your music into the seven-string medium, then this guitar will perform with style, panache and an unequalled tonal range. HUGE PRICE REDUCTION. This guitar WAS $10,310. It is now on sale for $7,733 or at our cash discount price $7,500." Translation: "What were we thinking? This thing is beautiful, but there's maybe three people on the planet who would drop Ten Large on it. So, we're dropping our pants - but not all that much - in hopes we can find it a home." Absolutely stunning, anyway...Neo-Mayan-Whatever and all. And what do they mean, it apparently has an internal transducer? This is Mandolin Bros., they should know whether it does or doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Any experience with those strings? Never heard about them. Now I'd like to know more.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 And what do they mean, it apparently has an internal transducer? The transducer is VERY apparent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted November 30, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 This is Mandolin Bros., they should know whether it does or doesn't. Yeah ... and that "diamond carving behind the nut"? I just read about those a few days ago ... isn't it a special joint for connecting the head and the neck. FK? Someone??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Yeah ... and that "diamond carving behind the nut"? I just read about those a few days ago ... isn't it a special joint for connecting the head and the neck. FK? Someone??? Like on many parlors, I guess. Like this one: It probably makes the junction stronger... Edit: here's another pic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted November 30, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Like on many parlors, I guess. Like this one: Yeah, that's it. IIRC Martins have this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Any experience with those strings? These strings have trebles made from a flexible steel rope overwound with nylon tape - they are of a much thinner diameter than traditional monofilament strings (from memory I think they were 16, 20, 24 E to G). I tried them on my dreadnought which I wanted to convert to a nylon string guitar. Very nice bright sound but a bit too much like steel strings for me so I went with a high tension nylon set (La Bella 850HT) in the end. They might well be OK on a Macafferi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted November 30, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 These strings have trebles made from a flexible steel rope overwound with nylon tape - they are of a much thinner diameter than traditional monofilament strings (from memory I think they were 16, 20, 24 E to G).I tried them on my dreadnought which I wanted to convert to a nylon string guitar. Very nice bright sound but a bit too much like steel strings for me so I went with a high tension nylon set (La Bella 850HT) in the end.They might well be OK on a Macafferi. Appreciate the review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarist21 Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 What's with the "apparently"? How could it "apparenty" have a pickup?? Either it does or it doesn't! Wouldn't that be kind of a quieter guitar? I figure that not only does it have the nylon strings but the archtop style... what does it sound like? Ellen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 That first guitar is incredibly beautiful. A luthier in my neck of the woods, Jimmy Foster, makes seven-string archtops. He's pretty famous around the world too. I don't think he makes a 7 string nylon string archtop though. I wonder how much volume a nylon string archtop could muster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phlat Phive Posted December 1, 2007 Members Share Posted December 1, 2007 Oh my WANT The guitars on the site Pascal posted are beautiful as well, but this one is just :love: I think I'll just post the pic again, just because I can: . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted December 1, 2007 Members Share Posted December 1, 2007 What's with the "apparently"? How could it "apparenty" have a pickup?? Either it does or it doesn't!Wouldn't that be kind of a quieter guitar? I figure that not only does it have the nylon strings but the archtop style... what does it sound like?Ellen I played a Moll 6-stringed nylon archtop (at the Arlington, TX Guitar Show a few years back) and was surprised at how loud and responsive it was...much thinner top than a steel-strung archtop needs, and it had an amazing tone. If I can ever justify the expense, I'd l:love:ve to get a cutaway model...maybe even a 7-string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riovine Posted December 1, 2007 Members Share Posted December 1, 2007 http://www.buscarino.com/cabaret.asp It's not an arched top, but it is an arched back. I know a guy here in Dallas who has one. He just has the 6-string, but John Buscarino will also make you a 7-string. BTW, I have also tried those TI rope strings mentiioned in a previous post on my Sand nylon guitar. I really liked the sound, very unique, but they did not sound like nylon strings, on the other hand, they did not really did not sound quite like traditional steel strings either. It was somewhere in between. In the end I decided to go back to nylon for the more traditional sound. If I had two nylon string guitars however, I might keep one of them strung up with those strings. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted December 1, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 1, 2007 http://www.buscarino.com/cabaret.aspIt's not an arched top, but it is an arched back. I know a guy here in Dallas who has one. He just has the 6-string, but John Buscarino will also make you a 7-string.Ron Hey, Ron ... does he gig? Does he gig with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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