garthman

Gill! Great to see and hear from you. Where ya been?

Well it's a monthly event, Kwak - third weekend of the month - so you have plenty of time.

VOM time. I've turned the VOM1T into a "sticky" type thread to run for the rest of the year. Please post stuff whenever you like.

Hello. And no, I don't have one. In fact it's the first time I've heard of them or seen one. Strange looking things. They seem to be much more "electro" than "acoustic".

Lovely looking guitar. Many of those old MIJ guitars are so very good. PS. Don't "upgrade" anything.

Hello and welcome. Sure, let's have some pics. It's always nice to see a good old vintage guitar.

LOL

When I buy a guitar it's because I like the way it sounds. So I leave it just as it is.

I have a deep bowl one and love it to bits. It's not an Ovation, it's a copy made in Italy almost certainly by Eko - but it's a faithful replication of the original Balladeer complete with Shadow pickup.

IIRC they were a (very) cheap brand sold by a UK catalogue company.

I suspect it's due to poor and uneven contact between the base of the saddle and the piezo UST.

LOL. Well, just be content with those you have. Enough is enough!

Ah! It will have to be a banjo then.

OK. How about a Seagull?

Get yourself a nice classical.

Oh dear. That's bad news. In what way is the string spacing "awkward"?

Congratulations. That mahogany looks pretty.

Stophe88 wrote: Anyone play nylon Yamahas?? I've got an old model.. I don't recall what it is off the top of my head but I'll post it once I get home. That thing sounds miles better than other soft string guitars I've played. Yes. I have two nylon string Yammies: an old G-231II classical and an old APX6-NA hybrid. They are both great sounding guitars and I play them regularly and often. And to add to the post above about the quality of electric Yammies - absolutely! - top class instruments. I think the Yamaha Pacifica 112 is probably the best, value-for-money electric guitar on the market.

Might be some info here?: http://www.madrigal-guitars.com/

Don't worry about tone. A guitar sounds as it sounds. If you don't like the tone of a guitar, don't buy it.

Hello & Welcome Tanglewood guitars are good quality, well-made instruments. They have been justifiably popular in the UK for many years. I've not played that particular model so cannot comment on it's sound and playability but I've yet to play a crap Tanglewood.

I don't know what it is, but I can be really obdurate (as many of you know). I had been hearing people go on and on about Richard Thompson for years. I had listened to a bit of it, too, but it never really did anything for me. Finally saw him in concert maybe 6 months or so ago. I don't get it. Don't misunderstand. I'm not saying he's not everything his fans say he is, but I left scratching my head wondering what all the fuss is about. That show just left me cold, and I really wanted to like him. I hope nobody thinks I'm bashing the guy, because that's not it at all. Just wondering what I am missing that I can't appreciate somebody who is by all accounts one of the great talents of out time. Yeah. He was on a BBC show a month or so ago with Suzanne Vega and Loudon Wainright III. IMHO Mr Thompson came bottom (Loudon Wainright won - amazing man). PS. And I don't rate Pete Townsend very highly either.

This is an old thread. Still John McLaughlin for me though.

LaBella makes their own strings. They even have pics of their factory in New York on their webpage. I've been using their stainless strings for many years. Indeed, they do (and I believe they are the world's longest established string maker - started out in Italy around 1640). I use La Bella strings on all my guitars: electric, acoustic and classical - excellent, well-priced strings. http://www.labella.com/

Crafter GLXE-4000/SK (or /RS) - and if you shop around you might even get it for a bit less than $1400. http://www.crafterusa.com/gallery/glxe_4000_sk.php http://www.invodo.com/Crafter-USA-GIXE-4000-SKRS-Guitar/p/AW66JNBX