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Brindleleaf

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  1. Hello Garthman! Yes indeed... I'm especially lucky because very few people in France have even heard of them. I bought the TW15NS (quite a premium model) today, and the guy didn't even really know the brand ("Don't know...someone gave it to me 10 years ago"). 180 euros for something in the Sundance range seems a good deal! So the deed is done...came home with that one too, explained everything away to my wife (phew!), and really played them both properly. They both feel kind of 'open' and 'relaxed' if that makes sense (especially that little parlor guitar). They feel and sound great... that's about all I need!
  2. oh damn! I'd heard a lot about these Tanglewood TW-73s, and I can confirm everything good you've heard! Yep I bought it! Easy to play, great sounding, articulate, great bass response, sounds LOUD! I've got a Seagull S6 that I picked up for my son (and then ended up getting back in a 'swap' from him when I realised that he was lusting after my (FAVORITE!) Yamaha and would end up playing guitar a lot more if I just gave it to him! ) The Seagull seems huge against the TW73 but that little parlor guitar is louder, and sounds so different. Is it the mystical 'short-scale length' thingy that makes it so easy to play? (Or just the old crappy strings that I hesitate to change for the moment....!? I feel as though I've fallen into a parallel guitar world...today I'm going to see a Tangelwood TW15 NS which has great reviews...again REALLY cheap, so two new guitars in two days?! ...sheesh! (I guess the great thing about giving away your favorite guitar is the leeway that gives you in terms of really going out looking for something to replace it!
  3. Hi All! About a year or so ago I stumbled across a Yamaha APX 900 (under a pile of wood in a second-hand shop. I got it for 150 euros because it was scratched up. It's Body Style Thinline with Cutaway String Scale 25 9/16″ Body Depth 3 1/8″ – 3 9/16″ It sounds fine acoustic, (without the boom of a bigger-bodied guitar) and really nice plugged in. AND... This afternoon I'm going to see a Tanglewood TW73 which is a parlor-sized guitar. I've heard great things about them and I have found one that is very reasonably priced, so fingers crossed! I think I (kind of accidentally) played a cheap parlor guitar years ago when I was looking for a dread and nearly bought it, so I'm hoping this little Tanglewood can work some sort of magic on me...
  4. Oh that's terrible news. I have fond memories of Samilyn. My thoughts go to to her friends and family.
  5. Yes, thanks, you are right, and I'm doing that. (Hard to sneak a new guitar into the house, easy to get new strings ) I think a large part of the problem is that I have no idea what this guitar CAN sound like. I have very little experience with electric guitars (I've only ever played the three I own, and only ever played them through my boss katana amp). Yep... certainly need more experience. I won't be changing anything too radical until I get that. So (preparing this in my head so it comes out smooth if I need to say it to my wife)..."The really experienced players that I know on internet all said I need to try lots of strings, spend a lot more time playing (and lass time cooking), and might need a valve amp in the near future" -- yep, she'll buy that if I can say it with a straight face 😁
  6. Well, by sheer curiousity I'll have a look at these...but why the need to be similar to flatwounds?! I thought flatwounds were to avoid raking screech AND to limit harmonic elements, giving jazz players a purer control of the sounds they wanted. Is that not just a jazz thing? I'm happy with rounds on acoustics and solid-bodies...why not here? After posting the other day, I decided to spend some time with this Ibanez and see how it shaped up. I've only got the Slinky 9s only it that I threw on it when I suddenly and urgently wanted a change from the flatwounds. It sounds fine...but nothing special. UNTIL I put it on the Acoustic channel with a clean booster. THAT sounds pretty delicious! Mostly I was thinking heavier strings to see if it gave the unplugged sound a bit of grunt (it's pretty uninspiring with those 9s on).
  7. Oh...And I'm edging nearer to getting those Stewmac A2s in it... now that I have a bit more experince with electric guitars, it's started to strike me as 'Nice, but maybe lacking in personality' if that makes any sense.
  8. Hi guys! And obvious anyone else out there with a hollowbody (or an opinion ) I have been playing around with my other guitars a lot recently and have just 'rediscovered' this Ibanez. I originally put some fancy flatrounds on it, then, just for the heck of it, put some Ernie ball slinky 9s on it to compare it to my other guitars. Now I'm wondering what strings I should put on this. I don't want to play just jazz (if the stumbling, hesitant noises I make could ever even be called jazz), so I'm not tempted to put flatwounds on it again. I was thinking of putting some 11s or 12s on it to try to give the unplugged sound some love (it's pretty un-inspiring right now with those dinky 9s on it). I've got other guitars that I am trying to learn the art of bending on, so I figure I can go as heavy as necessary for this guitar. Does anyone have any reccomendations? A lot of Hollow-body advice on internet is really for jazz... I've seen people talking about DR Pure Blues 10s or 11s..!? Otehrs say d'ario 'normal' 10-46s. Any thoughts? Edit: I see D'Addario EXL115 11-49s are less than 5 euros a set...might be a place to start...:)
  9. Thing is, I only paid 85 euros for it...and could easily get double that if I sold it... but I find myself picking it up more than any other right now. Got to enjoy that enthusiasm whatever the 'price' of the guitar.
  10. There's something about guitars without pick-guards...really like that look. Yours looks great to me. I'd always heard good things about Pacificas....this one is really growing on me.
  11. Okay good..yep the nut action seems fine according to what you said. I wonder if the kind of 'floaty' feeling might be because this Pacifica is the first guitar I've ever played that has a tremolo....does that 'give' a bit during bends and vibratos?
  12. I just realized that 'strings floating around' sounds really bad...but it's not...makes me play LIGHTLY...which is interesting.
  13. Yep...I came across an old 412 Pacifica a few months ago, I was planning on selling it....but it looks like it's going to be a keeper. I DO wonder about the nut...I've only got slinky 9s on it and the A and low E string aren't even properly in the slot (see photos), which makes the strings feel like they are floating around... I'll be getting some files from stewmac I guess. I mentioned in the NGD thread I made that it's the first ever strat I've played..and to be honest, it doesn't sound especially stratty when I play it. Not sure why...does anyone know anything about the PUs in these things? I keeps seeing Electronics : Yamaha. (Hmmm).
  14. Wow..sweet looking guitar! Gratz! It's even better that you saved her!
  15. Lol. The sad price of a life of deception andpumped-up pride, I guess 😟
  16. I have two ads for Zager sitting right there above these forums as I write this 895$...😐
  17. Damn...I haven't been through the VOM1T stuff for years now...I'd forgotten how much I like it! Deepend, it's great hearing your original stuff. Very poetic and lyrical. And like Garthman's song, both are really authentic in the way you two deliver them. Kwakatak - really well done. You make it sound sweet and look easy 😁 Gil..I haven't heard you for years, and your voice surprised me. For some reason I thought you had a Neil-Youngy voice. This register really suits you. Nice work. And Catscurlyear, I'm kinda jealous...that singing voice seems to come out so easily (even though the guitar parts are no all that simple!). Smooth and really pleasing. Gratz to you all! It DOES have the side-effect of making me realise that... 1)I don't know any purely instrumental pieces. 2) My singing voice is a lot ...like that old saw I forgot in the garden all last winter 😶 3) I'm absolutely hopeless at trying to play and sing at the same time! Very inspiring you lot! Time to get to work! Meet you back here when I can pull something together! 😁
  18. I've only had five guitars total... A Guild Gad-25. (a lovely guitar that I recently swapped for the Ibanez). A Vintage V300 - that I gave to a friend once I got my.. LAKEWOOD D1 (I love this thing!). Then my first electric a Harley Benton TE-52 NA (about $150..for a really cool Tele! I think this was a very reasonable first electric). Now the Ibanez AK-95. So yes, second electric ever... I'm still fiddling around with it to figure it out exactly...getting clean jazz tones and something a bit creamier...
  19. 10 euros doesn't seem too expensive! thanks!
  20. badpenguin and emory...thanks for the advice...that is good to know. Do you guys have any sounds of these things that we can listen to? All the stuff I find on Youtube is Les Pauls ...not a hollow body in sight.
  21. Good to know thanks, or Emory's sharpie technique.
  22. Hi Emory! (Haven't seen your name since I used to hang out in the acoustic section YEARS back 😀). Well...I 'paid' a Guild GAD-25, which was a lovely guitar too (but I play my Lakewook much, much more often tbh). Glad to hear good things about this guitar. I think I'm going to keep the PUs as they are for the moment, since they are already a new, interesting sound for me, and I think my next purchase will be a Tone City King of Blues overdrive...BUT...I will keep your suggestion in mind...are you talking about the Stewmac Golden Age Parsons Street Humbuckers? If so, do you mean the Alnico 5s, or 2s?
  23. 😶 damn...! So basically people just do whatever they want! Or whatever has (unscientifically) worked for them...okay I can do that! Looking through this whole thread, I'm getting the impression that taking care of a fretboard is perhaps less finicky and/or less important than I had thought. Personally I've used linseed oil.....very sparingly, and only once every few years when I notice that the fretboard is looking a bit 'faded'. Why linseed oil? Because,I have some in the garage! (I think I may have some tung oil around somewhere too..). I'll add the disclaimers that... 1) I'm not super-duper paranoid about my guitars 2) I'm happy to change if I hear a consensus (that makes sense to me 😛and isn't too complicated /expensive). 3) I'm still pretty much a guitar noob....Ibought my first maybe ten years ago. (So in not encouraging anyone to copy me).
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