Lets look at our guitars thread

Lets look at our guitars thread

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mini me

1,435 posts

192 months

Saturday 25th June 2016
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I'll try and get some close ups on it tomorrow. I haven't really put it down since I got it home. I'm so pleased with it. Wish I had bitten the bullet sooner. Needs proper light to show off the wood. It's bloomin lurvely though. For an amateur like me it's far too good but it manages to make even my feeble playing sound quite nice, I'm humbled. And a little in love with it.

Sheetmaself

5,665 posts

197 months

Saturday 25th June 2016
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What are the four tuning peg type things near the neck??

Yes okay probably a stupid auestion but im baffled.

mini me

1,435 posts

192 months

Saturday 25th June 2016
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It's an electro acoustic. Those three knobs are apparently for the volume, bass and treble. It''a not something I know a lot about. I don't have an acoustic amp. Just a rubbish one for my electrics so no idea honestly on what the crack is with acoustics and amps.

I did plug it into my electric guitar amp earlier and it wasn't great. There are acoustic amps for sale of which I know nothing. The whole electro bit is not of much importance to me but if anyone on here can shed some light on it I'd be happy to know?

It's just something it came with and I suppose is a bonus. Not sure I will ever use it but who knows

Mastodon2

13,818 posts

164 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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mini me said:
It's an electro acoustic. Those three knobs are apparently for the volume, bass and treble. It''a not something I know a lot about. I don't have an acoustic amp. Just a rubbish one for my electrics so no idea honestly on what the crack is with acoustics and amps.

I did plug it into my electric guitar amp earlier and it wasn't great. There are acoustic amps for sale of which I know nothing. The whole electro bit is not of much importance to me but if anyone on here can shed some light on it I'd be happy to know?

It's just something it came with and I suppose is a bonus. Not sure I will ever use it but who knows
In basic terms, acoustic amps are designed to "colour" the sound less. They are not intended to overdrive the output signal so you won't get overdrive / distortion, they have a flatter and wider frequency response and are more transparent, the idea being to just take the natural sound of your acoustic guitar and make it louder without changing the sound. They also have speakers more appropriate for transparent sound amplification and sometimes tweeters to help with the higher frequency sounds.

mini me

1,435 posts

192 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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Some more pics of the wood for you. I'm no photographer sorry. But here ya go:




















Lucas CAV

3,021 posts

218 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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mini me said:
It's an electro acoustic. Those three knobs are apparently for the volume, bass and treble. It''a not something I know a lot about. I don't have an acoustic amp. Just a rubbish one for my electrics so no idea honestly on what the crack is with acoustics and amps.

I did plug it into my electric guitar amp earlier and it wasn't great. There are acoustic amps for sale of which I know nothing. The whole electro bit is not of much importance to me but if anyone on here can shed some light on it I'd be happy to know?

It's just something it came with and I suppose is a bonus. Not sure I will ever use it but who knows
No offence but surely you'd find out what those controls did and test them out before spending (presumably) a lot of money!

mini me

1,435 posts

192 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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None taken mate.

Electro was of little consequence for me. I don't record myself or play gigs so really have no use for that part of it They are just an additional bonus. Who knows, in the future I may need/ want them. I did know what they do/ what they are for. I admit I had assumed that you could just use any old amp. I wasn't aware that acoustic specific amps existed. That was new to me. That aside It was the guitar i was interested in, after I played it I just kinda had to have it and it doesn't come without the electro so that's that.

Sheetmaself

5,665 posts

197 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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Same with my Martin,see above for pics, sounded lovely as an acoustic has a couple of buttons one labelled phasor unsure of the other. No idea what they do and its only been plugged into an amp for about five minutes to test it all worked.

Was confused by your knobs as the first picture made the white lines look like guitar string, and couldnt for the life of me think what was going on.

Enjoy in good health

mini me

1,435 posts

192 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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Thanks mate. I am certainly enjoying it. It was between a Martin and Taylor for me for my first "higher spec" acoustic and I tried many iterations of both in the shop. The guy helping out said that basically all martins now come with electro. It's true that all the ones I tried did anyway. i guess that's what the majority of users want these days.

Baryonyx

17,990 posts

158 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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There are still plenty of acoustics around that done have any onboard electrics. For studio recording, a properly micced guitar will usually be preferred over an acoustic plugged in and played through an amp or direct into the desk.

Live work is a different ballgame when you're fighting feedback but many acoustic players still close mic when they can.

Driller

8,310 posts

277 months

Thursday 30th June 2016
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Had the choice between a Gibson Songwriter standard and a Taylor a few years back and got the Gibson but those Taylors are beautiful things.

Put the D-Activator 7 in the RG752 and it rocks! music

Tom1312

1,015 posts

145 months

Thursday 30th June 2016
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Just ordered one of the new Mark Holcomb SE models.

First new guitar in years.

Can't wait.



One on the right.

chemistry

2,122 posts

108 months

Thursday 30th June 2016
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Like

JoeCastle

572 posts

121 months

Thursday 30th June 2016
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Tom1312 said:
Just ordered one of the new Mark Holcomb SE models.

First new guitar in years.

Can't wait.



One on the right.
Cannot believe that these came with the Alpha/Omega pickups. Not a Periphery fan, but lord is this tempting at the price it is.

Don1

15,936 posts

207 months

Thursday 30th June 2016
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Tom1312 said:
Just ordered one of the new Mark Holcomb SE models.

First new guitar in years.

Can't wait.



One on the right.
Stunning.

Tom1312

1,015 posts

145 months

Thursday 30th June 2016
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JoeCastle said:
Cannot believe that these came with the Alpha/Omega pickups. Not a Periphery fan, but lord is this tempting at the price it is.
I'm not a huge fan either.

But a 25.5 ebony board on a PRS (Se) style guitar with production run custom shop SDs is too good a chance to miss.

But I want a 'metal' guitar and this fits the bill, also helps that WMI put out some properly high quality guitars these days.

They build the non custom, Boden Strandbergs and Ormsby guitars.

Mastodon2

13,818 posts

164 months

Thursday 30th June 2016
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Tom1312 said:
I'm not a huge fan either.

But a 25.5 ebony board on a PRS (Se) style guitar with production run custom shop SDs is too good a chance to miss.

But I want a 'metal' guitar and this fits the bill, also helps that WMI put out some properly high quality guitars these days.

They build the non custom, Boden Strandbergs and Ormsby guitars.
I can vouch for the quality of the Strandberg Boden line, cannot fault the quality at all. Then again, given the price, there should be no flaws!



I'm glad Mark Holcomb is getting SE sigs as well as the regular PRS sig. I always thought he seemed like a nice guy and hopefully a bit more scrupulous in his endorsements than the bloated, egotistical Misha Mansoor, who has had his name on some right turkeys over the years.

Driller

8,310 posts

277 months

Friday 1st July 2016
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Mastodon2 said:
I can vouch for the quality of the Strandberg Boden line, cannot fault the quality at all. Then again, given the price, there should be no flaws!

Is that yours Mastodon? Beautiful. I only came aware of these guitars recently but it would seem they've been around a fair few years. Normally I dislike the headless look but they really got it right with these. I'll have one in blue quilted maple please smile

Mastodon2 said:
the bloated, egotistical Misha Mansoor
laugh

Tom1312

1,015 posts

145 months

Friday 1st July 2016
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Double post.

Edited by Tom1312 on Friday 1st July 15:35

Tom1312

1,015 posts

145 months

Friday 1st July 2016
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The burst looks so much nicer than any of the stock images suggest.

Though a lot more purple than expected!