Moon Moon Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) Edited March 9, 2015 by Moon Moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 What kind of spec's did Buddy Holly have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 what's the specs on your acoustic anyway? It's this one:http://www.simonandpatrick.com/woodlandprofolk.htm I don't really care about specs too much. I just wanted a really nice playing guitar with a specific sound (nice and bright trebles for fingerpicking, not too bass heavy) and spent a great afternoon in Celtic Chords trying all their ones out until I found one I liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon Posted March 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 It's this one:http://www.simonandpatrick.com/woodlandprofolk.htmI don't really care about specs too much. I just wanted a really nice playing guitar with a specific sound (nice and bright trebles for fingerpicking, not too bass heavy) and spent a great afternoon in Celtic Chords trying all their ones out until I found one I liked. sounds nice, I'm a fan of folk/ parlour bodies more than any other type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trikelops Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Alan Smart in Inverurie will build you an acoustic, don't know his prices, but have seen some of his work and it is damned impressive. He also sets up guitars too, my mate Nobby got his done from him and said it was amazing the difference he made, he was really delighted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon Posted March 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 so the guitar is based on a martin 0028vs. that's a parlour body with a slotted headstock. The builder is being a gent and doing all AAA tone woods. its a 41mm neck width and a c profile neck. i still need to buy a pick-up for it, im looking at the fishman matrix. so the specs are;AAA sitka spruce topsolid indian rosewood back and sidessolid flamed maple wedge in the backsolid maple binding1 piece ebony fretboardebony bridgehand picked UK mahogany for the neck and headstock And he's also french polishing it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 That all sounds really great, except the French polish - a shellac finish will be too thin. Looks good on a cabinet, but will start to look like shit pretty quickly on an instrument. Only advantage is that it's a cheap process, but it won't give your guitar much protection. Get the guy to varnish it, or keep him on retainer to touch up all the scratches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon Posted March 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 That all sounds really great, except the French polish - a shellac finish will be too thin. Looks good on a cabinet, but will start to look like shit pretty quickly on an instrument. Only advantage is that it's a cheap process, but it won't give your guitar much protection. Get the guy to varnish it, or keep him on retainer to touch up all the scratches.i thought a thin finish would let the wood breath more? I don't mind about damage, I know a local guy who can touch it up for me if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Im not sure about letting the wood breath. Sounds like pish though. The only reason for someone French polishing a guitar as opposed to using a specialised varnish is that its cheap to do and someone such as yourself might go for it because it sounds like an artisan technique.I didn't really expect you to take it on board anyway. Enjoy your guitars fragile, misleadingly fancy sounding finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steviepearce Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Sounds like something my wife would get done in a salon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Sounds like something my wife would get done in a salon.Practically the same process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfer_Rosa Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 hand picked UK mahogany for the neck and headstock 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 I wonder who hand picked it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 I wonder who hand picked it.your ma i believe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettthain1 Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 What happens if this guitar ends up like the other ones moon moon buys?... Just out of curiosity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 What happens if this guitar ends up like the other ones moon moon buys?... Just out of curiosity? You love hammering a point home five or six times don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon Posted March 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 You love hammering a point home five or six times don't you?he needs to shut up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettthain1 Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 he needs to shut upTake a joke, man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 What joke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 What noise did the revving existentialist German car make? Warum? Warum? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Did you get this yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 it's still being built, there's couple of other onfront of me. Picking it up in person when it's ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Make sure there's room on the bus for ot so you don't have to swap it for a wah wah or some other such shite. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Make sure there's room on the bus for ot so you don't have to swap it for a wah wah or some other such shite.getting the train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettthain1 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 getting the train.Got a plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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