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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.

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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.

sounds nice, I'm a fan of folk/ parlour bodies more than any other type
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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 top
  • solid indian rosewood back and sides
  • solid flamed maple wedge in the back
  • solid maple binding
  • 1 piece ebony fretboard
  • ebony bridge
  • hand picked UK mahogany for the neck and headstock 

 

And he's also french polishing it!!!

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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.

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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.
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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.

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