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| Posted: Fri Jul 27th, 2007 02:37 am |
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CMHansen Approved 
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Taylor 710 and Fender Telecaster.
____________________ Chris. 'My Music' |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29th, 2007 01:01 am |
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Mike McLaren Approved
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My gigging guitars are a Regal metal body resonator, a Regal metal tricone, and my Gold Tone BG 250 White Lady. My back-up guitar is a Regal gun metal resonator. I have a 1959 Epiphone Caballero that I play often, and I have a Martin OM-35 that I rarely play. My old Yamaha classical get s agood thumping every Monday during a particular lesson that I teach.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 6th, 2008 09:28 pm |
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debonnaire Approved
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I have a Washburn dreadnought I never really play anymore. And then there's Charlotte. I found her in a yardsale in London, ON in bad shape. Someone had strung her up as a Hawaii'an guitar. I bought her for $100 ( with a case and a stack of sheet music,) and spent about $300 on repairs (including installing a gooseneck mic inside - which I now regret.) All I know about her is that a handwritten slip of paper glued inside says "Charlotte E#1. Built by Joseph R Garside, London, Ont 1932. She has a wonderful breathy tone that's big around the bottom but not huge like a Gibson or anything. She can be a bit jangly up top. Not for everyone, but she's all mine.     For the record, I would never name, gender or anthropomorphize an instrument like this on my own. Sorry for the crappy pics. Anyone seen a design like this before?
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| Posted: Mon Apr 7th, 2008 06:34 pm |
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Will Approved 
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debonnaire wrote: I have a Washburn dreadnought I never really play anymore. The closest that I've seen to that unusual vintage guitar is the craviola, a guitar made by the Brazilian company, Giannini: 
____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ A Bunch Of Coconuts http://abunchofcoconuts.com |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 7th, 2008 06:43 pm |
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Will Approved
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I play a lot of 12-string guitar nowadays, and my main 12-string is the Guild GAD-G212: Last edited on Sun Oct 19th, 2008 03:38 am by Will ____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ A Bunch Of Coconuts http://abunchofcoconuts.com |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 7th, 2008 08:29 pm |
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SouthernCelt Approved 
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I thought I'd finally jump in on this thread while it's bumped into "recent". I started on a no-name nylon-strung classical sold by Sears in the 60s. Cheap but it turned out to be a fairly hearty little guitar. About 10 years later I jumped all the way to a Martin D-35 at my wife's insistence (don't you love it when they're more excited and positive about something that you are, when it comes to guitars I mean  ). Since then I've picked up an early Yamaha "folk" style acoustic electric, a no-name (and I mean that--absolutely no labeling or stamping on this guitar anywhere--I've looked) that I won in a contest, and finally a Dean "Backwoods Banjo" which is basically a banjo body with a six-string setup like guitar.I generally play only the Martin when it's for anything other than my own amusement or practice but might occasionally use the Dean for tunes that sound best with a banjo twang & ring. I have a soundhole pick-up I can pop in and out of the Martin to amplify it but I don't really like to use it much since it has no preamp controls except for volume and I'd like the option of turning down the bass and bringing up the mids and highs a little since the 35 can be boomy and bassy.
____________________ Please let me in where you're singing your songs I'll just sit quiet...I won't try to sing along -- lyric excerpt from "Hey, What About Me?" |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 7th, 2008 09:00 pm |
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Will Approved
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SouthernCelt wrote: ... and finally a Dean "Backwoods Banjo" which is basically a banjo body with a six-string setup like guitar. I own a Mastercraft 6-string banjo (banjitar), a which I mail ordered from Banjo Hut in Nashville. I don't know many other people who own a banjitar. http://banjohut.com/banjitar_mastercraft_banjo_guita.htm  Last edited on Mon Apr 7th, 2008 09:00 pm by Will ____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ A Bunch Of Coconuts http://abunchofcoconuts.com |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 12:05 pm |
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garyblanchard Approved 
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When I first replied to this topic in December, 2006, I listed several guitars. I still own a mess of them: the Rogue resonator, Rogue dreadnaught, and two Peavey electrics. My main guitar now is the Fender Telecoustic. I have really come to love this one. The neck has the electric guitar feel, the body is somewhere between an acoustic and an electric, and I can easily manipulate the sound when it is plugged in to suit the song. I have just settled on the sound I want; I am going more acoustic in a band with congas, bass, and flute. The Telecoustic will work well with this. It's rather funny that the guitar I bought as a novelty has become my guitar of choice.   Attachment: Telecoustic1.jpg (Downloaded 110 times) Last edited on Thu Apr 10th, 2008 12:13 pm by garyblanchard ____________________ http://www.GBandF.com http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/919/audio.php?p=1 |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 09:35 pm |
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hrlarson Approved 
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Debonnaire wrote:Charlotte E#1. Built by Joseph R Garside, London, Ont 1932 What a beauty!
____________________ I'm not addicted. I can stop playing anytime I want. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 03:21 pm |
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Dino Approved 
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I play a Danelectro, La Patrie acoustic nylon with PU, a 70's steel string Takamine that I recently put in a PU, and recently purchased an American Sunburst color Strat, I'm thinking of picking up a guitar with humbuckler PUs. Anyone have an opinion on Teles, PRS, Gretsch and Les Pauls for humbuckler guitars or adding a humbuckler to my new Strat? Any opinion on the Roland Street Cube amp? Is there a better battery operated 15 hour amp? I'd like to try being a street musician someday. Dino
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2008 03:39 pm |
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Will Approved
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Dino wrote: I play a Danelectro, La Patrie acoustic nylon with PU, a 70's steel string Takamine that I recently put in a PU, and recently purchased an American Sunburst color Strat, I'm thinking of picking up a guitar with humbuckler PUs. I play mostly acoustic steel-string guitar, but I own one electric guitar, a Yamaha Pacifica "Fat Strat" that has a humbucker at the bridge, and two single coil pickups in the middle and neck-end positions. The combinations of different pickups are particularly useful to get a variety of sounds.
____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ A Bunch Of Coconuts http://abunchofcoconuts.com |
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| Posted: Mon May 5th, 2008 09:29 pm |
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Pier Approved
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Here I go with my story... I've been accumulating nice (and sentimentally valuable) pieces of wood under my stairway (to heaven ??). This is were the the climate changes are the least sensitive (well known fact !) After learning on a classical spanish guitar that looked more like a bow than a true musical instrument (at least its shape and my playing ability were even !), I bought a 12 string Framus (Germany) which I used mostly as a 6 string and finally sold...(I still regret that foolish act and learned the hard way one should never cut his roots  !!)Anyway, I invested that money to buy an Epiphone FT-150 - N°: BARD – Serial n° 842374 – 1975 ? – Made in Japan. Nice soft sound, not enough bass but a very comfortable neck and fretboard. Then, while in the States I purchased a Martin HD 35 - 1980 – not only beautiful (back and front) but a great sound, sustain, well balanced, it 's got it all ! (except the fret work that's a little too hard on the fingers to my opinion). It still looks new (well almost - it ages well), but beware of guitar stands with latex that will "melt" the lacquer at contact points (2 spots attacked). Got also then a 5 string Hohner banjo as I picked a few songs (for a complete southern immersion ). It was that or chewing tobacco, so I took the banjo (I was smoking then !)Then added an electric Squier Stratostyle to replace an old electric Melody that my ex -certainely short of firewood- decided to recycle .... didn't keep it long (the Squier !) and traded it for a used Stratocaster Fender – Made in Mexico. Last year I fell for a Mandolin: Epiphone MM-50 , well finished (gold like plated metallic parts, MoP intricate designs on the fretboard, Gibson head plate) sounds nice, a little high (any idea for good strings to correct that ?) Realized my child dream last  Xmas: got a used 1966 B45-12 Gibson 12 strings (it has a few scars but it sounds like a cathedral !)At the moment I'm expecting an OS 120 CN autoharp that I ordered from a luthier on your side of the ocean  (hard to find a good autoharp in Europe, that instrument has become rare over here), can't wait till delivery time !!I have also two "anonymous" bought on flea markets for a few euros: one child's elec guit that I throw in the trunk without any scruples (the neck width is close enough to a real one to practice during travel days) and a "Jim Harley" (?) folk dreadnought that was coming unglued on which I wanted to discover my surgery skills (half repaired at the moment). You've understood that I still own all the models in bold letters. I'm thinking of buiding another stairway... PS: between two trips under the stairs, I try to raise decently 3 kids and keep my wife and my boss happy, so far it's worked !
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| Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 03:53 pm |
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nizer Approved 
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All I got is an old Harmony Sovereign that I've had it for over 30 years. I bought it twice, the first time in the mid 70s - don't remember from who. It was already used then. A few years later I had to leave home one morning in a hurry to avoid a plate of bacon and eggs hurtling towards my head, the result of some rather flagrant indiscrections on my part the previous evening. A year later an acquaintance aquired it from my ex and offered to sell it back to me (!!). I missed the darn thing so I bought it again. I wrote all my songs on it and now we're soul mates. It's been through countless campfire parties, family get togethers, jams, gigs etc. Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. A real bue-collar guitar, always stays in tune (I did replace the stock tuning heads with Grovers). Numerous scars and gouges on the body and sweet cedar top. It's been broken twice. First time the head stock split in two - I took the strings off and glued it with a C-clamp for a few days. That worked. The second time the neck broke just before the nut - a real nasty, jagged break. I figured it toast, but my handyman brother-in-law glued it togehter with a bolt counter-sunk through it. It's held fine. Over the years the sound has gotten better. Other players often comment on it - a little weak at the top but great, warm mid-range and clear, sharp bass. I've had other guitars, including a J45, but this one is part of me.
____________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://ezfolk.com/audio/nizer |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19th, 2008 01:28 am |
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DB30513 Approved
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My guitars are: An Epiphone DR-100 acoustic  and A no-name acoustic that I bought at a yard sale
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19th, 2008 01:06 pm |
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PJ Approved
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I play a spruce-top Martin tenor from the fifties. Mostly, I play my ukuleles.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 25th, 2008 09:41 pm |
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Jim Yates Approved 
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Nizer - The Harmony Sovereignis one of the most underrated guitars around; as good as many much more expensive guitars and still available for a reasonable price. debonnaire - I love the looks of that guitar. I'm sure I've seen a picture of Ry Cooder playing one with the same shape, but an excess of Mother Of Toilet Seat. I have three dreadnoughts, a '62 Martin D-21 - rosewood, my favourite guitar, a '58 Goya M-26 - maple, and a Blue Ridge 140 - mahogany. I also have a Gretsch Synchromatic archtop and an Epiphone 12 string. We have a couple of old Yamahas, one set up for lap slide and one set up in Nashville tuning. My wife has a 1921 O-18 that still looks brand new. I'd play it more, but the bar frets make slides difficult.
____________________ Jim http://www.myspace.com/jimyates http://www.myspace.com/mapleleafchampionjugband |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14th, 2009 05:33 pm |
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luthien Approved 
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Although I came to this forum via Ukulele,which I have just got 'into', I have played guitar for over forty years. My current collection consists of an Ovation 'Balladeer' model,which is supposedly the only one in its range witout a piezo type pickup. Thing is, mine has one! Somewhere in it's life, someone has modified it! Then I have a 12 string with NO name or makers mark of any kind on it,anywhere! It's a short scale,chunky thing,that is probably my favourite, and has travelled the length and breadth of the UK with me,in the past ten years or more! I have a Marlin 'Slammer' electric guitar,which,of all the electrics I have owned over the years HAS to be my personal fave. It has the subleties of the strat (on which it is modelled) for the most part,but as much kapow as you could wish for (this one goes up to 11!) And finally, for my recent retirement, a few weeks before, I treated myself to an Ozark Biscuit Resonator,the steel bodied one,to play mainly slide on,although it sounds good played 'straight' too! Plus two Ukuleles,assorted mouth organs, a hand built Appalachian Dulcimer,and,oh yes, a kazoo! Its all good fun though, innit? Last edited on Tue Apr 14th, 2009 05:35 pm by luthien ____________________ Mahalo U30 Soprano Kauai KUC-70B Concert Mahalo U320T Tenor Handmade Ukulele Banjo Ozark Resonator Guitar |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 18th, 2009 11:58 pm |
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ednull Approved 
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Guild D-25 and Alvarez Blonde Balladeer, Yamaha fg301 for slide and camping.
____________________ Edward Null EZ Folk Soundclick CD Baby |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 24th, 2009 07:24 pm |
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OctoberSky Approved
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i use an AMI by Art & Lutherie, Gibson J45 and L1, Harmony Monterey, Epi Bluesmaster VS and a breedlove that my wife picked out for me  my favorite is the AMI. Last edited on Fri Jun 5th, 2009 02:10 am by OctoberSky |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 27th, 2009 04:45 am |
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mikelewis Approved 
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Mainly a 2003 Martin D-28 I bought used. Somewhat broken in, I've broken it in even more, it's opening up to a fantastic tone. I also have a Gibson Hummingbird, it's a great guitar and I use it a lot to record and sometimes gig, but lately it's been the D-28 for me.
____________________ Michael David Lewis - ezFolk.com site Michael David Lewis - Official Website Michael David Lewis on MySpace |
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