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I feally liked your tone and playing too Roger - congrats! It is a very desirable tone - fat and full, yet very clear and smooth at the same time. Excellent! And nice groove on the song too!
Just for my curiosity - How do you set the Princeton? And which delay pedal was in there and set how?
I am also interested in the condenser mic options that you mentioned. So maybe when you make the video you can tell us a little about how you set things up and what you are using?
For what is worth - i also keep my guitars on the wall - i want to see them and i want to be inspired playing them. I have also not noted anything bad except a little dust that needs to be removed periodically.
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12-21-2012 04:37 PM
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Hey Frank, thank you. My Princeton has a 12" speaker in it. I have the treble at 2.5 and bass on 3. I barely move the knobs regardless of what I plug into it - sometimes the treble goes to 3 or 4, but that's it! Volume was low, around 2.
The delay is a Line6 DL4 and it's 300ms or so with maybe 2 repeats, but set to 15% balance or less, so that it blends with the reverb for ambience. I'm not looking to muck up subsequent notes with delay repeats. I just want something a bit more complex than a standard reverb tail.
I mic'd the Princeton with that classic workhorse of screaming rock vocals, snare drums and guitar amps, the Shure SM57. Some simple things just work, so why get fancy? When I do the next video, I'll keep the 57 on the amp but use a Shure KSM-32 large diaphragm about 12-18" from the guitar and blend them 60/40. Plus I'll get rid of the delay I think.
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Thanks Roger!
I also like a bit of delay and also a tiny bit of chorus but then i am always unsure whether reverb on top of that muddies it up. I think that your setting was very tasteful amnience that I like a lot.
The Princeton was sounding really really sweet. My small Fender Superchamp is a nice little tube amp and i like how it sounds. But i have to take the treble down to zero to sound mellow. But it doesn't get as sweet as your sound in the video. Well, i guess the Princeton is a higher end amp in the first place and the 12 speaker may also do some.
I was always interested in a condenser mic that goes into the f hole or something but never found anything. Piezos are just hard to make sound good and natural. Do you have any experience or insight into that?
Oh, and I was thinking that the SS15 sounded a bit like an Ibanez GB10 but somewhat fatter and sweeter. Anyone agrees?
Cheers,
Frank
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Great tone and playing. I love 15" guitars. They always seem to be so much more comfortable. Even my Heritage Sweet 16 just feels too big.
You get great sounds out of that Sadowsky.
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Man these Sadowsky all sound great... I must try one soon (just for fun, don't really need it).
No problem with playing ahead of the beat, plenty do that. I notice more some hesitation and lack of swing in the 8th notes... both are related to your right hand and / or your thinking. One must have an always on focus between ears / brain / hands and be 100% sure / confident of what is played. I would also add find your own voice, don't care about hip. Even if you just play at home, go after what you hear... But I am sure you already know all this Roger, it's an ongoing project
Anyway, nice playing!
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Thanks again for the comments, guys. This is a supportive place! I'm happy to get the compliments AND the pointers. Let me explain "hip," though. I am so far from the guy trying to play academic stuff with textbook names, it's not funny. I just mean hip as in cool lines.
I'm a very lazy, organic player, much to my chagrin in a way, because it has taken me 25 years to get to my present state of modest ability from when I first tried to improvise in college. I would rather play by ear than force lines, scales, and exercises from books into my skull. But the comments here have been about feel, and darn it, that's just a critical thing. I've got to make that happen - I know I can. It's mental, not physical. So thanks for the honest words.
I think I'll post the next video without any notification, though.
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Hmmm... I am happy to hear your playing, Philco, or any of our usual posters. And what you stated above is noble and fair. But I'm not of the "Oh yeah? Then show me what YOU can do" school of thought. Your opinion stands as legit without further qualification, because - well, an opinion is an entitlement of being human - but you stated it constructively. So it's helpful and intended to be so.
Since I started with YouTube about 5 years ago, I've received many comments. Most are positive, a few are effusively (absurdly) positive, a couple are politely critical, and a very few are outright offensive or insulting. I tend to take the insulting ones and the effusive ones with a grain of salt. I respect and appreciate all of the others.
So post some playing (isn't there a subforum for that?) if you like, one and all, but don't feel you need to in order to exchange with me/us as is occurring here. Cheers.
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Nice playing and nice sound. This is a great example of the "electric guitar" sound you can get with a well-made laminated guitar and a set humbucker. It's very different from what you'd get out of a carved solid top and floating pickup. Both sounds have their charms, but that's a great guitar to use with a rhythm section.
It's a looker too. Nice.
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Just curious if anyone has one. A bit difficult to get one in Europe, but I´d like to buy one. Since I have no opportunity to try one out, I´really like to know your opinions about it? Seems to be a great guitar. I fancy smaller archtops!
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I don't have one but have played a few times in Roger's shop. It is a really great guitar. Very acoustic sounding too for its small size.
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The semi-hollow also gets lots of love. Cant decide if I want this one or the ss-15. But I have a nice Ibanez AM200 (semi) that I love, so I will probably go for the ss-15 since I want that woody/airy/acoustic tone I cant get out of my Gibby. BUT: I need to try one...
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btw: the sadowsky is $4375 in the States. That is ca. 3518 Euro. In Germany, the dealer asks for 4699 Euro. Isnt that ridiculous? Even with the addition of 17% import taxes the price in Euro would be about 4.100.
Can anyone explain this?
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Welcome to European prices. It's worth going to NY and buying the guitar
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$4k+ is still very expensive for what it is. I'm still perplexed at the small number of smaller body archtops available.
Originally Posted by jorgemg1984
Welcome to European prices. It's worth going to NY and buying the guitar
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Maybe the Eastman El Rey an alternative? Also 14" hollow archtop. Way cheaper due to china-production...
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ibanez GB10 or the various "downgraded" versions? Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Add in shipping and a normal markup on the expenses and you're there. Originally Posted by lapideusvir
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Well but retailers don't buy at 4375$...
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I did a research. It is mostly the tax (19%) and the tariff (3,7%) incl. the shipping costs. I think Jim is right. But nevertheless it is a real pita having to pay over 1000 Euro more only due to importing .... (dealers will add a margin, too)
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The simple answer is to buy a European made guitar. There are some wonderful builders all over Europe.
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Yes, that's one, but the EER is even smaller than Sadowsky, which is 15" (or 14.75"?). I'd like to try an EER, but I'm afraid it might actually feel too small, closer to a LesPaul, PRS, etc. Originally Posted by lapideusvir
Last edited by Woody Sound; 11-12-2014 at 12:30 PM.
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I also like to try one, hard to do so in Germany. SS-15 is 14,75"
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I'm listening to a video right now of a player on a Sadowsky SS-15 and I have to admit, he sounds just great. His name is Fran Kuruk and I believe he's based in Germany as well.
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I think that´s the Semi-Hollow. But he shure sounds great!
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Sadowsky's prices do inspire a bit of sticker shock but they really do seem to sound great. Originally Posted by lapideusvir
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