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Originally Posted by cmajor9
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02-20-2024 09:41 AM
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Below the two possible hollow-body guitar body wedge shapes - seen from the side - starting from the first, basic shape with constant depth of the sides, top and back edges being parallel.
All are being used. The second and third shape is more commonly found on flat-top guitars.
The third shape is found on some violins and many cellos, though as a matter of fact their shape is more complicated and elaborated than shown here in a simplified form. This is an extra work step, so they do it for a reason - while most players wouldn't even notice it.
Sorry for double-posting of the pixx - that actual attachment management is crappy!Last edited by Ol' Fret; 02-20-2024 at 02:04 PM.
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The Höfner Jazzica body wedge is very unusual.
Does Höfner still build higher-value bowed stringed instruments? They should have known better; all in my opinion, of course.
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Originally Posted by Bop Head
Mal Waldron was one of my favorite piano players. I still own many of his recordings - many of these are only available in the USA or in Japan. And I'm still a fan of Bobby Jones' tenor sax playing,
Costa Lukacs's infinitely inspired guitar playing,
Peter O'Mara or Geoff Goodman
Peter Tuscher and Karl Ratzer, and many more.
Didn't know that Titus Waldenfels is a collector, but certainly like his more unconventional musical tributes. There was a crazy guitar and related gear collector in Munich - he sadly passed away several years ago - whose large flat was full: guitars leaned against all the walls, valuable vintage instruments stacked on top of each other on the floor, expensive vintage tube amps on the balcony. The most serious GAS ...
As an older white man I simply refuse to complain more about the disappearance of the jazz culture. It doesn't help ... now that I can only be found in Munich now and then. For everything there is a season.Last edited by Ol' Fret; 02-20-2024 at 01:29 PM.
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Originally Posted by Ol' Fret
Originally Posted by Ol' Fret
Originally Posted by Ol' Fret
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
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Right angles
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Duh, OK. What's the issue with that?
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
Issue, what issue?
Cool one, HT!
More or less what I've been expecting in my post #225 and earlier (it definitely feels wrong to repeat myself!): As I said above, I'm not willing to discuss such topics in a forum ...
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Originally Posted by Ol' FretOriginally Posted by HammertoneOriginally Posted by Ol' Fret
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Originally Posted by Ol' Fret
I too don't see why it'd be wrong to have the wedge made only by the back; I think that (or a version where it's *mostly* by the back) is what you see most often in big flat-tops.
Ole: just explaining briefly why you think it's wrong does not oblige you to enter in any subsequent discussion about it. In particular if the "IMHO" above implies you just thinks that it looks wrong, in which case there isn't even anything to discuss
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Hi folks, I'm new to this forum, and I'm deeply impressed with all the things you know about these old guitars!
Might I ask your help with identifying the maker/model of this old guitar?
I bought it may years ago as a "1960s German archtop guitar" because I liked the look and the sound, but there is no stamp or label anywhere.
In fact, it must have been reworked and even repainted at some point, and some parts may have been replaced.
On the net I found a "Juwel" with a walnut body that looks quite similar (Juwel Vintage Archtop Guitar From 1950 Walnut Brown | Reverb), but other parts look more like parts that Hoyer used (e.g. Arnold Hoyer Esquire Natural 1950s'60s Archtop Hollow Body Acoustic Guitar | eBay). For the headstock, I can't find a similar one anywhere.
Has anyone ever seen a similar guitar, or do you think it was maybe pieced together from different bits and pieces?
I'd be happy and grateful if you could help me with this one :-)
Cheers, Stratty
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Hi, can't help other than to say both the Juwei & the Hoyer appear to have solid carved spruce tops whereas yours is laminated. Your top may even have a coloured woodstain or varnish to paler underlying timber. One pic isn't much to go on! Good Luck, there are some knowledgeable folk on here.
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Originally Posted by RJVB
RJVB, I would understand some opinions as food for own thought - what about discussing some thoughts and insights, new and old ones, with yourself?
The very own interpretation of logic "in which case there isn't even anything to discuss" overwhelms my simple mind:
So, if I don't recognize things myself, then they basically can't exist? Huh? I could only follow this logic if I denied the existence of things in general (like here about mechanics and ergonomics / human feeling), e. g. being a nihilist.
It makes existence both saddening and charming at the same time that there are simple or more complex things under heaven that cannot be described or discussed in a halfway satisfactory way either in textform, especially in a different language, or in sketches. It's a bit like describing the feeling of love. And there's the basic crux of discussions in web forums: one person tries to explain or point to something, the next rudely brushes it off the table with the deadpan argument "Nope"; but there can be worlds of difference in perception and experience between the two.
It also doesn't seem to be easy to accept what I said before - in clear anticipation of the failure that would follow - namely the request to deepen certain things only with guitars, or guitar parts, in hand.
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