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09-14-2009, 01:04 AM #26Jazzarian GuestOriginally Posted by Regi
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09-14-2009 01:04 AM
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Hmmm..
I have a Peerless Monarch and an Ibanez Artcore AF95. The Peerless is a solid top (not carved) and the Artcore is a laminate (aka ply) top. The Peerless is a 17" and the Artcore is less. 16" I think. Both have similar body depths.
The Peerless definitely sounds far more resonant and tuned. The bass definition is clearer and the treble is, well....more trebly!
The Ibanez is just a darker sound with a duller bass - not necessarily a bad thing as the Peerless can just sound like an amplified steel guitar unless you're careful - a problem that I'm currently having.
The Peerless is a bugger for feeding back but the Ibanez just won't unless the volume is really high.
Over the weekend, I had a friend stay and he brought his new Eastman 810 over. This thing is a carved top and I'll tell you what, I'll never complain about the Peerless feeding back again! The Eastman sounded slightly (and I mean slightly) better acoustically but when it was plugged in, it just fed back constantly. I swear that the bloody thing would feed back with the amp turned off!!
So in conclusion, if you must spend the extra for the "benefits" of a carved top, be prepared that that top will resonate because, well, that's what it's supposed to do! This will give you more feedback and if you ever play with a drummer (in the non-biblical sense) then be prepared for some serious resonance issues!
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Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
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Originally Posted by Homey
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Originally Posted by MikeJ
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Originally Posted by Meggy
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Originally Posted by Jazzarian
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09-14-2009, 12:07 PM #33Jazzarian GuestOriginally Posted by derek
Triggs was one of the builders of my Super V CES, back in the early 1990s.
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Many luthiers will custom build you a larger body; Bill Moll, for example: http://www.mollinst.com/pages/Resour...s/Solid_Carved
Note that he'll do an acoustic bass guitar with a 20" body. Momma mia!
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09-14-2009, 12:32 PM #35Jazzarian GuestOriginally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
Bill Moll, now dat aint Italian, unless he shortened it from Mollini or somethin'.
Dean Martin = Dino Paul Crocetti (dat's Italian!)
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Originally Posted by Jazzarian
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09-14-2009, 12:40 PM #37Jazzarian GuestOriginally Posted by derek
Those 2 guys built my Super V. That same year (1992), Triggs left Gibson.
I don't think Gibson has made a Super V CES since. Not commercially available anyway.
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I'm 6' tall, and my 335 is about as big as I can manage. I have a 17' jazz box, but it's like dancing with the fat lady.
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Originally Posted by lpdeluxe
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09-14-2009, 01:04 PM #40Jazzarian GuestOriginally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
If Hendrix had played an L5 with his teeth, do you think he'd have preferred flatwounds?
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Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
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Originally Posted by lpdeluxe
Now that is funny! I will have to use that one in the future. Thanks.
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Everyone puts Freddy with the Stromburg. but he played that gretsch for decades more.
there is a good quote on the Freddie green website that mentions that after a month of so no one could tell the difference in sound between the stromburg and the gretsch.
here is a link Photos of Guitars Owned by Freddie Green
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Originally Posted by Meggy
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Originally Posted by nick gagg
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As for "f hole guitars are not great unplugged anyway they sound thin compared to sound hole guitars" -- to each his own. I love the sound of a carved archtop. I find steel string flattops jangly. But YMMV.
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Originally Posted by nick gagg
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Originally Posted by nick gagg
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Originally Posted by Bill C
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Originally Posted by Meggy
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Meggy,
Seems to me that you really like the JP and are going to keep it. That guitar will pretty much cover you for anything from Scofield to Hall soundwise. You also really seem to want a nice carved top archtop but are not sure on the size. Maybe just go play a bunch of different ones to get the feel for the size and sound. Seems to me that, for a price, you can really get anything you want. Here's one that I found just from googling "archtop guitars". I have no idea if it's a good guitar or not but it's on the smaller side for an archtop.
James L. Mapson Guitars
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