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Originally Posted by citizenk74
Originally Posted by QAman
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09-15-2017 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Marty Grass
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Originally Posted by BigMikeinNJOriginally Posted by BigMikeinNJ
Mike, I can't thank you enough. I couldn't have done it without you Mikey.
I will try the strings, but I wanted to feel the guitar with strings I am familiar with. The puck, like I told you yesterday, they went right into the display case.
You are the best Mikey!
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Wowwwwwwwwww! It must have been made an 18 incher simply to be big enough to hold all that gorgeousness.
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Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
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Originally Posted by Greentone
Originally Posted by tonedeaf
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Schwing! Max got a boner!
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What a beauty. Congrats!
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JD,
16 inch, 17 inch and 18 inch archtops all have a thing about them. Welcome back to the 18 inch club. We both have superb examples. I am truly happy for you bro!
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Originally Posted by Jabberwocky
Originally Posted by nikotro
Originally Posted by Stringswinger
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Joe,
Yeah, the pictures remind me of the carve of a Unity. I wonder if the folks at Parsons Street asked Aaron Cowles to put his two cents in?
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GT, That would be cool right? Maybe Mark knows already.
what is the purpose of the thicker back and thinner hips? I want to take some pics of the inside of the guitar. See what makes it tick.
JD
Originally Posted by Greentone
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Wow! What a stunning vision.
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Originally Posted by Max405Originally Posted by Max405
I do not understand what this means. Please explain.Last edited by Hammertone; 09-16-2017 at 12:39 PM.
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Originally Posted by Max405
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
i love the shape. Joe D
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wow wasn't expecting that!! slippin an hjs in!! haha...congrats
lovely tone/performance (per usual)..very clear articulate sound..love it
enjoy Joe D
cheers
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Bowl carve.
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Originally Posted by neatomic
Originally Posted by Marty Grass
Do you know why they do that? One thing I am noticing. This guitar is certainly deeper than all my others. It's not just the volume. It's the way it produces notes. Like a D note - A string, 5th fret sounds like an octave (with a drop D). But just like a Vinny said, it's an older Cadillac. It has a nice ride.
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Originally Posted by Max405
Joe, would you be comfy playin' an 18 that's 3 7/8" at the rims?
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Yes this guitar is becoming special me.
My playing on it kinda sucks because I've yet to find the range on it yet. But when I do, I will take advantage of the sounds it makes.
I was telling Vinny earlier. This guitar has fingerstyle built into it. It's the only way Don Dean played it for 18 years and he left something in there. I'm learning Joe Pass White Christmas in particular. Now all of a sudden I'm playing fingerstyle. I never really did but now it's just happening. Just 3-4 fingers but they are automatically plucking strings.
2b, I think a bigger guitar would be too much for me. This one is my max.
JD
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yes.. (even from the one brief/hummy vid), that guitar seems to have enough tonal definition, clarity, volume and nuance that it would be great for fingerstyle use!!!
makes complete sense...
fact that the previous owner dd used it that way..well..it's in the wood
explore!!
for me - fingers...what you lose in (single line) speed, you make up for in soul & texture
cheersLast edited by neatomic; 09-16-2017 at 07:39 PM. Reason: clarity-
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All the 18s I have played have been very memorable. They are, if you will, the concert grand pianos of the guitar world. Even more than a well-made dreadnought guitar, e.g., Martin D-28 through D-45 of fine vintage, great 18" carved archtops are clear, even, authoritative, and exhibit a bass-to-treble timbre that the 16"-17" guitars just don't match.
Although the "18s" were originally carved to produce big volume to anchor big bands, they really excel in the George Van Eps/Johnny Smith solo guitar music arena.
You can see and hear this in Joe's clip, IMO.
If you ever get to play a D'Angelico, a vintage acoustic Super-400, an Epiphone Emperor, etc., you will "get it." This won't necessarily erase from your minds what it is that makes a 16" Gibson L-5 from the 20s so spectacular, or what makes a great acoustic 17" carved archtop just right. It will, however, let you know that--just as there exists a Stienway Model D, or a Bosendorfer Imperial Grand to push out the big repertoire--there exist big guitars to effortlessly ring out the authoritative bass along with the pure mids and trebles. It's a clear, dry, airy sound that says "this is quality."
Joe, do enjoy your 18" HJS.
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It's a SpinalTap moment Joe, another 11 on the cool scale. And talk about big bottoms, between the 18 size and low end tone this baby's got em.
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Originally Posted by Max405
Joe, I couldn't be more happy you're now the owner of this really unique 1 off of a HJS!
Originally Posted by Greentone
It was brightness and lack of bass that caused me to sell a unique 17" HJS - w/a rose.
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