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Originally Posted by Strbender
I have a separate account where some dough goes in every week. It will lessen the blow when Mark C. sends his collectors..Last edited by Nick71; 05-24-2021 at 10:06 PM.
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05-24-2021 12:37 PM
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For you younger cats, I was having a conversation with my good friend (silverfoxx) the other day. A Campellone is a very wise investment.
When Mark stops making guitars (hopefully not soon) his guitars will skyrocket in value just like all the past great builder’s guitars.
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Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
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Nice batch!
I purchased my first Campy a number of years ago before I got grey around the edges.
I ordered this Cameo "back when." It was built one or two batches ago. The wood is phenomenal. These Pix do not do it justice. Out of the box, it sounded better than any L-5C or Super-400 I ever owned. Those were built in the early 1970's. I could not afford a prewar one, although I played a one that was ambrosia!
I am not knocking Gibson one bit. My first was an LG-02 purchased in 1954. I wished I still had it! It would be worth a lot as I took care of it.
My "away from the studio" guitar is a vintage J-45. Great flattop guitar.
I appreciate any comments.
...don6200
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Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
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[QUOTE=Don6200;1123578]Nice batch!
......,I appreciate any comments.
...don6200[/QUOTE
Don,
As a woodaholic, I'm astounded by the sight of your guitars. Those are absolutely stunning. The wood in them looks like some of the best on the planet! And I appreciate
Mark's mastery of luthiery.
Cheers
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Don6200.
Thank you for your message Don, and for sharing
these fabulous pics of your Campellone's ,the Cameo in
particular is stunning, very tasteful in addition to your
Deluxe and others. I agree with your comments on Gibson
I still have five of them, my first was an ES335 circa 1959
which I had for more than 10years. Yet the QC, and
exquisite finish and perfection of a Campellone guitar is
unmatched, except for much more expensive Archtops
crafted by other independent top Luthiers.
I don't think that we are alone with our opinion regarding
Gibson, it seems to me that they are in decline not helped
by their disinterest in Archtops , the pinnacle of their
achievements, and reason for their rise to prominence.
best regards
SF
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Originally Posted by Don6200
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Lucky me
i snatched up Don’s Special
Great talking to you again tonight Don
Last edited by Crm114; 05-26-2021 at 12:45 AM.
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Originally Posted by Don6200
It must be distracting and so rewarding to play!
Beautiful sir. Bravo.
Joe D
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Blonde 18 inch Campellone Special
fat bottom girls even make the rockin world go round
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Originally Posted by Crm114
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Amazingly beautiful all of them. I think that the Special model with the Avalon inlays are just perfect, although the Standard without the inlays is also a different kind of beauty.
I wonder 2 things:
1) i have seen that a lot people requests to Mark for guitars with a shallower depth (mostly 3" comparing to L-5 traditional 3.25"). Surely it is more comfortable, and acousticly is probably louder... but dont you lose some of fattnes in the amplified sound? Why do you prefer it thinner?
2) Dont kill me please but, I wonder how would they sound with a Tom bridge installed. I always dislike the attack of the normal ebony bridge and I have never seen a Campy with a Tom. That being said the only time that i played a Campellone the ebony bridge had a beautiful sustain... and it didn`t have that fast decay and fast attack of the ebony bridges that i played before, and as far as i can see in all the videos i see all of these guitars sounds very sweet with the ebony bridge on it.
Kind regards to everyone.
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Originally Posted by Gustavo Eiriz
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Gustavo everybody has their own preference some people especially when they get older have trouble playing a guitar with that deeper body hurts their back it’s just physics
I had a lot of guys prefer the tone of a wooden bridge ,TOM tends to make a guitar sound brighter so if you get a fat top and a TOM they kind of neutralize each other
Mark makes guitars that are pretty much designed on early 50s Gibson L5 which had thinner tops and backs he’ll tell you that himself-
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Here is the first Special i ever bought this is the guitar that is the first entry in Marks Gallery
it’s made for S finger style player and everything about it is just incredibly special
have a look
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Originally Posted by Crm114
Build difference details on this beautiful guitar would be much appreciated.
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It’s got a flatter fingerboard radius like a Johnny Smith more or less and the volume and tone controls are way up on the pick guard in the middle
yeah other than that it’s just a really incredible Guitar
it’s a Special
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Beautiful woods !
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BM, I recall a nearly identical Special being sold near Toronto. But I couldn’t get the seller to ship it across the border.
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Not four days after I took delivery on this Special I found this really gorgeous blonde Standard on eBay for a ridiculously low price. and it was really gorgeous because it had an incredible wood upgrade package. I bought it snd contacted the seller and I asked him why are yoselling it, he said I bought a Special. so I got it and it’s magnificent it plays very much like my ‘56 L5
Much later I lent it to Joe DeNisco for a short while to try to convince him to just get off his Gibson horse and buy aCampellone / and he didn’t so I got it back.
I saw that big hipped blonde Special - the 18 inch one and that guy reached out to me - he said my Special is too large and we worked out a deal where I traded my Syandard andvsome cash for his 18 and he’s a very happy camper here’s some pictures as a remembrance
Originally Posted by Crm114
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Originally Posted by Crm114
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I bought the guitar with two pick ups that one is a special Custom wild Pete Zbitloff on snebony guard
The original pick up is a mini hum bucket and it’s on the original pickguard - it and all the other wood trim on the Standard it’s Macassar Ebony
The guy in the pictures is the new owner and his wife was really happy because not only did he get a new guitar but he gave her $3000 of a deal it was a win-win for both of us may
Originally Posted by bluejaybill
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24 1/2 inch scale and Mark specially installed the piexo in the bridge
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Couldnt load all the photos in the same post so here’s the rest
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