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Hi Dutchbopper
Thank you for these beautiful photos ! the owner of this collection is undoubtedly an esthete .
Just playing the Stromberg and one or two of the D'As would have made my day (and the Gibson O in memory of Big Bill Broonzy )
For sure I'm a nitpicker, but there's something missing : a Gibson ES 250 (or a Daniel Slaman )
I hope one day you can record us some of these gems !
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05-23-2021 02:35 AM
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Larry has some nice guitars.
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05-23-2021, 05:46 AM #28Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by JFranck
DB
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Originally Posted by JFranck
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Originally Posted by Fred Archtop
It’s a work in progress
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Originally Posted by laap45
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Originally Posted by Ray175
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Beautiful!
And my girlfriend complains that I have “too many guitars”...hmmm...
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DB,
How long did it take for your eyes to stop spinning? And possibly, I would need to take a tranquilizer to try to avoid overstimulation. Wow! I'm trying to imagine my own reaction to such an experience. What was the process for serving up this delectable menu? Did the owner act as a sommelier and help with the selections based on intimate knowledge of the wine list and guiding you to the best? Or was it more of a not so blind tasting?
Wow! What an amazing experience. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Cheers
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05-24-2021, 10:39 AM #35Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by skykomishone
By the way, we have remained in contact and the owner has agreed to let me do some recordings with a few of his archtops and share these wonderful sounds with the world. I am very much looking forward to that.
Personally, I'd love to record some of his acoustic archtops (Stromberg, d'Angelicos, Super 400s) in my home studio. What's a good microphone for such a venture?
DB
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HT,
I intitally thought it was an inventory of one of your bunkers.
Originally Posted by Hammertone
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This prompts a throwback moment :
IIRC it's been 25 years that I've visited Mandolin Bros. in Staten Island/NY and spent an afternoon in their upstairs room : it's there where they kept all their special stuff ....
among the guitars I sampled were the Holy Grail instruments of so many of us : Gilchrist L5, Loar L5, Stromberg Master-400, D'Angelico New Yorker, Benedetto Fratello, Zeidler,
... and a D'Angelico New Yorker cutaway that Kenny Burrell left there to be sold. The saying : "I musta died and went to heaven" was constantly on my mind - but it was a very educational experience also. Not having played any of these vintage archtops before I learned that they were not meant to be played with a modern, light touch. Some had huge necks that I would have a hard time adjusting to, the tone of some was not pleasing but just brash and loud ... so I left there all the wiser. Oh, Kenny B.'s New Yorker , one of the later ones, almost played itself, soooo smooth and effortless. He wanted close to 45 G for it ....
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Originally Posted by gitman
A decade or so back, I was visiting Eugene Oregon as my wife was running a marathon there. While she was running the race, I visited Mackenzie River Music (I had lived in Eugene in the late 80's for a spell and I remembered that they had a good selection of vintage guitars). The owner Bob November (RIP) was there and I mentioned that as the owner of a couple of vintage D'Angelicos (I now have three) he probably did not have any guitars that would excite me. Boy was I wrong.
Bob let me play three holy grail guitars from his private collection. A Blonde D'Angelico New Yorker with cutaway, A Loar signed L-5 and a mid 40's oval hole Selmer. All three guitars needed major setup work and were somewhat unplayable (Bob said that none were of much interest to him as a player and that the ultimate buyer would have them setup to taste). Bob also would not give me a price on any, though by the time my visit ended he told me that he would trade any for the right vintage Martin OM. When I asked why those guitars were not on his website or Gbase, he told me that he did business with a handful of wealthy collectors who would pay a premium for guitars that have never been advertised so that they could have bragging rights among their particular class of well heeled collectors.
After Bob died, I watched their website and Gbase and never saw any of those guitars advertised. Perhaps they are now in a collection somewhere? Does anybody here know what may have happened to these guitars?
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
My impression after making some inquiries after Bob's passing was that his widow was retaining the very high end instruments. However that was shortly after his demise several years ago.
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Originally Posted by Dutchbopper
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Originally Posted by bluejaybill
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05-24-2021, 06:20 PM #42Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by waltf
DB
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FWIW, if you have never tried them, the Gibson Citation and Kalamazoo Award are fabulous acoustic guitars.
The examples I have been fortunate to play were carved rather like Heritage Golden Eagles. They have wonderful tone for Norlin era guitars.
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Originally Posted by Greentone
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Originally Posted by waltf
Besides, Antwerp is always worth a visit !
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Originally Posted by gitman
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Originally Posted by Dutchbopper
Last edited by waltf; 05-25-2021 at 06:00 PM.
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Originally Posted by Fred Archtop
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Originally Posted by Greentone
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Amazing!!
I wonder which will be the best for tapping and hi-gain settings.
2 new & excellent Jazz Comping Truefire...
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