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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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04-19-2023 07:38 AM
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+1 on Maegen Wells her small archtops are exquisite and she's a wonderful luthier
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Originally Posted by RJVB
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Originally Posted by sgosnell
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All things equal, long scale basses are usually brighter than short scale. They seem to want that.
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I have two Eastman ar-145 which are a knock off of a Gibson es-140, you know the baby 175. The Eastman have a full scale length. The guitars sound huge and I’m convinced it’s the 3inch depth. They are 13 inches wide like a less Paul. Best guitar size I have ever played in my 32 years of playing. Small from the front and deep on the sides. It makes a difference
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Bump. This has all been helpful, but wondering if there are any other additional perspectives.
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Saul Koll builds a 15" Ultraglide model.
I have 2 and we dreamed up the body shapes together since I have #1.
Mine have no F holes for volume. In my experience the smaller body shape can sound mid pushed more than bright (especially with no F Hole).
The trick is to have the builder make it respond evenly across the freq range. It won`t give you the bottom of a 17" but through an amp the hardest thing to do is to get the bassy boom out of a 17" so the potential to dial in a great jazz tone that can stand up to a drummer who hits hard is what made a 15" attractive. Saul is the man!! His builds tend to lean towards the electric side of the jazz world but he can build and carve and brace his way through any wood.
This is NOT too bright. To offset the mid push I sought out a hifi but vintage pickup and found the guitar's mate was a 1960's Guild antihum. Amps? Still tough. THe Henriksen BUD is great. I suspect i`d be happiest with a heavy and pricey tube monster but I travel for gigs so THe BUD and a Milkman Amp50 do the trick
Thsi video is through a BUD.
https://youtu.be/rhbewMEqRfg?t=125
Of course you may have to find the pickup and amp that fine tunes where you want the EQ to take you.
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Originally Posted by WahmBomAh
Marc
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thanks Marc
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Originally Posted by JazzMuzak
Feedback has not been a problem even with a 5 piece band.
Try another luthier.
notating 7/4 and 4/7 chords
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