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Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
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02-08-2024 03:40 PM
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The great thing about going the vintage Epiphone route is the cost means I have time to look around as I build up my budget with bar gigs.
The time will also let me see how the big band thing works out. Like I said, I've only been to one rehearsal. Plenty of time for me to feel it out and decide if I need an amp or not.
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
You haven't heard the Bands I started out with though!
Anyway, there's no point in not just trying it out! Telling your bandmates that "this is as loud as it'll get" might motivate them to get the dynamics right!
This is just something I'm really passionate about! There's soooo much fun to be had with this kind of playing.
Paul
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Originally Posted by Webby
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Yeah Webby, that’s basically my plan. Show up to a rehearsal without an amp and just go for it.
While I have your attention…. Any tips for navigating charts out at home practice besides just playing them over and over?
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More cool guitars I plan to sell that are under $1,500 and can easily have pickups attached (I don't even know if the pickup works, on the Höfner 459 below):
Last edited by Hammertone; 02-08-2024 at 06:55 PM.
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
Wait wait wait. I didn't realize you were pitching me sales.
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No worries. Some of us have a lot of extra acoustic archtops. Chuck is running a business and has some great guitars. I'm just downsizing after a life of collecting many more archtop guitars that I now want or need. The point is that there are lots or really nice older, high-quality acoustic archtop guitars out there for $1,500 or less.
Last edited by Hammertone; 02-08-2024 at 08:37 PM.
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
The same distance as a normal archtop. The G400 is an acoustic archtop model.
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This just popped up in the "Reverb feed" I didn't know I had:
Pre Owned The Loar LH-650 - Vintage Sunburst Inc. Case | Reverb
Bummer, it's in the UK but it looks like a good one (and those original cases are surprisingly good from what I heard).
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Originally Posted by RJVB
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I’ve admittedly never played a Loar LH-650, but I’ve played many L-4C example on which it appears based. I’ve never played an L-4C that had the cut and power for acoustic big band style work, so I would be very skeptical that this Loar model would have the stuff to do it.
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Originally Posted by garybaldy
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Originally Posted by RJVB
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Originally Posted by ThatRhythmMan
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Originally Posted by RJVB
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Originally Posted by ThatRhythmMan
Still talking about the original models, of course, the ones that were never built with the assumption they'd be used as e-guitars anyway.
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Originally Posted by RJVB
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
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Originally Posted by ThatRhythmMan
'47 Blackstones, IME, also have exceptional volume.
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I bought my 1950 Epiphone Triumph for $1400.00 Admittedly a little beat and with a few repaired cracks but plays and sound great. I call it the BEAST!
Thanks John
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No financial interest, but this could work, albeit over budget:
Epiphone Zenith Arch Top Acoustic Guitar (1936) | RetroFret
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My dog got constipated and 3 vet trips, culminating to... manual extraction, took away my guitar budget.
C'est la vie
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