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Post by Ragtop on Feb 8, 2020 5:50:18 GMT -5
Hey. I like your Guilds...especially the blonde in front. I like the sides a lot. Nice pattern in the wood. Also FYI...my handle is Wish. I think the quarter note “title”is based on how many posts you have. Wish, of course, sorry about that. Duh! I was in a big hurry.
Yes, that D46 is a handsome thing. I ended up selling the D50 because those two were like the same guitar, sounded alike. I kept the D46 because it played better and is kind of a rare thing, don't see many of them around. It looks to be maple at first glance, but is actually swamp ash.
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Wish
Wholenote
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Post by Wish on Feb 8, 2020 16:55:39 GMT -5
Swamp ash? Wow. I don’t think I would have guessed. It's gorgeous.
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Post by BluzLvr on Feb 10, 2020 17:15:59 GMT -5
My Ovation Balladeer is a 1981 model. Bought it new. It was my first nice guitar. It's in great shape, except for the crack in the finish from the bridge to the bottom of the guitar, which they all (seemingly) have. I'm thinking that the plastic back being stable, but the solid wood top not, is probably not a good thing. Although I never play it anymore, I'll never get rid of it.
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Post by dlxrev on Mar 26, 2020 20:36:21 GMT -5
1966 Martin D-18 purchased new around 1971 for $270.
It had been sitting in the store unloved for several years but it’s a great guitar.
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Post by rdr on Apr 19, 2020 11:27:06 GMT -5
Have a Yamaha FG-150 that I got somewhere around 1970 I think. Sadly, it needs a neck reset.
Recently sold a 1973 D-41.
Now I have a new Yamaha FGX5, sweet guitar!
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Post by LTB on Apr 20, 2020 14:31:18 GMT -5
1979 Takimine F-349 Carol and I bought for my mom for Christmas that year when we were engaged. Dad gave it to me when she passed away in 2005.
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Post by OldRivers on Apr 29, 2020 9:14:11 GMT -5
My oldest (and only) acoustic is a 1958 Harmony Sovereign H1203. (62 years old) Nice old wood! Very cool! I wish I still had my Harmony Sovereign that I bought brand new in 1966. My current oldest is a 2003 Taylor Big Baby.
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Post by rok-a-bill-e on Apr 30, 2020 15:27:17 GMT -5
I've still got the Gibson SJ Sunburst that was brand new for my Christmas in 1970 and so it's from either '69 or '70.
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Post by LTB on May 1, 2020 23:54:34 GMT -5
I've still got the Gibson SJ Sunburst that was brand new for my Christmas in 1970 and so it's from either '69 or '70. Double the reason for never selling it! Wish I had a couple guitars back 🙄😉
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Post by weirdwayne on May 27, 2020 18:47:58 GMT -5
1970 D-28, followed by a 1977 Guild 12 string
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Post by Lefty Rev on May 29, 2020 10:45:01 GMT -5
My oldest is now a '76 (H.S. graduation year) Yairi 700 classical I picked up about a month ago. Pretty good shape for a 44 year old instrument, still has excellent action and sounds quite good (solid Spruce top, Indian Rosewood b&s).
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Post by Ragtop on May 30, 2020 6:00:36 GMT -5
My oldest is now a '76 (H.S. graduation year) Yairi 700 classical I picked up about a month ago. Pretty good shape for a 44 year old instrument, still has excellent action and sounds quite good (solid Spruce top, Indian Rosewood b&s). I've owned 8-10 Yairis, but never a classical. Have never even seen one. If one popped up nearby, I would probably grab it if it was in decent condition.
And yours is a lefty I presume? That's a rare bird! Where did you find it?
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Post by Taildragger on Jun 4, 2020 10:33:24 GMT -5
My first was a 1950s Gibson J-45 which would now probably be worth several thousand dollars, but I traded it for my first electric in about 1968.
Currently, I have a 1973 Gibson "Gospel" which I bought new the year it was made. It's one of the early ones with tort binding, spruce top with maple back and sides, a 3-piece maple neck with ebony fretboard, volute and factory Grover Rotomatics. The maple plywood back (like the top and back of an ES-175) is pressed to simulate a "carved" back. You'd think that that would sound like crap on a strictly acoustic instrument, but it's surprisingly resonant.
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Post by Lefty Rev on Jun 4, 2020 11:18:33 GMT -5
And yours is a lefty I presume? That's a rare bird! Where did you find it?
Not a lefty, but with "proper" classicals, it really doesn't matter: the bridge/saddle aren't at an angle, so there won't be any intonation/tuning issues. Sometimes the nut needs to be recut/replaced - but usually just opening up one or two of the nut slots is all that's necessary. Not that rare - I saw a few online when I bought mine. They tend to be priced in the $500-700 range - at least for this level of instrument (solid top, laminated Indian Rosewood b&s). This one sounds very good, and I can't believe how good the action is; very easy to play for fingerstyle stuff (as opposed to standard classical technique, of which I have none!). I can go to hard/high tension strings without worrying about the action getting too high. Nice.
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Post by redshoes on Jun 28, 2020 21:30:30 GMT -5
Oldest? I have a Gibson J-50 I bought back in the early/mid 70's...
It's nice... I like it...
~shoes~
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Post by HenryJ on Jun 29, 2020 8:09:36 GMT -5
Oldest? I have a Gibson J-50 I bought back in the early/mid 70's... It's nice... I like it... ~shoes~ I remember seeing J-50 and J-45 guitars side-by-side in music stores in the '60s and '70s. Seems that they were the same guitar, except the J-50 was "blonde" and the J-45 "brunette" . But it appears that Gibson is making a blonde one and calling it a blonde J-45. The slope-shouldered Gibson acoustics are nice-looking guitars.
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Post by redshoes on Jul 9, 2020 22:26:59 GMT -5
Oldest? I have a Gibson J-50 I bought back in the early/mid 70's... It's nice... I like it... ~shoes~ I remember seeing J-50 and J-45 guitars side-by-side in music stores in the '60s and '70s. Seems that they were the same guitar, except the J-50 was "blonde" and the J-45 "brunette" . But it appears that Gibson is making a blonde one and calling it a blonde J-45. The slope-shouldered Gibson acoustics are nice-looking guitars. I bought this used from Morrison Brothers Music in the Mississippi Delta... it's not the 'blonde' model... I understand that the J-45 is much desired... but I played a friend's and it just didn't 'talk' to me... maybe it needed new strings... or a set up... Guitars can be fickle like that...
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Ragpicker
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Post by Ragpicker on Aug 28, 2020 19:04:16 GMT -5
1969 Gibson Blue Ridge. My daily player and a wonderful guitar. Had the adjustable height bridge and now has a fixed. Refret about a year ago. I have been playing this since new. A good friend owned it and a few years ago he gifted it to me. Thanks Dick.
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Post by tele68 on Sept 1, 2020 8:47:09 GMT -5
My oldest is a late 1940's Kay archtop. It was made by Kay but sold as a "Continental Patriot" model. Oldest modern acoustic is a 1976 Martin D35.
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Post by Stinger22 on Dec 28, 2020 16:26:34 GMT -5
1972 Ovation Balladeer 1111-4, SN 000261. Original Balladeer, deep bowl non electric
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