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re: Got an Eastman E20D in a trade today
Posted on 3/7/22 at 8:14 pm to SidewalkTiger
Posted on 3/7/22 at 8:14 pm to SidewalkTiger
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They market online very aggressively, almost desperately.
Yeah, that puts me off too.
Fender does some pretty aggressive online marketing too, but at least with them, you know what their products are like already, and you can get some pretty good offers.
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Posted on 3/8/22 at 6:02 am to auggie
quote:Only if Kani has been annexed from the prefecture of Gifu in the hills north of Nagoya in Japan.
The New Alverez Masterworks guitars are nice also, but they are made in china too.
The thing about acoustics is while a brand can be useful and generally sound great and the next might be mediocre and vice versa. Eastman, Seagull, or Martin you have to give them all a fair shake with your own ear. I know a paddle maker ($$$) who was fond of saying I only make the top-o-line on days I feel top of the line and all the other days the mid range.
BTW: nice looking guitar - glad you found a keeper.
Posted on 3/8/22 at 7:24 am to awestruck
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Only if Kani has been annexed from the prefecture of Gifu in the hills north of Nagoya in Japan.
The Alvarez Masterworks guitars aren't Yairis. Guitar Center website claims they are made in The U.S., another site says china. The Alvarez website doesn't say where they are made. They just imply that they were developed with Yairi.
They are all solid construction with upper end L.R. Baggs electronics, starting out around 800 bucks. I'm pretty sure they aren't made in The U.S. or Japan.
This post was edited on 3/8/22 at 7:28 am
Posted on 3/8/22 at 11:28 am to Decatur
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What’s the advantage of Adirondack spruce over Sitka?
I only have 1 guitar that is Adirondack spruce. It's a Simon & Patrick Parlor guitar. It walks all over any other parlor guitar on the market, including any Martin Parlor I've ever come across. It projects as well as most good dreadnoughts. Super tone that stuns people when they hear it, it just doesn't have any electronics, and it doesn't have a dreadnought punch because of the smaller size. It's incredible though, I'm sure a true Adirondack spruce top dreadnought is a knock out punch.
This post was edited on 3/8/22 at 11:32 am
Posted on 3/8/22 at 1:03 pm to auggie
You ever wonder what makes a "pre-war Martin" acoustic so cherished among players and the holy grail standard of acoustics? Old growth Adirondack.
It has every quality not only tonally but also structurally that you would want in an acoustic soundboard that is exposed to 100+ pounds of string tension 24/7 for decades. Old growth Adirondack is very strong compared to other spruce species, yet it is also very lightweight compared to other spruce species.
It also has every quality you'd want in airplanes that utilize wood as part of their construction, as in the aircraft of the 20th Century.
The reason you don't see Adirondack as frequently today, or as good of cuts as you saw in the first half of the 1900s? World War II airplane production for the Allied forces, 10s of thousands of propellers and fuselage parts for example. War production practically decimated the resource.
Hence the term "pre-war Martin."
It has every quality not only tonally but also structurally that you would want in an acoustic soundboard that is exposed to 100+ pounds of string tension 24/7 for decades. Old growth Adirondack is very strong compared to other spruce species, yet it is also very lightweight compared to other spruce species.
It also has every quality you'd want in airplanes that utilize wood as part of their construction, as in the aircraft of the 20th Century.
The reason you don't see Adirondack as frequently today, or as good of cuts as you saw in the first half of the 1900s? World War II airplane production for the Allied forces, 10s of thousands of propellers and fuselage parts for example. War production practically decimated the resource.
Hence the term "pre-war Martin."
Posted on 3/8/22 at 1:06 pm to TheFretShack
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You ever wonder what makes a "pre-war Martin" acoustic so cherished among players and the holy grail standard of acoustics? Old growth Adirondack.
It has every quality not only tonally but also structurally that you would want in an acoustic soundboard that is exposed to 100+ pounds of string tension 24/7 for decades. Old growth Adirondack is very strong compared to other spruce species, yet it is also very lightweight compared to other spruce species.
It also has every quality you'd want in airplanes that utilize wood as part of their construction, as in the aircraft of the 20th Century.
The reason you don't see Adirondack as frequently today, or as good of cuts as you saw in the first half of the 1900s? World War II airplane production for the Allied forces, 10s of thousands of propellers and fuselage parts for example. War production practically decimated the resource.
Hence the term "pre-war Martin."
Yep, I know, we discussed this on here a few years back.
Howard Hughes didn't help things with The Spruce Goose.
Posted on 3/10/22 at 11:10 am to TheFretShack
Great explanation
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