BluesKing777 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I was picking the Cargill for a while earlier and thought I should record it. I just can't believe it is only 3 - 4 weeks old - the bass notes are opening out beautifully and the trebles probably need a bit more work, but all in all, stunning. I am not sure if this is the guitar's 'permanent' sound or not, probably close? Most new guitars you buy are older than we think, produced, stored, shipped, sales, played, bought! And I just don't remember what the other models I played were like, except I wanted one! I played notes all over the neck to show their sound, think I got most of 'em! (Mic - Neumann KM184 - no reverb or effects - mixer - iMac). https://soundcloud.com/bk7-3/blues2 BluesKing777. Edit: Forgot a photo - here is the Italian Spruce top - dreamy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Love is a beautiful thing.... But we know what will happen the next time a beat-up 70-year-old Gibson passes in front of your eyes. Cargill? What Cargill? You're a fickle beast, BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 Love is a beautiful thing.... But we know what will happen the next time a beat-up 70-year-old Gibson passes in front of your eyes. Cargill? What Cargill? You're a fickle beast, BK I just love all of them, Nick! I owned and played the worst chitboxes most of my life. The only worse guitar I have ever played than mine then, was a friend's Yammy dogbox with fingerbleed action and strings about 25 years old. (He is supposed to be dropping around later to try the Cargill - little treat for him, eh?) Would I do the 70 Y.O Gibson again? It's the new leather shoes hurting the feet versus the hole in the sole (soul?)! Put a little dent in the Cargill with the music stand and wiped the top with some grit on the rag. Might as well sell it! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassetman Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Nicely twangy,sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I just love all of them, Nick! BluesKing777. That's OK, most of us are polyamorous, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 That's OK, most of us are polyamorous, too! Most ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sjl200 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 That was yummy Bk thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainpicker Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I don't know, I think your Cargill has many years of continuing to mature and get even better. I found what E-minor7 said in this posting, http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/133383-breaking-in-new-gibson-acoustics/page__st__20 to be right on. So you have many years of pleasant surprises, lots of smiles, and self congratulations on this acquisition yet to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Thanks! It needs some training! And it is still looking for its feet. And changes with the weather, which is hourly in this place! <_< I picked it up for a strum just as the Better Half put the washing seemingly through a Marshall and as a screaming war erupted on 2 - 3 fronts next door and.......shut the door and went through the melody lines in the Blues Real Book to infuse notes into the guitar hopefully and then a few more melody lines form Mel Bays Country Classics or something horrible I bought because it had a nice acoustic on the front cover. This works - like slow motion Tonerite infusing and vibrating the guitar top. Next, gulp, the FINGERPICKS again.... BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Well, it is a few days later and the guitar is almost four weeks old, tomorrow. I played a whole range of my guitars in the last 24 hours - I just couldn't settle. We had the usual wild weather extremes and I end up playing the impervious National Tricone and metal Dobro in those weathers. And then back to the Cargill just before and it is a way different sounding guitar than the recording from a few days ago. Just bizarre. I played exactly the same couple of instrumentals on my J45, OM18V, OM28Mq and then the Cargill. It has the sound I wanted! It probably should too - the luthier has seen me play a lot, poor man, and I am loving the neck he gave me as well as the sound. (1 3/4" nut and 2 3/8" bridge spacing, but he has given the fretboard more radius than any I mentioned above, and fuller cheeks. The much loved OM18V felt like a big flat board comparatively. No naughty teenager guitar today - beautiful and mellow guitar made to measure! A unique experience! And funny enough, it is great for blues fingerpicking! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 No naughty teenager guitar today - beautiful and mellow guitar made to measure! A unique experience! And funny enough, it is great for blues fingerpicking! BluesKing777. Love is a beautiful thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Love is a beautiful thing... Venus enters Aquarius 7th December 2016! More love to come! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainpicker Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 And then comes the most significant day in December for those of us in the Northern hemisphere, December 21! It's supposed to get down to fourteen below in my part of the world tomorrow night. Great weather for hanging out and playing guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Yea...best weather for old tops. That cold won't get to us in the Northern Catskills for a few days, but I love how it sharpens up the tone on my acoustics. Maybe I'll swap out strings for a fresh start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Do you really think cold weather is better for guitar tops? Rats - we are in summer. National Guitar time - that guitar don't care if it is hot or cold. Though I think the hotter days are better for opening up the new guitars... BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Not sure it's healthier, but the dryness in my house sure makes them sing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainpicker Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Yes, dryness does have its good points and better tone is one of them. Around here everyone that I know starts complaining about how muddy their guitar sounds if the humidity gets above 30% for any length of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Love is a beautiful thing... I don't know. Sometimes it's just icky....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I'm AC in summer, wood heat (oil heat back-up) in winter. It keeps me in decent atmosphere for top response for most of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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