northcntryblues

I'm doing a damn fine job of relic-ing my L00 by playing the snot out of it every day - it's my only guitar. I decided when I got it 10 years ago that I'm not taking it with me, so I might as well use it and enjoy it in all situations!

There are lots of L00's without V necks. I have a 2011 Blues King L00. It doesn't have a V neck. I would call it a modern C and it's absolutely fantastic. I don't think L00 Standards of recent years have V necks either.

As a one acoustic guitar L00 owner who also plays a lot of blues, I can understand why he's not considering a J45. I like their tone but it was not at all a guitar I even considered for my first and only Gibson. I have yet to pick up a guitar in 12 years that I would rather own than my guitar. I do second the advice of buying something you can look at in person before buying. For me, the neck is critical. I'm looking at Fender telecasters these days to add an electric to the mix. I thought I wanted something with vintage specs until I held 50's reissue tele and the neck was like a baseball bat and very narrow. I realized very quickly that I get along much more with Telecasters with modern neck specs in terms of neck shape, nut width, and board radius. You gotta hold it in your hands.

The dry and woody tone of mahogany is what I like best. Plus it smells fantastic. The inside of my L00 is one of my favorite simple sensory expreriences on earth.

I had one when I was using thumbpicks. It was ok for fingerpicking, but it didn't matter what thumbpick I used (and I tried a lot of them!), I never could get comfortable flatpicking with the thumbpick. You can't adjust the angle of the pick at all, and I found it difficult to control and create dynamics. During the pandemic I forced myself to learn how to hybrid pick - flatpick, middle, ring fingers. It took a lot of practice but it was worth it.

I'm doing a perfectly good job of aging my own guitar - accumulating scratches, nicks, dings, and nitro fading where my arm sits over the body. I figure wth - I can't take it with me! It helps that I'm perfectly happy with just my L-00 and stopped looking at other acoustics years ago.

That's a cool-*** guitar right there. Mojo and history. 👍

https://youtu.be/NjoU1Qkeizs RIP to the chronicler of some of the history of our country.

Me too. Then I play again most evenings. Constantly working on new things.

That was fun!

Wild guess...T Bone Burnett?

Very good for fingerpicking for sure. But don't underestimate the smaller guitars with a thumbpick or a flatpick either. For full out strumming a la Pinball Wizard or something like that, maybe not, but these little guitars sound great with a pick too when approached with a nuanced attack.

That was a nice track. Thanks for the link - I'm going to give her a listen!👍

How's the guitar??

I keep mine a half step down. It's easier to hit the high notes, and bending strings is also far easier on the fingers. I just like the 'looser' feel of the guitar half down.