E-minor7 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I'm out of town this weekend so the planned A/B will be launched today. As seen we are in vintage square territory and these takes are pretty fine. Won't make it a pole, but look forward to hear reactions. What are the differences - is 1 of them 'best' - do p-guard-thickness play a role. You continue, , , 'ere we go. . . Enjoy The blonde ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnF790xtF38 and. . The burst ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE30P_UyZj8 See you Sunday nite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I chromecasted the videos to the tv and ended up watching all their wares! 0-15 and LG3 for me, thanks. I liked the tone of the C&W, nothing wrong with the H, but I have liked C&Ws since watching the one in Black Snake Moan - don't know if Sam Jackson was playing or miming along... BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I can't get past the skinny neck carve and skimpy nut on these guitars to get to the sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58 Relic Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Sorry but if I had one to choose it would be the burst . Found that the pick used really over coloured the natural sound of the guitar . Just my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Preferred the Bird, the CW sounded rather dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin 1940D28 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 To me, the same guitar, other than the "paintbrush." Both sound like good guitars, tone wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I could easily live with either of these guitars. If I had to pick one of these two, I'd lean toward "the bird." I like guitars with a warm and deep tone and I think that's what I'm hearing from the Hummingbird. Regarding the pick guards---I've never been convinced that these pick guards stifle the tone and volume. ......Two very nice guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse_Dylan Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Wow, cool guitars! I think they sound a little different, but I'm not sure what is different about them. Usually I tend to think the C&Ws sound a little livelier, which perhaps is the case here. I wonder how my brand new "Vintage" Bird would sound against these real vintage ones. I think mine sounds a lot looser in comparison. No doubt the bracing is totally different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 On the subject of Square shoulder Gibsons this 72 Heritage has tone in spades. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3XMG1Ox2I0#t=384 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Interesting. It does have a responsive, very deep and rich one, high on overtones. But it doesn't really sound like a Gibson to me. More of a generic rosewood dread tone, On the subject of Square shoulder Gibsons this 72 Heritage has tone in spades. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3XMG1Ox2I0#t=384 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Listening to the guitars in the original post, the Hummingbird sounds more sweet through these headphones. More ... crisp? Both good-sounding guitars, but does make one appreciate the redundancy of Tony P's Acoustic Letter demo's for ease in arranging an a/b on the screen to find identical passages to compare. The differences between the CW and the 'Bird could be from nothing more than fresh strings on the Hummingbird. Or; is it long scale? . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Back - (with headache) I actually like both oldies and hear them more or less like the siblings they are. New strings on a ceramic saddled vintage square in standard tuning can run the risk of being a bit brittle or zingy or whatever we call it when the trebs get too thin, but I believe these two have that paradoxical mix of 'classic dry' with a built in splash. A highly treasured blend in this temple. I'd like to hear them a half tone down with older steel. Would be nice, , , and probably bring a slightly smoky quality forward - thus move it closer to Jesse's torrefied newborn/greenhorn. Regarding the '72 Heritage, it's Norlin at it's best. Not real Gibson, but still gibsonesq - definitely unique in some alternative way. The clip is good and shows close relationship between man and guitar ^ he likes where it's at, , , it seems. . But here's the '65 Bird again. This time capoed and f-picked. Very much alive. Repeat that older strings would be preferred to reach the true true vintage voice - which I believe is in there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewnQMzXLx6o 62burst - don't think this is a long scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse_Dylan Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsVKTfg5b_I Not really relevant, but watch as a fly lands on this Martin 0-15 in the video. I am easily amused. (Isn't that an 0-18 though?? Look like a spruce top.) The differences between the CW and the 'Bird could be from nothing more than fresh strings on the Hummingbird. Or; is it long scale? . . .[/size] Agreed. Also, I was going to say that yes, I think it's a short-scale, but then I thought, heck, who knows?? Could even be maple for all we know. (I think it's mahogany and short-scale, though.) I'd like to hear them a half tone down with older steel. Would be nice, , , and probably bring a slightly smoky quality forward - thus move it closer to Jesse's torrefied newborn/greenhorn. I noticed mine really sounds a lot more ringy and vintagy if the tuning slips down a half step or a quarter step. I wonder why that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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