blindboygrunt Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=271434954020 What you all reckon ? Not for me , but goodness , ain't it pretty ! Saddle and bridge is a great idea
EuroAussie Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 I dunno BBG, looks kinds fugly to me. That bridge is off the chart ..
blindboygrunt Posted March 27, 2014 Author Posted March 27, 2014 I know I know. It ain't no hummingbird The bridge , from afar looks hideous. But the close up shows a nifty idea for break angle. I don't want one. But I like the radical design .
j45nick Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 I was drunk when I glued on the bridge and installed the frets........
blindboygrunt Posted March 27, 2014 Author Posted March 27, 2014 I was drunk when I glued on the bridge........ Everyone in Belfast is drunk !
ParlourMan Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 If Bon Jovi or Slash didn't play one and you can't somehow loosely associate it with Dylan it's going to dive-bomb in here.
57classic Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 This guy has been building them like that for a long time. I find them hideous to look at. Defies all sense of style and proportion but, as we know, it ain't all about looks. http://www.traugottguitars.com/guitars_fan_fret.html
EuroAussie Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 If Bon Jovi or Slash didn't play one and you can't somehow loosely associate it with Dylan it's going to dive-bomb in here. Nothing to do with that PM. Its just effiń hideous.
ParlourMan Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Nothing to do with that PM. Its just effiń hideous. Nonetheless, it holds true in here!
Working Mans Blue Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 I don't think it's ugly at all. It looks really good, love that bridge, the headstock ain't bad. And I always love that color scheme on acoustics. It's a fan fret guitar, fan frets ensure better intonation, and once you get used to it can be quite comfortable to play. A little pricey, but that's to be expected from an instrument like that made in some fancy sounding place like belfast
blindboygrunt Posted March 28, 2014 Author Posted March 28, 2014 I don't think it's ugly at all. It looks really good, love that bridge, the headstock ain't bad. And I always love that color scheme on acoustics. It's a fan fret guitar, fan frets ensure better intonation, and once you get used to it can be quite comfortable to play. A little pricey, but that's to be expected from an instrument like that made in some fancy sounding place like belfast Seems we've stopped blowing things up long enough to build something instead. What's a fan fret?
ParlourMan Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Seems we've stopped blowing things up long enough to build something instead. What's a fan fret? Look at the spread of the frets in a fanned shape. In all honesty, I think the fanned frets is a good idea it's more fluid to the angle you would typically be holding your hand/wrist at when playing low down at the end of the neck or up high near the other end of the fretboard. They just need to make it look good
Working Mans Blue Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 more interesting, is the back x braced? ive never seen that before. wonder what the benefit of that would be. Is that common for fan fret guitars? ive only played one and it had the typical ladder brace back that regular guitars have i believe
Tarrr Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 When you have reached, in your own mind, the rarified air of jazz musician who can make long pauses between notes believeable...
blindboygrunt Posted March 29, 2014 Author Posted March 29, 2014 its different.. wonder how it sounds and plays.. Like a lowden . everything from here sounds like a lowden
dennisczech Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 It does seem that the Lowden tone kind of encapsulates guitars built in N.I. or the Republic. I made a trip to Newtownards in the days before George Lowden took his name back, and bought a nice O-35, which I then sold and lost a chunk of cash. It was great for fingerstyle, but I did mostly strummy stuff back then, and it was too loose for that. I would rather doubt that guitar sounds much like a Gibson! It seems nice enough though, I'd happily play it.
blindboygrunt Posted March 29, 2014 Author Posted March 29, 2014 It does seem that the Lowden tone kind of encapsulates guitars built in N.I. or the Republic. I made a trip to Newtownards in the days before George Lowden took his name back, and bought a nice O-35, which I then sold and lost a chunk of cash. It was great for fingerstyle, but I did mostly strummy stuff back then, and it was too loose for that. I would rather doubt that guitar sounds much like a Gibson! It seems nice enough though, I'd happily play it. Yip. Lowdens are amazing , but strum it hard and it sounds bleh
PrairieSchooner Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Guess I'm too old, or too traditional, or too...something. Might be a wonderful guitar, but can't see myself ever owning or playing it. Or even wanting to. Sorry!
gov Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Made me dizzy looking at it. funny (if you're serious)--fan fretted guitars always make dizzy ;)
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