Kalamazoo experts needed

[ccravens]

Hello all,

 

I have a new '36 Kalamazoo KG-11 that I have not been able to put down for days now. I love the sound and it's so different that any guitar I've ever had because it's a Gibson and it's ladder-braced.

 

Pictures here: My link

 

I now have my eye on a 12-fret KG-14, and my main question is whether the sound would be very different from my 11.

 

I guess I really don't know the difference between the 11s and the 14s, although I do have some idea about the difference between 12 and 14 fret guitars.

 

Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated!

 

[62burst]

You should check in on Curtis Allen's post a page back:

 

Link

 

A KG-11 was in front of me (tape measure in pocket) at the Fall Philly show hours before I saw his post asking for some measurements on the KG-11.

 

'Always curious if the large lower bout on the '11 would bring more bass, or, although never heard of it being done, what an x-braced conversion would sound like.

 

Edit: ... And I hope/trust you've seen how Bob Halperin for Vintage Licks Guitars can really shiver the timbers on many an old guitar, shown here administering a good spanking to this old KG-11:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvmW4UxUKrM

[wezzywest]

Hello all,

 

I have a new '36 Kalamazoo KG-11 that I have not been able to put down for days now. I love the sound and it's so different that any guitar I've ever had because it's a Gibson and it's ladder-braced.

 

Pictures here: My link

 

I now have my eye on a 12-fret KG-14, and my main question is whether the sound would be very different from my 11.

 

I guess I really don't know the difference between the 11s and the 14s, although I do have some idea about the difference between 12 and 14 fret guitars.

 

Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated!

 

May be worth posting on the AGF, John Thomas who was behind the Kalamazoo Girls book and programme, posts on there. Nice guitar and good luck.

[ccravens]

May be worth posting on the AGF, John Thomas who was behind the Kalamazoo Girls book and programme, posts on there. Nice guitar and good luck.

I'll check it/him out, thanks.