tpbiii Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 A few years, my friend (and well known bluegrass flat picker) Tony Watt came to visit and demoed a bunch of my guitars. He came back recently and did some more. Tony is a confessed mahogany Martin dread lover (1937 D-18 and modern 1937 D-18A), he seldom likes (1) Gibsons, (2) straight braced Martins, (3) rosewood of any type and (4) small guitars. Well (oddly) last time he ranked two Gibsons at the top -- 36 AJ and 43 S RW), but he did not care for either the 36 J-35 Trojan or the 35 Jumbo (which I certainly personally like and use for bluegrass.) So he came back and did some more. Here is the whole augmented set. Tony Watt Demos Let's pick, -Tom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Good stuff there! The AJ clearly surprised him, as he had a couple of pretty animated reactions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Thanks Bill, this was the best A/B demo I've seen/heard. It makes it easy for someone like me to clearly hear the differences - nuanced or obvious. Your collection may not be a National Treasure - but it is clearly a national treasure. Each guitar is special - but the overpowering presence of all of them - Wowsers ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 call me a homer, but I liked the '62 hummingbird best for both lead and rhythm... although there's not any i'd kick out of bed for eating cookies. I don't believe I saw any maple in there did I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 So I've been thinking about this Tom, and the individual demos are more than impressive, but only part of the story - I think we need to better understand how these instruments fit within a mix. If you ever get a hankerin' you should assemble a cast of your blue grass cohorts for a day or two and replicate the lead and rhythm demos for a few (as many as possible) of your guitars. ...in the name of science 🙂. Keep all the other instruments the same, just swap out guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Nice videos Tom! I liked the Jumbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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