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SAguitar
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WOW. That is droolicious, Billy! I'm in lust 'n stuff.  |
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herb
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Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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Nice, Billyb! That sure would look great next to my LeGrand......  |
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SAguitar
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Somehow I knew that would be "swingin'" in here!   |
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bosrocker51
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| Herb wrote: | | Jerry Miller of Moby Grape used an L-5. So did Gary Duncan of Quicksilver Messenger Service. Steve Howe used an ES-175, and Ted Nugent uses a Byrdland. Great rock from those guys, and they're all playing full archtops, so no, it's not a waste of time. However, if you're going to play loud, it will feed back, the bodies are VERY resonant and sensitive to certain frequencies. That is the nature of a guitar designed to be played acoustically, to pick up sound and naturally amplify it. Prepare to stuff it full of rags and tape the f-holes closed, those are the usual remedies. It is also only a 20 fret guitar, so your high end scale is decreased by a whole step. You will find the tone from it much "airier" than a Les Paul or other solid body. The finest example of side by side difference that I have ever heard is on the first two Quicksilver albums, where Duncan solos with his L-5 and Cippolina solos on his LP/SG back and forth. If you can get your hands on those albums and listen, you will hear the difference and have many of your questions answered. Good luck, and keep us posted. And if you get one; I want some pictures!!!!!! |
Herb - thanks for bringing up Quicksilver. I was lucky enough to see them at the old Boston Tea Party on Berkeley Street. I loved the band and Cippolina, he was one of the coolest... and he had such a great sound... |
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