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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | One of my O's has a plastic leafy insert for trim. The other has abalone(?). Which is better? Why?
I just keep looking, and I wanted to know if there is any real sound, durability, or other difference that I should be considering. Besides appearance. Like is it a question of durability, or just ease of assembly?
I'm gonna pick y'all's brains dry. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Abalone is on the higher end. I think it's just bling. My brain is dry already. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Roughly quoting the "Book" the plastic rings with pearlescent backing are actually more difficult to make than the standard Sound hole inlays.
I think the inlays theuy do on the LX's are the way to go.
When touring through the Hamer end of things I noted that the inlay letters and fret markers are contracted and they use a ratio jig Dremel thingy to make the receiving holes. |
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Location: ranson,wva | i like the old inlay rosette on the early balladeers and the josh white...jason |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | The "Abalone" is on my celebrity GC057, (which smells of soy). The plastic insert is on my 4861 (which smells of kimche) so I don't know if either is "High-End". I am kinda curious, so if I get to a situation where two guitars are basicly the same, except for the sound-hole, I would have some idea of why I should choose one over the other.
On a similar note, the abalone in the fret-dots (GC057) might be real, cuz they are really teeny! |
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Location: ranson,wva | i kinda prefer the riased plastic rosettes because ive got a verry heavy right hand and when i play with a flat pick i play with a heavy graphite adamas pick and it hits the rosette on the down stroke instead of the soundboard...jason |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Yeah Jason, just for that reason I got these plastic put-on/take-off pick-guards. On my china-strat, I have left my share of pick tracks. But they wipe off, sometimes, sorta. But when I got the first O, I ordered the guards before I got the guitar.
Plastic is way-more forgiving than wood.
[time for the after-turkey-nap] |
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Location: ranson,wva | you'd be surprised the kinda ass kicking abuse the polyester finish will take,its pretty damn near impervious to solvents,water,just about anything besides 80grt paper and a sander!! you can buff most scratches out with a little effort..jason |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | That is good to know. I previously stated that my GC057 is a 2nd, and that I could find nothing wrong. They said there were scratches, and I finally found em. (What's this? I know I didn't do that!) But it is good to know that I may be able to get them out.
Should I ever become that Anal-Retentive.
I might add, this one is black. My other is natural wood. Natural wood hides scratches so much better. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I forgot they inlaid abalone in some of the new Celebrities. |
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Location: CT | The LX's are very nice, but I gotta say I still like the raised plastic ring. Particularly with the abalone. |
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Sound Hole Trim... Another dumb question.