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Location: Australia | ....was wondering if anyone here has actually ordered either one of these ?
To me the 6 string is appealing but the prices seem very high. I know they're limited edition models, have hand laid bowls but $2599....
I know it's not a direct comparison (but a similar guitar),the Traditional series Legend is $1489. |
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| The 2599 is list pricing. MF has it for 1829 and the 12 string for 1899. |
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Location: SoCal | I played the GC 6 string in CT last year. It is a very good guitar. |
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Location: Australia | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
I played the GC 6 string in CT last year. It is a very good guitar. Hey Moody, did you find it had a "full" acoustic tone ?
Also the price list says the 1627 is a CUTAWAY with a shallow bowl which is obviously wrong.
Also, I thought I'd heard somewhere that the original GC shallow bowl was a little deeper than a standard shallow bowl or am I mistaken ? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I think the 1627 reissue has the artist bowl (same as the original). It's deeper than a supershallow and not as deep as a mid depth. I played it at NAMM and thought it was nice. Very much like the original. The question I have is that you can buy plenty of the originals for about $500. so why would someone pay 4x that much for a reissue. It's not like it's a reissue of a rare guitar. Dave |
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Location: Central Florida | Gosh, I want one of those 1627 RI's so freaking bad I can hardly stand it, but I just can't justify that kind of dough -- especially when there are originals floating around out there that can be had for a fraction of that. Plus, mine would have to be a special ordered lefty, which would add even more to the cost.
I was stoked about these guitars as soon as I heard they were coming out, but even more so after hearing how good one of them sounded in the hands of it's namesake on the 40th Anniversary DVD. |
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Location: SoCal | You know Jeff, since it's a full body and not a cutaway, I doubt if a lefty would be that much more than a righty. You should contact Al about it. Sell that cheesy Les Paul and get it. Actually, sell the 93 Elite and get it. With that and maybe a Zoom 505II pedal, you'd sound great at church. And look even cooler. |
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Location: Central Florida | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
...you'd sound great at church. And look even cooler. It IS after all about the look isn't it, Paul. ;) |
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Location: Eugene, Oregon | Originally posted by Standingovation:
I think the 1627 reissue has the artist bowl (same as the original). It's deeper than a supershallow and not as deep as a mid depth. I played it at NAMM and thought it was nice. Very much like the original. The question I have is that you can buy plenty of the originals for about $500. so why would someone pay 4x that much for a reissue. It's not like it's a reissue of a rare guitar. Dave I think I'll have to order the 2079LX Custom (Custom) sweetie that you just received and slap a slick, Glen Campbell TR cover on it, and call it better than GOOD!!! ;)
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Location: Central Florida | Originally posted by Pokeypup:
I think I'll have to order the 2079LX Custom (Custom) sweetie that you just received and slap a slick, Glen Campbell TR cover on it, and call it better than GOOD!!! ;) Pokey,
You do that and you'll be following in Dave's footsteps even more than you realize, as he has slapped more than a few GC TR covers on several of his own guitars... Not that there's anything wrong with that! :D |
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Location: Eugene, Oregon | Originally posted by Jeff:
Originally posted by Pokeypup:
I think I'll have to order the 2079LX Custom (Custom) sweetie that you just received and slap a slick, Glen Campbell TR cover on it, and call it better than GOOD!!! ;) Pokey,
You do that and you'll be following in Dave's footsteps even more than you realize, as he has slapped more than a few GC TR covers on several of his own guitars... Not that there's anything wrong with that! :D
I have this terrible urge to climb a pole everyday. ;) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | GC TRC's won't fit on the new slim slotted headstocks. Believe me, I have tried ...
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