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Location: Upper Left USA | Here is a picture from a Co-Worker of mine. He went to Yokusaka Japan and engaged in cultural and musical exchanges in local watering holes.
Is there a name for this shape of instrument? I like it in a Breadwinner/Lute kind of way. |
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Location: NJ | Looks like a Giannini Craviola.
The 12-strings were quite popular at one time . . . |
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Location: NJ | i have a 12 around here that needs some work.
if anyone is interested let me know. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, Al....!
And yes, Cliff rules!
Gionnini Craviola
Youraninny Ravioli it is. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I prefer this one.  |
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Location: Jet City | I can see why, wow |
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Location: East Tennessee | TJ,
Sweet guitar. When will it be available?  |
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Location: South of most, North of few | It's not here..yet. I should have it sometime after my vacation. Here's a shot of the headstock...guitar porn at it's finest...
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Location: South of most, North of few | Sorry for hijacking the thread.. :rolleyes:
Back to the regularly scheduled stuff. |
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Location: Jet City | Wow (part II) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Giannini is from South America and they had a whole range of these.
nothing special. |
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Location: Delaware | Originally posted by cliff:
Looks like a Giannini Craviola.
The 12-strings were quite popular at one time . . . Correct (as usual Cliff) Heres pics of my 1976
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Location: 6 String Ranch | As I recall they also made Ovation copies for the SA market. We had some talks with them but nothing ever came of it. SA was just too hard to deal with back then. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | That makes me sea-sick... |
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Location: Delaware | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
That makes me sea-sick... What, could you hear me playing it?? |
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Location: NJ | Craviola's were big at "Renaissance Faires".
(turkey-leg,anyone??) |
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Location: Jet City | Niiiice! A turkey leg reference.
When I was younger, I had 2 friends that I'd go with to the renaissance faires.
Me, Mark, and the other Mark.
We'd dress the part, and Mark would play the pan pie, the other Mark and I would swap off on either mandolin (old roundback style) and guitar.
People thought we were part of the act, so of course we'd have the hat passin' around. Paid for turkey legs and ale the whole day long.
It was lots of fun, at least until that ONE clown yells FREEBIRD!
THe Giannini would have fit right in. |
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Location: Jet City | BTW, the "other" Mark did quite well for himself with the guitar. Aside from his own projects I think he's still playing for Greg Allman, when Greg tours.
BASTAGE!
Been decades since we've talked though. Good ol' Alameda boy. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | TJ, I should have known you'd grab that one...just makes too much sense.
I thought about it, but Amy might object to the nipplage on the headstock, and the last thing I need is her beginning to question my guitar hobby... :eek: |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I might have to use some "white out" to put a bikini on it. ;) (not)
Damon, is that a reference to "Johnny Dangerously"? BASTAGE! |
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Location: Jet City | nice catch |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Andrew,
Does that mean that you will be boycotting this one as well?
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Location: Upper Left USA | Damon - You were part of Toot, Lute and Ute?
It looks like me and the Mrs. will be doing the First aid station at the Scottish Highlands Games this year in Enumclaw, WA.
And you thought all I could fix was guitars!
There will be a lot of post-adolescants running around with sharp objects. |
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Location: Jet City | If there's one thing scarier than a bunch of men in skirts, it's a bunch of men in skirts in Enumclaw. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | And to think that my biggest fear was having to wear horizontal stripes.
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OT: Interesting Shape