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Location: SoCal | I was just reading the specs on the supershallow bowl LX's and I've got to thing that it going to sound better than the older ssb's. Better bracing pattern and a lighter bowl have got to be good. Anybody played one yet? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Well, it looks like the L.D.B.F (League of Deep Bowl Fans) has lost a founding member. Poor Moody... he was one of our finest. |
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Location: SoCal | Brad, I'm trying to be upbeat about a product that I hate. |
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Location: NJ | It suits a particular purpose . . and does so VERY well. |
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| Shallow bowls are GREAT guitars - which other maker even offers you a choice?
Now - don't you guys have a few total strangers to go and libel without picking on our own beloved guitars? |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Shallow bowls DO have their place. Just not in my house.....I rarely play plugged in.
Roger |
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Location: Germantown, MD | I thought the recent statement that the SSB really was kind of like the old Gibson ES-335 made a lot of sense. |
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Location: NW NJ | Why I love my 1868LX
First, the new bracing pattern and other LX stuff make the SSB LXs sound much deeper and bigger than non LXed SSBs acoustically. I have owned several SSBs over the last 10 years or so including an Adamas SMT with an SSB. I really liked the Adamas until I picked up the 1868LX. There was no comparison in my opinion - the 1868LX had it all over the Adamas soundwise (and I even like the neck better too), hence the Adamas has a new home and the 1868LX lives with me.
Playing comfort is another reason to like the SSBs. Not so much guitar to reach around, especially standing up and laying against the owner's round belly.
Plugged in, SSBs sound just as good and their deeper bowled cousins.
NOW unplugged, I don't think the 1868LX has the resonance, volume and depth that my 6778LX has, so I prefer the deeper bowl.
Different flavors - both delicious in their own right, but in my opinion, the LXed SSBs are way better than their non-LXed SSB kin folk. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | I love shallow bowls, because I don't have a shallow front. My modest midbowl gut causes anything deeper than a shallowbowl to pitch at a carpal tunnel syndrome causing angle to play -- unless I set my strap to wear the guitar way high or way low. Either choice interferes with my mic technique. :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I got my SSB Balladeer a couple months ago. Used to be Paul Blanchard's. It has become the guitar I take off the rack first and the one I haul around. I am surprised at the volume unplugged. I rarely play anywhere larger than a living room, so I don't need a lot of volume. And I can play for hours without getting a crink in my shoulder. I'm sure that has helped my golf game, so it is a "super" guitar. |
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