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| Now that i've spent a few days with the guitar, I am pretty impressed with it. When I received it, I posted my concerns about some possible humidity issues it had. There was some top belly, and the fret ends were pretty rough. I'm still humidifying, and it seems to be slowly improving. Other than that, and some minor fret wear, it looks brand new. Pretty amazing for a thirty year old guitar. Soundwise, it's everything that I hoped it would be. Loud and balanced overall, and the bass is good, but not overly pronounced. I would say that compared to my old 1117 Legend, the tone is a little less warm, not as bassy. It's noticeably lighter in weight, probably due to having a truss rod, instead of the Legend's Kaman Bar. I really like the old deep bowl Legends, and I'm hoping to find a Custom Legend sometime in the future.
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Location: big island | aloha mike,
i am glad to hear you and your new acquisition are getting along so fine. she sure is a purdy one. so the guitar is 30 years old; are you dating an older woman or robbing the cradle? ;) |
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| Lanaki,I have a daughter older than this beauty, but the older ones are usually hard to get, or have large cracks. In the top, I mean.
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | Congrats Mike....I figured it would be sweeeeeeet! A bracing, deep bowl, cool looking, good tones ...what's not to like? |
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