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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Paul,
You think the 1537 is glass or SMC? |
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Location: SoCal | Glass. I think.
In 83 the only guitars that were using SMC were the less expensive instruments.
Now, having said that, I think that there was a bigger differnce in sound from the hand laid cloth bowls to the fiberglass (Lyrachord) bowls, than from the fiberglass bowls to the SMC bowls.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | The 1537 is the heaviest ascoutic/elec guitar I have ever picked up. I wonder if the SMC was less heavy. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | OK, the 1537 was made in Moosup and if I remember correctly they are all smc bowls. They would be heavier than the cloth bowls. Except for the Adamii, all moosup production was SMC. New Hartford was cloth. All of North Carolina production was smc (82-85). In 85 the only factory was NH and by then pretty much everything was smc. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Handy having you around W2---
It was a hoot watching you play with Sambora on that O promo that's on the DVD going round. |
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Location: SoCal | See. Learn something new all the time. |
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA | Based on all input, I would guess that my 1621-4 Artist, made in NH, is the original cloth/glass since I figure it is circa 1972. Is that a safe assumption? The sound is deep and woodsy, balanced with solid bass, strong mids and bright highs. Fretboard is Ebony with dot inlays, electronics are internal battery and single volume near neck. Experts... please confirm. Thanks.
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Location: NJ | Just look inside . . .
. . . the SMC's'll have a smooth, (forgive me,) "plastic" look/feel to 'em . . . the glass cloth have a bit more of a flatte-black "texture" . . . |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | and the wooden heel block vs. moulded with wings.
I would guess a 21 was cloth |
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Lyrachord versus Fiberglass bowls
