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Location: South of most, North of few | The 06 is the one that got away from me. I had the chance to buy a new one for 1k and didn't. Of course it didn't last long. :( |
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Location: ms | JP, you need to move that over to "THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY". |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Yeah, I know I should have done that, but I forgot about it untill I saw the thread on the KOA. I wish I still forgot about it. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Originally posted by wilblee:
Originally posted by colt357:
It does seem to be volume challenged however, acoustically. I had the same impression when I first got mine. Great sound, just real quiet, especially compared to my spruce topped 1778LX. But as the months have rolled by it seems to have opened up more. I was playing last night with a friend who was using an Alvarez MD200C, which is a bit of a cannon. I was thinking that I would need to plug in to keep up with the A's volume, having played with him, using my koa, before. To my surprise, I didn't.
It'll be interesting to see how it sounds in another year.
Good to hear it's comin' around for you...nice when something just keeps gettin' better and better!
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Location: NJ | ". . It does seem to be volume challenged however, acoustically . ."
You're sitting on the wrong side of it. |
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Location: SoCal | buy a new one for 1k and didn't OUCH, especially when you consider the internet sellers all had it at $1,999.
At NAMM last year, there were three guitars (at least those I played) that rose above the convention center noise...the 2006 Collectors, the 2080, and the Artist reissue. Then, when Al and I visited Matt in the "quiet room", Matt was doing a demo of the 2006C on a G-B Shen 100...that hooked me.
Traded the Martin D-15S (slothead) and some cash to Al. Another transaction where both parties are happy. I like the special woods...have an all Koa Martin from 1980. And, this has the VIP pre-amp and contoured bowl. |
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Location: ms | Dang Tony that made me remember an early 80`s all Koa martin i saw in a pawn shop about five years ago for $400.00. You guessed right i passed on it. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Originally posted by cliff:
". . It does seem to be volume challenged however, acoustically . ."
You're sitting on the wrong side of it. I tried sitting on the otherside, but then they're strung for left handed players... :confused:
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Location: Round Rock, TX | You noticed that, too? |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Fascinating....I got home last night to unpack mine that I got from AMS. Oh god I love those orange stripes in the light and the horizontal flaming is amazing. Just a thing of beauty.
Accoustic volume is subdued, so I hope I get that opening up thing going on in the upcomming months and years. Tone is interesting...very balanced but definitely darker/mellower than the spruce tops.
Have not had a chance to plug it in to an amp yet as it was kinda late when I got home and the wife and daughter were already heavily in TV mode. Will do that today. One weird thing...the dummy plug will NOT go in the jack. Thankfully a headphone 1/8-1/4 converter does the job just great so I guess its a dummy plug issue rather than jack issue. I do like that fading arrowhead thing thats going on with these tuners though...very cool. Will post pictures in the gallery as soon as I can. |
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