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jyam4
Posted 2005-06-05 9:16 PM (#148551)
Subject: Here's a real old one...


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Location: Orlando, Florida		Check this one out...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=47064&item=7...

Serial number A100 - wouldn't this be the first in the series?
Joe
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Tony Calman
Posted 2005-06-05 9:50 PM (#148552 - in reply to #148551)
Subject: Re: Here's a real old one...



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Location: SoCal		possible bridge replacement?

check out A-347:

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moody, p.i.
Posted 2005-06-05 10:17 PM (#148553 - in reply to #148551)
Subject: Re: Here's a real old one...


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Location: SoCal		The A100 just indicates that it was built between July and November, 1968, not that it was the first in a series. The bridge and tuners are mid 70's replacements.

Tony's guitar (pictured above), has the original bridge of the time. I would guess that the tuners on his guitar are original as well.
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Legend-LX-Fan
Posted 2005-06-05 10:30 PM (#148554 - in reply to #148551)
Subject: Re: Here's a real old one...


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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana		Tony, do you notice any volume difference with the guitar having smaller soundhole? How does it compare to you other wood top 12 strings?
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Standingovation
Posted 2005-06-05 10:44 PM (#148555 - in reply to #148551)
Subject: Re: Here's a real old one...



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Location: Phoenix AZ		My balladeer 12 and GC-12 shiny bowls both have the small soundhole. It's impossible to determine what difference in volume the small hole makes vs. all the other differences between the old shinys and other 12 strings. They do sound great in my opinion. Dave
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Tony Calman
Posted 2005-06-06 1:36 AM (#148556 - in reply to #148551)
Subject: Re: Here's a real old one...



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Location: SoCal		I have two 1658 Custom Legend slotheads (a/e) and a GC acoustic. Nothing compares to the GC in projection. However, the small soundhole sounds as good as the 1658's and that is amazing.

Small soundhole doesn't appear to have any effect.
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Paul Templeman
Posted 2005-06-06 6:41 PM (#148557 - in reply to #148551)
Subject: Re: Here's a real old one...


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Location: Scotland
Originally posted by Tony Calman:


Small soundhole doesn't appear to have any effect.
A soundhole is just a tuning port which relative to the volume of air in the body cavity helps define the guitars fundamental frequency. Small changes in the size of the soundhole have no effect on perceived loudness but will affect the tonal response a little. Try using a feedback buster - with effectively no soundhole the guitar doesn't get significantly quieter, but the bass response diminshes dramatically. Another interesting experiment is to try playing an Adamas or Elite with the back door off.
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Jeff W.
Posted 2005-06-06 7:28 PM (#148558 - in reply to #148551)
Subject: Re: Here's a real old one...


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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub
Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
Try using a feedback buster - with effectively no soundhole the guitar doesn't get significantly quieter
...that puts the kybosh on my stategy to silence certain rather vocal members of this board...
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Waskel
Posted 2005-06-07 10:07 AM (#148559 - in reply to #148551)
Subject: Re: Here's a real old one...



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Location: closely held secret		That would require a different type of Buster...
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