DangerousR6
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Oooops, my bad, didn't see they were out of stock... :doh:
ok, I want a starcaster
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If anybody REALLY wants one, I got a guy.... his "hollow" bodies are done on the same platform as the Warmoth thinline and "that offset guy" style, a routed out solid back with a top plopped on. As opposed to the real Starcaster style, which was steam-bent maple plywood with a solid core inserted, like the 335 by the"G-word" people. Even that type isn't hard if you just have the right machine & molds. I see Collings and Heritage and G-word banging out plywood gits for 5 grand and think "Whoa - I shoulda zagged instead of zigged."
http://www.collingsguitars.com/Instruments/?ID=71
meme: You hafta make a guitar out of plywood, if you want to get the authentic plywood tone. No word on whether you can get one with with a "laminate" fretboard yet...
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oh heck, my brain just exploded.
http://www.collingsguitars.com/Instruments/?ID=71
meme: You hafta make a guitar out of plywood, if you want to get the authentic plywood tone. No word on whether you can get one with with a "laminate" fretboard yet...
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oh heck, my brain just exploded.
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This thread is relevant to my interests. If Warmoth Starcasters ever exist I will buy one on launch day. Until then, I'll just keep crying every time I see one for sale...
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You know, those are mighty interesting...
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StubHead said:
I once asked a guy I know why he only plays vintage Danelectro guitars. His reply was, "You just can't imitate cheap."
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The Rockler 335 kits have a basswood body? Interesting. Once in a while I think about doing a hollowbody kit, but always get hung up over wanting a Fender neck joint and bridge.
It does seem odd that there has never been a really decent hollow body that relies on a standard Fender-type neck joint, with a 25.5" scale etc. At least that I know of... You could make whatever argument you want about the importance of a glued neck, but those arguments are kind of negated by the fact that a lot of people do O.K. with a bolted solidbody. I would think that the bridge is where most acoustics do their vibratory-union thang.
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nope, not warmoth....BYOGJohnny said:
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Cagey said:
That is, until you plug them in.
Taylors are nice, but I'm talking about a body that's compatible with a standard Warmoth or any other neck. If you've settled out your neck size, you could have two guitars with identical necks. Fender makes their own Straracoustic & Telacoustic line, but the necks only have 20 frets, so it doesn't look likely. And the sound... well.
Somewhere in the distant mists of time (or at least a few weeks ago) I saw the thing they use to makes 335-types, maybe a Heritage or Collings shop tour? It's just two curved plates that they squash ta piece of guitar-shaped plywood between, only the bottom one has little holes with steam coming out, and I think they're both heated. It's like two hubcaps with the top one turned over, or if you split open a flying saucer at the seams, discarded the aliens (maybe make a few porn movies first!) and clamp your wood in between 'em. Or another alternative would be something like the Rainsong or the back piece or an Ovation (if that ain't truck bed liner, well I never...) or you make a "frame" out of fine wire, like maybe an A string, and lay fiberglass sheets over it and paint the resin on, just like making a surfboard - without a board.
Somewhere in the distant mists of time (or at least a few weeks ago) I saw the thing they use to makes 335-types, maybe a Heritage or Collings shop tour? It's just two curved plates that they squash ta piece of guitar-shaped plywood between, only the bottom one has little holes with steam coming out, and I think they're both heated. It's like two hubcaps with the top one turned over, or if you split open a flying saucer at the seams, discarded the aliens (maybe make a few porn movies first!) and clamp your wood in between 'em. Or another alternative would be something like the Rainsong or the back piece or an Ovation (if that ain't truck bed liner, well I never...) or you make a "frame" out of fine wire, like maybe an A string, and lay fiberglass sheets over it and paint the resin on, just like making a surfboard - without a board.
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DustyCat said:
I've played a fair number of few carbon fiber acoustics, and one of the things that was true of all of them is that they are loud and bass-y - in one case to the point of sounding muddy, but in the bulk of cases it's just really loud bass. This is with dreadnought, jumbo, 12-strings, at least one thinner OM-style, and a really small-bodied job whose manufacturer now escapes my memory.
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