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Video of me playing my 65 year old acoustic.

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Here it is, recently back from the Luthier, getting a new bridge and bridge plate.  And sadly, he cleaned it....  I'm playing the Grateful Dead's "Althea", my wife's garden is in the background, you see a Peach tree and Grape Vines.  Dig my pick, its Ebony with Hawaiian Sand, my favorite pick of all time.
My dog, Rufus, makes an appearance in the last 5 seconds...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdnUj70jSnI[/youtube]
 
A pic of the '44 Epiphone FT-45 Grand Concert.  I love this guitar.

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Dude that sounds awesome

I would bet that the guitar made it 65 years because it has a great sound/tone. So someone liked it and took care of it

and not that because it's 65 it sounds good
 
Alfang, I agree.  But only to a certain point.  A guitar actually sounds better the more its played.  It has to do with tiny sap particles in the wood.  It takes decades for it to dry and crystalize.  The vibration from being played has an impact on the shape the sap takes as it crystalizes in a guitar.  So if the guitar was played a great deal, especially in its first few decades, it will have a tonal improvement.  So there is an argument that its age does indeed have a wee bit to do with how it sounds.

I only say that to be a dork, not to argue.  As I do indeed agree that the guitar sounds good because it sounds good.  This old acoustic has no fancy trim, no fancy woods, its bare bones and simple.  I think the neck and sides are walnut, even.  I've had it for 7 years, I plan to have it for the rest of my life, this guitar is magical, the audio on the video does not do it justice. 
 
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