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TimmyO

My trip to Coda was bloody fantastic (5+ hours in the car notwithstanding :-/ ) 

Result : see my new (to me) Baranik CX

If you're wondering what one is, me too. I'd never heard of the brand let alone the model.

Despite expecting to buy a Lowden (probably Cedar) I have a cutaway guitar in Colorado Blue Spruce and Panamanian Rosewood.

Some crappy phone pics:





















It was a custom order just over 2 years ago by a guy who waited months for it, then on day 1 smacked it against his coffee table and split the top. You can see the repair in one of the pics. It was repaired (possibly by Dave King) at the time then sold by Coda to its 2nd owner who had it for 2 years then traded it in last week. 

It sounds, to me, nothing short of amazing. It gives up a big sound with the gentle finger picking, but was still one of the best I tried when cranking out strummed cowboy chords. Obviously I'm firmly in honeymoon period so I won't wibble on, but on the aesthetic front some of things that stand out better in the flesh:

The impossibly thin fingerboard binding, the odd curve to the cutaway end face, the similar figuring/emblem on the headstock and the endpin area, and the spalted maple soundhole. 

Very happy Tim. 

kaypeejay

That's quite a looker you've got there. Hope you continue to enjoy it. 

Moe_Zambeek

Very nice!

TheOtherDennis

Cor that's pretty!

Jalapeno

TimmyO

Cheers guys.

Oh yeah, and the 'label' inside is made of wood too :-) 

I've just been doing some googling re the materials (I wasn't familiar with either of the main woods) - sounds like the Blue Spruce is a quite a hefty upcharge looking at some builders' pages, and that the Panama Rosewood is a bit 'quicker' and physically lighter than EIR which fits with how much I like the sound but sometimes find other Rosewood guitars a bit ploddy.

DougCoda

That's a stunning guitar,I remember it coming in and was very impressed with it. I'm not often in the acoustic shop as I'm holed up in the noisy place. I think we may have crossed paths as you went out for lunch and I popped up to the quiet place for a coffee...Thanks for coming and enjoy that guitar!

John_P

Fabulous!      I hope it plays and sounds as good as it looks. 

Chris_J

Looks stunning! 

AliGorie

well done - great choice, no excuses now Tm - that’ll do everything you can - and a lot moresound clips ?.
ah the fabled Dalbergia Tucurensis / Panama Rosewood touted by some esteemed luthiers as one of the best r/woods.

TimmyO

DougCoda said:

That's a stunning guitar,I remember it coming in and was very impressed with it. I'm not often in the acoustic shop as I'm holed up in the noisy place. I think we may have crossed paths as you went out for lunch and I popped up to the quiet place for a coffee...Thanks for coming and enjoy that guitar!

Ah yes that was me :-) 

It was well worth the schlepp - despite the gridlock on the way home. 

Quite a place you have there, and the guys were fantastic. 

TimmyO

AliGorie said:

sound clips ?.

Funny you mention it - my studio-owning friend has said he wants to hear it so I should have some nicely recorded samples soon 

Sassafras

Lovely looking guitar but what's the strange black protuberance on the back of the peghead? 

TimmyO

It's a volute that's kind of blended in and with a veneer or stain over it. a 

Lewy

Sassafras said:

Lovely looking guitar but what's the strange black protuberance on the back of the peghead? 

They are a bit of a design nod to how headstocks used to be attached. Nowadays as necks and headstocks on high end guitars are usually one piece, they don't fulfill any function beyond decoration to my knowledge.

stickyfiddle

I have to say I don't like it as such (in terms of an instrument that I'd like myself), but it looks like a fantastic thing. Looking forward to clips!

jellyroll

nice dat

guitarfishbay

That's a very smart looking guitar.  Congrats

BigLicks67

Blue spruce, sounds awesome. Must admit I have never heard of this brand. Happy NGD.

jellyroll

@TimmyO - I can't see this in the classifieds yet. Is your internet broken?

TimmyO

jellyroll said:

@TimmyO - I can't see this in the classifieds yet. Is your internet broken?

Fuck off! lol 

Yeah I know I was a bit all over the show over the last 6 months - I admit that I went off a bit half-cocked with the 000 and the Yamaha - on the upside it made it clearer to me the sort of sound/feel that I was after. And a bloke in a Maserati got a good deal on a Martin ;-) 

I'm supposed to be going to an open mic next week with a mate - it'll be nervewracking taking this but that's a first world problem and no mistake...