Finished Pics! Dreadnought Acoustic Build - Black Limba

Andyjr1515

BigMonka said:

A beautiful guitar Andy and sounds fantastic (amazing playing clearly helps there too!).
I presume that he mainly uses open tunings for that type of playing - did you make any design adjustments to take that in to account, or to cater for the percussive bits in his playing?

Thanks

Those two clips he just used a drop D on the 6th string.  Amazing player.

No changes made for the percussive bit - acoustically, good percussive sounds usually means good string sound too.  He doesn't actually hit it that hard.  And, after all, it is finished with Ronseal Hardglaze - knew there was a reason for always using that!

 It was a consideration for the pickups, though, and both the mic from the Anthem system and the Pure Mini transducers work well in that respect.

Jalapeno

Just lovely, excellent work sir !

Andyjr1515

Jalapeno said:

Just lovely, excellent work sir !

Thanks, @Jalapeno ;

TheOtherDennis

Having seen it in the flesh (though before it was fully finished, but still...), I can confirm it is every bit as good as everyone thinks it is.

Andyjr1515

TheOtherDennis said:

Having seen it in the flesh (though before it was fully finished, but still...), I can confirm it is every bit as good as everyone thinks it is.

Thanks, Dennis

Andy

rsvmark

Sounds as good as it looks! (I wish he wouldn’t hit it though....;-))

Andyjr1515

rsvmark said:

Sounds as good as it looks! (I wish he wouldn’t hit it though....;-))

"Yes, I were there. I seen it.  But it was only gentle hitting, yer honour...honest!"

IvisonGuitars

Inspirational! Superb work Andy and thanks for a great thread  

Andyjr1515

IvisonGuitars said:

Inspirational! Superb work Andy and thanks for a great thread  

Thank you very much

Andyjr1515

I know this is an old thread, but I did promise to post the link when Matt finally got round to doing a proper video playing his dreadnought.

And here it is.  As always with these things, best through headphones

https://youtu.be/8SCNbnmBY2Y 

Assuming you do like it, remember to 'Like' it - pro & semi-pro musicians need all the help we can give them in these unusual times


Thanks for looking 

Corvus

Very nice, sounds lovely..! such a nice build too..

Andyjr1515

Thanks @Corvus ;   He's a great player, isn't he.  Lovely Pat Metheny composition too

Andyjr1515

Hi

I said that I would ask Matt to do a recording of a direct comparison between the K&K Pure Mini and the LR Baggs Anthem.

I've just kicked off a thread in the Acoustics section here:
https://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/180534/k-k-pure-mini-and-lr-baggs-anthem-direct-comparison#latest

but in brief, because there are both systems installed and two independent outputs, we have the almost unique opportunity to hear the two systems during the same performance! 


The video is here:


Oh - although modesty almost makes me hesitate to mention it -  he says some really nice things about the guitar at the end  

Yours humbly

TTony

He's not a bad player!!

Guitar sounds beautiful.  Warmth, lots of body, clear, precise notes ... great player with a great guitar.

That one turned out alright.

TJT1979

Just found this thread. Beautiful work. Huge thanks for taking the time to post this.