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I wouldn’t think so, there is padding that touches the instrument, and the padding is padded with cork type material. You don’t screw it down very tight either, just firm enough to not slip since gravity holds it in place on the lower bout.
I don’t see any risk to it, and I contacted Abel. They were a bit short with me, I told them I just wanted to make sure. I don’t know much about what damages guitars and stuff for trying to keep them in mint condition, but this to me really seems fine. It doesn’t violate common sense, and I contacted the experts. I asked the shop also.
If someone else has an opinion on the wear, I would definitely hear what everyone has to say … but for me I don’t give it a second thought. I don’t know that I would play the guitar without it tonally speaking.
Yes I’ve heard the same thing from a shop and from santa cruz themselves… not in those specific words though. You could just call and ask Carolyn. I told them I read they were shifting away from stock models, raising prices, and including higher grade woods as stock basically. I forget what exactly the reply was, but I remember thinking “oh good I’m glad you’re stepping it up even further because I have no interest in ordering a base model guitar for that much money when just a little bit more buys more soundboard”
Congratulations, what a gift! Welcome, it’s a beautiful guitar. Put up a video of it being played sometime if you’re up for it!
I’ve seen carbon fiber cases that are nice, but about $1200 dollars. Maybe a MONO gig bag case other than that?
Your playing is really nice! Great vocals and the guitar sounds great.
I have an OM Grand and my next desire is to get a VS or RS… I’m not sure which one I will pick. I love the sound you’re getting out of that. I don’t know what strings you have on there, but based off the sound of it it seems like you should try out the Santa Cruz Medium Tension strings… it would really compliment that guitar based off of what I’m hearing and my experience with them.
Wish I did have one
Thanks for posting, that is the sound I need in my life to go with this dense sophisticated OM Grand, it makes me miss dry woody thumpy guitars
Ok ok, so as a followup. ***First… see the videos section of the forum for my upload which as of Friday June 7th 10 PM CST is awaiting moderation (so you may need to wait til it gets the thumbs up).***
I’ve had it for a week or two, and have played on it a bit. It does raise my arm up higher which is fatiguing to get used to, but I’m not sure if it will necessarily damage ergonomics. I could adapt a classical position… any advice for that with steel string without having the neck too high?
It does have a difference. I went to the local shop to asked what they heard in a no talking A/B. They said with the armrest they heard more of the wood, and without it they heard more of the string. I say that the tone is more filled out, but with less murk in the low mids from the rosewood. The mid range has a bit more dryness and punch…. woodier if you will. The top end is more open with more air.
I don’t know if that’s a typical effect, or if it’s just that my guitar responded to it in that way. In fact all of these things are things I was looking for in a new guitar. I just feel the guitar is overall more appropriate of a sound for the type and quality of instrument it is. Perhaps when they build guitars they do not consider people’s arms on the soundboard, or perhaps I just hug it extra (even though I’m a small dude). I’d have to ask Richard about that. It seems odd that they would omit that, but results show to my ears that they do. Seems like the more free you can let the guitar be, the better it sounds…. which kind of makes me wonder about separating it in the back a little bit as well.
It did good things for me as far as I can tell in the short term, my wife likes it better 98% of the time (one song required some soundboard muffling to sound “right”), and the workers and guitar tech at Craig’s music in weather ford were modestly impressed and at the very least interested. Listening to playback I have to say it’s more honest to the what I imagine the guitar should be and the sound I have in my head.
Makes me wonder if nobody in my years of guitar playing ever though to mention this, or if it is more an obscure less talked about thing in steel string acoustics compared to classical.
Would love to have some of you more seasoned guitar fellows chime in. . . help me out with some experience please!
The first impression I had was that I don’t feel obligated to use my jazz pick (Blue Chip Jazz LG 35) in order to get enough air, chime, and clarity as well as a more upper mid focused response. I could use the TAD-1R 35 on the pointy or rounded side, as well as the TD 35. That’s giant triangle and teardrop. . . Fingerstyle is heavenly as well. It’s less about fighting the sonic response and more just about having fun with colors.
PM Me if you want my phone number or FaceTime etc and we can chat about it if you’re that interested. I like stuff like this but I know that a lot of people aren’t that into it. I do hope that it serves someone, or at least is a topic of interest.
