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That’s a bummer Hank. Sorry to hear this. Is there anyway you can tap into the supply where it enters the house and keep all the new piping distribution (PEX as suggested by Tad) above the slab inside the house by building raceways against walls with an innovated baseboard trim arrangement? I did this on my last home I built when the copper failed after 30 years. Good luck.
– Paul –
The 1929/00 arrived yesterday and I’m very pleased. It’s a great sounding guitar with a subtle but pleasant honk if you want to bring it out. Otherwise it’s nicely balanced with a great feel. No fight in this little baby. An H13, Waterloo and H&D Crossroads have come and gone. I believe this one satisfies what I’ve been looking for. Thumbs up to SCGC.
Easy on the eyes too!
– Paul –
Yep, I’m a lucky boy. I just spent the last 6 months telling my wife how satisfied I am with my collection & couldn’t ask for anything else. Oh well, my name is Paul and I’m a guitar addict!
Now, I’ll probably need to buy buy wife a new horse. ?
– Paul –
Very nice guys. It’s great to see you while you talk. Now for 2 very important questions.
1- are those picture backdrops or are you in those specific locations?
2- and Tad, did you walk into a door or were you clearing brush?
– Paul –
That was fun, thanks guys. What’s next is a great question. As an instructor in physical sciences I always wished we had invented & perfected hologram technology as a learning & communication tool — along with sensory capacity like smell, air movement, etc. great job as always.
– Paul –
It’s simply where the grain of the wood changes direction, like a wave in the grain. It could be associated with where a branch on the tree was located or some other natural cause that added the beauty mark. Here is a similar type of mark on one of my German/EIR OMs. Look at lower bout, bass side. I like them.
– Paul –
Continued… I never seem to be allowed to add to, or edit my posts after I post them.
What I wanted to add is I agree with Acoustic Soul about my love for Adirondack Spruce. I have Adirondack tops on 6 of my 11 guitars. I don’t always appreciate the tone immediately when the build is fresh, Upon delivery, but give it a little time, and they play-in nicely. My favorite top wood overall.
– Paul –
Acoustic Soul — I’m familiar with your description of your OMG. My OM shares some of those attributes. I had a very good round of discussions when my OMG was being specified, so they would not duplicate that tone. I started the conversation with my tonal desires. The wood & bracing followed. The result of our discussions…
“We can definitely dial this in for you. If you want that deep, balanced, rich.. more ‘wet’ vs. ‘dry’ sound, I would go with Rosewood, either Indian or Cocobolo and a European Spruce… Indian will have more roundness of sound to it, Cocobolo will have a bit more clarity, and be a bit darker in tone, but both will satisfy the sound you are going for… European Spruce will be brighter than Sitka, but warmer than Adirondack, giving you more balance in the voicing.”
The resulting tone for my OMG is as dark, rich and balanced as I could of ever hoped for. They knew this tone was crucial to my wishes and they nailed it. I think much of this was accomplished with the bracing they carved & positioned to voice the guitar. I have to say, I’ve never heard an SCGC OMG or OM with such a dark lush voice, especially with high end sparkle.
– Paul –
Great comparison in the OP video. I enjoyed that post, thanks.
What I didn’t make clear in my post above was that I find that the strong dry fundamental tone on E-B-G comes through when playing SCGC mahogany with a flat pick & not fingers. I do like mahogany guitars, but I think I would need to discuss my expectations thoroughly on a custom order, or keep playing & searching for the “mahogany” I like.
Here’s my great SCGC OM German/EIR.
– Paul –
