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beautifully done – all aspects – mic-ing, playing, shooting. although i could hear slight differences, i couldn’t pick one as preferred. but i was MUCH more interested in how they woud be presented. you did a beautiful job of demonstrating these instruments. very few demos, even by some of the better shops, often don’t record in a tasteful manner to my ear… so i can really get a sense of the instrument. just a great job, Larry, thank!
i only know who was voicing scgc tops before 2015. whoever it is, it’s likely the voicer of your 2020.
on h13- me too. had a custom made about the time of the custom cowboy. premium materials. sold it shortly thereafter. of all the instruments scgc makes, the one that stands out for my style is the tony pro. and i’ve had em all, just about. but the Tony Pro!:)
well, again i am not alowed to edit… don’t know why this site is so tempermental. anyway, i know, i know: it’s Acoustic Guitar (singular) and “be given so little space.” should have added at the end – “my opinon only” 🙂
respectfully, and in the interest of trying to finally satisfy myself after all these years since the “parabolic tension” strings have been available, please, someone at SCGC – show me the parabola (and, for that matter, the tensions)! (or even a reasonable facsimile thereof):) as a mathematician, AND OCD, for the life of me i have never been able to find the parabola. During this time, thinking it was just a marketing term and had no basis in reality, I let it rest. with this wonderful hour-long podcast, however, I find an opportunity to finally try to ask again why they are called parabolic-tension strings (i use and love both the mid and low tension strings, btw:)) now, i am using the tensions that Carolyn published quite a while ago; there is no way I can find that those tensions will give the appearance of a parabola when plotted against 1-6 (representing eadgbe), the frequencies, or the log of the frequencies. my only thought is that the tensions are not correct. these are the tensions that she published back then, I assume for a 25.4-in. scale. (perhaps an update would be helpful?) any input will help me sleep better at night!:) thanks.
Low tension:
.012, .016, .023, .032, .044, .056
GAUGE – TENSION in pounds
.012 – 20
.016 – 22.5
.023- 27.9
.032 – 30.5
.044—28
.056 – 27
Total tension – 156 lbsMid tension:
.013, .0165, .024, .033, .045, .056
GAUGE – TENSION in pounds
.013 – 22.5
.0165 – 24
.024 – 28.5
.033 – 28.5
.045 – 32.5
.056 – 27
Total tension – 163 lbsi just edited the above post, hit submit and it disappeared, including the ability to edit again. that’s the second time that has happened in a month. could be my browser, but i don’t have the energy to investigate further.:) i Do appreciate the moderators’ job, though. given all they have to put up with entities outside us-guys!
i had the same problem. my most recent above-posts with pics needed approval and were posted before 12 hours were up. month or so ago, i had one that never showed up at all.
Set for John Slobod 00-. rereading a note from John, African Blackwood is sawn up in Africa, so no flitched sets… the luthier has to match.
