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I played it today and sent you a PM. I also got to play THE Nick Lucas that Richard used as the basis for the H-13 model. The original is stunning beyond words but #666 is a guitar that is on another plane, and it’s 1/5 the price of the Lucas, too much fun for me
From the mothership
Physics first, as always!
The mass of the neck affects how much of the string energy “chimneys” up the neck or not,
A light weight neck becomes an integral part of the guitar’s resonance producing a more open and airy presence.
This is desirable in some styles of playing and complimentary to certain repertoires. It can be achieved with a slotted peghead, open back tuners, lower density neck wood and even reducing neck mass through joining it to the body at the 12th vs. 14th fret.A “heavy” neck blocks string energy from being “lost” by limiting it from entering the neck allowing more of the guitar’s volume to be projected from the top and sound hole. This give the player the advantage of focus and enhanced projection if they want to cut through in an ensemble and be heard further away.
One would likely choose a lighter necked, 12 fret, slotted peghead, open geared, smaller body in an intimate venue for singer songwriter vocal accompaniment. The player who wants to cut through other instruments while showcasing single note virtuosity may choose a jazz style guitar with a heavy maple neck, big solid peghead and weightier enclosed tuners.
It is the combination of all these things that make the perceptible change between the two. It would be a pretty subtle difference in two otherwise identical guitars if the only variable was a solid vs slotted peghead. In this case I would suggest the decision should be based on cosmetic preference, rather than sound.
All the best,
Richard.4 on the floor with a grind for reverse, Richard talked about what a thrill is was to lock up the breaks on the freeway
Thanks Matt…..what he has there is maybe a 2K National, maybe 1500 with that work needed, it goes to Mark in Pismo Beach, his prices for those repairs are between 1000-1500 and the wait time is about 3 months…..thanks for checking
That’s what I understood from Will, unless the order card showed some customers special request it would be the same as a standard TR
Word from Will is that it was a Standard braced TR. Which stimulates the thought of a podcast on Bracing with Richard, great suggestion, let’s see what we can do!
NMPicker,
if you want to share the serial number, we’ll get the bracing masters on it and give you and answer
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