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Would you believe we ran out of tape? Got to the end of the cylinder?
We did get back to Richard and got a second part in the can, but it’ll be a while before it gets all edited (lots more ums, ahhs, and coughs in this one)
It is really wonderful to get Richard talking about something he loves and is so incredibly knowledgable about – trying to make it sound like I can come up with an intelligent intro for him to start from, well . . . But the idea of scientific knowledge combined with a huge amount of hands on experience, thats a conversation I’m excited to be part of. I think we’ll have more on materials –
I love looking – but I have to be really careful, ‘cause there are so many great things available, and I have a very hard time keeping my credit card in my pocket –
Yes! Raid away! We’re gigging Sat night, and I have friends playing in Sebastapol Sun afternoon, but sat all day and Sun morn are open –
we can do warehouse where the amps and road-warrior guitars and fun power tools are – or come by the house and we can pull out the “presscioussssess” –
I was invited to a very nice dinner at the Fretboard Journal summit down at Rancho Bernardo a couple years back. Richard Hoover and crew, and a nice young man named Andy Powers who I had almost no idea who he was –
now I know –
The gators are comatose and the iguanas are falling out of the trees….
Somehow, it feels like I need to fit that into a song –
Would love to see you if you find yourself with free time in Berkeley or Oakland – just gimme a call!
Cocobolo – that’s gonna really sharpen up the sound, so sitka isn’t a bad way to go on top. I haven’t spent any serious time comparing pins and saddles, but have tried a few strings and alotta picks. I rarely hear things that are “bad”, but it is fun to hear the differences these things seem to make. Maybe I’m just not picky enough, but a good guitar is gonna generally be a good guitar regardless –
Wow – thats hard to imagine – peaceful and touching, but had to be difficult on everyone else on stage, and pretty shocking to the audience. But that would be my ideal, to pass peacefully with my guitar in hand –
That El Rey 4 is a very interesting guitar to me – I have a very nice american Fender Strat, but no matter how hard I try, the narrow nut I just can’t handle –
I love the Archtop guitar site – in their archives is a Santa Cruz archtop – I looked at one a few years back, but didn’t have the scratch to buy it, but shoulda taken a loan –
The Harmony Patrician seems to have had SO many design variations, you could probably have a couple dozen of them with no 2 alike! I’m not gonna pursue these – but if someone sticks one in my hands and all it really needs is a new set of strings and tuning up, well – maybe – but my wife was definitely not happy to see these, so I need to keep that in mind –
Yeah – I have to agree – I think you need a better mic, right up close to the guitar, to really be able to hear anything. I don’t really care about the video, but the audio needs to be a whole lot better to really make this a worthwhile comparison –
Hey Jeff – great post! I have to say, if there were a simple and inexpensive way to make a major improvement in the tone of a SC, Richard would have done it before it left the shop. But, there are small changes that can really tweak the tone – strings, pick, pins, saddle, and ultimately – technique. It’s hard to really know what each little change will produce, especially if its a new(er) guitar, and is still opening up itself. Having just gotten my first truly new SC, I am becoming very aware of just how much they change – from the minute you pick it up, to even now, just a few weeks later – plus, I’m still really listening to it, and getting to know it – I’m not very “quick” when it comes to these things –
Bit it sounds like you (Ac. Soul) have a good ear for these things – and also have some very strong desires in terms of tone and response. I’d just be concerned about trying too many things – changing too many things – its an equation with too many variables. Especially when the results are so very nuanced, and very subjective. And even worse, the results are very personal – we do not have a simple and accurate way to document and quantify any of it, that can be shared and evaluated. I think some of these choices we each have to hear and evaluate for ourselves, on our own guitar.
I can’t imagine trying to evaluate a whole bunch of changes – I’m still evaluating how my guitar sounds in different rooms – just trying different strings, with different picks, would be more than enough of a challenge for me –
I have some respect for Mr Colosi, but I have a hard time understanding how one distinguishes “pre-ban” elephant ivory from tusks taken by poachers and smugglers maybe just a few months ago. I have no problem with the material being used and enjoyed, especially on historical and restored objects, but its another thing entirely to continue making a living selling it for general use, and thereby potentially adding to demand for it.
I am in NO WAY suggesting that Bob Colosi has anything whatsoever to do with the illegal trade, or knows anything about it, or has any influence over it, or anything even vaguely like that. But I do have a hard time with it continuing to be recommended and pursued –
