Post by brucer on Jul 2, 2023 17:59:15 GMT
Day two with the Lightning.
It is a great guitar there is no disputing this.
Alternating between the Lightning and the Fiddle Edge they have far more in common than I thought they would tone-wise. Is this due to the cones? Which brings me to a question - Michael can you tell me more about the cones that you use, I read somewhere they are hand spun, are these cones made for you, or are they bought in? If the latter where from?
The playability is very similar between the two guitars which makes it easy to swap from one to the other. Odd but when tuning them both to the same key it makes it easy to forget which one I am playing despite; the different neck length, the .5mm difference in string height (I prefer the higher action but the lower one does not cause any problems), one having been played in a bit, one having Martin Nickel plated strings and the other the Newtone Phosphor bronze strings it arrived with.
So in many ways, they are like siblings, albeit with very distinct traits. I did have two Jorge de Zofia custom built guitars made about a year apart with different tone woods and scale length which shared that same feeling that while not twins were very closely related.
The interchangeability of closely related guitars if a superb quality in my opinion. Easy for the hands to go to the same places on autopilot but find a different sound. In other words you can play the same notes on either instrument yet effortlessly pull out different qualities from each.
The main point of posting this, is to understand the significance of the cone manufacturer. I have a guitar that may benefit from a new cone and am wondering what to replace the existing one with.
Best
Bruce
It is a great guitar there is no disputing this.
Alternating between the Lightning and the Fiddle Edge they have far more in common than I thought they would tone-wise. Is this due to the cones? Which brings me to a question - Michael can you tell me more about the cones that you use, I read somewhere they are hand spun, are these cones made for you, or are they bought in? If the latter where from?
The playability is very similar between the two guitars which makes it easy to swap from one to the other. Odd but when tuning them both to the same key it makes it easy to forget which one I am playing despite; the different neck length, the .5mm difference in string height (I prefer the higher action but the lower one does not cause any problems), one having been played in a bit, one having Martin Nickel plated strings and the other the Newtone Phosphor bronze strings it arrived with.
So in many ways, they are like siblings, albeit with very distinct traits. I did have two Jorge de Zofia custom built guitars made about a year apart with different tone woods and scale length which shared that same feeling that while not twins were very closely related.
The interchangeability of closely related guitars if a superb quality in my opinion. Easy for the hands to go to the same places on autopilot but find a different sound. In other words you can play the same notes on either instrument yet effortlessly pull out different qualities from each.
The main point of posting this, is to understand the significance of the cone manufacturer. I have a guitar that may benefit from a new cone and am wondering what to replace the existing one with.
Best
Bruce