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Post by Michael Messer on Dec 23, 2009 9:42:51 GMT
Hi Longtoothslim, Tell your daughter that she can borrow the 25% if she buys you a guitar, otherwise she can borrow 24%. That should work ;D I will announce the new models as soon as their delivery is imminent. .....after all this, I hope you like 'em Best wishes, Shine On Michael
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Post by longtoothslim on Dec 23, 2009 16:48:10 GMT
Hi Michael, I think she has as much cance of getting the money out of my piggy bank as I have of keeping the same tempo all through one of those "group grooves" at Pocklington !
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Post by wolvoboy on Dec 23, 2009 17:38:06 GMT
Hi all its great everyone guessing what the new MM guitars ar going to be, i think there is going to be a Triolian. wolvoboy
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Post by 1928triolian on Dec 23, 2009 21:26:37 GMT
One guessing for a wood body Triolian here!
Michael, if my guess is right, there will be a consistent discount for me? ;D
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Post by gouranga on Dec 28, 2009 20:02:53 GMT
Look how many have logged onto this thread..... Many very interested anxiously waiting blues souls waiting to find out what's comin and when. Great!!
Gouranga
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2010 18:50:46 GMT
any news yet?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2010 5:42:54 GMT
How about a reso uke?
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 9, 2010 10:12:30 GMT
The new models are taking longer than we expected. As soon as I have some news, don't worry, I won't keep it a secret!
Shine On Michael
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Post by snakehips on Jan 16, 2010 14:29:03 GMT
Hi Michael !
Will the new guitars have the headstock angled further back, like a vintage National ? That's the one thing only that really keeps back the vintage look of my Lightnin' (as I've already replaced the original tuners for the stewmac Golden Restoration tuners). The headstock on my Lightnin' looks too straight with the neck. I suppose a chunkier piece of wood is required to give the angled headstock OR having a join under the nut for an extra piece of wood (for the headstock) ?
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Post by Stevie on Jan 17, 2010 0:21:12 GMT
"The headstock on my Lightnin' looks too straight with the neck."
Deja-vu?
"Phew ! Some people are never happy ! Perhaps you should send your guitar back because it "doesn't sit comfortably" on your guitar stand.
Unbelievable !"
Touche.
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Post by gouranga on Jan 17, 2010 4:36:38 GMT
Does our Michael have a good reason why the headstock on the Lightnin is the way it is??? Our heads are in line with our necks,maybe we should also get sent back to the maker. Less tension on the strings perhaps?? Me no expert...
gouranga
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Post by snakehips on Jan 17, 2010 17:29:08 GMT
Hi again !
Steve/Stevie - keep your wig on, man !
Its only when you put a MM guitar next to a vintage National or even a NRP guitar, the headstock on my MM Lightnin' looks weird. Most acoustic guitars I have seen and ever owned had a back angle to the headstock.
It wasn't me who said the silly thing about a guitar not sitting comfortably on a guitar stand, by the way !
I'm actually quite happy with the guitar BUT was pointing out a factor that as well as cosmetically quite different (from side-profile) from a vintage National, there are other issues about this headstock angle. As Gouranga rightly pointed out, surely this would have an effect on string tension etc ?
With Michael's desire to get the spec of guitars as close as possible to vintage Nationals, I'd have thought by now that the headstock back angle thing must have been something he agonised over - the correct spec versus cost. My question was really - WAS this considered and could/will it be more vintage-correct for his latest batch/models of guitars ?
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 17, 2010 20:05:12 GMT
I have never claimed to be making replicas of 1930s National guitars. What I have said is that I have used the important elements to create a budget-priced guitar to give the player a 1930s feel, tone and look. I could create an MM replica of a 'real' National which would retail at a high price, but I am not really interested at this point in time in doing that.
I have now been playing my own MM Blues & Lightning guitars (I only have one of each) for around eighteen months. In addition to my own opinion about MM guitars I have read many reviews and owner's comments on forums, and I believe that we achieved what we set out to do. I spent 20 years watching brands appear and disappear that were all producing what I considered for the most part to be shiny junk. It is now possible to buy a good metal-bodied resophonic guitar at an affordable price.
Am I aware that the headstock angle is different to an original? > OF COURSE I AM!
Shine On Michael.
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Post by gouranga on Jan 17, 2010 20:23:54 GMT
Good on you Michael... Your work has pleased many and will please many more. For what my opinion is worth. You have a stock of happy heads here on the forum..
We're just awaitin them new beasties arrivals......
All the best
Gouranga
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Post by andys on Jan 17, 2010 20:34:49 GMT
I have a take on this which takes two forms 1) Having never really studied an old National, (and while not being anywhere near asexperienced as others on here, I have had the pleasure of playing a few) but I suppose the last thing I would notice is the headstock angle. I always regarded my own Busker MM guitar as being a reasonablt faithful reproduction rather than a replica anyway. 2) Heres another take. A steeper headstock angle would create a set of problems IMO. Firstly to make it out of a two pieces of timber would mean a weaker glue joint. To make a steeper head angle out of a single piece would be wasteful and expensive. Some 60s Gibsons were made with a steeper head angle, with serious implications for their future strength. How many of these guitars still exist without some kind of headstock repair? With a slotted headstock having a steeper angle would cause the strings to pull across each tuning machine, something that the headstock on my MM Blues avoids. Finally having a steeper headtock angle would mean that my MM wouldnt hang straight on a wall. Especially with a Dunlop capo attached to the end of it!!!
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