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Post by Keith Ambridge on Jul 20, 2012 22:50:21 GMT
I've just pulled this from the sales page of a big company!
"which is hand-spun in Eastern Europe from nearly 99 percent pure aluminium".
Surely pure aluminium is 100%? And, if it's nearly 99%, why not just say 97 or 98%.
I wasn't going to name the company but, it proves Gretsch isn't American cos they spell aluminium properly!!!!!!!!!
Seriously now, does anyone know the difference between a 500 pounds and a 1,600 pounds electromatic (sorry no quid sign on my keyboard)!
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Post by pete1951 on Jul 21, 2012 19:42:37 GMT
`Special aluminium alloy` would also sound better PT PS: the main difference between the 2 guitars is£1100
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Post by Stevie on Jul 21, 2012 19:50:52 GMT
100% pure aluminium is next to useless for most applications because it's so soft. That's why we nearly always encounter alloys. I used to use "black ally" rivets to fill and then blend in unwanted holes because being so soft, the unfilled rivet would blend in long before the parent material became abraded too. I bet that even they weren't pure aluminium, but they sure felt like it compared to the others (such as monel- really hard)
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Post by mitchfit on Jul 22, 2012 19:26:28 GMT
..."100% pure aluminium is next to useless for most applications because it's so so soft"...
what Stevie said!
plus the cost of a pure aluminum/aluminium cone would surely exceed the price of the entire instrument!!
very spendy material.
mitchfit
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Post by Steverb on Jul 22, 2012 20:04:27 GMT
Seriously now, does anyone know the difference between a 500 pounds and a 1,600 pounds electromatic (sorry no quid sign on my keyboard)! As far as I know there are no Gretsch Electromatics that cost £1600. The Electromatics are Chinese made and generally cost £400-600. The higher priced models are the Professional Series (eg 6120, Anniversary, Country Club, Tennessean etc) which are made in Japan. The professional series guitars have better build quality, higher spec finish & trim (eg nitro lacquer instead of poly varnish), much better pickups, wiring looms etc. Having said that, the Electromatics are very fine guitars for the price and can be easily upgraded with better pickups. Go to gretschpages.com/ for more info - definitely up there with this august forum as one of the most friendly & informative instrument sites on the web. You will see that there is a large, enthusiastic and very helpful community of Electromatic owners on there. Steve
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Post by Keith Ambridge on Jul 23, 2012 20:22:13 GMT
Understood, and thanks for that "Steverb".
Keith.
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