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Post by Andymccann on Mar 4, 2020 18:32:45 GMT
There’s an all mahogany 14 fret 00 from Paul Brett. It’s fairly incredible for £100 and I’ve sung its praises in the past but it is a budget guitar obviously
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Post by tallsailor on Mar 4, 2020 21:11:15 GMT
There’s an all mahogany 14 fret 00 from Paul Brett. It’s fairly incredible for £100 and I’ve sung its praises in the past but it is a budget guitar obviously Yes, great value, I'm sure, although tbf my little Gretsch is a nice budget model, so I'm after something a little (or a lot) better. |
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Post by tallsailor on Mar 4, 2020 21:14:50 GMT
For that style of music if you want the old sound you need a ladder braced guitar. However, the player is more important than the guitar so, yes a small bodied instrument. 12 frets have a fuller sound. For the cost of a Waterloo or Atkin you could get a pre war Stella from dealer even if you add import charges and still have change. And now I've just seen that Kalamazoo on the other thread. Not easy, this!  |
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Post by coach on Mar 4, 2020 21:40:41 GMT
There’s an all mahogany 14 fret 00 from Paul Brett. It’s fairly incredible for £100 and I’ve sung its praises in the past but it is a budget guitar obviously If you like a 43mm nut then it's an easier and cheaper life! |
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Post by slide496 on Mar 4, 2020 22:24:35 GMT
There’s an all mahogany 14 fret 00 from Paul Brett. It’s fairly incredible for £100 and I’ve sung its praises in the past but it is a budget guitar obviously I have one and love it if you are referring to the WhiskeySour, it's a dreadnaught size, 4 1/2 depth and parlor shaped. By far the easiest I've played for fingerpicking style and making chords. I was going to return it because of the size and then my second mind said wait a minute - you can actually play this out of the box, the action is low, it's Great to learn on. Does not work for me for slide the way it is set up. Harriet |
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Post by jono1uk on Mar 4, 2020 22:54:06 GMT
Tallsailor ..if you want something Authentic ...wouldn't that need to be Laminate? old parlour's like KG 14 aren't solid are they?
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Post by Andymccann on Mar 4, 2020 23:08:52 GMT
Tallsailor ..if you want something Authentic ...wouldn't that need to be Laminate? old parlour's like KG 14 aren't solid are they? Kalamazoo’s are solid. Even Harmonys until the 70s were solid. All the Chicago cheap stuff was solid and jointed with hide glue. You can tell because it runs out of all the joints.... they weren’t big on clean-up. Save for the Gibson stuff like the Kalamazoo which were far better in construction |
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Post by jono1uk on Mar 5, 2020 6:27:22 GMT
right ..didn't know that, thought they were cheap plywood type guitars..
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Post by Andymccann on Mar 5, 2020 12:59:03 GMT
There’s an all mahogany 14 fret 00 from Paul Brett. It’s fairly incredible for £100 and I’ve sung its praises in the past but it is a budget guitar obviously I have one and love it if you are referring to the WhiskeySour, it's a dreadnaught size, 4 1/2 depth and parlor shaped. By far the easiest I've played for fingerpicking style and making chords. I was going to return it because of the size and then my second mind said wait a minute - you can actually play this out of the box, the action is low, it's Great to learn on. Does not work for me for slide the way it is set up. Harriet Yes the Whiskey sour. They do a 0 (or00) 000 and dreadnaught. I prefer the 000 by 2 miles |
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Post by blueshome on Mar 5, 2020 13:02:23 GMT
Tallsailor ..if you want something Authentic ...wouldn't that need to be Laminate? old parlour's like KG 14 aren't solid are they? No, there are solid as are most of the pre-war parlours. |
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Post by slide496 on Mar 5, 2020 17:32:44 GMT
I have one and love it if you are referring to the WhiskeySour, it's a dreadnaught size, 4 1/2 depth and parlor shaped. By far the easiest I've played for fingerpicking style and making chords. I was going to return it because of the size and then my second mind said wait a minute - you can actually play this out of the box, the action is low, it's Great to learn on. Does not work for me for slide the way it is set up. Harriet Yes the Whiskey sour. They do a 0 (or00) 000 and dreadnaught. I prefer the 000 by 2 miles Andymcann - I have what they call the all mahoghany parlor V88oWK vintageguitarsus.com/acoustic-signature-details/ but it's not small like my parlor harmony stellas, silvertones, kay etc. It's shaped like a parlor. The body without the freboard and headstock is is about 19 1/2" and it's about 4 1/2" deep. Google says the dreadnaught body size is about 20". I think the models on Waterloo run about 19 1/4" on the body, 4 1/4" on depth and are not being advertised as parlors. |
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Post by ken1953clark on Mar 5, 2020 17:33:39 GMT
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Post by slide496 on Mar 5, 2020 17:41:39 GMT
And those are grand concert and concert sized instruments - I'm thinking the term parlor might refer to shape within a certain size range |
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Post by lacerta on Mar 5, 2020 17:51:58 GMT
playcountryblues.com/guitars-for-sale/ [/quote]And those are grand concert and concert sized instruments - I'm thinking the term parlor might refer to shape within a certain size range [/quote] I think there is a lot of misunderstanding about what a parlour guitar is. I would say it's anything with a lower bout of 12 1/2" or less. But it seems to now be used for any guitar 00 sized or smaller.
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Post by tallsailor on Mar 5, 2020 21:02:45 GMT
I think there is a lot of misunderstanding about what a parlour guitar is. I would say it's anything with a lower bout of 12 1/2" or less. But it seems to now be used for any guitar 00 sized or smaller. That's right. I don't mind the 00, but my Gretsch is 13", which is really comfortable. I'd like to find something that size ideally, but there aren't too many being made these days, it seems. |
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