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Post by Quarterquay on May 19, 2016 18:11:58 GMT
I've been playing a Vintage Paul Brett 14 fret parlour for almost a year now. I made a very slight adjustment of around 1/2 a mil on the action as it was set just a little too low for slide though good for picking. Sounds good for both now, at least to my ears.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2016 18:21:33 GMT
I purchased this 1926 Gibson L1 about 12 years ago on eBay. It is the model with the flat top on an arched back body, either A or H braced. When I received it, it was setup with a nut riser, and appeared to have been played lap style since it was new. You will notice that the bridge is not compensated. I have played it bottleneck style and it is the best sounding acoustic for slide I have heard. Tight and compressed but loud and rings on with an airiness...
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Post by orbital on Jun 9, 2016 22:09:21 GMT
If you are in the UK, try Vintage Traditional Guitars for Harmony Stella Silvertone restorations. (no affilliation)
Orbital.
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Post by robbie on Jun 10, 2016 5:48:06 GMT
here is a curved ball for you to look at, I would never have imagined it but ...check out a guy called matt smith on you tube. its called matt smith gives a killer slide guitar lesson ( in two parts ) he uses an ovation 1778T elite ( made in the usa ) to great effect
regards
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Post by Ian McWee on Jun 10, 2016 7:45:01 GMT
Hi Robbie, Matt Smith is one of the 'big-hitters' in the U.S (great teacher!) and endorses a number of products ~ you'll probably find Matt is using the Ovation more for product placement than personal choice Slide On! Ian.
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Post by lonelyjelly on Jun 11, 2016 0:06:23 GMT
If you are in the UK, try Vintage Traditional Guitars for Harmony Stella Silvertone restorations. (no affilliation) Orbital. This looks pretty cool..Look at this on eBay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222143259555Not too clued up on prices with these and therefore not sure if it's a good price.
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Post by simonf on Jun 11, 2016 7:33:24 GMT
They can be fun, but I really wouldn't ever pay the best part of £500 for a bog standard 60s Harmony Stella. If you keep your eyes peeled you can pick them up for much less, especially if you import from the states (even with duty and shipping).
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Post by Dessery on Jun 11, 2016 9:50:25 GMT
Yea £479 is a lot of money for a 60s one, I've seen them for half that on many occasions.
I've been trying to sell a 30s Stella which imo is a much better guitar for less than he is selling that with no luck so I'm not sure that will sell any time soon. I stand to be corrected though of course.
All the best David
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Post by wezzywest on Jun 11, 2016 12:06:37 GMT
If you are in the UK, try Vintage Traditional Guitars for Harmony Stella Silvertone restorations. (no affilliation) Orbital. Thanks for the link, I have checked this out but the nut width of 41mm is way to narrow for me. Thanks again.
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Post by orbital on Jun 12, 2016 18:50:08 GMT
The one on eBay is a smaller version of the normal size Stella..most have a nut width of 44.5. They aren't cheap but these guitars have nearly all had major restoration work done so I guess you are paying as much for that as anything else. There is clearly a market for the Harmony Stella Silvertone Regal range of guitars. They have a certain 'mojo' and being mostly all solid birch & ladder braced, they have that old time blues sound that I haven't found in any modern parlour guitars. I'm sure you could find one of these on eBay etc a lot cheaper but you will be lucky to find one that doesn't need the neck/heel or bridge re-setting or some kind of fretboard levelling. YMMV
Orbital.
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Post by mississippiblue on Jun 12, 2016 20:13:33 GMT
orbital69, Excellent post. The old ladder braced guitars certainly have a definite "mojo".
Take Care,, MississippiBlue
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Post by 5slide on Jun 16, 2016 8:31:15 GMT
Just thought of one I haven't mentioned, my 30's archtop. It's made by Harmony but has Rex on the headstock. I installed an acoustic K&K pickup and it sounds great both unplugged and amped. I use it mainly for open G, think early Muddy Waters, can't be satisfied etc. Just thought I'd mention it as they can work really well for acoustic slide.
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Aug 8, 2016 9:24:20 GMT
Who's a lucky boy, then? For my birthday my wife bought (I admit with my help) a Kay Mastersize Flat Top Jumbo in superb, lightly refurbed condition. From what I can determine it is an early 1960s ladder braced, plywood model with a floating bridge and tailpiece. It is huge - 17 1/4" bottom bout, 43" overall length - and sounds big but the Martin light gauge strings that it came with are tight as a tight thing (Tampa Red and Georgia Tom would be proud) tuned D or G and the action is a bit high for slide and fingerstyle together. Now I've discovered that the scale length is near as dammit to 26" - Aha! that explains a bit! So I've got a set of Newtone Heritage 11s strings organized and an old low Regal flat top adjustable bridge which could give me about 3/32" wiggle room, too. The rest of the family also gave me a small amount of cash money which allowed me to buy an old Hofner sound hole pick up which will be fitted accordingly. Tuned to open C, as it is at the moment so's I can play it, it sounds wonderful. It'll be known as Bertha. Any other suggestions regarding set up would be welcomed. So I am a lucky old man, ain't I?
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Oct 6, 2016 17:12:34 GMT
Picked up a lovely little 30s Regal original parlour guitar in great nick from t'bay a few weeks ago. All it needed was a neck set which has been done by Mike Savage in King's Lynn - great job and is now very playable, both fingerpicking and slide, and sounds lovely. He has a few nice parlours of different types for sale if anyone is interested. No affliations, just giving you all a heads up. (Michael - if you consider this as advertising feel free to delete, I won't be offended. Just sharing info.)
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Post by pascal on Oct 6, 2016 19:48:56 GMT
MAHOGANY! sides and top, could be the top too, very cheap and true sound! (BTW I had the chance to have been playing a 00-18 previously owned by Ry Cooder this week, The guitar in question is the one recorded in the 1969 "Police dog blues". wonderful) I really don't care about the new "statement" X-brace or H...) But it's me.
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