A little bit of love for the Acoustic

[Simon Barden]

Yes, the Tak plays like butter, just wish it had a slightly better acoustic voice. But the anti-feedback stiffer construction does leave it lacking slightly there. It's not bad, just a little 'polite'.

[FrankenWashie]

Yes, the Tak plays like butter, just wish it had a slightly better acoustic voice. But the anti-feedback stiffer construction does leave it lacking slightly there. It's not bad, just a little 'polite'.

I have the opposite problem with my EN20, it booms probably due to the jumbo body construction, though it is acoustic electric though I’ve never really used it that way.

[JohnH]

Just found this old photo of the junk shop guitar I fixed up for my wife. I think it's a Canora brand, but I'll have to double check. It was $12, and a lot of work lol. It's had two new bridges since then, and two new nuts. It's almost right, but I'm still getting better at these things. I quite like it though - parlour size, silver wound strings, very twangy.

[chrissyinbkk]

Got myself an Epiphone pro 1 to learn to actually play a guitar early last year and is the one i take to the lessons... even though bought brand new the action was horrendously high so had it set up properly, even the tutor thinks its a good guitar now.

Then tonight we have bought an unseen Takamine 335 off Ebay..... we shall see when that arrives.... apparently originally bought in NZ circa 1995....

[FrankenWashie]

Very nice John, lovely looking bit of gear. I like your mandolins as well.

[FrankenWashie]

Got myself an Epiphone pro 1 to learn to actually play a guitar early last year and is the one i take to the lessons... even though bought brand new the action was horrendously high so had it set up properly, even the tutor thinks its a good guitar now.

Then tonight we have bought an unseen Takamine 335 off Ebay..... we shall see when that arrives.... apparently originally bought in NZ circa 1995....

Is that a G355SC 12 string Chrissy?

[chrissyinbkk]

Don't know about the "SC" but it is 12 string Frankie yes

[JohnH]

Very nice John, lovely looking bit of gear. I like your mandolins as well.

Thanks FW. I’m quite proud of the reverse scroll mandolin - I saved it from the skip, and it had no fretboard, no tuners, varnish was falling off all over the place. It was only the second instrument I ever repaired, and there are an awful lot of mistakes in there, but it works again and it looks ok.

My wife’s guitar was a similar amount of work - new fretboard, new stain, new tuners, new tailpiece, etc. I just found all the photos I took of the process, so maybe I’ll make a build diary.