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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | :D :D :cool: :cool: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :D :D |
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Location: South of most, North of few | OK, I'll bite. Is this the new Collings?? Or did you buy a Froggy Bottom? |
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Location: big island | you bought an FRG stephen? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Pictures man, we need pictures!! |
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Location: big island | froggy bottom, i'm sure. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That would be my guess. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | FROG=Factory Reconditioned Ovation Guitar? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Doubtful Stephen would be excited about one of those. I'm going with the FB |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I've become interested in Huss&Dulton. Made just over an hour down the road from here... they're getting all kinds of praise...
Let us know whatcha think of the FB |
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Location: big island | yup, froggy bottoms are known for their scrimshaws |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | I hope that picture doesn't mean you went to PetLand for your frog.EEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | You bought the top half of a butter dish? |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Very Nice Stephen: Froggy's are the best! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | 
12 Fret Cutaway with Adirondack Top |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | This is what's kinda cool. Never had one before!
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Solid Walnut Back and Sides |
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Location: big island | the walnut appears almost like koa in these rather dark pics. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by lanaki:
KOA! NOPE! Solid Walnut |
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Location: big island | is that "claro" walnut, stephen? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Only got to play it for about 10 minutes before I had to go back to work but this one is gonna be special.
12 Fret to the body cutaway. Feels like an OM and initially the sound while fingerpickin was to die for.
Looking forward to getting into this one a bit more later tonight! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by lanaki:
is that "claro" walnut, stephen? Bastogne Walnut |
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Location: Cincinnati | 12 fret cutaway. That's sweet! |
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Location: closely held secret | THET'S PURDY, STEPHEN!
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Location: Jet City | whoa!
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Location: South of most, North of few | No slot head!!!??
Sorry, Stephen, that is a beauty, and judging from all the comments I've heard on Froggy's, I bet it does sound good. Maybe someday I'll get to play one. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I'll bet the craftsmanship on this beauty is superb. Great going, Stephen. Now, where did I put my crumb catcher . . . |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Check the other listing Brad....got 3 available and one of them actually can be plugged in |
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| Beautiful - perfect proportions. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | TJ, make it out to Denver and you can play all of mine.....not to mention the 40+ that Brad has (assuming he would let you ;) ) ! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Thanks Clive. Make Jeff bring you over next time you are in the states! |
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| Who says there'll be a next time? You can't make me. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Nice looking, how does it sound? |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Other listing???? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | located in "the short list" topic |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
how does it sound? Well now I have put about an hour of play time on it and decided to compare it to my other D-naughts, the TAK 45th full body and the Bourgeois D-Slope cutaway.
Fingerpicking
Frog 10+
Bourgeois 8.5
Tak 45th 8.0
Flatpicking
Frog 9.0
Bourgeois 10+
Tak 45th 8.5
Cowboy Chords
Frog 9.0
Bourgeois 8.5
Tak 45th 9.0
All 3 of these guitars sound significantly different but each is astounding in its own way.
The walnut sides of the Frog give it a full rich sound that really lets the bottom sing with a clarity that is unusual to my ears. The top end is clear but not bright.
The Bourgeois is a flatpickers delight. Incredibly low action for an acoustic and every note is clean and pure and resonates to no end. For chording it is bright and clear and almost chimes like a 12 string. Very impressive.
The Tak 45th is just an all around powerhouse. It doesn't excel or dominate in any of the areas but is always in the mix and just a smidgen below the best that the others have to offer.
I can now happily sell off the Taylor DDSM, the Martin 000-28NB and eventually the Collings C-10 Deep Body (to be replaced by the Collings OM) and die a contented and smug old man!
If any of you guys pass through the Rockies, please stop by and do a bit of pickin and grinin! |
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Location: East Tennessee | The beauty of understated elegance. :cool: |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | How does it sound plugged in?
I noticed you didn't do that comparison of the three. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
How does it sound plugged in?
Ha ha ha......real guitars don't plug in.
About 1/2 my guitars plug in and the other 1/2 don't so I am covered. Plus if I am concerned with a beating, the trusty Adamii ALWAYS fill the Beal ;) . |
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The Frog has landed