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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | A-braced, center hole, deep bowl . . . that includes the Legend Ltd, and all the more reason why these originals are a terrific bargain for the money. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I've heard that the adirondack spruce is superior to the sitka. I've only played sitka so I don't know first hand. I do know that the adirondack tops are pretty scarce. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | tight grain Adirondack is hard to come by. |
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| A lot of the very best ($7,000 for a "student" model) classical builders in Spain always state that their tops are either "Romanian spruce" or "American Western Red Cedar".
I've never come across a flattop or archtop builder who ever said other than "European" spruce. What makes Romanian spruce so special I have no idea.
At one time Hofner stated that their top of the range classical was made with Black Forest spruce, but they don't always do that any longer. |
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Location: Maine | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
I don't know. I thought the Anniversary was the first to use the A but it could have been custom legends. It was probably developed for the CL and maybe used first on the Anniv.
Rickard was at Ovation and in charge of the development when the A brace came out. I don't recall if he was driving or riding shotgun at the time. Ok.. here's some more reading which you may get a kick out of..
There are some pretty cool references to various guitar models,projects and artists within the memos. I hope you enjoy.. Talbot
Album Page Link : A-Braced Guitars
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Location: SoCal | Boy reading thru all that material was facinating. But it also brings up questions, specifically, the Glen Campbell model with the special bracing... what's the story on that?
I suspect that these memos are going to raise more questions than they answer, but I love reading them! |
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A bracing -- who's idea?
