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Elite 12 Strings?
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nosajwp |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 199 Location: Winston-Salem, NC | Which models of Elite 12 string had a cutaway? Are there any deep bowl Elite 12 strings? | ||
G8r |
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Joined: November 2006 Posts: 3969 | The 1858 is a SSB cutaway. I believe the only deep bowl Elite 12-ers (both full body) were the 1758, and my favorite, my 1538: | ||
WillaMuse |
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Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1433 Location: Right now? | WOW, G8r, that is one GORGEOUS guitar! ;) Willa | ||
Patch |
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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4221 Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | G8r, I want that elite to go with my 1537. What a pair they'd make! | ||
G8r |
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Joined: November 2006 Posts: 3969 | Originally posted by Patch: Sorry, Patch. She's already married to my 1537. G8r, I want that elite to go with my 1537. What a pair they'd make! Note: I've since replaced the tuner buttons on the 1538 with rosewood buttons from Temp, to match the 1537. Thanks, Willa! | ||
moody, p.i. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15654 Location: SoCal | How does a guy who looks like a Columbian drug load afford so many great guitars? Oh wait, I think I just answered my own question... | ||
dweezil |
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Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2336 Location: Brighty in Blighty | The 1758 is also a deep bowl... This gets me thinking what the difference between the 1758 and 1538? Is one considered to be "better" (i.e. better woods/better sounding) than the other. I know, I know, "better" is subjective but you know what I mean! HOPEFULLY. | ||
Old Man Arthur |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | "This gets me thinking what the difference between the 1758 and 1538?" :confused: 220! I believe that the 1538 has that floating fretboard end like the 1537... Don't know what the 1758 has. | ||
G8r |
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Joined: November 2006 Posts: 3969 | Originally posted by dweezil: Minor differences: higher-graded or better tap-tone top (especially the earliest ones), floating fretboard end, 5-piece wood binding. This gets me thinking what the difference between the 1758 and 1538? Is one considered to be "better" (i.e. better woods/better sounding) than the other. I know, I know, "better" is subjective but you know what I mean! HOPEFULLY. Major difference: lots of mojo poured into the 1537/1538 By mojo I mean intangibles, like the skill of the specific people who worked on these; their feeling of being part of something "special" in putting out a unique guitar (it was after all the first widely distributed wood-top with such a radical departure from the traditional soundhole); their desire to make these as close to a wood-top Adamas as possible (remind me to ask Beal if there were separate, competing teams building the Adamas and the early Elites); maybe a little extra "smoke" during break times (remember the era); etc. | ||
G8r |
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Joined: November 2006 Posts: 3969 | Originally posted by moody, p.i.: Now, Paul, you know I'd have to kill you if I told you... How does a guy who looks like a Columbian drug load afford so many great guitars? Oh wait, I think I just answered my own question... Given that I'm a researcher in pharmacology, you're not that far off. | ||
AlanM |
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Joined: April 2008 Posts: 1851 Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by moody, p.i.: Lol! How does a guy who looks like a Columbian drug load afford so many great guitars? Oh wait, I think I just answered my own question... "Drug load?" I'm just imagining the conversation... -- Who's that G8r guy? -- Ahhh, you know him...he's the one who looks like a kilo o'cocaine! (I know, I know...just a typo...but it's usually MY typoes that come out funny!) | ||
nosajwp |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 199 Location: Winston-Salem, NC | So...there aren't too many Elite 12'ers with a cutaway, huh? | ||
G8r |
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Joined: November 2006 Posts: 3969 | Very, very few people ever have need of a cutaway on a 12-string. Kinda like teats on a nun. | ||
2ifbyC |
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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6268 Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by AlanM: <undercover photo by the DEA, CIA, FBI, NSA, SPCA, PITA and the OFC... "Drug load?" But losing the 'stash has done wonders fer his git playin'! | ||
stonebobbo |
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Joined: August 2002 Posts: 8307 Location: Tennessee | I have a cutaway 12. And ever since I laid eyes on Sally Field, I have this thing for nuns, too. | ||
MusicMishka |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 5563 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Now we need to get down to the Black and White of the issue (or the -5 and -6 of the issue): | ||
MusicMishka |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 5563 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | But, here is a cutaway Elite 12: my former 1985C 12 2985: | ||
geneo |
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Joined: August 2009 Posts: 333 Location: east coast usa | mike that white 12 is gorgeous... WOW very nice | ||
geneo |
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Joined: August 2009 Posts: 333 Location: east coast usa | Has anyone ever came across a KOA top elite 12? | ||
Trader Jim |
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Joined: June 2006 Posts: 7307 Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by geneo: Geno, got a nice one in the for sale section with your name on it.mike that white 12 is gorgeous... WOW very nice | ||
geneo |
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Joined: August 2009 Posts: 333 Location: east coast usa | Originally posted by Trader Jim: sorry jim i just bought marks 12string pacemaker 1615.... gotta hold up for right now thanks though :)Originally posted by geneo: Geno, got a nice one in the for sale section with your name on it. mike that white 12 is gorgeous... WOW very nice | ||
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