HeyMikey
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NGD: Doyle Dykes DD6 MCE
This one has been high on my want list for a while now. It was quite unexpected. It popped up about a month ago. I contacted the seller with questions but it was sold almost immediately. A couple weeks ago he contacted me that the sale fell through. Long story short, as GAD would say.... "Mine".
Having owned a tiger maple Gibson ES-347 for a long time I missed the beauty of a nice maple guitar. The wood that New Hartford chose for this run is nothing short of amazing. The workmanship is second to none. The beautiful quilt, perfect top, ebony fretboard and bridge, abalone, unique fret markers… all terrific. The golden color tone on the top is really warm and pleasing to look at. I love the 1.80 neck width and slim profile - so easy to play. And who doesn’t love that Florentine cutaway? The neck angle is great with a low action. There was quite a lot of buzzing when I got it, but it was also dead flat, so a quick tweak of the truss rod and it is now perfect. Perhaps that’s why the deal fell through – who knows?
The tone is pure maple - more prominent on the high and mids than lows as you would expect. The string-to-string balance is very good. She rings like a bell and has nice sustain. It is a MUCH better guitar than I am a player that is without a doubt.
There really isn’t anything bad I can say about this guitar. It is very nice to have maple in the mix again - and with a wide neck! Now to find the rosewood version…
This one has been high on my want list for a while now. It was quite unexpected. It popped up about a month ago. I contacted the seller with questions but it was sold almost immediately. A couple weeks ago he contacted me that the sale fell through. Long story short, as GAD would say.... "Mine".
Having owned a tiger maple Gibson ES-347 for a long time I missed the beauty of a nice maple guitar. The wood that New Hartford chose for this run is nothing short of amazing. The workmanship is second to none. The beautiful quilt, perfect top, ebony fretboard and bridge, abalone, unique fret markers… all terrific. The golden color tone on the top is really warm and pleasing to look at. I love the 1.80 neck width and slim profile - so easy to play. And who doesn’t love that Florentine cutaway? The neck angle is great with a low action. There was quite a lot of buzzing when I got it, but it was also dead flat, so a quick tweak of the truss rod and it is now perfect. Perhaps that’s why the deal fell through – who knows?
The tone is pure maple - more prominent on the high and mids than lows as you would expect. The string-to-string balance is very good. She rings like a bell and has nice sustain. It is a MUCH better guitar than I am a player that is without a doubt.
There really isn’t anything bad I can say about this guitar. It is very nice to have maple in the mix again - and with a wide neck! Now to find the rosewood version…