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capnjuan said:
Kinda affects a lotta things :roll: hence the old saying - drink heightens the desire but ruins the performance :mrgreen:
My Bird across the Ocean
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Kinda affects a lotta things :roll: hence the old saying - drink heightens the desire but ruins the performance :mrgreen:
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capnjuan said:
Kinda affects a lotta things :roll: hence the old saying - drink heightens the desire but ruins the performance :mrgreen:
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West R Lee said:Click on the link in my signature.......hold your ears.
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Hey Jim - kinda worried here - I clicked on your member profile link and it told me only mature people over 18 can enter (well, I'm over 18 but not sure about the 'mature' bit) - now usually sites with that kinda warning - well - you know......
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Hey Jim - kinda worried here - I clicked on your member profile link and it told me only mature people over 18 can enter (well, I'm over 18 but not sure about the 'mature' bit) - now usually sites with that kinda warning - well - you know......
West R Lee
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Click on the highlighted blue link at the bottom of this post Jerry, tell me how that works?West
West R Lee
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Click on the highlighted blue link at the bottom of this post Jerry, tell me how that works?West
Janpeter
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Dear Guild-family;
the bird has arrived safely on both the four wings - hold me tight; it really rings out heavenly and it's exhilarating playing! Yes! I want to thank Jon and Sharon from Naples/Florida music store for this great opportunity!
My wife was angry before the UPS-service, actually a ladie and blondee, came; then she even sounded in this great voice - and she is looking for an electric Guild; thus the Bordeaux really helped a lot besides the sound of my new bird, the JF 65! - Ever again, I'd never change it in!
Tonight it's fairly late - according to the kind advice of West R Lee and Coastie I will try to enter a photo here tomorrow! Thanks one more time!
Jan-Peter
the bird has arrived safely on both the four wings - hold me tight; it really rings out heavenly and it's exhilarating playing! Yes! I want to thank Jon and Sharon from Naples/Florida music store for this great opportunity!
My wife was angry before the UPS-service, actually a ladie and blondee, came; then she even sounded in this great voice - and she is looking for an electric Guild; thus the Bordeaux really helped a lot besides the sound of my new bird, the JF 65! - Ever again, I'd never change it in!
Tonight it's fairly late - according to the kind advice of West R Lee and Coastie I will try to enter a photo here tomorrow! Thanks one more time!
Jan-Peter
Janpeter
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Hi, Guild'ies -
Now, here I am - trying to enter the first photo:
http://s454.photobucket.com/albums/qq27 ... Jan-Peter/
mind you, we had some of the Bordeaux drunk already!
Jan-Peter
Now, here I am - trying to enter the first photo:
http://s454.photobucket.com/albums/qq27 ... Jan-Peter/
mind you, we had some of the Bordeaux drunk already!
Jan-Peter
coastie99
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Well done Janpeter...... and what a very handsome beast you are.
If you hit IMGcode at Photobucket, your photo's will appear with your message....... open another bottle of wine and give it a try !
If you hit IMGcode at Photobucket, your photo's will appear with your message....... open another bottle of wine and give it a try !
West R Lee
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Nice shot Jan-Peter, and a very nice guitar. Give hera few days and she'll really grow on you.
West
West
Recky
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Hey Janpeter,
your facial expression in the picture is one of bliss! A proud father, eh?
That guitar looks absolutely stunning, I have to say. Congrats!
My F-50 hasn't arrived yet; it's being shipped through USPS - they seem to be a bit slower than UPS. I hope it's still in one piece...
Cheers,
Recky
your facial expression in the picture is one of bliss! A proud father, eh?
That guitar looks absolutely stunning, I have to say. Congrats!
My F-50 hasn't arrived yet; it's being shipped through USPS - they seem to be a bit slower than UPS. I hope it's still in one piece...
Cheers,
Recky
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Recky said:
Must be U Slower PS :mrgreen:
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West R Lee said:
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The initial link is fine - its when you then click on the 'member profile West R Lee' you get the over 18 warning
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herzlichen glückwunsch!
you look happy janpeter.
you look happy janpeter.
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JerryR said:West R Lee said:
West
The initial link is fine - its when you then click on the 'member profile West R Lee' you get the over 18 warning
Must be all that porn I have on there Jerry. Graham's Soundclick site does the same thing to me as I recall.
West
Janpeter
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A BIG THANK YOU
Hi, dear Coastie - and the Guild-family;
excuse me that I am answering so late; at home we was very busy recent days working in the loft to fix a bathroom and bathroom door and the minutes in between I was playing the Bird - of course, getting used to its bigger size and sound; the differences between the Gruhn modell GF and the JF are really interesting, supposing that the GF, Gruhn modell is the real fingerstyle one; the JF more for full sound and accompanimentos.
I will try the avatar tonight as I can see - and might put an older photo showing the GF there. - According to Coastie's advice it has come out perfectly!
Thanks a lot indeed!! -
Now I would like to once more tell about the difference between the the two models: the GF 50 and the JF 65; still I believe - as trusting to my ears - the GF model seems to be more balanced; the JF 65's single tones seem to be more clear and distinct; bass is overwhelming - however, also the trebles ring out full and loud with a pleasant dynamic range which also enables me to play some classical lines - which I always liked on a steelstring better than my wife on the nylon string.
As what I could see here by chance is an offer and review of a Guild GF 55, a fine model, certainly they also belong to the best models they have built - Westerly of course - and it outranges the big many of modern brands by far.
Hi krysh and also Recky from the oulde continent: I hope that Recky has also received his ax by the time: let me know more about it! I have visited your site shortly: yes! Singer-songwriter as what I like! - Hi, West R Lee: I've liked your tunes and playing - here in Germany Country- and Western - as what it's called here - is not much known or wide spread at all which is a pitty.
Thanks one more time
Jan-Peter
Hi, dear Coastie - and the Guild-family;
excuse me that I am answering so late; at home we was very busy recent days working in the loft to fix a bathroom and bathroom door and the minutes in between I was playing the Bird - of course, getting used to its bigger size and sound; the differences between the Gruhn modell GF and the JF are really interesting, supposing that the GF, Gruhn modell is the real fingerstyle one; the JF more for full sound and accompanimentos.
I will try the avatar tonight as I can see - and might put an older photo showing the GF there. - According to Coastie's advice it has come out perfectly!
Thanks a lot indeed!! -
Now I would like to once more tell about the difference between the the two models: the GF 50 and the JF 65; still I believe - as trusting to my ears - the GF model seems to be more balanced; the JF 65's single tones seem to be more clear and distinct; bass is overwhelming - however, also the trebles ring out full and loud with a pleasant dynamic range which also enables me to play some classical lines - which I always liked on a steelstring better than my wife on the nylon string.
As what I could see here by chance is an offer and review of a Guild GF 55, a fine model, certainly they also belong to the best models they have built - Westerly of course - and it outranges the big many of modern brands by far.
Hi krysh and also Recky from the oulde continent: I hope that Recky has also received his ax by the time: let me know more about it! I have visited your site shortly: yes! Singer-songwriter as what I like! - Hi, West R Lee: I've liked your tunes and playing - here in Germany Country- and Western - as what it's called here - is not much known or wide spread at all which is a pitty.
Thanks one more time
Jan-Peter
West R Lee
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Not to worry Jan-Peter, we knew you were too preoccupied with that JF65 to answer. Thanks for the kind words JP, I don't know what you call it here either. I've heard it called Country, Southern Rock, Progressive Country and some Country Western I guess. Post a clip of what you're playing if you get a chance, we'd like to hear that big maple jumbo...and the GF.West
Recky
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Well, folks - my "bird" has finally landed here in Germany!!!!
I had no idea just how beautiful the F-50 looks in the flesh. I love it! It was born in 1981 and is in near-mint condition. It sounds excellent, with one caveat: The bridge saddle is so low it eats tone and volume. This is not because it needs a neck reset, but the previous owner liked it this way, as he told me. I'm going to make a new one and am absolutely certain that it will become a bit louder and fuller. The voluminous jumbo sound is all there now, but a new bridge is going to make it even better. (My D-50 is considerably louder.)
I'm going to start a new thread about saddles, because I wanna know if older Guilds were factory-equipped with compensated saddles or not.
Pictures of my new favourite guitar will go up on my website within the hour. http://www.reckyreck.com/gitarren.cfm
Cheers,
Recky
I had no idea just how beautiful the F-50 looks in the flesh. I love it! It was born in 1981 and is in near-mint condition. It sounds excellent, with one caveat: The bridge saddle is so low it eats tone and volume. This is not because it needs a neck reset, but the previous owner liked it this way, as he told me. I'm going to make a new one and am absolutely certain that it will become a bit louder and fuller. The voluminous jumbo sound is all there now, but a new bridge is going to make it even better. (My D-50 is considerably louder.)
I'm going to start a new thread about saddles, because I wanna know if older Guilds were factory-equipped with compensated saddles or not.
Pictures of my new favourite guitar will go up on my website within the hour. http://www.reckyreck.com/gitarren.cfm
Cheers,
Recky
GardMan
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Recky said:
Recky, None of my Guild dreads (dating from '71 to '92) have come to me with compensated saddles, and I am having them replaced (one at a time) with compensated bone.
Of course, the only one I bought new was my '72 D-35. But the saddles (and nuts!) I took out of my wife's (now sold) '78 D-35, and my D-25, G-37, and D-46(!) were all plastic or some synthetic (not Tusq)... so I am guessing they were original, as well (haven't yet replaced the saddle of my D-55 or D-44, so don't know about them, yet).
We have had a couple threads on intonation and saddles before... you might check this one out:
http://www.letstalkguild.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8933
Dave
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Thanks for the heads up, Dave.
My Lakewoods all have non-compensated saddles and are as perefectly intonated as possible. My D-50 has a compensated saddle, but the g string needs some adjustment after using a tuner, especially for E and A chords. The F-50 has a non-compensated saddle and is almost perfectly in tune, except for the b string in an open A chord.
So why do some guitars tune up better with compensated saddles, and with others it makes hardly any difference? Don't get it.
I'm going to try and "carve" a b-compensated saddle for the F-50, at least as compensated as a 2.2 millimetre saddle will allow....
Cheers,
Recky
My Lakewoods all have non-compensated saddles and are as perefectly intonated as possible. My D-50 has a compensated saddle, but the g string needs some adjustment after using a tuner, especially for E and A chords. The F-50 has a non-compensated saddle and is almost perfectly in tune, except for the b string in an open A chord.
So why do some guitars tune up better with compensated saddles, and with others it makes hardly any difference? Don't get it.
I'm going to try and "carve" a b-compensated saddle for the F-50, at least as compensated as a 2.2 millimetre saddle will allow....
Cheers,
Recky