- Joined
- Feb 11, 2009
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I have owned three or four Newark Street guitars, and as I'm sure you're aware, far too many Westely guitars. I've played many NS Guilds at shops as well.
After reading DrumBob's mention of the NS Bluesbird, it made me realize something.
Every NS guitar I've played has been good. Some are almost great. They are definitely orders of magnitude better than any import guitar I ever played in the '70s and '80s. But to my mind/fingers/ears, they're all missing something. I can't articulate what it is, but I'll play that card and call it mojo.
I have never picked up a NS Guild and thought "I have GOT to have this!" That has happened many times with Westerly Guilds, though. It's happened with Corona Guilds. Never with a NS.
My gut says that they're imitations of the real thing. They're not cheap imitations or they would suck outright and they do not, but they're also not quite there. That leads me to wonder: why? What's missing to make me feel the difference?
After reading DrumBob's mention of the NS Bluesbird, it made me realize something.
Every NS guitar I've played has been good. Some are almost great. They are definitely orders of magnitude better than any import guitar I ever played in the '70s and '80s. But to my mind/fingers/ears, they're all missing something. I can't articulate what it is, but I'll play that card and call it mojo.
I have never picked up a NS Guild and thought "I have GOT to have this!" That has happened many times with Westerly Guilds, though. It's happened with Corona Guilds. Never with a NS.
My gut says that they're imitations of the real thing. They're not cheap imitations or they would suck outright and they do not, but they're also not quite there. That leads me to wonder: why? What's missing to make me feel the difference?