GGJaguar
Reverential Member
Glad you're satisfied and hope you bond with it. This thread has given me G.A.S. for one now. I think full-size jumbos (17") work best with flat backs and the F-40 has that going for it.
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That's great news Jeff!Quick update: I participated in a gathering of 7 or 8 musicians last night. I got to play the F40 in that setting and also got to hear other participants play it. Based on all of that, I think it's a keeper.
There's very little of any use that we can give you comparison-wise, valleyguy. Oxnard's F-40 is a jumbo body and can't be compared with "traditional" F-40s of the past.I’ve been wanting one if these F40s, but the only one around here is not a traditional. Any opinions on the difference between the traditional and the non-traditional? Is bolt on neck vs. mortise tenon neck a big deal? I hope to play the regular next week, but I have nothing to compare it to.
That is probably correct. Mrs. Fro. and a number of LTG friends played a NH F30 Traditional and an F30 Standard side by side in New Hartford and no one noticed any sonic differences worth commenting about. So I'm willing to extrapolate that your observation is driven by different models and not just Traditional vs. Standard, as those designations applied to NH production.But I think much of the difference there comes from the use of an Adirondack spruce top vs. a Sitka spruce top (the D50 Traditional is louder and more aggressive-sounding).
Excellent! Looking forward to your NGD report!I got to play one today and pulled the trigger on a standard F40.