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Lounge Guitar

Post by DarwinStrings » Wed Jan 01, 2014 4:17 pm

I don't have a parlour so I have substituted lounge.

Have been meaning to put this one in the gallery but only just got around to a recording (there you go Stu) The pics show a tornavos but that was not in for the recording. You might think that that's the sound of the Australian bush in the background but it's just the Darwin burbs.

Soundcloud Link to Waltzing Matilda, Larry Pattis arrangement.

325mm lower bout 14 fret, Fender scale.
African Mahogany, Cooktown ironwood, EIR, Sitka.
Falcate braced, non live back.
I retro fitted a tilt neck (little hole in the fret board at the 18th)
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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by martintaylor » Wed Jan 01, 2014 5:25 pm

lovely guitar both visually and aurally!

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Post by Dekka » Wed Jan 01, 2014 8:32 pm

Nice one, Jim! :cl :cl :cl
Looking forward to a "recliner-rocker" guitar next. :D
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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by woodrat » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:24 pm

What a Beauty Jim!

BTW ...would that be NT grown African Mahogany?

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Post by DarwinStrings » Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:42 pm

Cheers gentlemen, yep Dr Nitschke the local grown garden weed Khaya senegalensis and that is why the back is not live, just a tad too much movement in service.

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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by needsmorecowbel » Thu Jan 02, 2014 4:27 pm

Thanks Jim, Lovely Guitar!

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Post by DarwinStrings » Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:40 am

Thanks for listening Stu. Did anyone notice that even though I tried to pick a lull in the cicadas they managed to get their choir in right at the end and as if I had asked faded out?

Jim
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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by Bob Connor » Sat Jan 04, 2014 9:25 pm

Looks and sounds great Jim. Love the cicadas.

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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by ozwood » Sun Jan 05, 2014 9:19 am

Nice one Jim, :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl .

Love the Fact it's from Local timber.

Cheers,
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Post by Kev3 » Sun Jan 05, 2014 9:26 am

Looks and sounds great Jim :cl
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Post by DarwinStrings » Sun Jan 05, 2014 9:23 pm

Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment guys.

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Post by sebastiaan56 » Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:38 am

Show off....

Well done both execution and the playing.
make mine fifths........

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Post by DarwinStrings » Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:56 pm

sebastiaan56 wrote:Show off....
Ha! that goes without saying mate :) and as I always wish to hear the guitars I see here I thought I should practice what I preach. I did put a bit of effort into that tune and still pick it to pieces when I listen to it. The last note should ring out more but I noticed that just after I struck it I felt it buzz against a finger pulling the sustain out of it, it stands out like a sore thumb to me but good enough to get a feel for the sound of the guitar. That was about the sixth attempt to record it so rather than frustrate myself further I decided to be happy with it.

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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by Dennis Leahy » Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:56 pm

Sweet rendition of Waltzing Matilda, on a really beautiful (Oz wood-accented) guitar. Well done, Jim!

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Post by ozwood » Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:57 pm

Dennis,

Your All .....grizzly Adams !!! :) :) :) :)

Love It !

Cheers,
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Post by kiwigeo » Sat Jul 05, 2014 6:23 pm

ozwood wrote:Dennis,

Your All .....grizzly Adams !!! :) :) :) :)

Love It !

Cheers,
Grizzly Adams didn't wear a Hawaiian shirt did he???
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Post by kiwigeo » Sat Jul 05, 2014 6:26 pm

Hey check it out....it's a Dennis Leahy doll!!!
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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by DarwinStrings » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:53 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by ozwood » Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:28 pm

ozwood wrote:
Dennis,

Your All .....grizzly Adams !!! :) :) :) :)

Love It !

Cheers,


Grizzly Adams didn't wear a Hawaiian shirt did he???

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Ummmm No , Good Point , I was focusing on the neck up !

not much gets past you Martin!

Cheers,
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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by H3ytm@n » Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:19 pm

Great looking guitar and nice playing :cl :cl :cl
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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by Taffy Evans » Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:29 pm

Nice little guitar Jim, I planted five African Mahoganies and only one took off and it's having a battle to grow, I wondered what the grain/figure looked like.
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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by charangohabsburg » Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:19 pm

Sweet looking guitar Jim. It sounds bigger than it is.
DarwinStrings wrote: Did anyone notice that even though I tried to pick a lull in the cicadas they managed to get their choir in right at the end [...]
To be honest, I believed it was the lawn sprinkler. :lol:
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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by DarwinStrings » Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:12 pm

Thanks guys. You have a hard time killing them with a shovel up here Taffy, shame they didn't take off. I have never seen a tree grow so fast. The local bug chorus Markus, louder than a sprinkler.

Jim
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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by mayacoulter » Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:53 pm

Lovely Guitar..
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Re: Lounge Guitar

Post by DarwinStrings » Tue Nov 11, 2014 7:22 pm

Thanks and welcome to the ANZLF Maya.

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