Comments on: Guitar side ports http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:52:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Chris http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-516 Chris Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:16:10 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-516 Hey Tony, that was a GREAT response! I loved the incite into the origins of his axe. We're sorry to hear about all the snow down under and hope that it all just melts away soon! Here in Toronto Canada, the weather was 25.1 C yesterday. Not that I'm trying to rub it in , but Canada is the first place that you would think about having snow so early! In regards to your question, yes I would think about using the wood from that lounge chair! It's also very eco friendly to do such a thing like that. Hats off to Dan Andrews for his forward thinking! Tell him we all say hi! Keep on Jammin' Hey Tony, that was a GREAT response! I loved the incite into the origins of his axe.

We’re sorry to hear about all the snow down under and hope that it all just melts away soon! Here in Toronto Canada, the weather was 25.1 C yesterday. Not that I’m trying to rub it in , but Canada is the first place that you would think about having snow so early!

In regards to your question, yes I would think about using the wood from that lounge chair! It’s also very eco friendly to do such a thing like that. Hats off to Dan Andrews for his forward thinking! Tell him we all say hi!

Keep on Jammin’

]]> By: tony hogan http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-514 tony hogan Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:31:55 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-514 Hi Chris apologies for not responding earlier, I've been snowed under and didn't focus on that particular email account lately due to working on a new blog and DADGAD blues arrangements on my new guitar. Re: the seven strings. The necks were a standard sort of ES175 width plus the extra width for the bottom B note. I realize now that only two of the guitars were semi-acoustics, the other was a nylon string. Don Andrews at that time had been playing for 44 years, he was telling me that he was sitting on his lounge chair one day and tapped on the side of the chair, and liked the sound of it. He had the chair chopped up and sent part of it to Maton, the Australian guitar company and they turned a piece of the lounge chair into the neck of the guitar. And wouldn't you if it sounded good? As for any other technical details about the guitars, I really don't know, it was in about 1976. TH Hi Chris

apologies for not responding earlier, I’ve been snowed under and didn’t focus on that particular email account lately due to working on a new blog and DADGAD blues arrangements on my new guitar.

Re: the seven strings. The necks were a standard sort of ES175 width plus the extra width for the bottom B note. I realize now that only two of the guitars were semi-acoustics, the other was a nylon string. Don Andrews at that time had been playing for 44 years, he was telling me that he was sitting on his lounge chair one day and tapped on the side of the chair, and liked the sound of it. He had the chair chopped up and sent part of it to Maton, the Australian guitar company and they turned a piece of the lounge chair into the neck of the guitar. And wouldn’t you if it sounded good?

As for any other technical details about the guitars, I really don’t know, it was in about 1976.

TH

]]> By: Chris http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-500 Chris Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:44:46 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-500 Thanx Jimmy! I hope that your fiend will tell me what he has experienced with his Larrivee. Really looking forward to his input! Keep on Jammin' Thanx Jimmy! I hope that your fiend will tell me what he has experienced with his Larrivee.

Really looking forward to his input!

Keep on Jammin’

]]> By: Jimmy http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-496 Jimmy Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:07:31 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-496 A friend of mine just got a Larrivee. What a sweet sounding instrument! I'm going to pass you blog info on to him coz I think he will be very interested in your pick-up configuration. Good luck with it. Cheers A friend of mine just got a Larrivee. What a sweet sounding instrument! I’m going to pass you blog info on to him coz I think he will be very interested in your pick-up configuration. Good luck with it.

Cheers

]]> By: Chris http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-493 Chris Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:57:50 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-493 Hey Tony, you will not be disappointed with this new system of sound dispersement. I was in a dream like state while listening to the sound coming up to my face for the very first time while playing this guitar. While playing it, I listened with amazement in what I was hearing. I know the novelty would wear off after a while but it was a true joy to encounter this evolution of the guitar fir the first time! As for your experience with the 7 string, I envy you for that. How wide was the neck on it? I also wonder if the truss rod needed extra shoring up due to the tension? Any thoughts on that? Keep on Jammin' Hey Tony, you will not be disappointed with this new system of sound dispersement.

I was in a dream like state while listening to the sound coming up to my face for the very first time while playing this guitar. While playing it, I listened with amazement in what I was hearing. I know the novelty would wear off after a while but it was a true joy to encounter this evolution of the guitar fir the first time!

As for your experience with the 7 string, I envy you for that.

How wide was the neck on it? I also wonder if the truss rod needed extra shoring up due to the tension? Any thoughts on that?

Keep on Jammin’

]]> By: Tony Hogan http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-492 Tony Hogan Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:24:33 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-492 Nice blog. I'm interested in those guitars. I've never played one of those where the sound hole is located on the body. I will see if I can find one within 1000 kilometers of where I live and give it a test run. The idea hurts my brain a little. But really, the guitar is always in transit and it's foolish to think that the guitar as it is, is an end result and won't morph into something else. It's 30 years since I first sat in a room with three 7 string semi-acoustics. it's really quite exciting and our ears are wanting new experiences. I did a bit of guitar building about 10+ years ago, at that time I dreamt of a guitar that was half sarod and half guitar. Recently, I was at a party and in walked a guy with an Oud and a percussionist, it was extremely swet. I'll be back to this blog. Tony Nice blog.

I’m interested in those guitars. I’ve never played one of those where the sound hole is located on the body.

I will see if I can find one within 1000 kilometers of where I live and give it a test run. The idea hurts my brain a little.

But really, the guitar is always in transit and it’s foolish to think that the guitar as it is, is an end result and won’t morph into something else.

It’s 30 years since I first sat in a room with three 7 string semi-acoustics.

it’s really quite exciting and our ears are wanting new experiences. I did a bit of guitar building about 10+ years ago, at that time I dreamt of a guitar that was half sarod and half guitar.

Recently, I was at a party and in walked a guy with an Oud and a percussionist, it was extremely swet.

I’ll be back to this blog.

Tony

]]> By: Chris http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-491 Chris Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:43:01 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-491 Martin, the last part of your post is fabulous! I've never heard of that phrase before. I must admit it is very insightful. Keep on jammin' Martin Martin, the last part of your post is fabulous! I’ve never heard of that phrase before. I must admit it is very insightful.

Keep on jammin’ Martin

]]> By: Martin http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-490 Martin Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:55:03 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/guitar/2007/09/28/guitar-side-ports/#comment-490 I saw Bobby Wiseman just about take a piano apart before playing it. He didn't just use the keys when he played. He was strumming or hitting strings as well. It was an upright piano and Jack Sheriff, God rest his soul, looked a bit perturbed as volunteers dragged the piano to the front of the stage and took all the clutter off of it before the impromptu encore. Standard ways of playing offer a great deal of possible sounds, but they are not enough for some people. I saw Bobby Wiseman just about take a piano apart before playing it. He didn’t just use the keys when he played. He was strumming or hitting strings as well. It was an upright piano and Jack Sheriff, God rest his soul, looked a bit perturbed as volunteers dragged the piano to the front of the stage and took all the clutter off of it before the impromptu encore.

Standard ways of playing offer a great deal of possible sounds, but they are not enough for some people.

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