DV-6-HG Cedar at GC

[CA-35]

Saw this DV-6-HG today at GC. It's been played; the fret board on the first five frets is worn bad. Other than that the body and neck seemed in good shape. It sounded rough...needs new strings. I noticed the label said Cedar. I assume it had a cedar top or body? The top looked spruce. Body looked mahogany. Here's some pics.

 

[chazmo]

I never knew they made a cedar top on that. That's very cool.

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Rare, and worth the $649. You can get the divots filled (with rosewood dust and glue) and frets taken care of.

 

[CA-35]

Rare, and worth the $649. You can get the divots filled (with rosewood dust and glue) and frets taken care of.

So you're encouraging I ask a friend for a loan....even though I still owe on another.

Why did I walk in there? :?

 

[learnintoplay62]

Hey Ca if they'll give you the loan why not. I am sure you can sell some other stuff off and pay them back, right

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

With my DV6 HG Cedar top, it seems to my (Dumbo) ears that there is a little less sustain, which I like for blues.

Any other opinions out there about what cedar tops sound like?

 

[southernGuild]

8) Is that Herringbone I see? On a Guild?............. My Oh My.

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Yes, SG. They put it on a lot of the DV series and on Gruhn's D60, D62, D64, and D66 series. Maybe the GF series too.

 

[twocorgis]

With my DV6 HG Cedar top, it seems to my (Dumbo) ears that there is a little less sustain, which I like for blues.

Any other opinions out there about what cedar tops sound like?

I have a cedar over mahogany Bourgeois JOM (OM size, dreadnought depth) that's an absolutely magnificent guitar, with perhaps the richest and most balanced sound of all of my herd. Here's a picture of it with dapmdave at the helm from the last LMG.

It's the Swiss Army Knife of acoustic guitars. Truly excels at everything, to my ears at least.

 

[southernGuild]

Yes, SG. They put it on a lot of the DV series and on Gruhn's D60, D62, D64, and D66 series. Maybe the GF series too.

I Love it!!
Yes, I have the Herringbone on my '93 DV-52, and I was aware of some of those upper models, But never seen it on anything 'below' a Dv-52. Not to mention Cedar as well. Wow!
I'm impressed.
Good point about the Blues too DH.

 

[killdeer43]

My Seagull S6 has a cedar top with cherry back and sides and the sound is mostly mellow, for lack of a better word.
Of course, the 1 3/4" nut is nice, too, so it's a good little fingerpicking guitar. :wink:

Joe

 

[taabru45]

My Seagull S6 has a cedar top with cherry back and sides and the sound is mostly mellow, for lack of a better word.
Of course, the 1 3/4" nut is nice, too, so it's a good little fingerpicking guitar. :wink:

Joe

Being made in Canada may have some advantages, like its easier to play eh! Steffan :wink:

 

[killdeer43]

My Seagull S6 has a cedar top with cherry back and sides and the sound is mostly mellow, for lack of a better word.
Of course, the 1 3/4" nut is nice, too, so it's a good little fingerpicking guitar. :wink:

Joe

Being made in Canada may have some advantages, like its easier to play eh! Steffan :wink:

The toughest part is playing Eh minor, eh? :roll:

Joe

 

[taabru45]

In the north country its sometimes hard to buy a drink, you can't say something like 'I'm a miner, eh!'..... :roll: Steffan

 

[rampside]

In the north country its sometimes hard to buy a drink, you can't say something like 'I'm a miner, eh!'..... :roll: Steffan

Around here, everywhere you look, there's A miner, eh!

 

[poser]

So the iron mines are still going strong?

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

I thought all of the irons these days came from Asia.

 

[rampside]

So the iron mines are still going strong?

Pretty much full steam ahead for the last couple of years in this area.

I thought all of the irons these days came from Asia.

Nope, the good stuff comes from around here and a bit further north in Canada, eh!

 

[taabru45]

2 miners greeting each other. NY miner says "Eh, how you doin'?"
Canadian miner says "How you doin',eh!" Steffan