Not exactly a bowl-back guitar
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The Guilds of Grot
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Obviously a "Butt-Backed" guitar!
adorshki
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Is it me or is that thing a bit lop-sided?Not sure what you'd call it.
The Guilds of Grot
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People are not symmetrical!Is it me or is that thing a bit lop-sided?
Is it me or is that thing a bit lop-sided?
Needs a buttock lift, but I don't think many luthiers do that procedure...
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Nuuska
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Well well well . . .
I once posted a picture of a finnish single record sleeve w matching front - it got deleted quickly . . .
Some of you might remember it - I'm not going to repeat my mistake
I can only say that the headstock was different from this guitar. . .
I once posted a picture of a finnish single record sleeve w matching front - it got deleted quickly . . .
Some of you might remember it - I'm not going to repeat my mistake
I can only say that the headstock was different from this guitar. . .
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SFIV1967
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Well, there were Ukuleles made by the Coco de Mer from the islands of Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles.
But I don't think that 6 string guitar originates from a Coco de Mer. Would be interestig to learn what that guitar in post #1 actually is...
Ralf
But I don't think that 6 string guitar originates from a Coco de Mer. Would be interestig to learn what that guitar in post #1 actually is...
Ralf
adorshki
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Just figured it out: the flatter side's where she habitually carries her cellphone.
It'd be interesting to hear how it sounds, or how it would sound once made of good all solid woods. After all it seems like in this world a lot of what is done, comes from copying what has been made by some renown pioneers...Therefore you'll get OMs, 000s or 00s, Dreads or Jumbos, Grand Auditoriums and so on...Are we really sure they actually are the best possibly sounding formats ?
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There are two distinct things to consider. One is the case where the goal is to make a musical instrument that is in some sense optimal. For things like guitar and violin family instruments there are centuries of experience in both design and building techniques and innovation is likely to be incremental. The other case is where the goal is to make a functional musical instrument from the materials at hand. So the point of using the coco de mer as a component is more about using available materials than it is about finding a good sounding instrument.
If you look at the history of music in the United States a lot of the "folk music" from the 1800's was played on homemade instruments that used what was cheap and available.
Some gourd banjos from http://gourdbanjo.com/GBhtml/intro.html
I suspect the coco de mer instruments have a lot in common with gourd banjos.
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My memory is fading but I think that was also based on a gourd as the resonating chamber.
That's @bluesypicky trying to figure it out.
I know what I'd call it...Not sure what you'd call it.
. That sure is funny, GG!
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A Kora, I saw these masters of the instrument on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury
My memory is fading but I think that was also based on a gourd as the resonating chamber.
That's @bluesypicky trying to figure it out.
I remember that when Ovation guitars were beginning to be the big thing (around the mid 70s I think here), I read that their back shape allowed a better projection than ordinary flat backs, mentioning lutes as an example : they said that if it wasn't for the cost of carving a round back from all solid wood, it would be used much of the time...So in that case it's the actual features of a round back and their very acoustic qualities that made those shapes were chosen (both for lutes or Ovation guitars).
A reason why I'd be interested in listening to the guitar above. Does the fact it has 2 bumps would increase the power or rather make it messy, for instance ?
GGJaguar
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Arched back
This is from an Ovation ad from 1980. I wonder how much of this marketing-speak applies to the Guild arched back design.?
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