Westerly Wood
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France modifies the JF30
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Nice find, Wood!
Note that it was a JF-30-12 12 string that Québécois (Canadian, not French) luthier Michel Pellerin modified, converting it to a 10-string and filling two machine head holes, adding a cutaway, wider saddle, new bridge holes, a scalloped fingerboard for easier bending and vibrato, a modified nut and a Baggs pickup.
Here is a clip of Gino Fillion playing that modified Guild:
Note that it was a JF-30-12 12 string that Québécois (Canadian, not French) luthier Michel Pellerin modified, converting it to a 10-string and filling two machine head holes, adding a cutaway, wider saddle, new bridge holes, a scalloped fingerboard for easier bending and vibrato, a modified nut and a Baggs pickup.
Here is a clip of Gino Fillion playing that modified Guild:
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Is this a "harp" guitar? Pretty fascinating. I remember pictures of it a few years ago. The way it's strung is also fascinating. I think at least a couple of those treble-side tuners are handling the bass note strings. I wonder how that nut can handle that.
adorshki
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nthego:
The Guilds of Grot
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So what would the purpose be for the excess treble side of the fingerboard that has no strings over it? I see him bend some strings down but it still seems to be much wider then it needs to be.
bluesypicky
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Thanks for the correction Christophe.... after the first two spoken words I knew it was from Canada.
Not that there's anything wrong with that! :laughing:
But France is mourning today. Don't bother her.
Not that there's anything wrong with that! :laughing:
But France is mourning today. Don't bother her.
rampside
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What's with these French-Canadians anyway? Are they Canadian or are they French, and why the &%#$ do they have to always answer the phone in French????
Looking at that guitar, I'd say, that pretty much explains it!:laughing:
I deal with folks from Quebec almost on a daily basis, so I figure I'm entitled to says these things in jest.:witless:
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We eat frogs. Isn't it already strange enough?
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I was raised in a Cajun-French household....and now I'm trying to remember what I had to offer here. :numbness:
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rampside
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Westerly Wood
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Very soothing song by Gino, thanks Christopher. Oops on France.
Definitely not a harp guitar. You want to see someone that wrote the book on harp guitar and many other innovations, check out Michael Hedges. He ain't no cornball picker.
adorshki
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I believe the proper term is "Canuckistani"