That has to be rare! Awesome! F50 Koa.
If you ever get the chance try a GV70. They are hard to find, F-shape, rosewood, roughly 16 x 5 lower. Very evenly balanced, not bass heavy.General question to those experienced with F-50/ F-55/ JF-55 in Rosewood : while RSW is know to be Mid range scooped, did you have a chance to play / own a really balanced RSW Jumbo ? I do have F-512 RSW which is evenly balanced, but after trying about five 6 string rsw jumbos (from '74 to mid '00), all of them lacked it. Is there this perfect one of both worlds - Overtones of RSW and Balance of Hog ?
Thanks in advance.
I came to conclusion spruce/rsw dreads are not for me (and I tried dozens of high-end Guilds, Martins, Gibson, Collings etc.) . Rsw Jumbo is the one I'm after (after extensive search, Mpl is also came out of scope, I like my current F-40 Trad. hog jumbo better than any Mpl I tried, but still missing those enchanting rsw overtones). I hope to find the balanced one at some point.I have only owned a NH F-512, and though it sounded absolutely wonderful, due to some build issues (not faults) it just wasn't the guitar for me, so it eventually got sold.
If you want balanced, then get yourself a New Hartford-built D55. End of story
Thank you HeyMikey for the tip, will keep it in mind (they do look so good !). Tho as I understand only 59 of these were ever made, so some big guns will be needed for this type of hunt. Meanwhile, the only GV70 currently available is this one:If you ever get the chance try a GV70. They are hard to find, F-shape, rosewood, roughly 16 x 5 lower. Very evenly balanced, not bass heavy.
I didn’t even know they made a Koa version. Now I’m very interested. Koa usually has sparkling highs and not a lot of lows or low mids but in a jumbo this might be a fantastic wood and size combo
But have you ever got a Blueridge BR180A or BR280A hands ?I came to conclusion spruce/rsw dreads are not for me (and I tried dozens of high-end Guilds, Martins, Gibson, Collings etc.) . Rsw Jumbo is the one I'm after (after extensive search, Mpl is also came out of scope, I like my current F-40 Trad. hog jumbo better than any Mpl I tried, but still missing those enchanting rsw overtones). I hope to find the balanced one at some point.
Guilty as charged ))But have you ever got a Blueridge BR180A or BR280A hands ?
Well, I'm pretty sure this is a GSR model, Boom. I.e., a (very) limited edition from New Hartford (or possibly Tacoma).I didn’t even know they made a Koa version.
That's beautiful. I'm going to keep an eye out now.
They're very uncommon, Boomer. Good luck in the hunt!That's beautiful. I'm going to keep an eye out now.
Well, for sure we wouldn't be here wasting valuable electrons discussing Guilds.Think how boring the world would be if every guitar player liked the same guitar!