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After market pickups on vintage guitars
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Now that I have the 1970 D35S I was coveting, I find the previous owner had installed a transducer pickup inside the sound box. It sounds very nice EXCEPT it seems to not pick up the 1st or 6th…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mark Werner Jan 18, 2011.
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Alan Land replied to Dan Allison's discussion Martin Light-Medium Strings in the group Martin OwnersAlan Land replied to JazzyJ's discussion I would like to buy a Baritone Acoustic Guitar - what are my options? in the group Baritone Guitar"I have a baritone CLASSICAL guitar tuned B to B and made by Len Laviolette in San Diego. It uses the standard nylon strings by moving each string down one position, and adding a .056 string as the low B. This works because the strings are still…"
Alan Land commented on James Sennett's group Martin Owners"One of my heroes, and we're the same age, LOL. I bought his "6 & 12 String Guitar" album when we were both 17, and I have loved his music ever since. "
Alan Land commented on James Sennett's group Martin Owners"A nice history of the 12-string, but with one major omission - LEO KOTTKE."
Alan Land replied to Arlie Box's discussion Puting Vocal Melodies To Songs You Already Know in the group Fingerstyle players"Yeah Nikki, I've been doing some alt tunings, too. I'm still working on Bernstein's "Somewhere" in Double drop D. It's a nice arrangement, but since I intertwine harmonics and regular notes, it's really hard to…"
Alan Land replied to Adriaan N Roggeveen's discussion Raising or Lowering the Saddle Relative to the Addition of an Acoustic of an Under-Saddle Pick Up in the group Martin Owners"Your luthier should be able to measure the difference in height added by the UTS pickup (I don't like them myself, since they reproduce more string sound and less sound-box sound), and adjust accordingly.
My favorite pickup for a flat top is…"
Alan Land commented on James Sennett's group Martin Owners"I once traded a Fender Mustang for a Martin 12-28 that some stalker gave one of my housemates. He got the electric he wanted, and I got a companion for my D-28S. Sold it few years back, and its the one sale I regret making."
Alan Land commented on James Sennett's group Martin Owners"My only guitar in College and for 12 years after was a D-28S (slot head). I could barely play anything else for a while after it was stolen, it is such a unique feel. Finally (25 years later), I have located a D-35S of the same vintage and added it…"
Alan Land commented on James Sennett's group Martin Owners"Edward, are the nanotuners a brighter screen than the other Planet Wave tuners? I find those really hard to see outdoors at Farmers' Markets and daytime festivals."
Alan Land commented on James Sennett's group Martin Owners"Never let your audience see you playing pocket pool, unless it is in a burlesque house.
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Alan Land commented on James Sennett's group Martin Owners"If my audience is looking at my capo instead of at me, I am doing a really poor job of entertaining them."
James P. Royle left a comment for Alan Land"Hi Alan, In light of your remarks about the Fed, I thought it would be ok for me to ask you if you have ever seen the documentary; The Secret of Oz? Award winning documentary that explains the whole process of how the ultra rich took over the…"
Alan Land commented on James Sennett's group Martin Owners"I have all those numbers recorded today. Sadly, I lost my "love" in 1985. It was a D-28S that I bought new in 1969 and played exclusively until that time. I stayed drunk for about three days."
Alan Land commented on James Sennett's group Martin Owners"50,000 on the battlefield, but over 150,000 who succumbed to illness that was combat-related. All so we could OWN the business in VietNam, rather than give it to China. What did we do instead? We gave OUR OWN INDUSTRIES to China. The irony would be…"
Alan Land commented on James Sennett's group Martin Owners""Madoff walked the line" - actually, Madoff's pyramid scheme was peanuts compared to the one run by the FED and the Investment banks. I don't think evolution is the problem, but more likely complacency. Now that REAL unemployment…"
Alan Land commented on James Sennett's group Martin Owners"Oh Jud, I own three Martins, and I am no BILLIONAIRE. I've even spent over half of my first million. The point of the protests is that bankers and THEIR government were screwing us twice already with their phony FEDERAL RESERVE, and have now…"
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- Which one of the following describes your involvement in music? (Check all that apply)
- Gigging or professional musician
- How many years have you been playing guitar?
- More than 30 years
- Which of these instruments do you own or play?
- Flattop steel-string acoustic guitar, Nylon-string guitar, Archtop guitar, Travel guitar
- The make and model of your guitar(s) and/or other instruments and gear.
- Martin, Heritage, Epiphone, Larrivee, Peavey, Baden
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- Many varieties
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- At 8:33am on December 1, 2011, James P. Royle said…
Hi Alan, In light of your remarks about the Fed, I thought it would be ok for me to ask you if you have ever seen the documentary; The Secret of Oz? Award winning documentary that explains the whole process of how the ultra rich took over the Government and financial systems. But, because of your remarks, I'm guessing you probably know all about it. Take care, Jim
- At 8:38am on October 20, 2011, James P. Royle said…
- Hi Alan, I've been following the "wood, more musical," discussion and I'm not even sure how to state my own opinion, but I'm going to go to another interest of mine, audiophile/high end stereo and try and make an analogy/comparison. Bear with me please. Can one stereo set-up be more musical than the next and why?. The answer to that ends up being, remember we're comparing one high end rig to another, much the same as guitar woods. Consistantly, when people hear my set-up they usually say it's the most musical/revealing/resolving, whatever thay have the vocabulary for, system they have ever heard. It's in a custom room with reiforced floors/walls/ electrical system, high end cabling, bleah, bleah, bleah. $30,000 worth of shit! Pardon my french. It's good but they have little reference. You do, Greg does, it's possible that I do, been at it for 35 years and done extensive research to get to where I feel like I know at least a little. What's a better descriptor than more musical. I have several high end set-ups in our home, some more musical than others. My big buck guitars sound more musical to me than my Breedlove Atlas, $1000, travel guitar. If we are dropping more musical from our description, what do we call an instrument/wood/anything that sounds what? When you did your vocal training did your vocals become more what. When I swap out my high end solid state amp for my little high end tube amp the sound brings my wife to tears because of what? This is an interesting subject that is subjective, but how do we describe the differenes. Your a performer with huge experience. If your in a space with poor acoustics and somebody has the sense to change the space, wether through EQ., sound absorbing materials or whatever, your performance becomes what? Every piece of wood has it's own character and with the proper lab set up could be charged with sound vibrations and the differences between one peice and another measured. I feel like I get what both Greg and you mean and I've been accused of alchemy with my stereos many times, so what or how do we describe the differences? Thanks and take care, Jim
- At 9:08am on May 14, 2010,
Charles said… - Alan,
My mail box is not locked out. Again, you jump to conclusions and flame.
If anything you post is a joke....I will keep that in mind in the future.
Your're behavior here is noted.
Charles
- At 1:35am on May 14, 2010, Charles said…
- I might suggest that if you desire to pontificate on mis-placed assumptions and personal prejudices that you do so directly to the party you are dealing with. This forum to date appears to avoid the typical public "flaming" and "baiting" found on other websites. I hope it continues to do so.
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