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hello jan thank you for your comment .Yes the k yairi guitar is a nice guitar and sounds good im having fun doing my own stuff but it takes time .Sometimes i have an idea but i can not play it i know this is down to practice and will carry on building the tune.
Once again thanks for your comment and time.

Jan,

There are two versions of that pickup. The stereo version, which splits the two signals into, well, two signals, and the mono version, which is what I have. That is around the price I quoted, about $280 to $300.

Then again, everything musical is a bit more out there, than in the US.

Dennis

Hello again Dennis. I just had to hear your melody again. Is it recorded with the soundhole pu on the guitar? I´m in the marked for a new soundhole pu. can you recoment a brand?

Jan,
There is a pickup on there, which is a Fishman Rare Earth Blend. It has a gooseneck microphone combined with a magnetic (humbucking ) pickup. Goes for about $270 - $300. It has the best and most useful sound that I have experienced. I don't really like the under saddle transducers; they sound too quacky for my needs. The Fishman Rare Earth Blend does it for me.

HOWEVER, that is not what you are hearing on this video! I recorded it with a canon digital camera, with a mirror behind the camera, so I could see what the camera sees. The sound is straight from the guitar, and is picked up by the little condenser mic in the camera. Neat, huh?

Thank you, I liked it a lot. I´m 12 string fan. Your Guild sounds wonderfull

Jan,

Thank you for your comments. I am playing a 1970 Guild F-212. This guitar left the factory the same month I turned 18 (March 1970).
Actually, it is not a 12-string anymore. If you look close at the video, you will see the difference. I converted it to a 10-string. The first 4 strings are unison, and I took off the high octave strings from the bottom A and E strings. 10 strings!
Didn't like the jangly twangy 12-string sound that much, so I did some research. Some blues guy, maybe Leadbelly had his 12-string strung this way, and I like it. I tune the first 4 strings slightly out of tune with each other, and they create a "chorusing' sound. Really fills up the sound. Makes it louder and richer than it really is.

Hi Jan. I haven't played any other solid top Sigmas, but my DR41 is one of my favorite guitars. Somedays, I like it more than my old D18.
Your English is fine. I have had a number of correspondences and even visits from friends from Scandinavia...because of my research for a comic strip character www.edrhoades.com/phantom

Hi Jan. Sorry, I haven't made a sound sample. I have been spending my time recording, but I've been using my Sigma DR41. I'm really torn which guitar to take to Maxfest...a gathering of Martin fans Feb 28. I just put new strings on my D16RGT and it's a little more brassy than I like. Next time, I will go back to using Elixir customs. I really want the action a bit lower, but it's not bad and the sound is bright and loud enough.

Hi, Jan!

Yes, I love my guitar, too, but I don't play as much as I'd like. Work and life get in the way, unfortunately, but I'm really trying to make more time to practice.

Thx for writing!

Mike

I went through some changes with it. The high E string was just a tiny bit too close to the edge and Lon at the factory built me a new nut for it while I toured the factory. Now it has a bone nut. I also put a tusq saddle and polished bufallo bone bridge pins and I buffed the back and sides. I also had a Fishman Gold + pick up installed.
As a result you can see the beauty of the rosewood.

After the pick up, it just didn't sound as loud, but I filed saddle making it thinner and the volume increased dramatically, and it has really opened up and sounds much better than when I got it a few months ago.

I find myself playing more than any of my guitars...including my old D 18, and I'm looking forward to how it will sound in the coming months. I'm told it takes about a year for the most dramatic changes to occur.

How long have you had yours?