Chiliwailer Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 (edited) Get some wood. Kicking off with a Martin from circa 1840 with original hard case, but a dodgy newer bridge... which will soon replaced with an original looking one when I get some cash! Edited April 6, 2019 by Chiliwailer 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyR Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Looks great. What does it play & sound like? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 Soft, sweet and magic. Has Brazilian rosewood back and sides so is very warm and mellow, not at all ‘boxy’ like many parlours can be. It has nylon strings and I tune it to E flat as it needs some tlc one day, but plays great Had it 11 or 12 years, it’s a real keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 That'll be worth a few bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyR Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Lovely, good to have the original case too, which I guess that is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 Just now, leftybassman392 said: That'll be worth a few bob. Not as much as we’d think, it’s had a bridge and tuner change and many repairs. The 30’s ones with metal strings and X bracing are the ones that demand serious coin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 Just now, GuyR said: Lovely, good to have the original case too, which I guess that is? Sure is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 MtyTaylor 414 is pretty lush. I need to sell it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwater Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 My two acoustics, both hand made by Moon Guitars in Glasgow. An early Model 002 and a 12-string 003 that was made for Donnie Munro of Runrig. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 7 hours ago, backwater said: My two acoustics, both hand made by Moon Guitars in Glasgow. An early Model 002 and a 12-string 003 that was made for Donnie Munro of Runrig. Andy Love those Moons! He makes such gorgeous guitars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 My two porntastic acoustics. A Brook Tamar from 1999 and a Fylde Gordon Giltrap from about 2003. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Simon & Patrick Rosewood Folk (which I've had for 20+ years) and Epiphone EJ200. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrchi Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 My favourite..... Lakewood m46 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) My new Lowden F25 built on 21/01/2022 Edited August 7, 2022 by R32 Changed the date (was 2021, now 2022) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 15 years after getting my Martin parlour, which is in the first post of this thread, and 3 years after saying in that post I’d get it restored, I finally did and just got it back The out of place full size bridge was replaced with the proper smaller pyramid style - it’s a bit scarred now because of that, but it is over 180 years old so I can live with that! To make it look less scarred would have compromised the original finish, rosette and vibe. It’s also got new tuners, cracks were fixed, and the back was French polished. Feel blessed to be a custodian of this one. Would love to know it’s stories. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham50 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 (edited) Did someone say wood! My Taylor 654ce 12 string has some and then some ! This is also up for sale on here. Edited May 18, 2023 by Graham50 Added info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCL Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 On 18/08/2018 at 19:01, Chiliwailer said: Get some wood. Kicking off with a Martin from circa 1840 with original hard case, but a dodgy newer bridge... which will soon replaced with an original looking one when I get some cash! Amazing - how did you get your hands on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted July 8, 2023 Author Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, CCL said: Amazing - how did you get your hands on that? Cheers. It was a wonderful gift from a friend who owned a shop in Denmark Street years back. He kept it after a p/x though wasn’t into playing it, but I’d always get it out anytime I visited him. One day when I visited him in Cornwall he gave it to me, saying he was going to anyway in his will, but he could see how much I was enjoying it. Needless to say I’m so thankful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
