Acoustic Porn

[Chiliwailer]

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

[GuyR]

Looks great. What does it play & sound like?

[Chiliwailer]

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. 

[leftybassman392]

That'll be worth a few bob.

[GuyR]

Lovely, good to have the original case too, which I guess that is?

[Chiliwailer]

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. 

[Chiliwailer]

Just now, GuyR said:

Lovely, good to have the original case too, which I guess that is?

Sure is  

[Pinball]

MtyTaylor 414 is pretty lush. I need to sell it though 

[backwater]

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

[TrevorR]

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!

[TrevorR]

My two porntastic acoustics. A Brook Tamar from 1999 and a Fylde Gordon Giltrap from about 2003.

[ezbass]

Simon & Patrick Rosewood Folk (which I've had for 20+ years) and Epiphone EJ200.

[Mrchi]

My favourite..... Lakewood m46

[R32]

My new Lowden F25 built on 21/01/2022

Edited August 7, 2022 by R32
Changed the date (was 2021, now 2022)

[Chiliwailer]

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. 

[Graham50]

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

[CCL]

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?

[Chiliwailer]

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.