Thanks for the clarification and sorry I jumped to an incorrect conclusion about your post. Sounds like you have some excellent guitars. I don't know if you like clasical guitar but check out Aires Latinos by David Russsel (that's the CD that won the grammy last year) He records for telarc. If you like that check out his all Bach CD
CardinalFang;144000 Wrote: > Of course I meant electric guitars, and Suhr is most definitely one of > the finest in that field - I personally think he's the finest at what > he does and so do Eric Clapton, Mark Knopler, Pete Frampton who have > been customers of his too. CAD and CNC allow him to produce repeatable > designs custom built for different hand sizes, preferences etc. and all > are hand finished. You would not be able to tell a machine had been > involved apart from the very consistent shaping of the neck, body etc. > Suhr still hand picks timbers, checks tone and applies very strict > quality control. > > It's a different story with acoustics or classical instruments where > hand tuning of the body is required and the wooden structure of my > acoustic was built entirely by hand using the methods you describe. > It's also important to buyers who are also investing in the > craftmanship and the "hand-built" ethos. I understand that, it's why I > bought the instrument myself. For my electric, it's about the tone and > feel. -- tomjtx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28368 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
