Acoustics

For guitars of the straight waisted variety (or reverse offset).
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Re: Acoustics

Post by Naturality » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:51 pm

I have a Stagg electro acoustic, which is OK but the string tension is WAY too high. Does anyone now if anyones ever made an offset acoustic?
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Re: Acoustics

Post by burker » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:06 pm

Naturality wrote: I have a Stagg electro acoustic, which is OK but the string tension is WAY too high. Does anyone now if anyones ever made an offset acoustic?
Ibanez made a talman acoustic, they are offset i think... i may be wrong though.
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Re: Acoustics

Post by Orang Goreng » Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:18 am

Well, allmost offset. The waist seems symmetrical, but the butt...

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Re: Acoustics

Post by Naturality » Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:53 am

My friends got one of them. but I didn't know it was offset-ish I assumed not....
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Re: Acoustics

Post by Mad-Mike » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:33 am

Anyone remember in 1995, Peavey came out with an acoustic with a trem system on it.  I wish I had a picture of the ad for it, it was pretty surreal seeing an acoustic with a whammy bar sticking out the top.  I've always been sorta curious about that model.
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Re: Acoustics

Post by chrisjedijane » Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:42 am

Martin made an acoustic with a Bigsby on it as well, I always thought that was curious.
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Re: Acoustics

Post by Naturality » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:23 am

Mad-Mike wrote: Anyone remember in 1995, Peavey came out with an acoustic with a trem system on it.  I wish I had a picture of the ad for it, it was pretty surreal seeing an acoustic with a whammy bar sticking out the top.  I've always been sorta curious about that model.
If you put too much tension on the trem wouldn't it snap the soundboard realy easily?
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Re: Acoustics

Post by serial » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:33 am

I've got a nice J-200, which is the ultimate acoustic as far as I'm concerned-a real cannon.  That being said, I will grab my cheap-o early 80s Yamaha FG-330 or whatever it's called more often than the Gibbo.  The Yamaha was impossible to play and sounded average at best when I got it.  20 years later, it's really "opened up".  I picked it up about five years ago after it had been sitting in a corner, neglected, for years.  Even with the dead strings on it, it sounded fantastic. 
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