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[FJ4]

Great choice, congrats!

 

[Rider1260]

SWEET !!!!
Congrats after playing Jims at your place the other day I am hooked and on the hunt

 

[sergiodeblanc]

On your behalf - Bangin!
Let's see the backside!

Thanks!

I'll try and get a shot tomorrow. It's just a cherry colored back... but the curves are dangerous.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I am hooked and on the hunt

You need to come by and check it out, it's different. I'll let you know if I see anything.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

I would like the curvy dangerous backside shots as well. Wait, what were we talking about again?

Oh, and the frontside ain't too shabby! Yeah, I have a way with words with the women as well.

Would love to hear some sound clips if you're up to it.

 

[Elliot]

Super good!

 

[Jazzedout]

Yes!!!

 

[charliefrench]

Congratulations you deserve it!

 

[Mbroadster]

Congrats !!!!

 

[László]

Those are SO nice! Congrats on it Serg.

IKEA or not, I like the chair, too.

 

[Tosca]

Bet she sounds amazing...plus you can hide your stash inside!
Congrats Serg-meister!!!

 

[g.wizz]

Yeah... so I've wanted this guitar since they came out in, what, 1998?

The time had finally come, and with some left over inheritance money that I didn't get railroaded into (read: hid. My mother always taught me that a housewife has to have a stash) dumping in our home, I finally did it.

2004 McCarty Spruce Top Hollowbody I

I couldn't deal with the black rings, tip, buttons, and knobs, so a drunk-ish trip to the John Mann's Guitar Vault website one evening rectified the looks issues I was having but tonally, this thing is the sh!t.

I didn't want or need the piezo, so there was no sense in having all that extra crap installed in the guitar, and I needed to find a spruce one. They're just the hollow body sound IMO, the HBII's look nicer and sound rad but.. when you wait almost 20 years for a guitar, you better get the one you want.

I was tempted by a gold one (duh) but a combination of price (way less than a new or used reclaimed S2 Vela or CE) and maturity made me grab this one. It's just a classic look and a timeless tone.

Archtop pickups rule, BTW. I love the lower output and tonal "depth" they have.

Congrats Serge, total class and understated beauty

 

[vchizzle]

Duuuuude...spruuuuuuce. Congrats!

 

[Deleted member 5962]

PERFECT! I'd love to have one just like that!!!!!!

 

[alantig]

That's a beaut, sir! I'd say congrats, but I already saw in the PSF thread that you trashed it. It was fun while it lasted!

I've never really had the hollow body bug. Probably something I should look into one of these days. Although my wife is a hollow body. Since the day we got together, she's hollow inside - or did she say she's empty inside? I'm not sure - synonyms confuse me. Or confound me. Or is it baffle me?

 

[dmatthews]

Freakin' yeah! Love a HB for myself one day. Have you been able to crank it yet for some howling and growling?
Make that spruce goose honk!
Congrats!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Freakin' yeah! Love a HB for myself one day. Have you been able to crank it yet for some howling and growling?
Make that spruce goose honk!
Congrats!

Not really crank it but, I definitely had to turn up quite a bit more to overpower the acoustic sound that emanates from it... it's a loud guitar.

 

[dogrocketp]

A luthier friend of mine had one he had to sell. I couldn`t get the money together, so I had to pass. The first person who saw it after me bought it right away. They are fantastic guitars. Yours is the one I would want. That means I`m jealous. Just be glad I don`t live within 50 miles of you.

 

[lurker john]

Beautiful. Congrats.

 

[charliefrench]

Not really crank it but, I definitely had to turn up quite a bit more to overpower the acoustic sound that emanates from it... it's a loud guitar.

Sounds like everything is as it should be. Happy to see you're enjoying it!