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kozz

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What guitar is this? 
Does anyone know what guitar this is?
Its a guitar Adam del Monte plays.
I like the wood, but also the bridgebone seems to be small pieces and I really like the rosette (if you can call it that way).

thanks!



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HeavyWood

 

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to kozz) 
Hi Kozz,

The six individual saddles are piezo pickups from a company
called RMC.

http://www.rmcpickup.com/acousticgold.html

They can be used for acoustic sound, and also routed to synths as they are polyphonic.

IMO, These are about the best sounding saddle type piezo pickups
along with the BBand.

Expensive set up, though, when you add in a required preamp...

I do not know the Luthier that built the guitar, but it is nice.
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Sep. 8 2010 7:38:43
 
kozz

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to HeavyWood) 
quote:

Hi Kozz,

The six individual saddles are piezo pickups from a company
called RMC.


Thanks HeavyWood!
I didn't even think about that it could be piezo pickups, it thought it was some nut-design, which I liked.
I am gonna check the link, it sounds very interesting with the midi capabilities.
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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Sep. 8 2010 8:36:55
 
jshelton5040

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to kozz) 
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ORIGINAL: kozz

Does anyone know what guitar this is?
Its a guitar Adam del Monte plays.


Don't know (or care) who made it since it strikes me as very ugly and that is a terrible design for the head. Why weaken it for no reason?

In a moment of weakness we built a cutaway flamenco with that brand of pickup for a customer a few years ago. Its very difficult to get the action perfect when you can't adjust the saddle. We both agreed after that to build no more cutaways or electic guitars. I guess we're purists.

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Patrick

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to kozz) 
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Don't know (or care) who made it since it strikes me as very ugly and that is a terrible design for the head. Why weaken it for no reason?


Good god I have to agree 100%. The bridge is a mess with the rounded off ends, the high back edge with no bone detailing and what looks like a terrible high action. The head is a total abomination. The golpe has no aesthetics to it what so ever. The bindings are way too big and I like mother of pearl in an acoustic rosette, but a flamenco? And then the neck detail at the sound hole. What’s that all about? I’ll pass thanks.
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GuitarVlog

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to kozz) 
I've seen that headstock and rosette before. It's a high-end classical guitar that was featured in "The Classical Guitar Book" by Tony Bacon. It supposedly incorporated some experimental design elements. I can't remember who the luthier was.

The individual string saddle was probably adopted from John Gilbert's work. His son and successor, William Gilbert, uses a new design.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Sep. 8 2010 17:25:12
 
TANúñez

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to kozz) 
The guitar is made by Chris Carrington. He used to be in the Dallas area, not sure if he still is.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Sep. 10 2010 12:14:34
 
kozz

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to TANúñez) 
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The guitar is made by Chris Carrington. He used to be in the Dallas area, not sure if he still is.


Thanks Tom!
I found his website: http://www.chriscarrington.com/gallery.htm
The headstock seems to be his "thing", you can argue about that....at least it makes it lighter

The Flamenco Blanca he made looks like a nice guitar.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Sep. 10 2010 13:29:30
 
TANúñez

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to kozz) 
Oh yes. Sorry, I forgot to include the website. Glad you found it. He used to build with a more traditional head design. The current one scares me simply because it is weaker now.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Sep. 10 2010 21:36:12
 
kozz

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to TANúñez) 
quote:

Oh yes. Sorry, I forgot to include the website. Glad you found it. He used to build with a more traditional head design. The current one scares me simply because it is weaker now.



No probs Tom!
It seems always looking for a balance between weight and strength isn't it.

A bit of an offsite question.
I am talking with Geert (La Sonanta) now, to upgrade my HSL F03 negra to a Manuel Adalid Viviana Negra model, or the Francisco Navarro Negra.
I've played the MA blanca with cedar top and was pleased with it, what about the Viviana Negra model?

EDIT: Oh sorry, I thought you were distributing this one also, but it was Zavaletas.
But maybe you have some experience with it

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Sep. 11 2010 8:31:11
 
Ricardo

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to kozz) 
quote:

ORIGINAL: kozz

quote:

The guitar is made by Chris Carrington. He used to be in the Dallas area, not sure if he still is.


Thanks Tom!
I found his website: http://www.chriscarrington.com/gallery.htm
The headstock seems to be his "thing", you can argue about that....at least it makes it lighter

The Flamenco Blanca he made looks like a nice guitar.


He is a fine guitar players too. He played for years with al dimeola's group world sinfonia.



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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Sep. 15 2010 1:21:05
 
TANúñez

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to kozz) 
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EDIT: Oh sorry, I thought you were distributing this one also, but it was Zavaletas.
But maybe you have some experience with it


kozz, I have no experience with this model. If you do get a chance to try one out, let me know your thoughts about it.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Sep. 23 2010 13:25:24
 
kozz

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to TANúñez) 
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kozz, I have no experience with this model. If you do get a chance to try one out, let me know your thoughts about it.

No probs Tom, I'll let you know!
Somewhere this month I will go to Geert and try Manuel Adalid Viviana Negra. I had played the FN Negra, but remember I found it very thin sounding.
A nice oppertunity to try both again, and maybe has some others in a reasonable price range.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Sep. 23 2010 13:35:10
 
TANúñez

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to kozz) 
Give my regards to Geert. He's a good guy.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Sep. 23 2010 18:54:23
 
Tom Blackshear

 

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RE: What guitar is this? (in reply to kozz) 
quote:

ORIGINAL: kozz

Does anyone know what guitar this is?
Its a guitar Adam del Monte plays.
I like the wood, but also the bridgebone seems to be small pieces and I really like the rosette (if you can call it that way).

thanks!




I think the guitar might have been made by a Luthier repairman in the Dallas Texas area, named Chris Carrington. the last phone number I had for him was 972-722-5167 and his website is: http://www.chriscarrington.com/luthier.htm

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