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is it a problem if u love the guitar... 
do u think u can u live with a great guitar if u hate the rosette (and or headstock)?
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 16 2007 12:37:18
 
koella

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RE: is it a problem if u love the gu... (in reply to Guest) 
Come on man, who cares ?
As long as it sounds and / or plays good.
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 16 2007 14:58:55
 
Arash

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RE: is it a problem if u love the gu... (in reply to Guest) 
I am not a design fetishist.
Playability + Sound are imporant for me (and of course price ). Thats it.

Of course i dont want to have a green flamenco guitar lol
And it would be good to have a very nice guitar but things like Rosette are not important for me.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 16 2007 15:05:13
 
Anders Eliasson

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RE: is it a problem if u love the gu... (in reply to Guest) 
quote:

do u think u can u live with a great guitar if u hate the rosette (and or headstock)?


Could you live and perform with a Pink Stratocaster with mother of pearl inlays on the fingerboard saying: Sexy?

I could

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 16 2007 17:02:02

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RE: is it a problem if u love the gu... (in reply to Guest) 
A nice rosette can really be the icing on the cake for a good guitar. But obviously it DOESN'T affect the tone and playability in any way. Better to have a guitar that sounds and plays great with a crappy rosette, then to have a guitar that sounds and plays crappy with a great rosette.

Jb

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 16 2007 17:24:03
 
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RE: is it a problem if u love the gu... (in reply to Anders Eliasson) 
Now there's a nice business sideline for you Anders.
Self-adhesive rosettes in various patterns for those who like to give their guitars a makeover from time to time.
Simply peel off the old one and stick the new one on.

cheers,

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 16 2007 18:02:49
 
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RE: is it a problem if u love the gu... (in reply to Guest) 
Yeah, and maybe some Sexy stickers to put on the fingerboard

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 16 2007 18:22:43
 
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RE: is it a problem if u love the gu... (in reply to Anders Eliasson) 
Now, there are some good ideas. So, how about a long, pink foroflamenco sticker with fret dots as fake abalone inlays for the fingerboard?

p.d. Just read the complete thread and see Anders and I think alike

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 16 2007 18:26:34
 
Ron.M

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RE: is it a problem if u love the gu... (in reply to Escribano) 
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So, how about a long, pink foroflamenco sticker with fret dots as fake abalone inlays for the fingerboard?


I bet Doit wouldn't buy it if it was pink...

cheers,

Ron

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 16 2007 20:37:16
 
XXX

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RE: is it a problem if u love the gu... (in reply to Guest) 
On my guitar, the soundboard turned into the soundhole a bit. The luthier to whom i took it said really and honestly, that it is the ROSETTE, which causes this!!
Its not a 100% symmetrical Rosette, and it looks a bit done poorly. It may be that the pressure is a bit more irregularly spread. But can this cause the soundboard to go into the soundhole?? Compared to the effect of the difference between low and very high tension strings, i think that is totally negligible.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 16 2007 21:03:13
 
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RE: is it a problem if u love the gu... (in reply to Guest) 
It sounds to me like you should really consider finding a different luthier. The rosette is decorative and should not have any structural influence, I'm kind of curious about his reasoning for this statement
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 17 2007 2:36:00
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