Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards)

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Graham_B

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Joined: Jul. 10 2007
From: Leigh, Lancashire, UK

Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards)

I took Louis to visit Kevin Richards yesterday in cold and sunny Yorkshire.

Kevin had a couple of new guitars so Louis tried them out.

Here's a recording complete with mistakes

New hat for his birthday by the way

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 20 2012 8:13:29

lowden

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Joined: Apr. 14 2010

RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to Graham_B)

Kevin, Nice guitars.
Louis, great playin.

I guess theres more to Yorkshire than nice Tea bags!!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 20 2012 18:53:51

TAKITAKATA

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Joined: Jun. 20 2009

RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to Graham_B)

Good playing Louis

Guitars sound great !!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 20 2012 20:07:42

RTC

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Joined: Aug. 20 2008
From: DFW Area, Texas

RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to TAKITAKATA)

Nice, guitar sounds really good!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2012 0:22:47

Andy Culpepper

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From: NY, USA

RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to Graham_B)

Louis!! holy smokes you've gotten good. Seems like just yesterday I was giving you advice in the beginners challenge and now I would pay you for lessons my man. Ole!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2012 0:30:27

krichards

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From: York, England

RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to Graham_B)

And here are some pictures

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2012 7:05:03

orsonw

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From: London

RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to krichards)

Louis, Ole!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2012 7:18:53

Escribano

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From: England, living in Italy

RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to Graham_B)

Definitely got a feel for the swing of it. Very promising.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2012 16:00:53

aleksi

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From: Helsinki, Finland

RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to Graham_B)

Ole Louis! nice playing + your hat is very stylish :)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2012 19:49:32

RTC

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From: DFW Area, Texas

RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to krichards)

I really like it. I guess I am a sucker for Peg Head Blancas.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 22 2012 2:14:11

Anders Eliasson

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RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to Graham_B)

Very nice. I´m a pegehead blanca sucker myself.
Hows the pegs working. I can imagine they are planetary/pegheads.
Where did you buy, how much did you pay?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 22 2012 18:00:57

Louis_B

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RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to Graham_B)

Thanks for the really nice responses, especially about my hat

The guitars were both really good.

I found the peghead to be more 'rounded' whilst the cedar negra had quite a bit of 'bite' which was a surprise, if that makes sense.

Louis

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 22 2012 18:14:36

kudo

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RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to Graham_B)

good playing Louis but I think you should get Doctor Compas and slow down the Bulerias, play around with the compas because it just does not sound groovy at all in my opinion, it just sounds very robotic to me. (sorry if it sounds harsh ) but you seem to be progressing well though

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 23 2012 1:08:11

krichards

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From: York, England

RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

They are Pegheds from John Herin. He has a website (Pegheds) and they cost me about £100 including tax and shipping.
They are expensive and awkward to fit, with poor instructions. I did various trials on scrap to get the best combination of drill and reamer. And they come with 3 left handed and 3 right handed, which gets complicated when you already have the 1st and 6th turning the opposite way

But they work well and look good.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 23 2012 7:23:28

johnguitar

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Joined: Jan. 10 2006

RE: Visit to Kevin Richards (krichards) (in reply to krichards)

That is such bad news. Brian Burns used to resell pegheds and his customer service, his instruction package and everything were top-notch. I bought quite a few sets and the one time I had a problem they were replaced without question. Maybe those intructions should be posted here...

John Ray
Granada

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 23 2012 12:57:04