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• pickitjohn South Texas Corpus, San Antonio, AustinVirtuoso Patenotte 260

  January 2015 Posts: 936

  @TexasRed
  Welcome and good talking Congratulations Wish you the Best!
  May your Guitar kindle the Fire & Love of this Style.
  When it arrives Lets Pick if I can help in anyway just ask.
  

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• rgrice Pisgah Forest, NC✭✭✭✭ 1994 Dupont MD 30, 1965 Gretsch Double Anniversary, Eastman AR610, Martin D16GT, Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Pro

  January 2015 edited January 2015 Posts: 477

  Good call on the Nomade and nice price! You'll love it!
• klaatu Nova ScotiaProdigy Rodrigo Shopis D'Artagnan, 1950s Jacques Castelluccia

  January 2015 Posts: 1,665

  That's a very good price on the Nomade, congrats.
  
  You didn't mention whether it's a D or oval hole. One difference that I don't think anyone mentioned is the D hole generally gives more feedback to the player, whereas the oval tends to focus the sound forward. To the listener, it doesn't make a lot of difference, if you're comparing guitars by the same builder - the scale is probably a bigger factor. Cheap D holes tend to be muddy; one from a high-end builder like a Dupont won't be.
  
  14 fret D holes come in all sorts of scale lengths. Also, it seems that people coming from a flattop background prefer the D hole, at least at first.

  Benny
  
  "It's a great feeling to be dealing with material which is better than yourself, that you know you can never live up to."
  -- Orson Welles
• TexasRed South Texas, San Antonio✭✭ Dupont Nomade

  February 2015 edited February 2015 Posts: 22

  Got my nomade in yesterday and love it. Definitely has a very dry tone to it. I'm already having a lot fun playing leads to the beginner backing tracks from dcmusicschool. And the John Jorgensen beginner book really helped with that.
  
  Still gotta work on my rythym skills (well i gotta work on everything really) but I feel like I'm getting closer to the right sound now that I have the right guitar.
  
  Thanks everyone!

  
• Jazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG

  February 2015 Posts: 3,707

  Congrats

  The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
• Pompe_ojisan Tokyo✭✭ Rino van Hooijdonk

  February 2015 Posts: 47

  Congrats!
  My first GJ guitar was a Nomad too, and I still have it today. That was 10 years ago, but I remember clearly the shock I got when somebody played it in front of me for the first time (Best things about the Nomades is that they make you happy twice - the first time when you get it, and the second time when you get your next guitar
  Joking aside, if you work on your chops, you can get some very serious rhythm sound out of it. I think solo is more difficult, because the sound is usually a bit thin and harsh, but rhythm, oh man, if you can tame the beast it can really kick ass. You mention the 'dry' sound, I think that's exactly why you can get such a crisp pompe with it.
  
• TexasRed South Texas, San Antonio✭✭ Dupont Nomade

  February 2015 Posts: 22

  Speaking of that, I'm using the Wegen gypsy jazz 3.5 mm. I'd like to try one of the many picks Michael has here, what's a pick that will give me a slightly warmer sound?
• Charles Meadows WV✭✭✭ ALD Original, Dupont MD50

  February 2015 Posts: 432

  Try the Djangojazz faux tortoise!
• Jazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG

  February 2015 Posts: 3,707

  If you can get over the sticker shock the blue chip is very quiet and if using a rounder tip profile warmer sound.
  
  Picks in general....sharp tip profile gives crisper sharper attack.....rounder tip profiles give fuller more balanced sound ...doesnt have the crisp attack of a sharp tip.
  
  Finding the right pick for the sound you want to get is part of the process. It can take a while and as one's abilities and ears change, what one wants from a pick will change.

  

  The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
• TexasRed South Texas, San Antonio✭✭ Dupont Nomade

  February 2015 Posts: 22

  I do have a nice blue chip. An XR50 that I use for mandolin. Despite it being thinner than the Wegen it does sound warmer. It is rounded but has a slight bevel which is ideal for me I think. But I wish it was thicker. They don't offer the xr any thicker than 60.
  
  If I could find something like the xr but closer to 2.5 or 3.5 that would be great