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  • paulmcevoy75paulmcevoy75 Portland, MaineNew
    Posts: 387

    Greetings from loothland. I feel like a slug lately, I've been dragging myself to the shop. Various external reasons we all may be suffering from and this Maine winter is kicking my ass as well.

    Anyway, I got strings on this guitar and it sounds pretty kick ass. I think it might be the loudest guitar I've ever made which is pretty darn loud. The tailpiece is an experiment, I've never loved the idea of the heavy non-flexible brass tailpiece. I need to tighten up that line on the end of the tailpiece but it's hard to get it exactly right. I'm not sure I like the look of the tailpiece but it works...proof of concept anyway.

    Another in my line of weird GJ guitars that maybe no one wants to buy but I really like it. Definitely the only guitar that looks like that....

    voutoreenie
  • pdgpdg ✭✭
    Posts: 523

    I like the tailpiece. You could try reversing it, to see if the tone and/or feel of the strings change with different "afterlengths" of the various strings.

    paulmcevoy75
  • edited February 2 Posts: 5,307

    I like the tailpiece too. The string afterlength follows what's on the Boonstra tailpiece on my guitar. I'd definitely wanna buy that one based on the looks only.

    paulmcevoy75
    Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
  • Posts: 183

    Beautiful axe, Paul - would so love to try it!!

    paulmcevoy75
  • flacoflaco Shelley Park #151, AJL Quiet and Portable
    Posts: 165

    Cool tailpiece!

    paulmcevoy75
  • marcelodamonmarcelodamon Buffalo, NY✭✭✭ Selmer #561, 2004 AJL, 2006 Dell Arte Blues Clair Hommage, 2009 Dell Arte Macias Hommage, 2024 Cattiaux Swing Chorus, 2023 Bob Holo Traditional, 2025 RJ Aylward White Favino, 2025 AJL Blue Gipsy Fire
    Posts: 52

    Are you going to put a rosette around that sound hole? Abalone would look great. I would love to try this, and compare it to my Selmer, and my other guitars.

  • marcelodamonmarcelodamon Buffalo, NY✭✭✭ Selmer #561, 2004 AJL, 2006 Dell Arte Blues Clair Hommage, 2009 Dell Arte Macias Hommage, 2024 Cattiaux Swing Chorus, 2023 Bob Holo Traditional, 2025 RJ Aylward White Favino, 2025 AJL Blue Gipsy Fire
    Posts: 52

    You have built a beautiful guitar, but Ari from AJL made a similar one a few years ago; although it wasn't a beautiful blue like you have built.


  • billyshakesbillyshakes NoVA✭✭✭ Park Avance - Dupont Nomade - Dupont DM-50E
    Posts: 1,569

    Everytime I see this thread, I picture Paul saying, "Do you waaaaant....to buy a guitar?"😂 Classic.

    paulmcevoy75Buco
  • paulmcevoy75paulmcevoy75 Portland, MaineNew
    Posts: 387

    No rosette, it's inspired by some Jimmy D'Aquisto arch tops that I love. They have a pretty minimalist aesthetic. But I would love to have you try it.

    It is very, very loud. Loudest acoustic ever? Could be.

    I see the similarities in the AJL but it's a bit of a different vibe I think. It's hopefully more like this:

    https://theblueguitars.com/portfolio-items/daquisto-centura-deluxe/

    billyshakesBuco
  • Posts: 5,307

    To complete "and now for something completely different" theme, I always wondered why nobody tried this D'Aquisto style adjustable bridge on a Selmer style guitar...are you going to be the first?


    Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
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