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Martin Taylor and Nigel Price also play them apparently.
Fibonacci seem to making a name for themselves in in jazz guitar field.
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Nice sounding and looking guitar. Reminds me of those Sadowskys that I see a lot in videos. A feature I like visually (I've mentioned that before) is the clear fretboard without markings. I keep wondering how it would be to play one because all my guitars have markings, sans the classical hanging on my kitchen wall but that's more like a decoration.
I'll be honest, the more important marking for me is the little dot on the binding. That's typically what I'm spotting. At the oblique angle I'm looking down at the fretboard top, the big dots are generally obscured by the strings if that makes sense. I know at times I'm looking at fretboard markings so I wanted to be sure which ones, but I just picked up my guitar and played a quick song and I really think it is the binding dots I'm looking at. Maybe it is for you to?
Dunno. When I finally got my Altamira before Christmas then it was confusing at first because of the marking on the 10th fret unlike most guitars which have the marking on the 9th. But now I'm used to it. But it's my main guitar too now.
Edit: But of course, the Altamira has the dot on the binding on the 10th too.
It's a nice sounding guitar. But what isn't in this guy's hands...
I only put sidemarkers on:
1) it looks cool
2) fret markers are a mild pain in the ass in the building process.
3) I don't think people are really crooking their neck around enough to see the fret markers on the fretboard.
The dots on the fretboard help when watching someone else play. In jams we'll often use the visual cues of the left hand position, as well as the ears, to find a way around the changes and voicings of an unfamiliar tune. Also in youtube transcriptions those dots can be helpful to discern an exact position more quickly, especially in close up shots when the entire neck isn't visible in the video.