From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V2 #106 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Tuesday, June 6 2000 Volume 02 : Number 106 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [RS] Richard's guitars. [Rongrittz@aol.com] Re: [RS] Richard's guitars. [ptpower@juno.com] [RS] Sizing Up [RockinRonD@aol.com] [RS] RE:Richard's guitar [charlies@voicenet.com] RE: [RS] Richard's guitars. ["Clary, John (CLRY)" ] [RS] Jess Klein's LAST shows in Boston [Kerry Bernard ] [RS] Guitar miracles are possible! [Timothy Bruce > Actually, he's not THAT large a man. I recall during one of the Cry Cry Cry shows, Billy Masters had been in his regular position in the back, left-hand side of the stage. For the encore, Dar called him up to play at the front of the stage, and Lucy said something like, "No, no, you can't, because then we'll all look really short." RG ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 07:18:31 -0700 From: ptpower@juno.com Subject: Re: [RS] Richard's guitars. Jeff suggested: <> . . . and RonG countered: <> I've got a photo from the finale concert posted at http://homestead.juno.com/ptpower/files/crycrycry.html which will back Ron up on this. Pat ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 07:35:17 EDT From: RockinRonD@aol.com Subject: [RS] Sizing Up In a message dated 6/6/2000 1:05:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, RonG writes: << Just wondering what's with Richard's love affair with small-body guitars?>> Ahem. Hasn't a girlfriend ever lied to you that size doesn't matter? Ron ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 09:14:34 US/Eastern From: charlies@voicenet.com Subject: [RS] RE:Richard's guitar Hi Shindellphiles! First a few caveats - guitars are made of wood, and like all natural products, wood varies. No two guitars of the same make and model will play or sound exactly alike, especially hand-made instruments. Like all guitar players I own a lot of stringed instruments, a '69 D-35, '62 Gibson Hummingbird, pre- Gibson Flatiron Mandolin, a couple of 60's Yamahas, and my workhorse Takamine ESF-93 which you can see at my homepage as well as assorted Fender, Gibson, and Epiphone electrics. In acoustic environments I choose to play the anti-gun guitar I acquired last year, a Martin D-15. I chose this guitar over a used Larrivee, similar to the one Richard used a few years ago, which I could have bought for slightly less money. I was able to choose this guitar from six D-15's at a guitar shop, not a chain store. There was a lot of variation between the guitars I tried, and this one spoke to me quite clearly. This guitar is capable of exquisitely quiet passages, as well as punchy loud phrases. The bass is crisp and clear, as you would expect from a mohogany guitar. I can easily imagine Richard gravitating toward this guitar because of it's sonic characteristics, as stated above. The next time I have three grand laying around loose, I'll probably pick up a Lowden. I work as Susan Werner's guitar tech occasionally, and have played her Lowden and it's impressive, for sure. But Susan's regular guitar tech, Jane Paul, played my D-15 last weekend, and she's headed to the guitar shop this week to trade her Taylor for one. At Philly Folk fest a few years ago, SW dropped by the campsite for a jam. She played my partner's Seagull. Might as well have been a Martin for all I could tell. It's not just the instrument, but the hand that plays it, that makes the sound. Charlie Sweeney (=}===# Virtual Guitarist - Something Black http://somethingblack.com http://susanwerner.com http://karensavoca.com http://lastgreatkiss.com - --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Voicenet WebMail. http://www.voicenet.com/webmail/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 09:41:41 -0500 From: "Clary, John (CLRY)" Subject: RE: [RS] Richard's guitars. Speaking of "big, grown up" guitars, with a full sound: during my safari I have played a Breedlove Ed Gerhard model. It's a jumbo of sorts with a weird-shaped cutaway. Visually I can't stand it, but it was strung with Med Martin SPs and it could take the low tunings really well. I'm playing with CGDGBE and every fret on the 6 & 5 strings were perfectly in tune. My Martin dreadnought can't do that very well with mediums and I considered using a 56 or bigger for the 6th. If you want to have a guitar that stays in DADGAD or Drop D or C all the time And you can live with the look, the Gerhard would be a good choice. I'm not going big and am really leaning towards the Collings OM-2H or maybe the OM-3 right now. Wow! j a c > -----Original Message----- > From: Rongrittz@aol.com [SMTP:Rongrittz@aol.com] > > << Guitars: Martin SP-00016, Larrivee 00-09, 1928 Martin 2-17 >> > > Just wondering what's with Richard's love affair with small-body guitars? > > Heck, the only time I've seen him play anything *resembling* a > standard-size > guitar was at the January house concert (the one that was taped for CBS > Saturday Morning) when when he borrowed my Taylor 714 . . . and even > THAT'S > not a standard dreadnaught. > > Especially given the full sound he gets from his opening tunings, can you > imagine how big he'd sound if he'd play a grown-up guitar? ;-) > > RG ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 10:48:39 -0400 From: Kerry Bernard Subject: [RS] Jess Klein's LAST shows in Boston Howdy folks, So far, no one has made fun of our pictures. This makes me happy. In other news, I wanted to pass along to all Boston-area peeps something I just learned - that Jess Klein's 4 shows at Club Passim this weekend will be her LAST shows in Boston until her new CD is released (in October) and that, if you come to one of these shows, you'll get a FREE 2-song sampler CD of songs from the new album. Two very good reasons for any and all Jess fans to get themselves to Passim this weekend. The shows are Fri, June 9 and Sat, June 10, at 7 & 10pm each night, and she'll be playing with friends on Friday, but solo on Saturday. Special guests to open Friday night’s shows, Saturday night Mila Drumke will open. 617-492-7679 for reservations. See ya there... K :) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 07:54:04 -0700 From: "Clary, John (CLRY)" Subject: RE: [RS] Re: Peter's guitar... Katrin dreamed: << OHOHHOH, can we not discuss great, terribly expensive guitars, please? I'll never be able to afford the guitar I really want for at least another ten years so I decided that I love my own little, probably not so great but awesome for what it cost guitar in the meantime :-) While we're at it though, any commments on the Martin OM 42? (I hope they're called the same over here as they are in the States) Not that I ever held one in my hands, but the review I read sounded so mouthwatering that I started playing the lottery since then. :-) >> Katrin, take a look at this page of the Martin catalog: http://www.mguitar.com/MartinGuitar/StandardOutput.asp?RECORDID=106 I like the OM-42 also!! And only $4,850 US =) More than I'm going to spend, probably. Keep buying lottery tickets. I could be really stupid and cash in some retirement money. I mean I do have my priorities. A $5k guitar would cost me $10k after taxes =( j a c ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 10:20:28 -0500 From: Timothy Bruce Subject: [RS] Guitar miracles are possible! Kerry from Young-Hunter wrote: < As some of you may know, Peter's Lowden guitar was stolen... ...As for the theft, I can't imagine what that's like. I hope the jerk didn't run into trouble trying to sell it and just dumped it in a river or dumpster somewhere.> This reminds me of an interesting story. When I heard about Janis Ian being at Falcon Ridge this summer, I went and picked up "Hunger" used. It is great and Peter should consider doing a cover of "Welcome to Acoustic-ville"! There was a liner note on "Hunger" that said her Martin D-18 #67053 had been stolen in 1972 and that she would still be very happy to get it back, no questions asked. At the time, I thought that was a clever way to use the expanded space for liner notes available on CD's. Well, lo and behold, on her most recent CD, "God and the FBI" there was another liner note thanking someone personally for helping her get her Martin back. Now isn't that a happy ending? I'm about to go into list lurkdom on all three of the (CCC) lists until just before FRFF due to work overload and vacations. I promise to break out though to report on Peter's performances at Winnipeg Folk July 6-9. Over and Out! ETimothy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 10:34:36 -0500 From: "Clary, John (CLRY)" Subject: RE: [RS] Guitar miracles are possible! > Timothy Bruce: << There was a liner note on (Janis Ian's) "Hunger" that said her Martin D-18 #67053 had been stolen in 1972 and that she would still be very happy to get it back, no questions asked. Well, lo and behold, on her most recent CD, "God and the FBI" there was another liner note thanking someone personally for helping her get her Martin back. >> Um, wow, someone stole a 1937 D-18 and it got returned! That is a miracle. I also played a pre-war D-18 on my safari but the owner said it's not for sale -- he just wanted me to compare it to what he had for sale so I could make an informed choice. j a c ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V2 #106 ***********************************