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These
instruments have great personal value for me and so they're not for sale.
That's why this page is not a catalogue, and the instruments appear as
they are - as a logical consequence thereof with dents, scratches and
greasy fingers as a part of the impression.
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Santana model
A-680 dreadnought. Built approx. '70.
Scale: 25,6"/ 64 cm.
Body:
Top: Spruce (veneer)
Sides: Rosewood
Back: Rosewood (veneer)
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Tuners: Schaller m6 mini
Tuning: Std. or open E tuned down to D
Strings: Ernie Ball phosphor bronze .013-.056 or .012-.052
Notes: This guitar has
been in my ownership since early elementary school. A great
acoustic guitar with a big sound and quite easy playable neck.
This guitar is an early issue of this model (serial no. 199).
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Peavey "Indianola"
electro/acoustic dreadnought with piezo-ceramic pick-up system
and onboard equalizer/Pre-amp. Built '99.
Scale: 25,6"/ 64 cm.
Body:
Top: Spruce (veneer)
Sides: Mahogany
Back: Mahogany
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: ? (coloured)
Tuners: Kluson
Pick-up: Fishman piezo/ceramic system with onboard vol.+
3-band EQ.
Tuning: Std.
Strings: Ernie Ball phosphor bronze .012-.052
Notes: I purchased this
guitar late 1999. Related to the price it's no less than fantastic.
I bought it at Woodsound in Copenhagen for some unplugged gigs,
and I'm very satisfied. In opposition to many other electro/acoustics
this guitar is quite insensitive to feedback which makes it
easy to handle in a live situation. Very slim and easy playable
neck. I've been playing Fender and Takamine electro/acoustics
appearing to be lower quality than this. Not bad for a guitar
priced approx. 3000 kr/375$ - one of the best hard-cases I've
seen, included!
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Danish handbuild
acoustic guitar. Brand unknown. Built approx. mid '50'es.
Scale: 25,2"/ 63 cm.
Body: Birch
Neck: Cherry
Fingerboard: Teak (coloured)
Bridge: Original (lowered) Teak with brass-bridge
Tuners: Original handmade
Tuning: High strung (Nashville) but tuned down to D
Strings: Different brands 0.038 - 0.010
Notes:This guitar is a
heirloom and hung for several years on the wall being unplayable,
as I didn't want to touch the originality of the instrument
in any way.
I finally reached the conclusion that it was a pity to just
having it there on the wall if it could actually be used, and
so I had the idea to string it up very light and tune it down
to D, not to stress the neck too much (it has no thruss-rod).
Now it's fantastic to record it on top of a guitar in std. tuning,
and the tiny New Yorker body sounds incredibly crisp.
Several repairs where the binding on the neck had come loose
and the top had cracked had to be performed.
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Arcus mandolin.
Vintage unknown. Repaired and set up by myself (new frets, laquer
and more).
Scale: 13,2"/ 33 cm.
Body:
Top: Spruce (veneer)
Sides: Maple
Back: Maple
Neck: Beech
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Ebony with bone inlay
Tuners: Original
Tuning: Std.quint (gg-dd-aa-ee-)
Strings: Picato .034 - .024 - .014 - .010
Notes: This mandolin actually had a hole in the top
(presumeably worn by a pick), which I managed to fill and
cover up quite successfully.
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Ukulele of
unknown japanese origin. Vintage unknown. Repaired and set up
by myself (new bridge and more)
Scale: 14"/ 35 cm.
Body:
Top: Presumeably
some kind of rosewood (veneer)
Sides: Presumeably some other kind of rosewood (veneer)
Back: Presumeably some kind of rosewood (veneer). Same
as top
Neck:
Mahogany
Fingerboard: Teak (veneer)
Bridge: Ebony with bone inlay.
Of my own manufacture
Tuners: Originals without gearing
Tuning: Soprano C6 (G-C-E-A)
Strings: Std. nylon strings for
classical guitar
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Closeup
of the bridge I built for the old Uke. |
Notes: As this instrument
is one I found thrown away, I'm not sure which kinds of wood
were used for manufacturing it. The neck is definetely mahogany,
but sides, back and top are open mysteries. Through my own investigations
I came to the result that it's likely to be two subspecies of
indian rosewood but I'm by no means sure about that.
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Projects
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Framus "ragtime guitar".
Vintage unknown.
Neck and body are separated (has to be glued). Tuners and
frets need repairs.
These guitars are said to record
great. I'm thinking about tuning this one in Nashville tuning/High
strung = the 4 lowest strings, 1 octave above standard tuning.
This gives a very bright sound which is fantastic, especially
together with another guitar in standard tuning.
Saz of unknown
brand and vintage. Presumeably from
Turkey.
Different parts are missing such as a couple of the tuners,
a couple of strings and the bridge. This one is the type with
the resonance hole in the end of the body.
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