| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] MAS its laminate for Gods sake! | | Date: | Tuesday, January 31, 2006 01:56:56 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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I'm not a Beard employee either, altho if I was still in the work force I'd
happily apply for a job! I own a wonderful DeNeve and a lot of Sho-Bros, a nice
old 8 string OMI, etc. so I'm certainly not in the market for another guitar!
However........ IF I WAS........the Auldridge-Beard would be my choice, hands
down! Those instruments have "the sound", for sure.
Good to hear from you Charlie Campbell, and I agree completely with everything
you said!!! I've heard and played four different Auldridge-Beard instruments and
they're hard to beat. You can spend (invest) a helluva lot more money, but it's
hard to find a better sounding instrument. I don't care if it's laminate, black,
white, or PINK even.......the sound is the main reason to buy any instrument. If
it sounds good to you.......problem solved, buy the thing.
My 2 cts. worth,
Richie
ps, "twangin" does sound better on a Auldridge-Beard.....honest!
pps, with regards to concerns about the costs of a painted laminate
guitar........ I never "explain" to my friends or family why I do
ANYthing.........and they know better than to ask!
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Charlie Campbell <campbell@usc.edu>
> First of all I am not a Beard employee.
>
> But the thing you don't seem to get is that Mike specified that the
> MAS be a laminate guitar. That's because he wanted it to sound like
> him, which means it has to sound like that buttery sounding Regal
> used in the early days of the Seldom Scene. And that Regal like all
> early Dobros (and maybe all Dobros) was a laminate guitar. In fact
> Mike says that the wood, which is an expensive European birch, is a
> very important part of the sound of the guitar.
>
> A lot of people prefer the sound of laminate guitars. When I order my
> solid mahogany/rosewood DeNeve, Dick told me that a laminate probably
> sounds better - but I am a member of the natural fiber generation and
> didn;t pay attention (and would trade that guitar for anything - and
> in fact ordered an 8-string built just like it). Also Beard began
> building laminates, reportedly at the request of Junior Barber, which
> resulted in Poob's BlackBeard, and then a whole line of great
> sounding guitars.
>
> In fact when I designed and built my own, I also chose birch
> laminates for strength.
>
> Any by the way, laminates are not remarkably cheaper than solid
> woods. The solid wood required to make an MAS would probably add at
> most $150 to the price and then only if you wanted highly figured
> maple or something. But Mike is very particular about the sound and
> I doubt he'd let Beard make a solid wood guitar with his name on it.
>
> Incidentally, I believe you can get an MAS in any color or finish.
> Black is Mike's personal choice and it looks cool on him.
> Charlie Campbell
> At 01:45 PM 1/30/2006, you wrote:
Ok I am really getting sick of this... and a lot of other stuff, like
>> are all these posts really coming from beard employees??
> > I would really have a hard time telling my friends i spent $3500
> > on a laminate guitar and its painted black to boot?? >> The ListOwner is poobah@resoguit.com
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