waltertore
722 posts
Jul 01, 2010
4:48 PM
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After seeing this guitar on craigslist, I immediately responded. The owner/builder is a third generation luthier. His father and grandfather taught him and they play mainly bluegrass and gospel music. His father came to the restraunt we met at. It took about 3 weeks for this deal to come together. Our email correspondences seemed to have many days lag between them. I was beginning to think this might be some kind of kids playing a joke thing.
Well here is the ad:
This is a new small body acoustic guitar handcrafted here in Ohio by me; a third generation artist and luthier. It is one of a kind, and truly unique. It is built out of enhanced aged solid tonewoods (wood that's 30+ years old). This WAS NOT slapped together with green wood like some factory instruments. The tone is amazing, and the aged wood literally speaks for itself. It has a cool vintage look and feel. It's ideal for blues, fingerstyle playing, hawaiian slack key or lead guitarists. Other handmade and handcrafted guitars will cost you two to four times the price of this one. If you're interested in owning a handcrafted Ohio made guitar that is different from all the others; then look no further. Serious buyers only. New low price!
~SPECIFICATIONS~
*Enhanced Aged Solid European Spruce Top
*Enhanced Aged Solid Flame Maple Back and Sides
*Enhanced Aged Flamed Birdseye Maple Neck w/Truss Rod
*Bound Ebony Peghead Overlay
*Rosewood Fingerboard w/ Real MOP Dot Position Markers
*Bass Enhanced Rosewood Bridge w/ Real MOP Inlays
*Exotic Osage Orange Bridge Plate
*Hand-carved tapered and parabolic shaped X-Bracing
*Solid Mahogany Neck Block and End Block
*Dovetail Neck Joint
*Nickel Grover STA-TITE Tuners
*Bone Nut and Saddle
*Greven TOR-TIS pickguard
*Hand Rubbed Antiqued Nitrocellulose Finish
*White Galalith Bridge Pins
*Real Hand-cut MOP inlays
As soon as I played this guitar, it said it found a home. It was buit about a year ago, has not a scratch, has that sweet sound that the gibson L-00 guitars are famous for (modeled after one), plays smooth as butter with low action, perfect intonation up the neck, and great tone. I was able to take this home for $275. It will blow away any new gibson or martin. I have been blessed with having the right guitars come my way. It reminds me a lot of my 1938 kalamazoo in sound and feel. The kalamazoo has been buzzing more and more. It needs a restoration and I have been keeping my eye out for something like it that I can use until the kalamazoo gets restored. So, here is another great guitar that nows calls my hands home. Walter
Here is my first batch with the new guitar. It is going through a vintage dearmond soundhole pu and princeton reverb amp. The pu and amp ands a flavor for sure, but you will get the gist of the sound. I will be doing some straight microphone recordings with it soon.
summetime swinging recorded with this guitar
blues on me now- new acoustic guitar
summertime swinging - new acoustic guitar
loose in th head blues- new acoustic guitar
setting up the carnival-new acoustic guitar
she changed her habbits - new acoustic guitar
will you love me now-new acoustic guitar
with my love - new acoustic guitar
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,000 of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
Last Edited by on Jul 01, 2010 6:51 PM
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Gwood420
217 posts
Jul 01, 2010
10:26 PM
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that is beautiful walter.. its late(1:30am), so i will check out your songs tomarrow.. have fun with it! looks like a great buy
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Last Edited by on Jul 01, 2010 10:27 PM
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Hobostubs Ashlock
859 posts
Jul 02, 2010
12:56 AM
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man you make me sick $275 thats incredible,are all his guitars that price range,i would love to get one,a martin built like that would run over 2 grand or more.wow thats nice.
Last Edited by on Jul 02, 2010 12:56 AM
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Hobostubs Ashlock
860 posts
Jul 02, 2010
4:35 AM
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let me know if he has any more,My best friend collects guitars and thats a steal of a deal im sure he would be very interested.
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waltertore
724 posts
Jul 02, 2010
5:05 AM
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thanks guys! Yes it is a beautiful guitar and yes it will easily compete with the multi thousand guitars. Here is Carl's email. Tell him I sent you. Walter
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,000 of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
Last Edited by nacoran on Dec 11, 2019 12:14 PM
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Hobostubs Ashlock
861 posts
Jul 02, 2010
6:05 AM
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thanks Walter
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Joch230
217 posts
Jul 02, 2010
7:55 AM
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I recently played a Baby Taylor around this size. It was $300. Amazing how much sound can come out of such a little guitar if it's well made.
Your new axe is a beauty.
-J
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waltertore
725 posts
Jul 02, 2010
8:38 AM
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you are welcome Hobostubs.
Joch230: I have always played small body guitars and yes they will put out a ton of volume. My 1940 national steel style 0 is also on the small side. It is real loud. they capture a better range of sounds to my ears. th jumbo guitars are way to bass low mids heavy for my liking. Here are my other 2 small body guitars:
a gibson L-00 from the mid 30's
a kalamazoo from the same era
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,000 of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
Last Edited by on Jul 02, 2010 12:46 PM
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Hobostubs Ashlock
862 posts
Jul 02, 2010
10:34 AM
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i bought my 8 year old niece a Dean 1/2 size acoustic when she was 3 It will tune and play great but because of the small size it has a almost mandolin sound even when tuned to 440,Ive thought about doing some recording with it on a second track with my regular acoustic track to add a cool harmonized blend of the two.
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Hobostubs Ashlock
865 posts
Jul 02, 2010
7:18 PM
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I showed my friend the guitar you got Walter and he wants one I knew he would he sent a message to the email address you sent,we still cant believe you paid $275 ,did he cut you a deal because of who you are? is that a typo 275 dollars right?anyway he sent a email to him and i told him to say a friend of Walter sent him,Hes very interested ,ill be jealous he allready has to many nice guitars compared to my 1 lol thanks Walter for the tip
Last Edited by on Jul 02, 2010 7:32 PM
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waltertore
726 posts
Jul 02, 2010
7:35 PM
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Hobostubs: Yes the guitar was $275. I think his father is putting one up for sale that he made and will be asking $500. It is fancier than mine.
thanks! Here are some samples of the guitar with 2 mics on it. It sounds pretty much like you hear. I can't wait till I get into my new studio. I will have a spacious area that is set up for acoustic mic'ing of the guitar. Right now I am so cramped, it is like playing twister and doing the limbo all at once, and I am very limited in how much I can experiment to find the sweet spots on the guitar. Walter
acoustic guitar 1
acoustic slide 1
acoustic slide 2
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,000 of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
Last Edited by on Jul 02, 2010 7:38 PM
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Hobostubs Ashlock
867 posts
Jul 02, 2010
7:55 PM
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cool i wonder if he has a back stock,My friend is more interested in a full size model,but might be interested in the smaller body one,if the larger one was not available.Do you know if the $500 one was a full size?
Last Edited by on Jul 02, 2010 7:56 PM
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Hobostubs Ashlock
868 posts
Jul 02, 2010
8:20 PM
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thats sweet sounding i just listened to the tracks very rich and full.If i was getting one i would probely go for the size you got,thats a cool looking guitar,is it electric/acoustic or was it miced?
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waltertore
727 posts
Jul 03, 2010
4:10 AM
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here is the one Carl's father built:
http://columbus.craigslist.org/msg/1822994216.html
My guitar is acoustic, no pu. I used 2 mics, both AKG C414's - one around the 12th fret and one below the bridge. Walter
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,000 of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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waltertore
728 posts
Jul 03, 2010
4:50 PM
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I played my weekly farmers market gig (8:30-12) with the new guitar and 1 man band. I literally stopped playing about 3 minutes. I just couldn't let this guitar out of my hands. It blends perfect with the delta frost harps. they put out just the right amount of volume to compliment the guitar. I made about $150 too! I think it has a spell on it. Walter
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,000 of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
Last Edited by on Jul 03, 2010 4:51 PM
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Hobostubs Ashlock
869 posts
Jul 03, 2010
7:36 PM
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thtas a good take,I cant get links to work half the time on here i dont know,but my friend emailed him last night.thanks for the help
Last Edited by on Jul 03, 2010 7:36 PM
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