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  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,072
    DewieCox said:

    This thing is just thunderous. 


    Traded an OM-28 with a similar finish for this HD-28. Was shopping for my once in a lifetime acoustic when I bought the OM. Amazingly nice guitar but not the right one for me. 




    That sounds like the right choice!  Quite the beauty too!
    Scio me nihil scire

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  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,367
    static111 said:
    benjs said:
    My baby. Custom shop J45 with red spruce top, scalloped bracing, Trance Audio pickup (sounds wonderful). I’ve had her for around eight years now. Turns out seven years before I knew I would love bluegrass, I picked a dreadnaught practically made for the genre. 


    Is that the Pure Voice model?  I had one of those and it was incredible.  I sold it to get a different guitar that I no longer have.  I should have never let it go.  Beautiful guitar!  J45s are my favorite acoustics.
    You got it! I'm sad to hear you let yours go - but glad someone else on here knows the specialness too. I play weekly with fellows who come with Collings, Martin, Bourgeois guitars and the Purevoice stands its own. 
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,072
    benjs said:
    static111 said:
    benjs said:
    My baby. Custom shop J45 with red spruce top, scalloped bracing, Trance Audio pickup (sounds wonderful). I’ve had her for around eight years now. Turns out seven years before I knew I would love bluegrass, I picked a dreadnaught practically made for the genre. 


    Is that the Pure Voice model?  I had one of those and it was incredible.  I sold it to get a different guitar that I no longer have.  I should have never let it go.  Beautiful guitar!  J45s are my favorite acoustics.
    You got it! I'm sad to hear you let yours go - but glad someone else on here knows the specialness too. I play weekly with fellows who come with Collings, Martin, Bourgeois guitars and the Purevoice stands its own. 
    Dude the Purevoice is the best model!  You are very fortunate indeed!
    Scio me nihil scire

    There are no kings inside the gates of eden
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,367
    static111 said:
    benjs said:
    static111 said:
    benjs said:
    My baby. Custom shop J45 with red spruce top, scalloped bracing, Trance Audio pickup (sounds wonderful). I’ve had her for around eight years now. Turns out seven years before I knew I would love bluegrass, I picked a dreadnaught practically made for the genre. 


    Is that the Pure Voice model?  I had one of those and it was incredible.  I sold it to get a different guitar that I no longer have.  I should have never let it go.  Beautiful guitar!  J45s are my favorite acoustics.
    You got it! I'm sad to hear you let yours go - but glad someone else on here knows the specialness too. I play weekly with fellows who come with Collings, Martin, Bourgeois guitars and the Purevoice stands its own. 
    Dude the Purevoice is the best model!  You are very fortunate indeed!
    So. Over the last month I did some soul-searching, and realized that the time had come to find a guitar that could help me express my voice better. Issues with the intonation, a lack of 'ballsiness' in the low/mid-range, led me to at least go on Facebook Marketplace and keep my eyes peeled, at least start to learn how much I was going to need to spend for certain guitars.

    Picking up some various excellent guitars at a shop helped me hone in on what I really want to hear in a guitar - what traits and characteristics I need. Number one was how pretty could I make it sound on the low-end (1-3rd fret on E, A, and D strings). Next was being able to use a light touch to hit an open string on a break, and have it resonate and be impactful for a few more notes. Long story short, met a very nice seller yesterday, and I'm beyond happy to have such a beautiful new Martin HD-16R-LSH (large sound hole) that is already helping me express myself in wonderful ways new to me. My Purevoice will have an amazing new home with my little brother, who will love and take care of it well, just as I will do with my new baby.


    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    benjs said:
    static111 said:
    benjs said:
    static111 said:
    benjs said:
    My baby. Custom shop J45 with red spruce top, scalloped bracing, Trance Audio pickup (sounds wonderful). I’ve had her for around eight years now. Turns out seven years before I knew I would love bluegrass, I picked a dreadnaught practically made for the genre. 


    Is that the Pure Voice model?  I had one of those and it was incredible.  I sold it to get a different guitar that I no longer have.  I should have never let it go.  Beautiful guitar!  J45s are my favorite acoustics.
    You got it! I'm sad to hear you let yours go - but glad someone else on here knows the specialness too. I play weekly with fellows who come with Collings, Martin, Bourgeois guitars and the Purevoice stands its own. 
    Dude the Purevoice is the best model!  You are very fortunate indeed!
    So. Over the last month I did some soul-searching, and realized that the time had come to find a guitar that could help me express my voice better. Issues with the intonation, a lack of 'ballsiness' in the low/mid-range, led me to at least go on Facebook Marketplace and keep my eyes peeled, at least start to learn how much I was going to need to spend for certain guitars.

    Picking up some various excellent guitars at a shop helped me hone in on what I really want to hear in a guitar - what traits and characteristics I need. Number one was how pretty could I make it sound on the low-end (1-3rd fret on E, A, and D strings). Next was being able to use a light touch to hit an open string on a break, and have it resonate and be impactful for a few more notes. Long story short, met a very nice seller yesterday, and I'm beyond happy to have such a beautiful new Martin HD-16R-LSH (large sound hole) that is already helping me express myself in wonderful ways new to me. My Purevoice will have an amazing new home with my little brother, who will love and take care of it well, just as I will do with my new baby.


    That's great, man! Beautiful guitar. Congrats!
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,112
    Beautiful guitar Benjs!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,998

    severed hand thirteen
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  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,367
    The sickness spreads. Custom 2012 with Adirondack front, Madagascar rosewood back and sides, Golden Era scalloped bracing, popsicle stick brace removed for more resonance. I almost cried when I brought it home and felt and heard the tone. As someone whose life basically revolves around music, the sensation of finding my voice through an instrument is almost overwhelming, in a good way.
     
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,379
    Man…you all have some pretty awesome guitars in this thread!  I’ll try and post my “family” soon
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,295
    Sweet Martin!  Getting one is still on my list.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,295
    NGD - 2023 MIJ JazzMaster Sherwood Green Metallic

    Someone local imported it from Kyoto from a shop doing some small batch runs ... he thought he ordered a Mustang but messed up the order form and ordered this JM instead.  So this kinda dropped right in my lap just when I was seriously looking for a JM.   It has specs that pretty much match my favorite guitar neck on my Tele so kinda in my goldilocks zone.



    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,295
    Nice matching headstock too!  I love this color


    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,367
    Jason P said:
    NGD - 2023 MIJ JazzMaster Sherwood Green Metallic

    Someone local imported it from Kyoto from a shop doing some small batch runs ... he thought he ordered a Mustang but messed up the order form and ordered this JM instead.  So this kinda dropped right in my lap just when I was seriously looking for a JM.   It has specs that pretty much match my favorite guitar neck on my Tele so kinda in my goldilocks zone.



    What a spectacular looking guitar. That absurdly beautiful seafoam, the rounding on metal components, the Tele-ness of it all... really gorgeous. Congratulations! I hope it sounds and plays beautifully.
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • pjpjpaul
    pjpjpaul Posts: 1,715


    My new Dave Grohl epiphone came in last week. Plays and sounds great. 
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  • BALLBOY
    BALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,035
    Kim Thaiyl Guild S100 an absolute beast especially though the Soundgarden patch on my Tonemaster Pro through a Marshall 
    Eastern Creek 95,Syd 1 98,Bris 2 98, Syd 1&2 03, Reading Fest 06, Bris 1 06, London 09, Hyde Park 10, Gold Coast BDO 14 Budapest 22 Krakow 22 Amsterdam 22 St Paul 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 24 New York 1 24 Philly 1&2 24 Boston 1&2 24 Gold Coast 24 Melbourne 1 24 Sydney 1&2 24
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,379
    BALLBOY said:
    Kim Thaiyl Guild S100 an absolute beast especially though the Soundgarden patch on my Tonemaster Pro through a Marshall 
    That is a super cool looking axe!!!
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,769
    Jason P said:
    Nice matching headstock too!  I love this color


    That's gorgeous. 
  • Farfromlukin
    Farfromlukin Posts: 38
    Here is my collection. 
    It’s not the biggest or most expensive, but it’s mine and I love it!

    I am the Lizard King I can do anything
  • BALLBOY
    BALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,035
    Farfromlukin said:
    Here is my collection. 
    It’s not the biggest or most expensive, but it’s mine and I love it!

    Mine is close to your I have the vintage 2 strat in Olympic white Les Paul standard unburst & the Mike McCready strat 
    Eastern Creek 95,Syd 1 98,Bris 2 98, Syd 1&2 03, Reading Fest 06, Bris 1 06, London 09, Hyde Park 10, Gold Coast BDO 14 Budapest 22 Krakow 22 Amsterdam 22 St Paul 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 24 New York 1 24 Philly 1&2 24 Boston 1&2 24 Gold Coast 24 Melbourne 1 24 Sydney 1&2 24
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,769
    Farfromlukin said:
    Here is my collection. 
    It’s not the biggest or most expensive, but it’s mine and I love it!

    Love the Flying V 

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