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- From: spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
- Subject: Re: Mandolin Brothers/Santa Cruz guitars
- Date: 3 Jan 1993 20:00:45 GMT
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley -- ERL
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- In article <1993Jan3.130517.16294@ousrvr.oulu.fi> pkor@phoenix.oulu.fi (Pasi Korhonen) writes:
- > I own a custom shop J-40MC. I like to think of it as a modern model,
- > no, I couldn't afford Braz rosewood, I have only big frets and small
- > cosmetics. But slightly better woods than in regular production
- > models, with some exceptions, of course.
-
- Must be a nice one. I recently saw what I assume was a standard
- produiction Martin J-40 (at a store called Buckdancer's Choice
- in Prtland ME) that was an extremely good guitar -- one of the best
- new Martin's I've seen...
-
- > Collings both build 'stress-free' guitars and I think that has a lot
-
- > to do with the open sound quality in brand new guitars.
- >
- Okay: what is meant by "stress-free" here?
-
- Steve
-