If so...what's the last song that you've written, what was it about and what compelled you to write it? Share your inspiration for the constructs of what makes...
... Hi, The following article was published in a national newspaper in India. It tells about my songwriting as well as the guitar and also 'who' inspired me to...
yeah - that would be a bit of a drag... Too bad you can't look at it in a mirror? (Kidding...) How easy is it to get left-handed guitars? I guess I've never...
Yeah it's a drag in general! I have a beautiful lefty Norman 6 string acoustic that my husband bought for me two Christmases ago. His musician pals convinved...
Hi all, I am in the May issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine in the G.A.S. station section. Look for my picture and the article. I collect all Koa guitars, thus...
I'll be looking forward to seeing them, Koa is a beautiful wood. Hard to get these days for building guitars though. Very expensive and difficult to get it...
Hi, this is what I thought - but almost all the better makers seem to be offering it nowadays - wouldn't have seen one Koa guitar twenty years ago unless it...
Hi Andrew, My Uncle has a Koa Martin. I can't remember the designation...something like a D25K or something like that. Even the top is made of Koa. I'm...
Vince, I agree with what you said about good Koa being hard to get. It's funny how as the world changes so do values. The same things is happening with ...
Anyone have one of these? Just bought one and like it a lot but want to get the best out of it. Like to know best strings to use on it to get the best sound...
Ditto. I totally agree. Brazilian is in the stage Koa is headed. I can see it now... the next step when all the trees are too small to poach and no stumps left...
This made me think Vince. I guess it is much the same in the US, but here in the UK - the shops are being crammed with Chinese guitars - many of them...
I'm totally stumped (no pun intended) on those things. I can't get past the labor cost issue, much less what materials they could be using. My guess is that...
Alaska and Canada are shipping HUGE quantities of lumber (spruce) to China, I don't remember but about 80-90% of the harvest is going there and they make ...
YES! Just say NO to Chinese Guitars. ... From: <PhydeauxVvvvV1@...> To: <acousticguitaristguild@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 10:10 PM ...
No to Chinese stuff....period. I am out of a job due to the Chinese. Russ ... May Issue ... in China ... forests ... ucidparam=20060329160352) ... page 3...
... And I'm out of a job because the 'Greenies39; have banned timber cutting in Oregon. Oregon lumber used to supply the west coast, now all construction lumber...
Let's cut down all the trees so that you can have a job. Lets clear cut Oregon so that the hillsides become a blighted eyesore. And dumping our natural...