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Congrats Staffan! I have a D-15, too. Great guitar and awesome tone. But, to me, the best of that guitar is how it smell!

every strap pin on every acoustic i've played has been plastic afaik, or possibly wood on some handmade models. electrics have metal ones

On my Furch Acoustic there´s a metal strap pin, so I guess I was comparing to that one in particular. Doesn´t matter though - I´ll buy a metal one and put on this one for sure.

/Staffan

Congrats Staffan! I have a D-15, too. Great guitar and awesome tone. But, to me, the best of that guitar is how it smell!

:mrgreen: Yeah, I see what you mean by the way it smells, it´s special!

Well, here are some pictures... they´re not very good (at all). Sorry for the bad quality and poor aestethics of the photos 8)

/Staffan

Oops... I thought there were actually two different threads on the Gear-subject, but there wasn´t (obviously) - so I´m erasing this post. Sorry bout that! :oops: /Staffan

On my Furch Acoustic there´s a metal strap pin, so I guess I was comparing to that one in particular. Doesn´t matter though - I´ll buy a metal one and put on this one for sure.

/Staffan

those are pretty high end guitars, aren't they? i see one for sale for about $3400. what's the advantage of a metal pin?

On my Furch Acoustic there´s a metal strap pin, so I guess I was comparing to that one in particular. Doesn´t matter though - I´ll buy a metal one and put on this one for sure.

/Staffan

those are pretty high end guitars, aren't they? i see one for sale for about $3400. what's the advantage of a metal pin?

I believe Furch produces a wide price range of acoustics. Mine wasn´t on the high end, it cost about $700 when I bought it new, two years ago. But I really love that guitar - it sounds really great and plays really well too! At the moment, I actually like the Furch more than the Martin, but I´m hoping I´ll warm up to the Martin as I get more comfortable playing it. But sound-wise - there really isn´t that much of a difference between the two, I think... Maybe my ears aren´t as developed as they should be to detect the subtle nuances :)

Seriously though - I like both guitars but I can´t say that I think the price difference is all justified. I think when it comes to Martin, maybe you´re paying for the brand to some extent as well. And when I look at Furch guitars, the price development on those have been pretty steep as they have gained in popularity over the last five years (the model I owned went up from $642 to $928 over 2,5 years!)

Well, Jason, about the strap button - I don´t even know if there´s any real difference perfomance wise, but I imagine that the metal ones might be a bit sturdier and perhaps more reliable when gigging - but maybe I´m wrong. But I definitely like the look of the metal ones better anyway. But this is just IMO of course.

/Staffan

Nice guitar Staffan!

I noticed them at the Martin delaers' with the plastic strap button in a bag, for self-installation - I did the exact same thing thing not too long ago with a Cort that had an open hole.

The reason was to allow installation of a pickup with an endpin jack. I bought the Dean Markley pickup to take advantage of the opportunity, thought twice - saved the pickup kit for a Seagull, and put the plastic button into the open hole with wood glue. Not that it matters, but the hole was not quite big enough for the jack and a little too big for the plastic button!

So the plastic button would have fallen out. I wrapped a little paper around & glued it on, 24 hours ahead of putting it in.

Nice guitar Staffan!

.../ I did the exact same thing thing not too long ago with a Cort that had an open hole./... The reason was to allow installation of a pickup with an endpin jack/...

Thank you, Blue Jay - and thanks also for clearing this out with the un-mounted strap button! I should have guessed it myself but there you go. And the rest of your story was interesting as well... I´ll definitely think about what I want to do with this one. Matter of fact, I´m taking it into the shop today, to lower the strings a tiny bit, and at the same time put on lighter strings as well. I´ll have a chat with their guitar-techie and see what he can recommend.

BTW, this guitar is really growing on me - the sound is friggin' awesome - really full and clear but a bit on the "dark side" :twisted: And the guitar weighs practically nothing, so it handles very easily. Like :mrgreen:

I just had this guy (American Special Telecaster) brought in from the US. Expect to see more of my blabberings around the forum :)

Looks nice, Oktay! Congratulations on your new toy :wink:

So soon after I ended up getting yet another guitar while in Seoul for business. It's a G&L Tribute S500. I love it. :) Photos later.

Get it for yourself - just to make sure :mrgreen:

My newest catch, a Gibson SG Special, worn brown finish. Someone might recall I posted pics of a black SG Special a while ago - but I sold that one cuz I don´t really care for that type of finish - get´s kinda sticky me thinks.

Besides the finish, it´s the same guitar; 490R & 490T pups and nothing fancy like bindings or anything - just a raw, hard rock axe that´s really fun and fast to play - I really enjoy it anyway! I think I´m going to put in ´57 Classics pups later on, maybe this spring when I might have some cash. But the sound it produces now is really nice aswell so I´m a happy puppy right now :D

Here are some pictures (if I remember how to link these images...)

Cheers,
/Staffan

Sweeeet!
If I ever get a Gibson, it will be a SG...or maybe a Less Paul Jr. :note2: :note1:

Someone might recall I posted pics of a black SG Special a while ago - but I sold that one cuz I don´t really care for that type of finish - get´s kinda sticky me thinks.

That I believe would be the nitro cellulose finish. I kind of don't like that about my "real" Les Pauls. I played a Les Paul Studio with the same "faded" finish as your SG. Almost bought it too. Bought my Peavey Classic 30 instead on that shopping trip. The neck almost has a bare feel. I like it alot but not gonna trade the ones I have.

That I believe would be the nitro cellulose finish. I kind of don't like that about my "real" Les Pauls. I played a Les Paul Studio with the same "faded" finish as your SG. Almost bought it too. Bought my Peavey Classic 30 instead on that shopping trip. The neck almost has a bare feel. I like it alot but not gonna trade the ones I have.

Yep, it´s the "nitro cellulose finish" allright! Feels "sticky" - not my favourite finish! But obviously some people like it or I guess Gibson wouldn´t use it... But yeah, I agree with you, TR, the "bare" wood feel with, say, a mahogany neck is really comfortable and it has great "flow"!

I played this little sucker all day saturday and most of sunday and - I´m in love with this guitar :P . I own a Les Paul, and I really like that one too - but in comparison the SG has a thinner neck (which I like) and to me that equals "faster", has unlimited reach for the higher frets and the guitar is really light (weight-wise), which I also think is a plus.

As for bang-for-the-buck-value; this one beats my Les Paul which cost pretty much twice as much. (Btw the SG sold for 777 euros) . The only thing that could improve is the "clean sound" from the 490 pups - not as warm and clear as the Burstbuckers on my Paul. But, I am planning on putting on a 498T in the bridge position OR replace both pups with the ´57 Classics. Let´s see.

Has anyone here any exprience from the Gibson ´57 Classics? Would you recommend them to someone who will mainly play hard rock-songs (think KISS, AC/DC) but with the occasional Blues thrown in? And what about those P90s? They´re supposed to have real bite as I understand it, and are available in "humbucker-design" to fit in an SG (or Paul) - would they perhaps be a good choice for the neck-pos.? Hmm it´s a pick-up-jungle out there... :roll: